Official Inn of The Jumper Classic The Exeter Inn, Exeter, New Hampshire Hampton Falls, NH - The New England area's largest equestrian show jumping event, The Jumper Classic - featuring the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix - comes to the Hampton Falls, NH area during the week of August 8-12, 2012. For this occasion several conveniently-located inns and hotels are offering special packages for fans. With just two months to go before hundreds of horses and thousands of spectators...

Gladstone, NJ - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) approved the Show Jumping FEI Nominated Entries for the 2012 Olympic Games. From the Nominated Entries, the team of four and a traveling reserve will be entered on the Definite Entry on July 6th. The ranked order of the athlete/horse combinations for the FEI Nominated Entries is as follows: 1. Rich Fellers and Mollie and Harry Chapman's Flexible 2. Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Ranch's Coral Reef Via Volo 3. Reed Kessler on...

Tampa, FL - The Tournament of Champions got off to a start with the Pre-Green Hunters [yesterday] morning in the Main Hunter Ring, with top riders and horses vying for the honors throughout the afternoon. It was Amanda Steege and Mary Euphemia who stole the show on the second day of the Tournament of Champions. Steege flawlessly piloted Winter Wonder to the Reserve Championship in the Pre-Green Hunters coming just shy of the championship honors behind Euphemia. Euphemia also took home the...

Steffen Peters & "Legolas 92" swept the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at the Festival of the Horse CDI 3* (Jennifer M. Keeler) Burbank, CA - West Coast dressage riders and horses enjoyed thrilling competition in a spectacular venue at the Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J Presented By HorseShow.com, held March 29 - April 1, 2012 in San Juan Capistrano, CA. As the site of the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Dressage Selection Trials for the Olympic Games, it was only natural for this spectacular...

Lexington, KY - Twenty-seven of the United States' best show jumping riders will take over the International Ring at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center March 21-24 to vie for the 2012 USEF National Show Jumping Championship. The championship runs concurrently with the USEF Selection Trials for the US Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games, meaning there is plenty on the line at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival. The USEF National Show Jumping Championship has...

Steffen Peters won the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at the Burbank CDI-W/Y/J, showing why "Legolas" could be his next superstar. (Jennifer M. Keeler) Burbank, CA - Riders who dream of a chance to stand on the Olympic medal podium began their quests at the Mid-Winter Dressage Fair CDI-W/Y/J in Burbank, CA, February 23 - 26, 2012. As the first official West Coast qualifying competition for the 2012 Olympic Games Dressage Team Selection Trials, horses and riders vied for valuable qualifying...

The WPCSA will hold its Annual General Meeting and Awards Banquet at the Embassy Suites, Raleigh-Durham/Research Triangle, Cary, NC, February 23-26, 2012. The centerpiece of the AGM, the Awards Banquet, will celebrate all of the 2011 achievements of the Welsh ponies, cobs and horses along with their owners, riders, handlers and whips. Youth activities are especially highlighted and will include unique clinics and an awards luncheon. Several more activities and opportunities await AGM attendees:...

Lexington, KY – The United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) and the USHJA Foundation will honor the life and legacy of equestrian Peter Wetherill through the formation of the Peter Wetherill Cup. A first-of-its-kind, the esteemed Peter Wetherill Cup will be presented annually to the owner of the World Championship Hunter Rider Program (WCHR) Hunter of the Year, a horse that is currently showing and exemplifies the ideal hunter. A highly-accomplished horseman, Peter Wetherill is...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – The U.S. Show Jumping Team will be looking to make it a Team Gold medal sweep at the 2011 Pan American Games after both the Dressage and Eventing topped the medal podium earlier in the competition. They got off to a great start Monday, presenting five fit and sound horses at the jog. Under the guidance of Chef d'Equipe George Morris and under the care of veterinarian Dr. Tim Ober, farrier Todd Meister and physiotherapist Janus Marquis, all five horses were...

Lexington, KY - The Alltech National Horse Show, 128th edition, set to debut in Lexington, KY, beginning on November 2 and continuing through November 6th, announced today that Friday night will be University Night at the inaugural event. All college students, with a valid student ID and wearing school colors can purchase primetime tickets for the Friday night performance on a two-for-one basis. Buy one, get one free. Also, kids 12 and under are admitted free with the purchase of an adult...