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USEF Announces Inaugural USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship

by USEF Communications Department | 7/6/2015 3:05:18 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the inaugural Sleepy P Ranch & Deeridge Farm $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship presented by the Porter Family, the Jacobs Family, & the Keenan Family will take place at the National Horse Show in Lexington, Ky., October 27-November 1, 2015. Open to athletes from the age of 16 up to and including 25-years-of-age in the calendar year, this individual championship will be based on the...

USEF National One-Star Eventing Championship Titles to Be Decided at Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge

by Kathleen Landwehr | 10/15/2014 5:39:38 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The 2014 USEF National One-Star Eventing Championships will be decided this weekend at the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge in Lexington, Ky., with riders vying for top honors. Running from October 16-18 at the Kentucky Horse Park, 38 horse-and-rider combinations will compete for a national title. In the USEF National One-Star Championship, riders age 22 or over hope to be crowned champion and receive the Richard Collins Trophy. In a field of 24...

Linda Bibbler, Larry Langer, and Armand Leone to Receive Pegasus Medals of Honor

by USEF Communications Department | 12/4/2013 12:21:52 PM

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the names of five equestrians who have been selected to receive the year's most coveted honors. Awarded by the USEF, the Lifetime Achievement Award, Junior Equestrian of the Year, and the Pegasus Medals of Honor will be presented during the Pegasus Awards gala on Friday, January 10, at The Hyatt Regency Lexington in Lexington, Ky. The winner of the Equestrian of the Year Award will be announced at the Pegasus Awards. More...

USEF National One-Star Eventing Championship Titles Up for Grabs at Hagyard Midsouth CCI1*

by Kathleen Landwehr | 10/16/2013 5:30:25 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Top competitors will vie for a national title at the Kentucky Horse Park as they compete in the USEF National One-Star Eventing Championships. Held October 17-19 in conjunction with the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge, 42 horse-and-rider combinations will contest the CCI1* after all pairs passed the first horse inspection. In the USEF National One-Star Championship, riders age 22 or over hope to be crowned champion and receive the Richard Collins...

The CHC International Horse Trials Announces Inaugural 3-Day Event May 2013

by Caren West PR | 3/26/2013 9:12:17 PM

Atlanta, GA – The Chattahoochee Hills Country International Horse Trials (CHC International Horse Trials) is thrilled to announce its inaugural event this May 17 through 19, 2013. The three-day “equestrian triathlon” will be held just 30 minutes travel time from Downtown Atlanta at Bouckaert Farms, a scenic 8,000-acre equestrian paradise along the Chattahoochee River. Attracting amateur, professional, international athletes and Olympian competitors, the CHC International Horse...

USEF Welcomes AGCO as Title Sponsor of Young Rider and Junior National Championships at the 2013 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by the Dutta Corp.

by USEF Communications Department | 3/8/2013 4:35:41 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to welcome AGCO as the Title Sponsor of the Young Rider and Junior National Championships for the 2013 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by the Dutta Corp. The AGCO/USEF Young Rider Dressage National Championship will feature the top 12 riders from the ages of 16- to 21-years-old. While the AGCO/USEF Junior Dressage National Championship hosts the top 12 riders in the 14 to 18 age bracket from across the...

James Robert Greene 1929-2012

by USEF Communications Department via Cynthia Greene McNutt | 10/1/2012 4:07:01 PM

Brentwood, TN - James Robert Greene passed away on September 27, 2012 peacefully at the age of 83. Preceded in death by his beloved wife, Janet Jordan Greene and daughter Betsy Greene Wohrley. He is survived by his children SuSu Greene Raymond and Cynthia Greene McNutt and grandchildren Emily Jordan Raymond, Catherine Austin Raymond, Kelsey Jordan McNutt, Ashley Himmelreich and Joshua Wohrley. Mr. Greene graduated from Western Military Academy, Franklin & Marshall College and Washington...

Quality Shines Through on Day One of Dressage at Flintridge CDI*

by Yellow Horse Marketing for Cornerstone Event Management | 5/26/2012 9:24:58 AM

Craig Stanley rode the 5-year-old U.S.-bred "Caliente DG" to victory in the opening round of the Markel/USEF Western Dressage Selection Trial on the first day of competition at the Dressage at Flintridge CDI*/Y/J. (Jennifer M. Keeler) Burbank, CA - A small but talented group of young horses contested the opening round of the Markel/USEF Western Dressage Selection Trial, part of the Dressage at Flintridge CDI*/Y/J in La Cañada-Flintridge, CA. Judges Lilo Fore (4* USA), Lois Yukins (4*...

USET Foundation Awards Jacqueline B. Mars Training Grant to Jolie Wentworth

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/7/2012 12:35:15 PM

Gladstone, NJ - The United States Equestrian Team Foundation is pleased to announce that the Jacqueline B. Mars Domestic Competition and Training Grant has been awarded to Jolie Wentworth of Martinez, CA. The grant is given to an Eventing rider who has been identified and recommended by the USEF Eventing Selectors, with an impressive record and potential to represent the United States in future international competition. Wentworth began riding at the young age of seven, and one of her earliest...

The Dressage Foundation Announces Changes to the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship for Dressage Instructors

by Jenny Johnson/The Dressage Foundation | 4/8/2011 9:50:00 AM

Lincoln, NE – The Dressage Foundation is pleased to announce that the annual Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship has recently been revised to provide scholarships to a greater number of qualified dressage instructors. Major Anders Lindgren was an accomplished dressage rider, having won the 1971 Swedish Dressage Championship and ridden on the Swedish Olympic Team in 1972. He also won the Scandinavian Eventing Championship in 1959. Lindgren's contribution to American dressage was large, as he was...