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This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 6/8/2010 4:14:00 PM

Chester Weber and his Winning Team (Picsofyou.com) Driving US Drivers with the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on the brain competed at the CAI-B Garden State CDE at the Horse Park of New Jersey. Chester Weber and his Four-in-Hand team notched yet another win, finishing with 116.64 penalties. Josh Rector was second and Bill Long rounded out the top three. In the Single Horse division, Kim Stover and her Connemara/Thoroughbred cross Laughlin finished on 113.33 for the win. Scott Monroe...

US Show Jumping Young Rider Tour Wins at Weirden CSIOY

by By Joanie Morris | 6/4/2010 4:47:00 PM

Weirden, the Netherlands and Lexington, KY – It wasn’t easy, but the Young Riders representing the US on the US Show Jumping Young Rider Tour fought hard through two rounds of the Nations Cup to force a jump-off with the home team and eventually outran the Netherlands for their first Nations Cup win at CSIOY Weirden. The squad of Jennifer Waxman and Venturo, Michael Murphy and Katina 12, Nick Dello Joio with Malcolm and Karl Cook on Uno de Laubry recovered from a 17 fault performance in the...

Horses Unlimited's Leonberg Earns Trip to Europe with Third CDI Win

by By Christine DeHerrera | 5/28/2010 3:40:00 PM

Photo by SusanJStickle.com (Mikala Gundersen and Leonberg ) Victories continue to accumulate for Horses Unlimited's Leonberg and his Danish rider Mikala Munter Gundersen. The latest victory was a 70.79% in the Kentucky Cup Grand Prix Special over a field that included World Cup Finalists, European medalists, Olympians and Pan American Games medalists. The Kentucky Cup was the test event for the dressage world championships at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games that will be held at the...

Gold Coast Grand Finale Wrap-up

by Phelps Media | 4/22/2010 9:54:00 AM

Tracey Winter and Martailo Win Draper Equine Therapy Sponsored Grand Prix Special at Gold Coast Grand Finale I Tracey Winter, who owns Tranquility Dressage in Wellington, FL, turned in another consistent ride at the Gold Coast Dressage Association’s Grand Finale I show, winning the Grand Prix Special on her long-time partner Martailo. Draper Equine Therapy, makers of therapeutic horse and rider products featuring the innovative “smart fiber” textile Celliant™/Holofiber®, sponsored Winter’s...

This Week in USEF International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 4/20/2010 1:27:00 PM

Richard Spooner and Cristallo won the third and final leg of the Rolex/FEI World Cup Final (Shannon Brinkman) Eventing Eventing competition took place on both coasts this weekend. On the East coast the Fair Hill International CIC*/** got under way in Elkton, MD. Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda won top honors in the CIC2*, Claire Kelley and Clifton Peekachu won the CIC1*. For full results please click here . In Paso Robles, CA the Twin Rivers Spring Three-Day Event and Horse Trials featured all...

This Week in USEF International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 4/8/2010 11:24:00 AM

Buck Davidson and My Boy Bobby win at The Fork (US Eventing) Dressage Competition was underway on both coasts this week with the CDI3*/Y/J Burbank, CA (Festival of the Horse) and the Dressage at Equestrian Estates in Loxahatchee, FL. Jan Ebeling dominated the Grand Prix in Burbank, coming in first on Rafalca and second on Sandrina. Guenter Seidel and U II were third. In the Grand Prix Special it was Seidel who triumphed with a score of 69.875%, narrowly beating out Ebeling and Rafalca. Ebeling...

Showplace Spring Spectacular Series Adds Third Week of Competition

by By Lauren Fisher | 3/24/2010 12:34:00 PM

Showplace Productions, one of the top horse show production and management companies in the United States, is pleased to announce that the 2010 Showplace Spring Spectacular Horse Shows are returning to the beautiful Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, IL, for three weeks of competition beginning June 8. Featuring $500,000 in total prize money, the Showplace Spring Spectacular is a USEF 'AA' Rated Hunter and Five Star Jumper competition series comprised of the Showplace Spring Spectacular I,...

2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week Eight Wrap-Up

by By Jennifer Wood and Adrienne Marciano | 3/11/2010 2:37:00 PM

The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) was full of top competition during week eight, held March 3-7, 2010. The week featured the USEF Selection Trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games #3, #4, and #5, presented by Fidelity Investments, and the $75,000 FEI Nations Cup, presented by CN, along with a full schedule of hunter, jumper, and equitation classes. The week eight title sponsor was CN. The $150,000 CN U.S. Open Grand Prix, CSIO**** was...

Get The Winning Edge - Olympic Gold Medalist Will Simpson Clinic on Jump-Offs on Tuesday, March 9

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/4/2010 12:00:00 PM

Olympic Gold medalist Will Simpson will be giving a clinic on jump-offs on Tuesday, March 9, at 3:30 p.m. Take this advantage to learn from one of the greatest riders the strategies to get the clear round in the least amount of time. The cost of the clinic is $100, and auditors are welcome for free. The clinic will be held in the International Arena. Simpson has been active on the Grand Prix circuit in California for almost two decades, highlights include wining six Grand Prix events (on both...

Sapphire/McLain Ward Named to Show Jumping Long List for 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by From the USEF Show Jumping Department | 2/22/2010 5:06:00 PM

McLain Ward and Sapphire at the Rolex/FEI World Cup Final (Shannon Brinkman/USEF) Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has approved naming the horse/rider combination of Sapphire/McLain Ward to the Show Jumping Long List for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Lexington, KY, September 25 – October 10, 2010. Per the USEF Selection Procedure for the Show Jumping Team, the Selectors have the discretion to recommend up to six...