Lexington, KY— It’s fast, easy to use, and saves you the hassle of fumbling with multiple sets of membership cards from both the USEF, and USDF or USHJA to enter a competition. The USEF Affiliate Verification Service is now operational and can be accessed through the USEF website, www.usef.org; the USDF website, www.usdf.org and the USHJA website, www.ushja.org, or at www.eqverification.org. The service allows you to search and then print your owner and rider USEF membership data, and...

The HorseTV Channel is set to introduce its new broadband channel "HorseTV Access," with a free six-day special presentation, beginning September 4, which will feature the network’s 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) coverage. The WEG presentation is a “free rein” direct feed intended to give viewers the feeling of being at the event. HorseTV Access will begin airing The HorseTV Channel’s regular programming on September 10, and viewers will receive an additional week free upon subscribing...

The U.S. show jumping team shows off their Silver medals from the team competition at the WEG. (l-r) Chef d'Equipe George Morris, McLain Ward, Margie Engle, Beezie Madden and Laura Kraut. (Bob Langrish) It was a late start for the show jumpers on Thursday at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), but it is better late than never. The Main Stadium was once again packed to the rafters, full of fans cheering the competitors and witnessing the contest of the team medal in Aachen. Earlier in the...

By Bob Langrish (Beezie Madden and Authentic are leading all show jumpers at the WEG for two days in a row.) It’s double duty again at the 2006 World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Aachen, Germany, as two disciplines played out simultaneously – one of them in the Main Stadium (show jumping) and the other having its first-day opener in Stadium 2 (four-in-hand driving). Both of the disciplines have fans running back and forth to take in the action. In show jumping, it’s Day One of a...

Bob Langrish (American Kathryn Downs was the highest-placed American in 17th in endurance.) Long before the sun rose over the first day of competition at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Aachen, a flurry of activity was going on as the stage was set for the first medal decisions made in the equestrian discipline of endurance. The consensus is that today’s championship served as the biggest in the sport’s interesting development and history, and the fact that temperatures...

PhelpsPhotos.com/USEF Archives (Pony Finals First-Timers Zone 10 Take Home Gold) Lexington, KY – On day three of the 2006 USEF Pony Final National Championships, Samantha Schaefer and Zone 10 walked away with the top prizes. The 13-year-old Schaefer, of Westminster, MD, rode her seven-year-old German Riding Pony gelding, Rockport, to their first Pony Finals win. This was their first time riding indoors, after the competition had to be moved inside today due to the torrential rainstorms...

Courtesy Susie Bors (The F.A.M.E. Team shows their stuff to other international vaulters in Germany.) Lexington, KY – The U.S. Vaulting Team that will travel to Aachen in a few weeks for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games secured a more than impressive win in Munich, Germany, last weekend, beating out the European competition, to the surprise of many. In an arena where one could have heard a pin drop when the crowd went silent for the Americans, F.A.M.E. became the first U.S. vaulting team to...

Lexington, KY – Ariat International, the leading equestrian footwear and apparel manufacturer, has created a collection of high-performance athletic gear for our nation’s top equestrian athletes that debuted last weekend at the 2006 Adequan®/USEF Open Reining Championship. Members of the newly-announced U.S. Reining Team sponsored by Adequan® were able to try on the gear and be the first team to do so. Through the newly-signed sponsorship, Ariat became the “Official Apparel Supplier” of United...

Gladstone, NJ – Three was the magic number today at the USET Foundation Dressage Festival of Champions. Rebecca Hart won the USEF National Para-Equestrian Championship after she pulled off a hat-trick, winning all three classes three days in a row. Then, in the USEF Grand Prix Special, it was déjà vu with the top three riders in the same placings as Thursday, when they performed their Grand Prix. The third class that makes up the 2006 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National...

Jan Byyny made her first win at the CCI*** level a memorable one by capturing first place on Task Force and second place on Waterfront. Byyny, who was already sitting in the top two places after stellar cross-country riding, stayed in front on June 6 with two solid show jumping rounds. Riding Waterfront first, Byyny jumped one of only two double-clear rounds. Although she had already secured the win, Byyny looked even more determined when she rode into the ring on Task Force. Despite a single...