Yann Candele and Redefin. (Photo by Sportfot©.) Wellington, FL - The 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) held its second day of competition today with the first of 12 weekly WEF Challenge Cup grand prix classes. Canada's Yann Candele and Redefin, owned by Susan Grange, were the fastest double clear combination to earn the top prize. Held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL, the 2011 WEF will hold 12 consecutive weeks of competition for its winter show...

Redha Gharsa on Neopolitano Primavera and Anthony Jackson on Pluto Pompea. (Photo courtesy Eric Martin.) Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain – Ten horses and eight riders braved a 16-hour plane ride to the Middle East to present the King of Bahrain with a demonstration of classical dressage. King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa staged the Bahrain Animal Production Show and brought in the Lipizzaner Stallion Show as the headliner. Also known as the Mara’ee, the agricultural show featured animal trainers,...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to announce the results of the Executive Board elections that were held at the 2010 Adequan/USDF Convention in Jacksonville, FL. Elections were held for USDF Vice-President, Secretary, and Regional Director in Regions 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. Officers and Regional Directors of the USDF Executive Board serve a three-year term, starting the first day of January after the election. Beth Jenkins, of Boston, MA, is the new USDF Vice-President....

Fairfield, CT - The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) has announced a realigning of its National Zones, compressing nine Zones into eight, and reflecting several new changes. In brief: * Former Zone 7 was absorbed into Zones 8 and 5 * Zone 9 was renamed Zone 7 * New regions were created in Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 (former Zone 9) * Zone 1 sent a region to Zone 2 * Zone 2 shifted a region to Zone 3 * Zone 3 lost two regions - one to Zone 4 and another to Zone 6 * Zone 4 shifted a...

Steffen Peters Celebrates a Bronze Medal. (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF.) Lexington, KY - The brilliant United States dressage duo, Steffen Peters of San Diego, CA, and Ravel, owned by Four Winds Farm and Akiko Yamazaki, won the bronze medal at the FEI World Dressage Championship in the Grand Prix Special. They received a score of 78.542%, the best Grand Prix Special score that they have ever received. It was quite an accomplishment for Peters; an American rider has never won an...

Jenny Fischer is congratulated by HITS' Kristen Vale and Mary Moeller of Marshall & Sterling Insuran (ESI Photography) SAUGERTIES, NY (September 15, 2010)--Mother Nature got the memo for the opening day of the 2010 Marshall & Sterling League National Finals as riders were greeted with a picture-perfect afternoon at HITS-on-the-Hudson, in Saugerties, New York. Taking top honors in today's competition was accomplished hunter rider and Marshall &Sterling League National Finals veteran Jenny...

Lexington, KY - Ten days to go before the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (September 25-October 10) and the American horses and riders are putting the finishing touches on their preparation. Where are they and what are they up to? The DRESSAGE horses have all made it back to Gladstone, NJ where they are training at the USET Foundation Headquarters up until the WEG. Ravel and Steffen Peters had their trip delayed a couple of days by Hurricane Earl, but they arrived safe and sound on...

Abigail Hopkins and One Hot Pepper (Photo Credit: Anne Gittins) Halifax, MA -August 29, 2010- The area's top equitation riders converged on the Fieldstone Equestrian & Show Facility in Halifax, MA, for the 2010 Massachusetts Hunter Jumper (MHJ) Finals. The MHJ Finals, which concluded the Fieldstone Summer Showcase, saw over 300 riders compete for top honors in the MHJ Short Stirrup Medal Final, MHJ-Mini Medal Final, MHJ Adult Mini-Medal Final, MHJ Children's Pony Medal Final, MHJ Children's...

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Just ask Miami University of Ohio freshman, Tom Schoen, the 2010 recipient of the Jon Conyers Memorial Scholarship. Schoen rides on the Miami University Equestrian Team (MUET), representing his Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) teammates in the Walk Trot division, under coaches Heather Pinnick and Lori Cramer. Remarkably, the English Education major was not a rider before college. But it’s clear after listening to him talk about his passion for...

Meagan Davis and Bentley (SusanJStickle.com Photo) Gladstone, NJ – The second Saturday of the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions proved to be one of the busiest days of the six day championship. Three different USEF National Championships took place in the Dick and Jane Brown Dressage Arena at the USET Foundation Headquarters. The National Young Rider Dressage Championship kicked it off and three superstar Young Riders swept into the top three places after the first half...