Lexington, KY (November 24, 2010) - The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to John ‘Jack’ Kimball and Judith Noone at the Salute Gala & Annual Awards Banquet on December 3, 2010, at the Adequan/USDF National Convention & Symposium in Jacksonville, FL. These two recipients have shown a lifetime of dedication to USDF through volunteering, and developing programs, projects, and committees that have contributed to USDF's mission. They also have a long...

Left to Right: Rodrigo Pessoa, Brianne Goutal, Patricia Griffith, Kent Farrington, Charlie Jayne, an (Phelps Media Group) WESTPORT, CT - November 24, 2010 - After the roaring success of the Fete Cheval in 2010, there was no hesitation to start making plans for an even more spectatcular event for the 2011 Winter Equestrian Festival - and more spectacular it will be! Elizabeth Press, Clea Newman Soderlund, and Visse Wedell have signed on as Co-Chairs of the Fete Cheval, which will be held on...

Chris Payne and Clooney during the Kentucky Fall Classic (Photo by Holly Whiteman) Lexington, KY- November 17, 2010 - It was a weekend full of gorgeous and unseasonably warm weather for the Kentucky Fall Classic. The event was held in the New Alltech Indoor Arena November 11-14, 2010 and featured the areas top hunters and jumpers. Alliy Moyer took home both the champion and reserve champion honors in the Junior Hunter division. She showed Safari to the championship prize and was awarded the...

Alissa Kinsey & Grisset (©Flashpoint Photography ) Conyers, GA—November 14, 2010—Classic Company’s Season Finale event, the Atlanta Fall Classics, is a virtual cornucopia of equestrian competition with everything from Zone Championships to a $25,000 Adult-Child Jumper Classic to a show jumping Grand Prix just in the first week. “We always like to end our year big!” Classic Company President Bob Bell quipped. Friday’s kick off of head to head competition began with the USHJA National Hunter...

Jennifer Dalhman-Gurney rode The Other Brother to victory in the Beacon Hill Horse Transportation 3' (Photo © 2010 Lauren Fisher/PMG) Cazenovia, NY - November 2, 2010 - The 2010 Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament featuring the 127th National Horse Show began its first day of competition on Tuesday with Atlas Fence Local Day. Held at the Oncenter complex in downtown Syracuse, local riders had the opportunity compete at the prestigious horse show in the hunter, equitation, and jumper...

Photo by C.A. "Tony" Lee Shelburne, VT—The best of the best in the Morgan breed was celebrated in Oklahoma City for the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show. Since 1973, this show has represented the pinnacle of achievement in the Morgan horse world. More than 1,000 of the world's finest Morgan horses from across the United States, Canada, Austria, and Great Britain met in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to compete in over 250 classes for $250,000-plus in prize money. For the fourth...

Flashpoint Photography (Nicholas Dello Joio and Malcolm ) Conyers, GA - Excitement is building as once again the Atlanta Fall Classics will play host to both the USHJA Zone 4 Finals and the National Hunter Jumper League Finals at the Georgia International Horse Park November 10-21. “These two big events are always a great way to end our show season, but there are so many other special classes occurring during our year end finale, such as the $25,000 Barry Lane Memorial, the Silver Cup...

Lexington, KY – The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to announce that the annual USDF Sport Horse Seminar and Handlers’ Clinic will be held October 29-31, 2010 at Horses Unlimited in Albuquerque, NM. Comprised of both classroom lecture portions and hands-on evaluations, the sessions will give valuable insight into four major areas; ideal movement and conformation of a sport horse, considerations when selecting breeding stock, show ring strategies as well as competition rules...

SAUGERTIES, NY - Less than two weeks after announcing plans for a $100,000 Hunter Final for its popular 3’3” Devoucoux Hunter Classic, HITS has decided to quintuple the purse and make history again by offering the richest hunter class in the sport of show jumping. The $500,000 HITS 3’3” Hunter Prix Final will be a culmination of more than 30 Devoucoux Hunter Prix qualifying classes offered at all HITS horse shows from January 19 through September 4, 2011. The Final will be take place September...

Nate Chambers and Rolling Stone II (Photo courtesy Classic Communications) Fair Hill, MD - Nate Chambers, 23, of Vienna, VA, maintained the lead in the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) CCI*** at the 22nd annual Dansko Fair Hill International Festival in the Country following the cross country test on Saturday. Riding his 14 year-old warmblood gelding, Rolling Stone II, Chambers ended the day with a penalty score of 46.6. "I was very happy with the way he went today," said Chambers of...