Kentucky Equine Research (KER) would like to invite you to tour its world-class facility and meet with some of the equine and human athletes who are preparing for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at its research farm near Versailles, KY. KER is housing the Australian Endurance Team and the U.S. Para-Equestrian Team prior to the Games. There will be two opportunities to visit KER’s research farm during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games: Tuesday, September 28 at 10:30 a.m....

Equine Affaire, the premiere equine exposition and equestrian gathering in North America, will return to Fairplex on February 3-6, 2011, with another grand "celebration of the horse." The event’s renowned educational program will include nearly 150 clinics, seminars and demonstrations by many of the foremost names in the horse industry including general trainers John Lyons, Chris Cox, Craig Cameron, Julie Goodnight, Richard Winters and Linda Tellington-Jones, as well as discipline-specific...

Bridgehampton, NY - Olympic Gold medalist Leslie Howard, of Darien, CT, rode Jeans Glove Varnel to victory in the $15,000 Speed Derby amidst the gray clouds and sporadic downpours, Friday morning at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. The threat of Hurricane Earl kept the attendance to a minimum with only 18 deciding to participate. David Tromp was the first to go on Renoir Du Buisson, owned by Beyaert Farm. They had a clear round in a time of 84.705 seconds and set the standard for the class. The...

Bridgehampton, NY - Mario Deslauriers, of New York, NY, found his way to the top of the class in the $50,000 Spy Cost Farm Grand Prix Qualifier CSI**** at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Thursday riding Urico, owned by Jane Clark. "I had a great class," said Deslauriers. "My horse went great. He jumped beautifully and I was in a good spot to go last in the jump-off, so I knew exactly what I had to do to bring it home and everything worked out." Six made it to the jump-off out of the 50...

ESI Photography (Todd Minikus and Little Annie in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the Winston National.) Saugerties, NY - The road to the Pfizer Million made its final stop at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, VA, with top contenders earning big wins along the way. During the Winston National, Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, FL, and his mare, Little Annie, owned by Todd Minikus, Ltd., took home the first-place honors in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix presented by...

USEF Archive/Geoff Oliver Bugbee (USEF President David O'Connor presented the inaugural EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award to Nancy Koch of CANTER.) The United States Equestrian Federation and The EQUUS Foundation will once again honor the hard work and dedication of equestrians with the presentation of the Second Annual EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award to be presented during the Pegasus Awards at the USEF Annual Meeting in January 2011. In 2009, the USEF and the EQUUS Foundation joined...

Lexington, Kentucky - The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA), with the support of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), is proud to present the Saturday evening classes from the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show available as video on demand. Users can visit www.ashalive.net or www.usefnetwork.com/ashalive to view the finals, as well as results, judges cards and a photo gallery of all things World’s Championship Horse Show in 2010. During the week of the...

Jersey Boy and Jennifer Alfano (Photo © 2010 Lindsay McCall for PMG) Chicago, Illinois -August 29, 2010- Equestrians and spectators could not have asked for a better afternoon for the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (Chicago Hunter Derby) Presented By Canadian National (CN). The Chicago Hunter Derby vintage hunt course was set upon the beautifully landscaped steeplechase course in-field of Annali Farm in Antioch, IL. Today's festivities included a children's horseless horse show, a...

Bridgehampton, NY-August 29, 2010- Sunny skies and an enthusiastic crowd welcomed the Opening Day Celebration of the 35th annual Hampton Classic Horse Show, one of the most prestigious horse shows in the nation. The Classic features competitors at every level from young children in leadline to Olympic veterans and it culminates with the Classic's feature event, the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and World Cup Qualifier on Sunday September 5. International recording artist Cristina Fontanelli...

2009 Sport Horse In-Hand Supreme Champion, VMA Khahpur Khopi+++/ (Photo Credit: Jackie Finlayson) Approximately four hundred Arabians, Half-Arabians and Anglo-Arabians will model their natural abilities as sport horses at the Idaho Horse Park in Nampa, Idaho, Sept. 22-25, 2010. The Sport Horse Nationals Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (Sport Horse Nationals), produced by the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) of Aurora, Colo., features 90 classes in four divisions, the sport horse...