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USEF Names Combinations for 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team

by USEF Communications Department | 8/13/2014 4:19:11 PM

Lexington, Ky .- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named five horse-and-athlete combinations to the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team. Four combinations will serve as the Team, while one combination will compete as an Individual. The following horse-and-athlete combinations have been named to the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team (in alphabetical order): Sydney Collier (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and...

Tosh And Gotham Take Top Spot In Opening Round Of 2014 USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship

by Amanda Oppold and Ann Glavan for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/12/2014 10:05:46 PM

Gotham and Hunt Tosh during their winning trip in Round 1 of the Pre-Green Incentive (Amanda Oppold/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - The second annual 2014 USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship kicked off with an opening round Tuesday at the Kentucky Horse Park. While there were many new riders and horses competing in the round, it was the championship's 2013 winner, Hunt Tosh, who took top honors in the opening class, showing the field of 130 how it is done aboard the Douglas Wheeler...

Leon and For the Best Receive Medium and Large Green Hunter Pony Titles at 2014 US Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans

by Kathleen Landwehr | 8/8/2014 11:59:03 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Another day of competition at the US Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans saw two more championship titles decided on Friday. Madeline Schaefer and Leon collected Medium Green Hunter Pony honors, while Kirklen Petersen and For the Best were named the Large Green Hunter Pony Champions. Both championship divisions completed the Over Fences phase on Friday, earning the final 50% for their overall score, after receiving 25% from both the Model and Under...

Smitten Wins Small Green Hunter Championship at Pony Finals

by USEF Communications Department | 8/7/2014 8:13:22 AM

Sophia Calamari and Smitten (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, Ky. - Sophia Calamari (New Milford, Pa.) won the Small Green Hunter Pony Championship Wednesday at the US Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans with her own Smitten, completing the competition with a phenomenal overall score of 1011.50. She and the six-year-old Welsh pony cross-bred gelding garnered second place in the Over Fences phase with a score of 249.75, while on Tuesday they earned 260.00 in the Model...

Barrios is Best with Antares in $50,000 Kentucky Summer Grand Prix at Kentucky Summer Classic

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. | 8/3/2014 9:25:49 AM

Pablo Barrios & Antares (Rebecca Walton/Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Lexington, Ky. - If the $50,000 Kentucky Summer Grand Prix sponsored by GGT Footing is any indication of how the Venezuelan team will perform at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy France, then they look very strong. Pablo Barrios' rule of the Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park continued as he piloted Antares to blazing double clear victory, while fellow Venezuelan rider Angel Karolyi took home the second...

Prize List for National Horse Show CSI-W 4* Available Now On Line

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/28/2014 4:10:40 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The prize list for the National Horse Show CSI-W 4* is now posted online. The highly decorated and immensely popular horse show returns for a fifth year at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, on October 28 -November 2, 2014. The prize list can be downloaded at: https://www.nhs.org/prize-list-and-entry-forms / With $755,000 in prize money offered, this year's show has been designated a CSI-W 4* show by the FEI. The International Open Jumpers will compete for...

U.S. Dressage Combinations Named for Hickstead CDIO3*

by USEF Communications Department | 7/24/2014 12:50:23 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the horse-and-rider combinations that will represent the U.S. at the Hickstead CDIO3*. The competition will run July 31-August 3 in Hickstead, West Sussex, United Kingdom. The following combinations have been chosen to represent the U.S. at the Hickstead CDIO3* (in alphabetical order): Katherine Bateson-Chandler (Wellington, Fla.) and Jane Clark's Wellnetta Wellnetta is a 2003 Dutch Warmblood mare. Susie...

Excellent U.S. Effort in Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen

by Kathleen Landwher | 7/20/2014 9:14:08 PM

Kent Farrington & Voyeur (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Aachen, Germany - Five members of the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games qualified for the Rolex Grand Prix of Aachenon Sunday and the U.S. horses and riders held their own with some of the best in the world. Kent Farrington led the way with a double clear aboard Voyeur. In the jump-off, he and Amalaya Investments' 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding were excruciatingly close....

Morgan Watson Wins NAJYRC Endurance Race

by USEF Communications Department | 7/18/2014 11:23:03 PM

Southeast team's Cassandra Roberts and Morgan Watson approach the finish line (SusanJStickle.com) Lexington, Ky. - The North American Young Rider Endurance Championship began bright and early on Friday morning, as 14 entries raced through the Kentucky Horse Park and surrounding farmland. After little more than six hours and 14 minutes on the trail, it came down to a single second that separated the first and second-place finishers. Teammates on the Southeast team, Morgan Watson and Cassandra...

Ebeling Withdraws Rafalca from CDI4* Aachen and Contention for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team

by USEF Communications Department | 7/13/2014 6:21:45 AM

Jan Ebeling and Rafalca (Provided by Ebeling) Lexington, Ky. - Jan Ebeling has withdrawn Beth Meyer, Ann Romney, and Amy Ebeling’s Rafalca from the CDI4* Aachen and contention for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team. Ebeling (Moorpark, Calif.) decided that the welfare of the 17-year-old Oldenburg mare was paramount and that it would be in the best interest of World Cup and 2012 Olympic Games veteran to retire from competition. “With mixed emotions, we...