Gold medalist Young Rider Katherine Dinan. Photo: Sportfot. Lexington, KY - Young Rider Katherine Dinan piloted the 13-year-old New Zealand Thoroughbred-cross gelding, Vancouver, quickly and carefully around the Rolex Stadium on Sunday to finish with a score of 10.14 - and a Gold medal. It was the final day of jumping at the USHJA North American Junior and Young Rider Show Jumping Championship at the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham...

Lexington, KY - The final day of the Kentucky Summer Horse Show was filled with nothing but sunshine and a practically cloudless blue sky. The $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Classic witnessed talented horse and rider combinations striving to showcase their skills and claim the winning title in the Stonelea Ring. Stacey Arani and Bolero led the class from start to finish and eventually led the victory gallop after earning a total score of 185. Olivia Herbert and Capistrano finished second falling...

Dressage Freestyle Young Rider medalists. Photo: SusanJStickle.com. Lexington, KY - It was a stormy afternoon at the Kentucky Horse Park for part of the USDF/Platinum Performance North American Junior and Young Rider Dressage Championship at the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North, but storms could not dampen the brilliance of the dressage being performed. Competition was suspended at approximately 3:30 p.m. when a thunder...

Young Rider Individual Medalists, l-r: Brandi Roenick, Isabelle Leibler, Chase Hickok (Photo: SusanJStickle.com). Lexington, KY – The competitive action jumped into high gear on Day Two of the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North, which got underway at the Kentucky Horse Park yesterday and will continue through Sunday. In the Rolex Stadium, it was a quest for Individual Gold for dressage competitors, then, later in the...

Lexington, KY - Temperatures soared, but dressage competitors managed to keep their cool as the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North kicked off today at the Kentucky Horse Park. This is the third year the championships have been held at the Kentucky venue, which was the site of the 2010 Alltech/FEI World Equestrian Games last fall. Region 5 Took the Gold medal in the Young Rider competition. Photo by SusanJStickle.com. The day began...

Lexington, KY — Every year USA Equestrian Trust provides grants to equine non-profits. This year a total of $198,822 was awarded to 10 projects. More than 61 percent of 2011 grant funds went to the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) with the bulk of that going to its Equine Health Research Fund, which coordinates research to benefit all equine breeds and disciplines. Other monies went to programs of merit to help people with disabilities, create or expand educational opportunities...

Hunt Tosh and Lone Star won the 2010 $100,000 Chronicle of the Horse/USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals (Photo: Rebecca Walton/PMG). Lexington, KY - The 2011 Kentucky Summer Horse Shows will begin this Wednesday and run for two weeks, followed by the USEF Pony Finals, the Bluegrass Festival Classic, and the KHJA Horse Show. The Kentucky Summer Horse Show will be held July 27-31, 2011, and will be followed by the Kentucky Summer Classic, scheduled for August 3-7, 2011. The North American...

Lexington, KY - The Equestrian Life project – Learn to Ride and Drive in Style – is a joint effort among the United Professional Horsemen’s Association (UPHA), American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA), and American Hackney Horse Society (AHHS). Through the partnership of these three organizations, a marketing campaign launching in August will bring the horses and ponies we all love into millions of homes, with a goal of increasing awareness of saddle seat riding and...

Michael Byatt with World and U.S. National Champion Stallion Dakharo (USEF Archives). Thank you USEF Facebook fans for these questions for Arabian trainer Michael Byatt. For the next "10 Questions With..." visit www.facebook.com/USEquestrian . Next to be featured is dressage superstar Guenter Seidel. Michael Byatt Arabian trainer and internationally-renowned halter showman USEF 2010 Equestrian of Honor New Ulm, TX Mallory Krumm of Nicholasville, KY : What made you want to show horses? As a...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has announced the list of Youth Reining Riders who have qualified for the USEF Youth Reining National Championships to be held in conjunction with the NRHA Derby in Oklahoma City on July 2, 2011. The USEF will award Youth National Championship titles in three age categories: 13 and under, 14-18 and 19-21 age divisions. The Youth qualified for the USEF Championships by earning points in Qualifying Classes throughout the country in...