Diana DeRosa (Sage Sapergia, Nancy Pratch, Chloe Beveridge, and Kaylynn Malmberg of Team Alberta. ) Lexington, KY - July 29, 2010 - The 2010 Adequan FEI North American Young Rider Reining Championship sponsored by SmartPak is off to a competitive and high-quality start at the Kentucky Horse Park along with the championships for dressage, jumping and eventing - all a part of the 2010 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. The Welcome Competition,...

Rebecca Hart and Kazan (Fire and Earth Photo) Wayne, IL - Three days of competition for the USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship concluded on Sunday at the stunning Lamplight Equestrian Center which has hosted this event for each of the past three years. "This is the largest number of riders we have ever seen," said Sandy Raferty, Chairman of the USEF Para-Equestrian High Performance Committee, "We are thrilled with the turnout." Eighteen riders competed in either a Long Course...

New in 2010 the USEF has developed the Dressage Talent Search Program as a means to identify combinations that have world-class potential. Up-and-coming dressage riders have had the opportunity to participate in clinics with USEF Developing Dressage Coach Debbie McDonald. Observation days are held one day prior to the USEF Developing Rider Training Sessions in which applicant riders present their horses in groups of up to three for 30 minute evaluations. McDonald then selects a limited number...

Dressage rider and trainer Silva Martin, 29, became a citizen of the United States of America on Friday, May 30, in Philadelphia, PA. She was sworn in with 72 immigrants from 32 different nations. She now plans to apply to the FEI for permission to represent the USA in riding competition. Silva and her husband Boyd, 30, train out of Phillip Dutton’s True Prospect Farm in West Grove, PA. “I wanted to get the American passport because Boyd and I love living here and this is home for us now,” she...

Photo by Jessica Nemzoff/PMG (Phillip Dutton and Woodburn.) The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation is pleased to announce Phillip Dutton of West Grove, PA, and Aiken, SC, as the 2010 recipient of the USET Foundation Pinnacle Cup. Awarded annually, the Pinnacle Cup went to the highest-placing American competitor at the prestigious Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bridgestone. Dutton was honored with the award after securing second-place honors aboard Woodburn, who is...

Photo by Stock Image Services (Beezie Madden and Danny Boy) Lexington, KY - Beezie Madden, of Cazenovia, NY, showed why she's one of the best show jumpers in the world in tonight's $60,000 Kentucky Cup Grand Prix at the Kentucky Horse Park. She guided Danny Boy to a jump-off time of 38.37 seconds to defeat the three other riders who qualified for the deciding round. Canadian international star Beth Underhill, of King Township, Ontario, grabbed second place on Top Gun (39.56), and Laura Teodori,...

Photo by Michelle Dunn (Miksls Munter Gundersen on Leonbrg) Lexington, KY - Yesterday Mikala Munter Gundersen experienced the drama inherent in competition. The Danish rider had to cut her warm-up for the Grand Prix short because Leonberg's bit was rubbing his lips, and her groom had to run back to the barn to get another one. Her sixth-placed finish in the Grand Prix was the result. Today, though, Gundersen had plenty of time to progressively prepare her German Warmblood for his test, and she...

On Sunday April 18, 2010 the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) lodged a formal protest against the disqualification of McLain Ward’s horse, Sapphire at the 2010 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final. Sapphire and Ward were in the lead after the second leg of the Final when Sapphire was disqualified five hours after the second class on the recommendation of the Veterinary Committee that she was unfit to compete, despite being examined before her round by FEI veterinarians and deemed fit to compete....

In an effort to implement a pilot program for equine drugs and medications testing for its sanctioned events, the United States Polo Association (USPA) has engaged the services of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Equine Drugs and Medications Program. This new pilot program was approved by the USPA Board of Governors in October 2009 and has been implemented in time for the annual 2010 polo season that includes the annual USPA U.S. Open Polo Championship. The Championship takes...

The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the "International Young Rider Talent Fund" that will be used to support the United States Equestrian Federation's High Performance International Young Rider and Developing programs in the Olympic disciplines. An integral part of the long-term high-performance strategy, these programs play a critical role in developing the best possible United States Equestrian Teams for the future. Although this...