Shelburne, Vt. - The American Morgan Horse Association Young Adult Alliance (YAA), a group of 18-40 year old amateur and professionals working together to strengthen the Morgan breed, today shared details of its first Professional Development Project, a scholarship for amateur and professionals who are interested in attaining their United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) "R" Morgan judging card. This is an opportunity for young adults to educate themselves on the show ring and develop...

Aurora, Colo. - Youth competitors of all ages will return to Albuquerque to compete for the top honors in the country on Arabian and Half-Arabian horses. Celebrating its 14th year in New Mexico, the annual Youth National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show will be held at Expo New Mexico, Saturday July 19 through Saturday July 26, 2014. Admission and parking are free to the general public. Join the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) for 8 days of family fun. With fun activities and...

Robert Lee and El Grecco (The Book LLC) Lake Placid, N.Y. - Robert Lee of Old Saybrook, Conn., rode El Grecco, owned by Brook Run Farm LLC, to the win in the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Presented by Eastern Hay & Purina Animal Nutrition Saturday at the 2014 I Love New York Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables. Lee, 23, and his former junior and amateur jumper topped both rounds, receiving a score of 184.00 from judges John Roper and Linda Andrisani for round one and a...

Lake Placid, N.Y. - Todd Minikus of Wellington, FL, rode Quality Girl to victory in the $30,000 CMJ Sporthorse Jumper Classic at the 2014 I Love New York Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables. Minikus was one of 12 from the starting field of 43 to reach the jump-off by riding without penalty over the first-round course designed by Show Jumping Hall of Famer Steve Stephens. He was then third to try the tiebreaker course and he set a tough mark to beat with another clean round in 31.951...

Lexington, Ky. - The best junior riders from across the country prepare to compete for top honors in the 2014 US Junior Hunter National Championships. The championships will take place on both the East and West Coasts, with the riders separated into 15 & Under and 16-17 divisions, as well as Small Junior Hunter and Large Junior Hunter. This year the new 3'3" Junior Hunters will also be offered as a combined division. The riders will compete in three phases: Classic Round, Under Saddle,...

Amanda Hurd (Waltenberry) Lexington, Ky. - The top youth reiners in the U.S. went head-to-head on June 28 at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla., to stake their claim on coveted National Titles in the Adequan/USEF Youth Reining National Championship. At the competition held in conjunction with the NRHA Derby, Amanda Hurd claimed top honors in the 14-18 division, while Emmy-Lu Marsh earned the 13 & Under crown. Hurd (Wilmington, Del.) and Mark Hurd’s 11-year-old Quarter Horse...

Darragh Kenny of IRL riding Alpha VDL (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta – The ‘Canada One’ Tournament at Spruce Meadows continued on Saturday featuring the $33,500 McDaniel & Associates Cup 1.55m with a win for Ireland’s Darragh Kenny and Alpha VDL. The small margin of six one-thousandths of a second separated Kenny from second place finisher Kirsten Coe (USA) aboard Czardas 30. The $8,000 Francis Family Cup 1.45m was also held in the Chinook Ring in...

Laura Linback and HH Dauphin (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Wayne, Ill. - It was an electrifying final day of competition today at the Lamplight Equestrian Center as the Showplace Spring Spectacular Series wrapped up with the $40,000 Weathertech Grand Prix. It came down to a two-horse jump-off, but Kelsey Thatcher and Athena rode to the win, leading the week's final victory gallop. Alan Wade built a technical track for the final day of competition, and with the nation's top riders ready to...

Steffen Peters & Laura Graves are #1 and #2 on the Dressage Short List for WEG in 2014 (Susan J. Stickle) Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named eight horse-and-athlete combinations to the Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team. Mandatory Outings will be held for Short Listed combinations at CDI4* Fritzens in Fritzens, Austria, July 4-7, and CDIO5* Aachen in Aachen, Germany, July 15-20. The following eight...

Woodside team vaulters Miki Yang (on top, the lion "flying"); Rachel Polati (Dorothy), standing; Siddhartha Kreaden (the wicked witch) sitting on neck. Horse: Stanford; lunger: Julie Divita (Lynne Owens) Menlo Park, Calif. – The last of five Selection Trails for the 2014 U.S. Vaulting Team for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy was help over the weekend as part of the Woodside Spring Fest in Menlo Park, California at the Portola Valley Training Center. Team announcements...