CROSS PLAINS, Wis. — Members and friends of the American Driving Society (ADS) are encouraged to attend the 41st Annual Members Meeting, September 24-27 in the heart of picturesque Lodi Wine Country - one of California’s major wine growing regions. California is also home to one of the largest ADS-member contingencies in the nation. Registration is open and will close September 8, 2015. The purpose of the Members Meeting is to connect ADS enthusiasts involved in all areas of the...

The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, always a huge family favorite, is expecting record attendance in 2015 (Phelps Media Group) Devon, PA - May 16, 2015 - If advance ticket sales are any indication, this year's Devon Horse Show and Country Fair might be the best attended of any show in recent memory. This year's show, just days away now, is scheduled for May 21 - May 31, 2015 at the famed Devon show grounds on Lancaster Avenue. This year's show begins with the highly competitive...

Elizabeth Hay, 2015 USEF/Cacchione Cup Hunter Seat Equitation champion (Al Cook Photo) Fairfield, CT – The 42nd Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championships, April 30-May 3 at the Eastern States Coliseum in West Springfield, MA, saw a first-ever Collegiate Cup High Point Hunter Seat Team championship for coach Ashley Henry and the Savannah College of Art & Design Bees, while coach Margaret Knight and the Berry College Vikings repeated their winning ways with their...

More than $150,000 in scholarships for Youth exhibitors will be up for grabs at the 2015 AjPHA Youth World Championship Show, which takes place June 23–July 4 in Fort Worth, Texas. Building upon the work of generous APHA members who have raised $45,000 for scholarships awarded in Youth World Show halter classes plus rookie exhibitor awards, the American Paint Horse Foundation will add another $100,000 for scholarships awarded throughout the show’s world championship performance...

Kristen VanderVeen and Bull Run’s Faustino de Tili Star in the $50,000 Horse Power Grand Prix at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - The bleachers were full and the grass berms surrounding the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium were lined with spectators for Sunday’s $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix, and fans were treated to an exciting class with a race to the finish. Kristen VanderVeen from St. Charles, Illinois, came out on the top with an all-out gallop to the finish on Bull Run's...

Rich Fellers and Flexible, owned my Harry and Mollie Chapman won Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Rich Fellers and Flexible, owned by Harry and Mollie Chapman, won Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, topping a field of 44 contenders at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California. Fifteen horses made the jump-off and nine went double-clear. John Pearce, of Bermuda Dunes, California, and Chianto, owned by Forest View Farm, Inc., went second...

Kent Farrington and Blue Angel (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - For the second year in a row, Kent Farrington (USA) and Robin Parsky's Blue Angel emerged victorious in the $85,000 Salamander Hotels & Resorts Grand Prix CSI 3* during week six at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Farrington and Blue Angel topped a nine-horse jump-off to defend their title, with Harrie Smolders (NED) and Don VHP Z second, and Ben Maher (GBR) aboard Valinski S third. Under the lights of the...

The first qualifier of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2015 season will take place at the Ocala CSIO4* in Florida, USA on Friday 13 February, attracting a field of six teams. The starting order, which was determined by a draw held in Ocala yesterday, will be as follows: 1. Ireland 2. Mexico 3. USA 4. Venezuela 5. Colombia 6. Canada Canada, Mexico and USA will be eligible for Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping points in The North and Central America & Caribbean League....

Sydney Collier riding Willi Wesley (SusanjStickle.com) Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce Sydney Collier as the 2014 Junior Equestrian of the Year. Seventeen-year-old Collier is a talented Para-Equestrian who competed at the international level in 2014, including the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., she was diagnosed at the age of seven with a rare congenital birth defect called Wyburn-Mason Syndrome. In spite...

Aurora, Colo. - The Arabian Horse Association’s (AHA) Arabian Breeders Sweepstakes program has been rewarding excellence in Arabian breeding for over 30 years. Adding excitement to the show ring through prize money, and bringing pride to breeders across North America, Sweepstakes has recently undergone some positive changes effecting its 2015 program and beyond. AHA’s Sweepstakes Trustees have made changes to the current program, based on feedback from both current Sweepstakes...