Charlie Jayne & Chill R Z were the only pair to jump double clear Friday night (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta - Two U.S teams were in Canada at CSIO5* Spruce Meadows 'Continental' Friday for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup presented by Scotiabank. Called Stars and Stripes, one team (Stars) was riding for Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Final qualifying points, both were riding for a measure of redemption after finishing behind Team Canada at Nations Cup competitions in...

Evan Coluccio and Fabled, winners of today's $35,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (The Book) Mumford, N.Y. - Evan Coluccio and Fabled's ride Sunday marked several firsts - including Fabled's first win in a hunter derby and the first ever USHJA International Hunter Derby victory at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. Coluccio and Fabled bested a field of the nation's leading hunter horses and riders to win the $35,000 USHJA International Derby at The Derby at the Geneseee...

Devon, Pa. – The 2014 Devon Horse Show & Country Fair hosted its final day of professional hunter divisions on Wednesday and awarded Grand Hunter and Leading Rider awards for its 2014 competition. For the second year in a row, Kelley Farmer of Keswick, VA, was Devon's Leading Hunter Rider as well as the Leading Lady Rider in the High Performance division. She guided Glefke & Kensel LLC's Scripted to the Devon Grand Hunter Championship after taking top honors in the Green...

Chester Weber & Misdee Wrigley-Miller (Photo's from respective Facebook pages) Windsor, England – “Mr. Dressage” Chester Weber has impressed again, this time with a stellar 31.38 score in the dressage test at the Royal Windsor CAI3*. That score puts Chester and his four-in-hand team more than four penalties ahead of Australia’s Boyd Excell, who is in second place after dressage. Weber’s compatriot Misdee Wrigley-Miller earned a spot in the top ten with 52.80...

Lesington, Ky. - The Pony Finals Auction, in its 20th year, returns to the USEF Pony Finals in Lexington, Kentucky. The auction will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park during the US Pony Finals held August 6 through August 11. The auction returns to Wednesday evening, August 6 at 6:15 PM in the Alltech Arena. Entries are being accepted now at www.sporthorseauctions.com. The Pony Finals anchors six weeks of shows produced by Kentucky Horse Shows, LLC that includes the Kentucky Summer Series and...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and Premier Equestrian have signed an exclusive provisioning agreement making Premier Equestrian the Official Dressage Arena of the USEF and the Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championship presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC), as well as a Gold Level Sponsor of the Adequan/FEI NAJYRC. Under the agreement, Premier Equestrian will provide three dressage arenas, two sets of dressage letters, and one set of flower...

The Palmer Sisters will be one of four pas-de-deux at the FEI World Cup Final in Bordeaux (Kate Revell/VaultingPhotos.com) Lexington, Ky. - The FEI World Cup Vaulting qualifying season ended on Sunday and U.S. pas de deux vaulters Kimberly and Cassidy Palmer (Half Moon Bay, Calif.) have qualified for the FEI World Cup Vaulting Final in Bordeaux, France. Only the four best pas de deux pairs from qualifying go to the FEI World Cup Vaulting Final (six qualify in the male and female individual...

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the names of five equestrians who have been selected to receive the year's most coveted honors. Awarded by the USEF, the Lifetime Achievement Award, Junior Equestrian of the Year, and the Pegasus Medals of Honor will be presented during the Pegasus Awards gala on Friday, January 10, at The Hyatt Regency Lexington in Lexington, Ky. The winner of the Equestrian of the Year Award will be announced at the Pegasus Awards. More...

Reed Kessler & Cylana (Karl Heinz Frieler) Munich, Germany - In Munich over the weekend Reed Kessler and Cylana put forward a beautiful double clear effort in the Championat von München at the Munich Indoor CSI3*. With a fault free jump off in 34.78s Reed and Cylana put themselves atop a group of 65 tough international competitors. South Africa’s Oliver Lazarus finished second with Pour Led Poussage. John Whitaker of Great Britain and Argento were third. Full results are...

Lexington, Ky. - During the USEF Mid-Year Board Meeting held on July 22, 2013 in Lexington, Kentucky, the Board of Directors voted to amend Bylaws and change the Federation's governance structure. Effective January 9, 2014, the Board of Directors will be streamlined to 19 members from the current 54. A chart depicting the new structure is available here . The new Board of Directors will include the three national officers; President Chrystine Tauber, Vice-President Ellen DiBella, and...