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Hunters Showcase Their Talent at the 127th National Horse Show

by Lauren Fisher for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Interna | 11/4/2010 1:48:00 PM

Goosebumps and Cookie Beck earned multiple blue ribbons in Wednesday's Green Conformation Hunter div (Photo © 2010 Lauren Fisher/PMG) Cazenovia, NY - November 3, 2010 - The 2010 Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament featuring the 127th National Horse Show continued with its second day of competition on Wednesday with the start of the professional, amateur-owner, and junior hunter divisions. Horses and riders showed two rounds over fences and went under saddle in the day's competition....

USEF to Conduct Licensed Competition Seminar During 2011 Annual Meeting in Lexington

by USEF Education Department | 11/4/2010 1:41:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation will conduct a Licensed Competition Seminar in conjunction with their Annual Meeting, which will serve both Secretaries and Managers. This seminar will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Lexington, Kentucky on Friday, January 21, 2011 and will feature information that all competitions will find useful. The seminar will include Competition 101 for those just getting involved with management of competitions, break-out groups for...

Local Equestrians Excel in First Day of Syracuse Competition

by Lauren Fisher for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Interna | 11/4/2010 11:45:00 AM

Jennifer Dalhman-Gurney rode The Other Brother to victory in the Beacon Hill Horse Transportation 3' (Photo © 2010 Lauren Fisher/PMG) Cazenovia, NY - November 2, 2010 - The 2010 Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament featuring the 127th National Horse Show began its first day of competition on Tuesday with Atlas Fence Local Day. Held at the Oncenter complex in downtown Syracuse, local riders had the opportunity compete at the prestigious horse show in the hunter, equitation, and jumper...

2011 Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival Expands to Five Contiguous Weeks

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 11/4/2010 11:43:00 AM

Scott Lenkart riding Impulsive during 2010 Horse Shows By the Bay Series (Photo By: Lauren Fisher/PMG) Traverse City, MI - November 2, 2010: Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc and Flintfields Horse Park are pleased to announce that the 2011 Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival is expanding to five contiguous weeks next season. Held each summer in beautiful Traverse City, MI, the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival features some of the country's best horses and riders competing in the...

The Dressage Foundation's Renee Isler Fund Gives Financial Boost to Young Equestrian

by Jenny Johnson, The Dressage Foundation | 11/4/2010 11:34:00 AM

McKinley Harvey with George Williams. (Photo courtesy of the Harvey Family.) Lincoln, Nebraska, November 1, 2010 - Thanks to Renee Isler (MA), a young equestrian from Colorado was able to participate in the FEI Junior/Young Rider Dressage Clinic held in Parker, Colorado on October 23-24, 2010. McKinley Harvey applied and was accepted to this United States Dressage Federation program, but needed a financial boost to make it happen. McKinley’s dream was fulfilled, because of Renee, who...

Ticket Packages for the 2011 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Bridgestone

by Classic Communications | 11/4/2010 11:29:00 AM

Lexington, KY - November 1, 2010- Ticket packages for the 2011 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Bridgestone, April 28-May 1 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, are on sale as of November 1. The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, part of the HSBC FEI ClassicsTM, is the only event in the Western Hemisphere held at the Four Star level, the same level as the Olympic Games and the Eventing World Championships which were held as part of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games...

Meagan Davis to Represent U.S. at FEI World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders

by Joanie Morris | 11/3/2010 11:37:00 AM

Meagan Davis and Bentley (SusanJStickle.com Photo) Lexington, KY – USEF National Young Rider Dressage Champion Meagan Davis (Stone Ridge, NY) has bested the United States rankings for the FEI World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders and has earned the invitation to represent the United States in Frankfurt, Germany for the Final, to be held December 15-19, 2010. Twenty-one year-old Davis will ride Bentley a horse on which she has found success throughout the levels. Bentley, a 17-year-old...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 11/2/2010 1:43:00 PM

Elizabeth Barron and The Graduate (Leslie Threlkeld/US Eventing) Dressage In Lyon, France the Equita' Horse Show featured FEI World Cup qualifying events in both dressage and show jumping. Catherine Haddad rode Winyamaro to a sixth place finish in the CDI5* Grand Prix presented by Hermès, scoring a 66.936%. In the Grand Prix Freestyle the pair finished 11th. For complete results please visit https://results.sportcg.net/lyon . Eventing Outside of Atlanta, GA at Bouckaert Farm, The Chattahoochee...

Morgan Breed Celebrated in Oklahoma City

by Christina Koliander | 10/28/2010 4:40:00 PM

Photo by C.A. "Tony" Lee Shelburne, VT—The best of the best in the Morgan breed was celebrated in Oklahoma City for the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show. Since 1973, this show has represented the pinnacle of achievement in the Morgan horse world. More than 1,000 of the world's finest Morgan horses from across the United States, Canada, Austria, and Great Britain met in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to compete in over 250 classes for $250,000-plus in prize money. For the fourth...

2010 U.S. Nationals Underway in Tulsa

by Hilary Nixon | 10/28/2010 4:00:00 PM

Mike Fererra (Kelly Stayton and DF Magnifico win the Arabian Western Pleasure Select AATR.) The end of October means Arabian horses in Tulsa, OK, and right now 1,565 of the world's finest Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian show horses are competing for 134 national championship titles. The U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (U.S. Nationals) is underway at Expo Square through October 30. U.S. Nationals is the flagship competition for the Arabian horse industry...