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2010 AMHA Awardees Announced

by Christina Koliander/AMHA News | 12/14/2010 4:10:00 PM

SHELBURNE, VT — The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) Awards Committee is pleased to announce the following individuals will be recognized at the AMHA annual convention, which will take place February 23-26, 2011 in Boston, MA. Man and Woman of the Year Awards honor those individuals for their continued support of the breed. This year's honorees are Yum Kee Fu and Susan Fu. Jonalyn Gwinup will be awarded the Cecil Brown Memorial Sportsmanship Award, which is given to a Morgan exhibitor...

USA's Treabess Finishes Tenth in FEI World Para Dressage Championships

by Helen Murray | 10/10/2010 9:12:00 PM

Susan Treabass, earlier in the week (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF) Lexington, KY - The FEI World Para Dressage Championships came to a close today with the Grade IV Individual Freestyle Test. The Kentucky Equine Research U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team sent four riders into the ring to perform their tests to music. First in the ring for the U.S. was Mary Jordan of Wells, ME riding her own Paxton Abbey. Jordan and the 12-year-old Hanoverian mare performed a steady test that stayed...

All Kinds of Mixed Emotions

by Joanie Morris | 10/5/2010 8:43:00 AM

Disappointment is hard to swallow. I think we are still choking on it after our dreams for a medal in eventing went on the skids when Mandiba slammed on the brakes in the show jumping at a black gate. Becky Holder made the difficult decision to withdraw Courageous Comet while sitting in a very good spot for a medal but Comet will be back to fight another day and Becky and Aubrey really do look after him so well. We were all devastated, especially after Karen had the round of the day on the...

sharingVillage Survivor Groups’ Driving For Surviving Program Featured at the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions

by Classic Communications | 8/26/2010 11:52:00 AM

Classic Communications Contact: Marty Bauman, 508-698-6810, [email protected] Far Hills, NJ—August 15, 2010—Spectators attending the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of Champions and World Equestrian Games Selection Trials at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ, were treated to a special driving demonstration by the sharingVillage Survivor Groups’ Driving for Surviving program. sharingVillage Survivor Groups’ is a 501c3 not-for-profit New Jersey corporation...

Forstadt Forges Victory at Her First SmartPak Equine United States Eventing Association Training Three-Day Event at the Inavale Horse Trials

by By Frankie Thieriot | 7/1/2010 12:04:00 PM

Saturday morning’s second phase of the SmartPak Equine United States Eventing Association (USEA) Training Three-Day competition at the Inavale Horse Trials in Philomath, OR, proved to be a challenge, as the placings shifted around quite a bit in the division sponsored by Gallops Saddlery. The overnight leader added penalties to her score in steeplechase, giving Maria Schatz an opportunity to snatch the lead, following clean trips from phase A through D, to move her up from the third position....

2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to Celebrate 100 Days to Go with Festival

by By Amy Walker | 6/11/2010 2:40:00 PM

The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, with several key sponsors and partners, will celebrate 100 Days to Go until the world’s most prestigious equestrian event comes to Kentucky with a celebration in downtown Lexington on June 17. The Fifth Third Pavilion at Cheapside Park will be transformed into a celebration and preview of things to come from September 25-October 10, 2010, when the world championships in eight equestrian sports are contested at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park. The 100 Days...

10 Questions with the Hudspeths

by Helen Murray | 4/24/2010 8:11:32 AM

Holly Hudspeth is no stranger to the Kentucky Horse Park or the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. However, more than one person might be questioning who Mrs. Hudspeth was, as this is a relatively new surname to eventing. Many spectators this weekend know this tall blonde as Holly Hepp. Holly completed the 4* in 2002, 2003 and 2004 with Lester Piggot and did double duty in 04 completing with Damian as well. Also on her resume is representing the US at the 2003 Pan American Games with Lester Piggot....

Konyot And Her "Big Black Horse" Dance To Kentucky Cup Freestyle Victory

by Classic Communications | 4/23/2010 8:42:00 AM

Photo by mdunnphoto.com ((l-r) Chris von Martels, Tina Konyot and Jacqueline Brooks) Lexington, KY - Sashaying in to KT Tunstall's "Black Horse and The Cherry Tree," Tina Konyot's big black horse Calecto V showed their partnership has reached new heights with a decisive win in the 2010 Kentucky Cup CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle, scoring 76.25%. Chris von Martels on Naomi (70.20%) rode into second place, with Jacqueline Brooks on Balmoral close behind in third (67.35%). "It was great fun [out...

Fifty-Three Horses to Start the Dressage at the 2010 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone

by By Joanie Morris | 4/21/2010 5:55:00 PM

Boyd Martin at the Jog With Remington XXV (USEF Photo) Lexington, KY – With Wednesday at the Rolex Kentucky Three Day-Event presented by Bridgestone comes the first horse inspection – which christens the official start of the competition. Running also as a Test Event for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the eventing riders at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event this year have the company of some of the top dressage and jumping riders as Test Events for those disciplines run...

The Alltech Experience Pavilion to Educate and Entertain During the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by By Amy Walker | 4/21/2010 2:40:00 PM

Located in the heart of the Kentucky Horse Park, the four-acre Alltech Experience will welcome visitors in a variety of languages that will serve as a tribute to both the international nature of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and the title sponsor’s global business in 120 countries. In a central acropolis dedicated to experiencing Alltech’s global initiatives, visitors will explore the future of Alltech pharma and the innovative products that will meet tomorrow’s challenges. The key to...