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NCEA National Championship Finals are Set

by Andrew Minnick | 4/20/2013 1:55:33 PM

Waco, TX - Saturday afternoon's NCEA National Championship finals are set. In the Western bracket Saturday morning the top seeded Oklahoma State Cowgirls handled South Carolina in a 6-1 victory and will face Big 12 rival Kansas State in the final. The Western final will begin with Horsemanship, and end with Reining. The Hunter Seat finals will see four seed Auburn, who upset number one seed Baylor 5-3, against number three seed Georgia. The Hunter Seat finals will start with Equitation on...

USEF and USET Foundation Set to Host Six Olympic Games Preparation Dressage Clinics

by USEF Dressage Department | 11/7/2011 10:56:36 AM

Lexington, KY - Beginning in December, the United States Equestrian Federaiton (USEF) and USET Foundation will host six Elite Dressage Pre-Olympic Games training sessions/clinics. Riders will have the unique opportunity to work with both USEF Technical Advisor Anne Gribbons and U.S. Olympic, World Equestrian Games and Pan American Games medalist Steffen Peters. These clinics will focus on preparing potential team riders for the 2012 Olympic Games Selection Trials and Olympic Games. The clinics...

Kentucky Spring Premier Horse Show Set for April; New Date, Location and Classes Offered in 2010

by By Brice Carr | 3/10/2010 1:39:00 PM

The 2010 Kentucky Spring Premier Horse Show is scheduled for Wednesday, April 14, through Friday, April 16, and includes significant changes from the previous year's show. In particular, the show has been moved to the new state-of-the-art indoor facility at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, the same arena in which parts of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are set to be held later this year. The new arena, footing and stabling are expected to enhance the experience of the...

All American Cup and Bluegrass Futurity Stallion Service Auctions for Saddlebreds Set for January

by By Reeves Kirtner | 12/12/2005 4:37:00 AM

The 2006 All American Cup and Bluegrass Futurity stallion service auctions are both set for January, and feature several prominent Saddlebred sires. The 2006 All American Cup Stallion Service Auction will take place Saturday, January 21, at 4:30 p.m. at Claudia Sanders Restaurant in Shelbyville, KY. A total of 175 stallion services will be available, in which the offspring produced by these stallion services are eligible for the All American Cup. The 2005 All American Weanling Cup awarded...

Certified Horsemanship Association International Conference Set for September

by By Christy Landwehr | 3/23/2005 9:33:00 AM

The Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) International Annual Conference will be held September 22-25, 2005, at Camp Berachah in Auburn, WA. The conference is open to the public and includes mounted workshops for participants, lessons on great performance horses from master level certified instructors, top veterinarians and farriers and much more. An evening Seattle Harbor cruise is also offered. This event is the only equine conference in the country where the host site provides horses for...

The 2004/2005 USEF Reining Championship Qualifying Season Set to Begin

by slane | 9/30/2004 12:00:00 AM

Lexington, KY — The top reining horses and riders in the country are set to begin competing in the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) 2004/2005 Reining Qualifying Season as they gear up for the 2005 championship season. The first qualifying reining competition will be hosted in Columbus, Ohio, on October 9th, during the All American Quarter Horse Congress. As one of the largest equestrian events in the world, the Congress typically sees more than a half a million people every year....

2018 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm Set to Begin

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/6/2018 4:45:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The stage is set for the 2018 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm to begin at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. From August 7-12, over 800 ponies from across the country will compete with their youth riders in hunter, jumper, and equitation classes. The live stream on the USEF Network will cover all of the competition from the Walnut and Alltech Arenas. View the streaming schedule . A pony hunter challenge between Great Britain and the U.S. that began in...

US Dressage Finals Presented by Adequan® Set to Begin at the Kentucky Horse Park

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 11/8/2017 8:40:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The prestigious United States Dressage Federation’s (USDF) US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan are set to begin at the beautiful Kentucky Horse Park from November 9 through 12. Top dressage competitors from across the country will compete on a national stage, in an event that showcases adult amateurs and open division competitors from Training Level through Grand Prix. Photo Credit: USDF More than 390 entries will represent nine of the USDF regions from 38 states,...

2017 USEF Reining National Championships Set to Begin at Tulsa Reining Classic

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/1/2017 3:47:00 PM

2017 USEF Reining National Championships Set to Begin at Tulsa Reining Classic Lexington, Ky. – Top athletes have converged at the Tulsa Reining Classic in hopes of claiming a title in one of the 2017 USEF Reining National Championships. Both the Adequan $10,000 Added USEF Open National Championship presented by Markel Insurance CRI3* and the $2,000 Added USEF Youth National Championship will take place Friday, September 1, at Expo Square in Tulsa, Okla. The open competitors will perform...

Chester Weber Sets New Record at Kingdom of the Sun CDE

by JRPR | 3/7/2014 4:54:08 PM

Live Oak Driver Apprentice Jacob Arnold Scores Personal Best Chester Weber on his way to a record high score in dressage. (PicsofYou.com) Ocala, Fla. - The Florida Horse Park in Ocala saw ten-time US National Driving Champion Chester Weber write combined driving history at its Kingdom of the Sun CDE, February 19-23, as the Ocala horseman dubbed “Mr. Dressage” set a never-before-achieved score of 30.89 in the dressage phase of the Advanced Horse Team division. Then Weber and his team...