San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - Savannah Jenkins jumped out to the early lead yesterday at the 2015 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals West hosted by Blenheim EquiSports after completing the flat phase and gymnastics phase of this two-day competition. She will head into today's jumping phase with a two-phase score of 202 hoping to make the ride-off against three other competitors in the 21-person field. Eve Jobs sits in second place with a two-phase score of 196.5 and...

Sandy Ferrell was named the Der Dau Leading Hunter Rider during week one Devon, PA - July 6, 2015 - Sunday afternoon marked the conclusion of two weeks of highly praised hunter/jumper competition at the Brandywine Valley Sumer Series. Held at the Devon Horse Show grounds and now in their fifth year, the premier rated horse shows saw a record number of entries, including top riders, owners and trainers from across the country. Among those top riders and trainers were Jennifer Bauersachs and...

David Blake and Binkie Photos ©ManciniPhotos Mill Spring, NC - June 27, 2015 - In another action-packed Saturday evening at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC), David Blake (IRL) and Binkie, owned by Pine Hollow Farm, cruised to victory in the $127,000 Adequan® Grand Prix CSI 3*. The duo bested a class of 35 entries to take top honors. Lauren Tisbo (USA) aboard Entre Nous followed in second with Andrew Welles (USA) and Boo Van Het Kastanjehof rounding out the top three. Competition...

Christine Traurig, Sean Caddell, and Bonnie Jenkins (Courtesy of the USET Foundation) Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. - High Performance Dressage supporters all gathered together this week as the United States Equestrian Team Foundation (USET) hosted the "Ride to Rio" fundraiser. Benefiting the United States High Performance Dressage Programs, the event was held Thursday, April 23, 2015, at the Rancho Santa Fe Golf and Tennis Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California during the Del Mar National Horse Show....

(Stefano Grasso/LGCT) Miami Beach, Fla. - Crowds are already forming around the competition arena boundaries, eager to see the fantastic equine athletes here to compete in the first round of the 2015 Longines Global Champions Tour season in Miami Beach, Florida, as they train in the afternoon sunshine. The first day of the Longines Global Champions Tour beckons as tomorrow, world-class horses and riders will take to the spectacular and unique ocean-side arena for the first time to battle it out...

Sydney Long pilots Venchy De Bornival to the win in Saturday's $25,000 EMO Grand Prix (Alison Hartwell) Atlanta, Ga. - Saturday at the Olympic Venue is Grand Prix showing jumping day and the $25,000 EMO Grand Prix saw a field of 13 compete for the win in the Olympic Arena over a course designed by Vaillencourt. Sixteen year old Sydney Long of Atlanta, Georgia in the irons of her own Venchy De Bornival posted the only clear round in a time of 77.163 seconds, beating the 80 seconds time allowed...

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 win the Grand Prix at the Capistrano Dressage International CDI (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - The world was watching as thousands tuned in to CDP Live's wildly-popular online video streaming service to see two incredibly impressive fields of Grand Prix and Prix St. Georges competitors fight it out for top marks on the first day of competition at California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, being held...

Phillip and I'm Sew Ready (USEA/Caroline Culbertson photo) When you’re as good as Phillip Dutton, being asked to ride very nice horses for other people isn’t particularly unusual. But Phillip doesn’t take it for granted, especially after a day as successful as today at the Cloud Eleven - Gavilan North Carolina International in Southern Pines, N.C., where he leads a field of 52 horses in the CIC3*/Adequan USEA Gold Cup qualifier. Phillip rode Kristen Bond’s mount...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is seeking a U.S. Dressage Young Horse Coach. The application and job description can be found here . Individuals interested in serving as the U.S. Dressage Young Horse Coach must submit applications no later than February 13, 2015. The new U.S. Dressage Young Horse Coach will replace Scott Hassler, who is stepping down from the position effective May 1, 2015. Hassler has served in the position since 2006. Read more about Hassler...

Lauren Kieffer & Veronica (Amy Dragoo) Unionville, Pa. - Lauren Kieffer and Veronica started out the first day of Plantation Field International Horse Trials on a high note, scoring 31.8 to lead the small yet talented Advanced division after dressage. After placing second at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in April, Kieffer and Veronica were named to the U.S. World Equestrian Games squad in addition to receiving a Land Rover Competition Grant to the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials....