Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the Pan American Games. The Pan American Games will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, October 14-30, 2011. Held at the CCI2*, five horses will compete for both team and individual classification, with the best three scores to count for the team score. The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team (in alphabetical order): Hannah Sue...

Fort Worth, TX - Today, reining superstars slid across the illustrious ground, where, for decades, cowboy legends have made unforgettable rides, broken records and inspired thousands of western dreams of gold belt buckles. The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Cowtown Classic brought the $113,000 added Open Pre Futurity and the $25,000 added Silver Spurs Equine Non Pro Shootout to the historic Will Rogers Equestrian Center Coliseum on Thursday, August 25. More than 130 entries including...

Christina Kelly and Camirage won the $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix Victory at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show (Photo: Heather Bellock/PMG). Lexington, KY - It was a beautiful and sunny afternoon at the Kentucky Horse Park as the final day of the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show commenced. Today, top jumper riders turned out to compete for the winning title in the $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix in the Rolex Stadium. Christina Kelly and Camirage stole the show after completing an...

Dublin, Ireland - The French are drawn first to go in tomorrow's crunch leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ 2011 series at the Discover Ireland Horse Show in Dublin, Ireland. It's getting down to the wire with just one more leg remaining following the Irish fixture, and the draw took place this morning at the gracious Royal Dublin Society showgrounds which is widely recognised as the birth-place of the sport of show jumping. The order-of-go is as follows: 1, France; 2, The Netherlands; 3,...

Sophie Ruiz-Leimer, FEI Commercial Coordinator and John Young, President of the International Ground Jury at the top table with (below) Chefs d'Equipe Rob Hoekstra (GBR), Rob Ehrens (NED), George Morris (USA) and Henk Nooren (FRA) at the draw for the sixth leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ 2011 at Hickstead (GBR) (Photo: FEI/Kit Houghton). Hickstead, Great Britain - The defending champions from France will lead the way as the sixth leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ 2011 kicks off...

Falsterbo, Sweden - The American team has the unenviable task of being first into the ring when the FEI Nations Cup™ 2011 resumes at Falsterbo, Sweden, tomorrow afternoon. The draw took place this evening, and the order of go for the competition which begins at 14.30 local time is as follows: 1. USA; 2. Belgium; 3. The Netherlands; 4. Germany; 5. Great Britain; 6. Sweden; 7. Ireland; 8. Denmark; 9. France. The draw for the fourth leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ 2011 series took place at...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the following horse/rider combinations to represent the U.S. at the next two shows of the FEI Nations Cup Series. The following horse/rider combinations will compete in Sweden at CSIO5* Falsterbo July 7-10, 2011: Charlie Jayne (Elgin, IL) will ride The London Group's Athena Athena is an 11-year-old Belgian mare Christine McCrea (Windsor, CT) will ride Romantovich Take One Romantovich Take One is an 11-year-old KWPN...

The Dutch team scored a back-to-back double when winning the third leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup™ at St Gallen, Switzerland today. Pictured (L to R) Peter Stoessel, CSIO St-Gallen President; John Roche, FEI Director of Jumping and Dutch team-members Eric Van Der Vleuten, Maikel Van Der Vleuten, Chef d’equipe Rob Ehrens, Piet Raymakers Jr and Jur Vrieling. Photo: FEI/Katja Stuppia. St. Gallen, Switzerland - The Dutch team recorded a back-to-back double when topping the third leg of the 2011...

Pictured during the draw for the third leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup™ series at St Gallen, Switzerland today were : L to R - Peter Stossel, President CSIO St Gallen, John Roche, FEI Jumping Director and Henk Nooren, Chef d'Equipe for the French team. Photo: FEI/Katja Stuppia. St. Gallen, Switzerland - The American team will be first into the ring for tomorrow's third leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup™ at St. Gallen, Switzerland. A total of nine nations will compete, as the Swiss, who...

Leipzig, Germany - The Rolex/FEI World Cup Final came to a close Sunday afternoon in Leipzig, Germany, with two final rounds of jumping. The U.S. had strong representation in this competition as they sent seven of the 27 riders into the ring. In the third and final competition, riders jumped two rounds over Frank Rothenberger's demanding 1.60m courses. The entire field would contest the first round, with 19 riders returning to the arena one last time to determine who would be crowned...