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Mandatory Outing for the 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Set to Begin

by Joanie Morris | 8/25/2011 9:00:43 AM

Lexington, KY - The journey to the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico makes its next eventing stop in Richland, Michigan. Fourteen of the 15 horses currently short-listed by the USEF head to the Midwest to contest their Mandatory Outing at the Richland Park CIC and Horse Trials August 25-28. The Pan American Games will be contested at the CCI2* level in 2011, which gives many riders who have never before represented the United States the chance to ride on the Land Rover U.S....

Laura Kraut Victorious in Sparkassen-Youngsters Cup; Steffen Peters Continues to Win; and Chester Weber Drives to Third Overall

by Jennifer Wood for USEF | 7/17/2011 10:50:00 AM

Laura Kraut clears a jump on her horse Teirra during the Warsteiner jumping competition on July 13, 2011, in Aachen, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images). Aachen, Germany - Another American victory came Saturday at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO in Aachen, Germany. Show jumper Laura Kraut rode Woodstock O, owned by Joan Kalman and The Freedom Group, to the win in the Sparkassen-Youngsters Cup. They were also awarded with the overall special prize for the best rider/horse of...

USEF Names Riders, Drivers and Vaulters for CHIO Aachen

by USEF Communications Department | 6/27/2011 6:29:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will be represented in four disciplines at CHIO Aachen, which runs July 8-17, 2011 in Aachen, Germany. Please click on any athlete or team name for more information about them. The following horse/rider combinations have been named in ranked order to represent the U.S. in Dressage : Steffen Peters (San Diego, CA) will ride Four Winds Farm and Akiko Yamazaki's Ravel Ravel is a 13-year-old KWPN gelding Jan Ebeling (Moorpark, CA)...

Atlanta Summer Classics Finale Packed with Big Awards

by Classic Company | 6/23/2011 8:40:49 AM

Wilhelm Genn & Happy Z (Flashpoint Photography). Conyers, GA — The Atlanta Summer Classics wrapped up competition at the Georgia International Horse Park, awarding nearly $300,000 in prize money and raising thousands for local charities over the two week run. “We’ve had some of the best riders in our sport joining us; it’s been a remarkable series and I couldn’t be happier,” Bob Bell, president of Classic Company said. Starting off the finale week, were a...

Clear Start for Team USA at the FEI World Combined Pony Championships

by By Cindy Timmer | 8/12/2009 4:17:00 PM

The 22 ponies of the eight American competitors at the World Combined Pony Championships in Greven-Bockholt, Germany, passed the veterinary inspection on Wednesday morning without problems. Single pony drivers Sherri Dolan, Sara Schmitt and Suzy Stafford, pony pair competitors Miranda Cadwell and Tracey Morgan and pony team drivers Kathleen Whaley, Laurie Astegiano and Allison Stroud presented their adorable ponies to the veterinary delegates and judges in Greven. Team USA arrived in Greven...

USEF Names Show Jumping Short List for the 2008 Olympic Games

by Joanie Morris | 3/10/2008 8:50:00 PM

Lexington, KY ­ – Following the completion of the USEF Selection Trials for Show Jumping in Wellington, FL, the United States Equestrian Federation's Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has approved naming the following ten horse/rider combinations to the Show Jumping Short List for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong August 8-24, 2008. As per the Selection Procedures, the top 6 horse/rider combinations are named according to their Final Ranking in the Selection Trials. The remaining...

Maria Schaub Wins Region 2 ASPCA Maclay Qualifier, Sara Green Victorious in Region 3

by By Phelps Media Group | 9/13/2007 1:59:00 PM

By Flashpoint Photography (Sara Green, winner of the Region 3 qualifying competition for the ASPCA Maclay National Championships) The first two regional qualifying competitions were held this past weekend for the 2007 ASPCA Maclay National Championships. The winner of Region 2 was Maria Schaub of Holmdel, NJ. Sara Green of Sherborn, MA, was the winner of Region 3. The 2007 ASPCA Maclay National Championships will be held at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament on October 31-November...

Becky Holder (USA) and Courageous Comet Lead the Pack After Cross-Country Phase at the 2006 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Farnam

by By Brian Sosby | 4/29/2006 5:52:00 AM

Marc Manning (Becky Holder and Courageous Comet tackle the Head of the Lake on the cross-country phase.) It was a big and challenging course that greeted the 59 horse-and-rider combinations going into Saturday’s grueling cross-country phase at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Farnam. And while many Kentuckians’ minds were on next weekend’s Kentucky Derby and the “most exciting two minutes in sports,” the eventing world and tens of thousands of...

2005 National Pleasure Horse Award Winners to be Recognized at ASHA Annual Luncheon; USEF Judges Clinic Taking Place in February

by By Reeves Kirtner | 1/26/2006 9:59:00 AM

The 2005 National Pleasure Horse Award winners have been named in eight divisions, all of which are based on a high-point scoring system. All registered American Saddlebreds are eligible for these awards without payment of additional fees. The National Pleasure Horse Awards are based on a formula that favors horses that are consistent winners across the country. The system, which crowns eight champions, is based on the USEF rating of the show and the number of entries in the class. The complete...

2011 IHSA National Championships - A Preview to the Road to Lexington

by L.A. Pomeroy, IHSA Media Liaison | 1/24/2011 10:52:00 AM

Fairfield, CT — In poker it’s called re-shuffling the deck, and when the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) announced at the start of the 2010 semester that it had realigned its nine Zones to eight - changing the geography of its competitive regions and impacting coaching strategies - it promised to make the road to the 2011 IHSA National Championships, May 5-8, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, an interesting one. With Regional and Zone Championships, and Western...