Gladstone, NJ – The United States Equestrian Federation has named the following vaulters to the Short List/ Nominated Entry for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games according to the USEF Selection Procedure for Vaulting. From this group the Definite Entry will be named to represent the United States in the Vaulting Championships. The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games take place from September 25-October 10, 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky. The following vaulters for Individual Women,...

Kayce Redmond and Latino (SusanJStickle.com Photo) Gladstone, NJ –The National Young Adult ‘Brentina Cup’ Dressage Championships bridges an important gap between the young rider ranks and the Grand Prix level, and the nine riders that contested the final USEF National Dressage Championship of the weekend put on a promising display for the future. Rounding out a weekend of sweeps in the 2010 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of Champions, Kayce Redmond (Alpharetta, GA) held on to her lead from...

David Mullinix Photography (Hillary Dobbs of Sussex, NJ, riding Marengo won the $30,000 Manchester & The Mountains Grand Prix, Presented by Hand Motors, on Sunday, August 8) East Dorset, Vermont — Hillary Dobbs, 22, of Sussex, NJ, and her mount, Marengo, capped off week five at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT, by successfully defending their title in the $30,000 Manchester & The Mountains Grand Prix, Presented by Hand Motors, on Sunday, August 8. The win by Dobbs and Marengo...

Dressage The first weekend of the 2010 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of Champions got underway at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ. Along with the National Intermediaire I Championships the first phase of the National Grand Prix competition, which is serving at the USEF Selection Trial for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games also took place. The Prix St. Georges (the first leg of the National Intermediaire I Championships) kicked off the competition on Friday;...

F.A.C.E. Team Vaulters (Photo by Carole Dwinell) Santa Barbara, CA - Cool weather, a facility with more than 50 years of experience hosting championship horse shows, and the top vaulters in the United States came together at the site of the famed Santa Barbara National Horse Show to wow spectators with the classic and historical beauty of equestrian vaulting. Long the basic training for those entering the military cavalries...from early Macedonians to the Romans in the fourth century, to...

Photo by Terri Miller In this economy, businesses are looking for unique ways to reach new markets and expand their presence with their existing customers—all in a very cost-effective manner. For niche industries, like premiere equestrian events, the challenges businesses are facing have resulted in an interesting opportunity. This year Dressage at Devon (DAD), the premiere dressage show in North America, celebrates its 35th anniversary at the Devon Horse Show Grounds. Historically the...

Photo by PicsofYou.com (National Champions Robin Groves and Thor's Toy Truck) Lexington, KY - Pending the final approval of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Ad Hoc Committee on Selection, the following combinations have been named to represent the USA at the FEI World Singles Driving Championship in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy July 30 - August 1, 2010. Team: National Champions Robin Groves and Thor's Toy Truck (Picsofyou.com) Robin Groves/65/Brownsville, VT/Thor's Toy...

The 65th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS) will return to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Exhibition Center in Harrisburg, PA, October 14-23. As is tradition, the PNHS will open with Junior Weekend. Each year this popular opening weekend attracts the best junior riders (up to age of 18) from across the country as they compete for championship titles in hunter, jumper and equitation divisions. "I love Junior Weekend because the riders bring a great sense of enthusiasm and...

Kyndall Harper and Whiz Bang Boom (Waltenberry Photo) Dressage In Austria at the Fritzen CDI4*, Chris Hickey and Cabana Boy finished seventh in the Prix St. Georges and eighth in the Intermediaire I. Riding in the Grand Prix for Special, Tina Konyot and Calecto V scored a 69.02% to finish fourth and were then seventh in the Grand Prix Special. In the Grand Prix for Freestyle, Catherine Haddad guided new partner Winyamaro to a fifth place finish, the pair scored a 71.55% in the Grand Prix...

The US wins big in Rotterdam (Erin Cowgill) Lexington, KY – The US Show Jumpers bounced back from two disappointments on the Meydan FEI Nations Cup to storm to the win at CSIO Rotterdam. The second tour of riders for the US, jumping in their first Meydan Nations Cup of the year, they delivered with phenomenal jumping and stopped the French sweep finishing on a score of zero. Their win was convincing over the British who finished on 7 faults. Lauren Hough proved a dominant pathfinder for the US...