Alida D'Angona, Miss Massachusetts 2011. (Photo courtesy AMHA.) Shelburne, VT — Alida D'Angona, 24, from Bolton, MA, recently was crowned Miss Massachusetts 2011, and will be a presenter at the American Morgan Horse Association's annual awards banquet on Saturday, February 26 in Boston. Born in California, D'Angona traveled with her family as a child across the world to live in Hong Kong before settling in Bolton. With an interest in music as well as the sciences, D'Angona quickly became...

Aiken, SC - The Salute to Driving fundraising event that will be held in Aiken, and Windsor SC, February 19-21, 2011, is quickly approaching. This début event will benefit this country's High Performance Driving programs for the United States Equestrian Team Foundation. The exciting weekend event will feature a beautiful dinner and auction on Saturday evening, multiple driving clinics with some of the world's top trainers, and a Combined Test Competition for all on Monday. The Salute to Driving...

Dressage Olympia, the London International Horse Show featured a week of world-class competition including a Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Qualifier. Catherine Haddad and Winyamaro performed beautifully in the Grand Prix to place fourth with a score of 69.191%. In the Grand Prix Freestyle the pair produced a strong and elegant test to score a 74.800%, placing them fourth. With the points earned from the freestyle, Haddad became the first American to top the FEI World Cup Rankings in the...

Aiken, SC - December 17, 2010 - The Salute to Driving fundraising event that is being held in Aiken, and Windsor, SC, February 19-21, 2011, will benefit this country's High Performance Driving programs. The exciting weekend event will feature a beautiful dinner and auction on Saturday evening, multiple driving clinics with some of the world's top trainers throughout the weekend, and a Combined Test Competition for all on Monday. In addition to supporting the United States Equestrian Team (USET)...

Alissa Kinsey & Grisset (©Flashpoint Photography ) Conyers, GA—November 14, 2010—Classic Company’s Season Finale event, the Atlanta Fall Classics, is a virtual cornucopia of equestrian competition with everything from Zone Championships to a $25,000 Adult-Child Jumper Classic to a show jumping Grand Prix just in the first week. “We always like to end our year big!” Classic Company President Bob Bell quipped. Friday’s kick off of head to head competition began with the USHJA National Hunter...

Brianne Goutal and Ballade Van Het Indihoff (Michelle Dunn) Jumping Four U.S. Show Jumping riders travelled to CSIO Buenos Aires in Argentina, and their trip proved worth the miles when they scored a big win in Friday's Nations Cup. Led by the four fault efforts of Young Rider Lucy Davis and John McConnell, the U.S. Team that also included Megan Edrick and Saer Coulter, put in an impressive effort to win on 24 faults over the Canadians who finished on 37. The home nation was third on a score of...

Amanda Robinson and Bienvenue at the Kentucky Fall Horse Show (Photo By: Holly Whiteman) Lexington, KY - November 9, 2010 - It was a chilly weekend in Lexington for the Kentucky Fall Horse Show being held at the New Alltech Indoor Arena. Saturday and Sunday each featured a full day of hunter/jumper action with the areas top equestrians in attendance. The Baby Green Hunter division kicked-off this weekend's exciting hunter/jumper action. Paige Sea and Waterford VDL, owned by Lin Schwartz, took...

Courtesy USEA (Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and Daisy Tognazzini's, The Good Witch.) Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and The Good Witch Earn $10,000 After Winning The 2010 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series Over 200 riders from across the country competed in eight elite events that comprised the 2010 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series. Consistent placings and double-clear rounds for Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and Daisy Tognazzini's, The Good Witch, made them the overall winners of the 2010 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series, which...

Grand Champion Hunter Lone Star with Leading Hunter Rider Hunt Tosh in the irons (Al Cook Photo ) Harrisburg, Penn. - Dr. Betsee Parker's Lone Star and Hunt Tosh turned in stellar performances in the Regular Working Hunter division this week, earning the 10-year-old gelding the Grand Champion Hunter title. Hunt Tosh was also named the Leading Hunter Rider. "He is the horse of a lifetime," said Tosh, who hails from Cumming, Ga. "It is such a great thing to win on a horse like this. He tried to...

Sandra Ferrell and Showman receiving the Grand Green Hunter Champion award (Al Cook Photo ) Harrisburg, Penn. - Sandra Ferrell of Bernville, Penn. swept the competition aboard Showman, earning top honors as the Grand Green Hunter Champion. Showman is an 8-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Krista and Alexa Weisman of Sherborn, Mass. Competing on home territory, the 33-year-old Ferrell claimed the tricolor aboard Showman in the First Year Green Hunter Championship earlier in the day. Good...