Anne Marie Biron of Overtime Farm and trainer Tim Roesink with the 2011 World Champion Mare, Jungle Love. (Photo © Abbie Trexler) Shelburne, VT — The best of the best in the Morgan breed is being celebrated in Oklahoma City for the 39th edition of the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show®. Since 1973, this show has represented the pinnacle of achievement in the Morgan horse world. More than 1,000 of the world's finest Morgan horses from across the United...

Team USA. Photo: SusanJStickle.com. Four team members and two substitutes have spent the last few days training at Hope Greenfield's Sixteen Hands Farm in New Jersey under the guidance of Technical Advisor Anne Gribbons. Team members Heather Blitz on Paragon, Marisa Festerling on Big Tyme, Cesar Parra and Grandioso, and Steffen Peters on Weltino's Magic along with substitute riders Endel Ots and Toscano and Heather Mason on Warsteiner have been putting the finishing touches...

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) recommended to the USOC the following changes to the entry for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2011 Pan American Games Team. Kent Farrington and Uceko (Photo Beatrice Scudo) Happy Hill Farm's Cedric, currently based in Europe with his rider, U.S. Team veteran Laura Kraut, is no longer available to represent the United States at the 2011 Pan American Games due to European Union quarantine regulations, transportation and logistics issues. "I...

California's best dressage horses and riders will compete this week in Rancho Murieta at the CDS Championships. Photo: Jennifer M. Keeler. Rancho Murieta, CA - Horse trailers are on the move, riding boots are being polished, and excitement is building as final preparations for the 44th Annual California Dressage Society (CDS) Championship Show presented by HorseShow.com are underway. The show will begin this Thursday, October 6 and offer spectacular competition through Sunday, October 9, 2011...

Terry Brown and 2006 Horse of the Year Sequel. Flashpoint Photography. Pensacola, FL - If you’re looking for a change from the same ole same ole in your winter showing plans, Classic Company president Bob Bell has the answer to your dilemma; three weeks of USEF AA rated Hunter/Jumper classes in Pensacola, FL, at the Escambia County Equestrian Center from January 11th through the 29th. This isn’t the first time Classic Company has visited Pensacola, following hurricane...

Devon, PA – It goes without saying that the people at Dressage at Devon – competitors and spectators alike – love horses. But then there are the breeders that have chosen to specialize in a particular breed. Each breeder has their own reasons for their choice. L Hunter Wilson, owner, trainer and rider from Margaux Tip LLC, based in Martinsburg, West Virginia, loves her Cleveland Bays. The breed originated in England, where they were used for carriages and as fox hunters...

Lexington, KY - Taking place across the rugged terrain of California's Cascade Mountains, the 2011 North American Endurance Team Challenge drew 10 teams from the U.S. and Canada race for medals. In addition, five individuals representing four countries vied for individual honors. Finishing in a combined time of 31:07:13, Mountain A took the Team Gold medal. Doug Swingley aboard Pal of Mine lead the team effort, riding into three of five vet checks in the lead, he finished in a time of...

Photo by Don Stine. Lexington, KY - This year the Arabian horse community will celebrate the ninth annual Sport Horse National Championship Show. Held this year at the Kentucky Horse Park from September 28th through October 2nd, the show features the finest in Arabian and Half-Arabian sport horse competition, including classes for dressage, hunter-jumper, carriage pleasure driving, sport horse under saddle and in-hand classes. More than a dozen classes have been added to his year’s...

Photo by Howie Schatzberg. Springfield, IL - The National Show Horse Registry is celebrating its 30th year in 2011. Founded in 1981, the National Show Horse originated as a cross between the Arabian horse and the American Saddlebred. It is now established as a separate breed and NSH horses are noted for combining the beauty and refinement of the Arabian with the animation of the Saddlebred. National Show Horses are primarily bred to be high stepping saddle seat type riding and driving horses,...

Lexington, KY- The American drivers were on a mission Friday at the FEI World Pony Driving Championships in Lipica, Slovenia. After the completion of the driven dressage, held over two days, the US stands in third place in the Team Championship behind Germany and The Netherlands heading into the Marathon. Individual honors are also well within reach, as four of the US drivers currently are in top seven positions within their respective championships. Friday morning saw the completion of the...