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Contribution Opportunities Available for 2011 USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final

by USEF National Affiliates Department | 9/22/2011 4:58:32 PM

Nick Maupin and Coco Mojo Win at 2010 Saddle Seat Medal Final Presented by Elisabeth M. Goth. Photo: Howard Schatzberg. Lexington, KY - Contribution opportunities are now available for the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Saddle Seat Medal Final scheduled for November 19, 2011. The USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final will once again take place during the UPHA American Royal National Championship in Kansas City, MO. We invite you to join the Saddle Seat Medal Final presented by Elisabeth M....

SAVE THE DATE! USET Foundation Historic Stable Tour & Reception Sunday, October 30, 2011

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 9/22/2011 10:27:21 AM

USET Foundation to host a Hamilton Farm Historic Stable Tour and Reception. Photo By: David Gruol. Gladstone, NJ - The United States Equestrian Team Foundation (USET Foundation) is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a Hamilton Farm Historic Stable Tour and Reception at its headquarters in Gladstone, NJ, on Sunday, October 30, 2011. The event will get underway at 4:30 pm with the arrival of special guests in elegantly appointed horse drawn Coaches. Guests will then enjoy cocktails and...

Upcoming California Dressage Society Championships Will Feature Great Competition, Hospitality, and Entertainment

by Jennifer Keeler, Yellow Horse Marketing | 9/19/2011 10:10:17 AM

Olympic Dressage Rider Guenter Seidel will be a special guest at the upcoming CDS Championships. Photo: Jennifer M. Keeler. Rancho Murieta, CA - With entries now closed and less than a month to go before the start of competition, excitement is building for the 44th Annual California Dressage Society Championship Show presented by HorseShow.com, which will be held October 6 - 9, 2011 at the Murieta Equestrian Center in Rancho Murieta, CA. With more than $29,000 in prize money and awards, this...

Competition Gets Underway at the USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship

by Lindsay Yosay McCall | 9/16/2011 9:23:47 PM

Saugerties, NY – September 16, 2011 - After a dreary Thursday evening at the 2011 Fall Festival of Dressage and the 2011 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship, Friday welcomed blue skies and chilly air. In the CPEDI3* ring, Para-Eque Jonathan Wentz and NTEC Richter Scale at the2011 Fall Festival of Dressage and 2011 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship held at the HITS on the Hudson facility in Saugerties, NY. September 13-18, 2011. (Photo by Lindsay Yosay...

This Week in International Disciplines: September 15, 2011

by From the USEF Communications Department | 9/15/2011 1:00:36 PM

The USEF Communications Department provided wall-to-wall coverage of several events last weekend: Dressage: Steffen Peters' sixth win. Photo by SusanJStickle.com. Six USEF National Dressage Champions were crowned at the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions at the USET Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ. Steffen Peters swept both the Intermediaire I (meaning he will lead the U.S. Dressage Team to the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara) and the Grand Prix with his...

Ooh Ah Named 2011 Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Champion

by Stephanie Doyle | 9/4/2011 2:00:25 PM

Ooh Ah, 2011 Best Young Horse West Coast and Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Champion, and hanlder John Ducharme. Photo: Maria Morgan. Warrenton, VA - The chestnut filly with the large blaze was the best in the west - with judges then determining Ooh Ah the 2011 Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Champion. Ooh Ah (Nob Hill x Holy Cow by Fire Jade), bred and owned by Leslie Nelson and handled by John Ducharme, is an 18-month-old Thoroughbred cross. She competed...

All American Horse Classic Live Webcast of ASR Sweepstakes, All American Cup and UPHA Challenge Cup Championships

by Claire Panke | 9/3/2011 9:24:19 AM

2010 UPHA Junior Pleasure Challenge Cup Champion Alice Rowland, Kansas City, MO. Indianapolis, IN – Seven hundred horses from across North America are converging on Indianapolis for the All American Horse Classic, September 6-10, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Big dollars and national titles are at stake as the Classic hosts “Breeder’s Showcase” events worth more than $650,000 in prize money. The entire show will be presented online in a free webcast by Seehorse Video....

San City, Wakeup and Pikko Del Cerro HU Set the Pace in the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Dressage Championships and the USEF National Developing Horse Dressage Championship sponsored by The Dutta Corp. and Performance Sales International

by Helen Murray | 8/26/2011 7:57:00 PM

Wayne, IL - Competition was in full swing at the Lamplight Equestrian Center as the top 6-year-olds and developing horses in the U.S. took to Ring 2 for their first National Championship classes of the weekend. The day began with competitors in the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals presented by Dressage Today 14-18 division performing in an optional warm-up class. Emily Wagner and Wakeup. Chuck Swan/ Swan Studio LLC. In the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Dressage Championship 6-year-old...

Dancer, Wrigley-Miller and Yoder in Fifth Place at Their First FEI World Pair Driving Championship; Yoder Drives to Sixth in Dressage

by USEF Communications Department | 8/26/2011 3:00:23 PM

Joe Yoder and Misdee Wrigley-Miller at the 2011 FEI World Driving Championship. Photo: Marie de Ronde. Lexington, KY - At the 2011 FEI World Pair Driving Championship in Conty, France, American Joe Yoder drove to sixth place Friday in the dressage and the American team - all three drivers making their International Championship debut - sits in fifth place heading into Saturday's marathon. Led by Chef d'Equipe Chester Weber and Coach Michael Freund, the U.S. is being...

Bruce Duchossois and ACE Private Risk Services Make $20,000 Donation to USET Foundation in Memory of Horses Lost

by Lauren R. Giannini for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/22/2011 11:26:38 AM

Bob Courtemanche (Division President ACE Group Private Risk Services) hands the donation in honor of the fallen event horses to Bruce Duchossois, co-chair of the USET Foundation's Development Committee, flanked by Boyd Martin and Kirk James (COO Hub International) and Phillip and Evie Dutton. Photo By: Lauren R. Giannini. Gladstone, NJ - The United States Equestrian Team Foundation is honored to announce that USET Foundation Trustee Bruce Duchossois and ACE Private Risk Services have made a...