Lexington, Ky . – A warm and sunny afternoon at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., set the stage for the first phase of competition in the final USEF National Combined Driving Championships of 2014. Drivers entered the dressage arena at the Kentucky Classic CDE in order to take their first steps toward a National Title. Misdee Wrigley Miller (Picsofyou.com) USEF National Pairs Championship Misdee Wrigley Miller (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) sits atop the leaderboard in the 2014 USEF...

Kevin Babbington & Cord 11 (Paws and Rewind LLC) Blue skies and sunshine graced Skillman, New Jersey for the $30,000 Holger Hetzel Sport Horse Sales Grand Prix and Family Day. FEI 4* course designer, Werner Deeg built a great course which produced 9 clear rounds. The jump off was a real crowd pleaser with some tight turns and a few long gallops. There was a long gallop across the ring to the last fence, a tall vertical, that got the crowd to their feet. Laura Chapot and Umberto put pressure...

Jacob Arnold and Hotspur's Red Rowl (Janos and Zoltan Varaljai) Izsak, Hungary – The United States closed out the 2014 FEI World Driving Championships for Singles on a high note with strong performances in the cones phase. Jacob Arnold and Donna Crookston were among only seven competitors to produce clears on Sunday, while Leslie Berndl also left all the balls in place, just collecting a handful of time faults. With its strong performance on Sunday, the U.S. finished the championship in...

Buck Davidson and Petite Flower (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Tyler, Texas – Clear rounds were the order of the day at the Texas Rose Horse Park over Richard Jeffrey’s testing show jumping track at the 2014 USEF National Open Horse Trial Championship held as part of the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by VTO Saddlery. Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team veteran Buck Davidson proved why he is regarded as one of the best in the game guiding Petite Flower to the only...

Tyler, Texas - Friday's cross country at the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by VTO Saddlery proved extremely influential as the leaderboard of 2014 USEF National Open Horse Trial Championship experienced a great shake-up. With the quickest trip of the day over Capt. Mark Phillips' impressive track, Lainey Ashker and Anthony Patch flew to the head of the field. Lainey Ashker and Anthony Patch (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Ashker (Richmond, Va.) and her own 15-year-old...

Jacob Arnold and Hotspur's Red Rowl (Janos and Zoltan Varaljai) Izsak, Hungary – The United States will head out on the marathon at the FEI World Driving Championships in ninth place, after posting a team score of 101.57 in the dressage. On Friday, Jacob Arnold and Hotspur’s Red Rowl rounded the U.S. effort in the first phase with a top-40 performance. Arnold (Snow Camp, Fla.) and John C. Merritt and Karen K. Chandor's 10-year-old Morgan gelding, Hotspur’s Red Rowl, earned...

Kelly Casey rode Golden State NRW win the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 7 First Level Freestyle Championship on the first day of the 2014 CDS Championship Show (Jennifer M. Keeler) "Every time I come out to the West Coast, I am amazed at the quality of dressage horses and riders out here," said FEI 4* judge Sarah Geikie of Connecticut on the first day of the 47th Annual California Dressage Society (CDS) Championship Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, Cal.,...

Lainey Ashker and Anthony Patch won the National Title in 2013 (Leslie Threlkeld/USEA) Tyler, Texas - Eventers from across the United States will descend upon the Texas Rose Horse Park to contest Beginner Novice through Advanced level competition at the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by VTO Saddlery held September 25-28, including a field of 12 talented combinations looking to earn top honors in the 2014 USEF National Open Horse Trial Championship held as part of the...

Beezie Madden & Breitling LS (PawsandRewind.com) Princeton, N.J. - This week Princeton welcomed WEG Bronze Medalist and Olympic Gold Medalist, Beezie Madden to Princeton Show Jumping. She and Breitling LS had a fantastic day, besting a field of 26 to win the $5,000 BMW of Princeton Jumper Classic. David Matisz and Last Dance placed second and Tracey Weinberg and Lawinia were third. Saturday, will crown Champions in each age division of the $50,000 Princeton Young Jumper Championships...

(Don Stine Photography) Aurora, Colo. - Celebrating its 12th anniversary and its fifth year at the Ford Idaho Center Horse Park, the Sport Horse National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show is bringing athleticism to Nampa. Beginning on Wednesday, September 24 and running through Saturday, September 27, this horse show is unique - not just to the Arabian horse breed, but to other breeds as well. The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) is the only breed association that offers a Sport...