The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation's Equestrian Application to field a squad of 12 Olympic riders in the 2008 Rose Parade has been officially accepted by the Equestrian Committee of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses. The USET Foundation will select four Olympians from each of the three Olympic disciplines (dressage, show jumping and eventing) to ride in the 119th Rose Parade on January 1, 2008, in Pasadena, CA. The USET Foundation squad will lead the floral float entered by the...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – The first equestrian discipline at the XV Pan American Games came to a close with three medals for the U.S. The dressage team handily won the Team Gold and Chris Hickey with Regent and Lauren Sammis with Sagacious HF won the individual gold and silver medals. The dressage squad has passed the torch to the event riders. The six American riders, four of which are former Pan American Games medalists, are looking for a repeat performance of the 2003 Pan Ams which left them...

Since most horses are used for recreational or performance activities, soundness is understandably of vital importance to horse owners. A 2003 study suggested that 60% of lameness problems in horses are related to osteoarthritis, thus stressing the importance of advancements in treating this disease. In humans, osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis and in the U.S. alone afflicts more than 20 million people. A horse’s joints give its skeleton flexibility and allow walking,...

Lexington, KY – In an effort to continue to grow and promote young rider competitions, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has partnered with Platinum Performance, Inc. to develop a special co-branded identity for the Platinum Performance / USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Program. As the USEF’s “Official Sports Nutrition Supplement Company” and the title sponsor of the USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Program that includes championships on both the East and West Coasts, Platinum...

West Coast riders aiming for this summer’s Pan Am Games will be in action during the Woodside Horse Trials at the Horse Park at Woodside, May 25-27. Capt. Mark Phillips, the U.S. eventing team’s chef d’equipe, along with other officials of the U.S. Equestrian Federation, will be there to assess the candidates’ performance. Eventing is one of the three Olympic equestrian disciplines, along with dressage and show jumping, each of which will be contested at the Pan Am Games. Eventing, the...

Hollywood Dun It has done it! The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Hall of Fame Inductee and All-Time Leading Sire’s offspring just surpassed five million dollars in earnings. Hollywood Dun It’s offspring earnings now total $5,022,984.98. This is one more Hollywood Dun It accomplishment that will go down in the NRHA history books. The earnings of Hollywood Dun It’s get have broken one record after another and now the legendary sire becomes the very first NRHA Five Million Sire. It is...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) announced the recipients of the USDF FEI Junior/Young Rider Council’s Shining Star Sportsmanship Award. The recipients include Emily Barnsley of Laytonsville, MD; Kirsten Lane of Medford, NJ; Becky Mark of Virginia; Emily O’Neill of Chester Springs, PA; Katie Pare of Lincoln University, PA; and Ryann Scelba of Lumberton, NJ, selected from the USDF Region 1 Youth Team Championships and Barbara Ayers of Cottage Grove, OR; Jessica Crawford of Tualatin,...

Lexington, KY— The United States Equestrian Federation® (USEF) announced today that eight horse/rider combinations were selected to travel to England and train with Chef d’Equipe Captain Mark Phillips in preparation for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games. From this list of horses and riders a complete squad of six horse/rider combinations will eventually be named. Four of the squad members were named today, as well as four replacement combinations. The two remaining positions on the squad will...

Kim Severson and Winsome Adante (A.K. Dragoo Photography, LLC) Allentown, NJ – On a day when most people would do anything to remain indoors in the air conditioning, 11 of the United States’ top eventing horse-and-rider combinations were at the Horse Park of New Jersey in 100+ degree weather performing all three phases of the mandatory short list outing for their spot on the team that will head to Aachen, Germany, for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games. Amy Tryon and Poggio II were...

Season tickets for the 2007 Las Vegas FEI World Cup Finals are available for sale to the general public as of June 16, 2006. Tickets are expected to sell quickly, so spectators are advised to purchase early. The FEI World Cup Finals in both show jumping and dressage return to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, on April 18-22, 2007. In 2005, the FEI Budweiser World Cup Jumping Final and the FEI World Cup Dressage Final presented by Offield Farms, were held simultaneously in the same...