The Global Dressage Festival presents a dressage series of clinics by renowned international dressage trainer and competitor Anja Plönzke of Germany. A Anja Plönzke (Maxemilian Schreiner) nja Plönzke has enjoyed a successful career in dressage. In 2011, she won the prestigious World Dressage Masters (WDM) Nurnberger Award riding her current horse Le Mont d'Or. The Nurnberger Award is given to the rider receiving the most points in the WDM Series. For the last twelve years Anja has...

OCALA, FL - Tracy Fenney banked her eighth Grand Prix of the qualifying season with a win in yesterday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health , aboard MTM Farm’s MTM Centano to become eligible for her third appearance in the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix . No stranger to Pfizer Million glory, Fenney appeared in HITS-on-the-Hudson’s big ticket class in both 2010 and 2011 with two top twenty finishes to show for it. Fenney, of Flower Mound, Texas leads...

White Star Lexington, Kentucky - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has awarded the 2011 ‘ Hunter Sire of the Year Award ’ to the world-record breaking Elite and Premium Hanoverian stallion White Star (Weltmeyer/Glücksstern/Grande). Of interest to North American breeders, the German stallion is set to arrive in the US late February 2012 and will be standing at stud in Massachusetts. Based on the performance of a stallion’s offspring, the annual award is given...

Lexington, KY - Voting is now open for the coveted 2011 USEF Equestrian of the Year, which, following decades of tradition comes at the end of the 2011 competition year and is announced when the horse world meets at the United States Equestrian Federation's annual Pegasus Awards celebration in January. Known as the USEF Equestrians of Honor, eight stars of equestrian sport-across breed and discipline -each recently received a unique competitive trophy. These honors will be presented during...

Wellington, FL - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) is pleased to announce the schedule highlights of the 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), including the USEF Selection Trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games along with the 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival Prize List availability online. The prize list is online at their website, www.equestriansport.com under the "Horse Show" tab and "Prize List" link. The 2012 FTI Consulting Winter...

Lexington, KY - Nine Olympic veterans, including four gold medalists highlight the talented roster of riders scheduled to compete at this year's Alltech National Horse Show at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky on November 2 - 6, 2011. This year's debut event in Kentucky, designated a CSI-W 4*, will feature a big money Open Jumper division with over $370,000 in prize money, including the main event, the $250,000 Alltech National Horse Show Grand Prix, an FEI World Cup...

Lexington, KY- The future of dressage in the United States will be on full display this weekend in Wayne, IL, as many of the nation's top up-and-coming horses vie for coveted USEF National Championship titles. Champions will be crowned at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in six separate divisions. In the 2011 Markel/USEF National Young Horse Dressage Championships the top 4, 5 and 6-year-olds in the country will be recognized. Seven- to 9-year-olds will stake their claim on the USEF National...

Week VI will feature a World of the Horse presentation and will welcome Freya Farms’ prize American Mini. Saugerties, NY — Barns were full, rings hosted non-stop action and entries were sold out for Week V at HITS-on-the-Hudson as almost 2,000 horses docked at the show grounds, making HITS Saugerties their summer home. Week V featured two more chances to qualify for the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix and one opportunity for riders to gain points toward the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix...

Westport, CT -The results of Round 3 of America's Favorite Equestrian are in. Four equestrians in each of the eight disciplines that participated in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games have moved onto Round 4. Who's In the Lead? Dressage: Debbie McDonald followed by Steffen Peters, Guenter Seidel and Courtney King-Dye. Driving: Chester Weber followed by Tucker Johnson, Rochelle Temple and Suzy Stafford. Endurance: Becky Hart followed by Dave Rabe, Julie Suhr and Bill Wilson....

Westport, CT - The results of Round 2 of America's Favorite Equestrian are in. Five equestrians in each of the eight disciplines that participated in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games have moved onto Round 3. America's Favorite Equestrians Round 3: Dressage: Todd Flettrich, Courtney King-Dye, Debbie McDonald, Steffen Peters, Guenter Seidel Driving: Tucker Johnson, Lisa Singer, Suzy Stafford, Rochelle Temple, Chester Weber Endurance: Garrett Ford, Becky Hart, Dave Rabe, Julie Suhr,...