Winners from NAJYRC 2011 (Brant Gamma) Lexington, KY - Less than four months before the Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 Championships planning is already well underway. Five disciplines (a total of 9 championships for juniors and young riders) will take part in the only FEI Championship to be held annually in North America. This year the event will run July 17-22, 2012. Schedule: The Tentative Competition Schedule for competitors is available here: https://www.youngriders.org/Schedule.aspx and...

Ilse Schwarz and Don Joseph (Susan J. Stickle) Wellington, FL - Transplanted Australian dressage rider Ilse Schwarz and Don Joseph, a six-year-old Oldenburg gelding, were the High Score Award winners on Tuesday, as they received a score of 72.591% in 1st Level Test 3 Open on the first day of the Global Dressage National 2 Horse Show at the at the Stadium show grounds of the Global Dressage Festival. (GDF). Schwarz, based in Wellington, and Don Joseph (Don Kennedy x Calmera x Santander) have...

Versailles, KY – The 2012 Intercollegiate Saddle Seat Riders Association (ISSRA) National Championship Horse Show promises to be bigger and better than ever with a move to the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena. This year’s championship event will be held on April 14 in conjunction with the 22nd Spring Premier Horse Show taking place April 12-14. The ISSRA was founded in 2008 by college students and faculty mentors from Eastern Kentucky University, Georgetown College,...

Wellington, FL - Rick Rockefeller-Silvia, a USDF Gold Medalist, scored the highest on the final day of the West Palm Beach National Show on Sunday. Riding Sakramenter, an Oldenburg gelding, the pair earned 79.595% in the USEF First Level Test 2 - Open at the at the Stadium show grounds of the Global Dressage Festival. (GDF) The reserve high score winner was Tom Dvorak of Canada with Rubinio receiving 74.615% in the USEF Third Level Test 3 - Open. Megan Lane and Lucky Lemon scored 73.125% in the...

Steffen Peters and "Legolas" will look to continue their winning ways at Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J Presented by HorseShow.com (Terri Miller) Burbank, CA – For California riders set to compete in this weekend's Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J Presented by HorseShow.com, their Olympic dreams are beginning to take shape as they prepare to contest the third official qualifying competition on the West Coast for the 2012 Olympic Games Dressage Team Selection Trials. For these...

Texas Rose Horse Park on Highway 110, Tyler, Texas, will be the host for the Texas Rose Horse Park March Horse Trials. This wonderful event is being held March 31st and April 1st. This will be one of the premier Horse Trials for the United States Eventing Association and Area V. Area V for the USEA includes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. This exciting event is bringing top riders and instructors from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Mississippi and Kansas. A Horse...

Tami Hoag and Lonestar (Susan J Stickle) Wellington, FL - New York Times bestselling author and Grand Prix dressage competitor Tami Hoag is one of the many celebrated riders entered in the $15,000 Wellington Dressage Classic CDI***, presented by the Chesapeake Dressage Institute, to be held March 15-18 at the Global Dressage Festival (GDF)Stadium show grounds in Wellington, FL. Hoag, who is known more for her writing than riding, has fifteen consecutive Times bestsellers to her credit, but her...

The Dressage Foundation is now accepting applications from U.S. dressage breeders who want to continue their education in the United States or overseas. The Elysium Farm Fund for U.S. Breeder Excellence, established at The Dressage Foundation in 2011 by Abbey Henderson, provides financial assistance to breeders to pursue educational opportunities related to breeding that will advance their careers, promote sound breeding practices and further enhance the quality of U.S.-bred dressage horses....

Ashley Holzer and Breaking Dawn at the Veterinary Inspection (Susan J. Stickle) Wellington, FL - The second event of the 2012 Global Dressage Festival (GDF), the $50,000 Florida Dressage Classic CDI-W, presented by the United States P.R.E. Association, and National Show took place on Thursday with six levels of competition at the Stadium of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Christopher Hickey had the high score of the day on Balissa HTF with a 77.500% in the USEF First...

Alexis Conover. Courtesy of Alexis Conover. Lexington, KY - Sixteen-year-old Alexis Conover (New Port Richey, FL) volunteered more than 1,300 hours to accrue the most time of all participants in the new United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Equestrians in Action volunteer recognition program. USEF Equestrians in Action tracks youth volunteer hours that are aimed at improving the welfare of the horse or positively promoting equestrian sport. Sponsored by The EQUUS Foundation, the program...