California dressage rider Dantia Benson (Photo courtesy of Dantia Benson) Somis, CA – December 8, 2010 - California dressage rider Dantia Benson flew from her home in California to Florida to attend the annual United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Convention and watch her four-year-old Dutch horse be awarded the Materiale Horse of the Year. What Benson didn’t expect was to fly home from the convention as the second winner of a custom made dressage saddle from Custom Saddlery as part of their...

Elm Rock LLC's Small Junior Hunter, Glass Castle Photo (James Leslie Parker ) Wellington, FL - December 8, 2010 - Elm Rock LLC kicked off the Florida Winter Season with its two Junior Hunters, Vida Blue (Large) and Glass Castle (Small) taking home both of the championship ribbons in their respective divisions at this past weekend's Holiday and Horses held at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Glass Castle and Vida Blue were both ridden by junior rider Shawn Casady. Glass Castle took...

Ceci Butler-Stasiuk (GenieSS, Inc) Lexington, KY - Endurance athlete Ceci Butler-Stasiuk has been named this year's recipient of the Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Trophy, sponsored by Gold Medal Farm and Larry and Valerie Kanavy.This award is given to the endurance athlete who earns the most points in selected Ranking Trials during the ride year. Butler-Stasiuk (Humble, TX) and DJB Cytron Kon JMF, owned by her mother Darolyn Butler, won the Florida Horse Park CEI3* 160km ride in January and...

Jordan Larson and Spooks Gotta Whiz (Photo by NRHA) Oklahoma City, OK – December 5, 2010 - The 2010 National Reining Horse Association added $170,000 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Open Futurity Finals brought an exciting end to the NRHA Futurity & Adequan North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, OK. This year’s riders were mounted on world-class reining horses all aiming for the $125,000 championship purse and their share of...

Tish Fappani Sidestops on Litn Up Conquistador (Photo by NRHA) Oklahoma City, OK - The competition at the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Dec. 3 featured the $105,000 added 2010 Cinch/NRHA Non Pro Futurity Finals. This championship event welcomed back 59 non pros to compete in a clean-slate format for more than $430,000 in cash and prizes, a variety of prizes from NRHA Corporate...

Lexington, KY - Ticket packages for the 2011 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bridgestone, April 28-May 1 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, are on sale. The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, part of the HSBC FEI ClassicsTM, is the only event in the Western Hemisphere held at the Four Star level, the same level as the Olympic Games and the Eventing World Championships which were held as part of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). "Rolex Kentucky," as it is...

Ledges indoor (Courtesy of Showplace Productions ) Wayne, IL - December 5, 2010 - Showplace Productions is proud to announce the commencement of the 2010-2011 Ledges Winter Series, with 10 shows spanning from December to April at Ledges Sporting Horses in Roscoe, IL. Ledges offers a great respite from the typical Midwest winter with a 72,000-square-foot heated indoor facility and designated trailer parking lot. In addition to 275 stalls, there are also two viewing sky decks, boasting vendors,...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Due to an overwhelming response from United States Eventing Association (USEA) members, the Saturday, December 12, room block is full for the Annual Meeting and Convention December 8-12 at the Weston Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to the convention Web site: "We will be able to offer our USEA members a fantastic room rate at the Hampton Inn and Suites, which is just over a mile away from the Kierland, and offers free 24/7 shuttle service to the...

TEAM MORGAN 2010 WINS NATIONAL EQUITATION COMPETITION (American Morgan Horse Association) SHELBURNE, VT - Team Morgan 2010 is the proud gold medal winner of this year's hunter seat equitation competition that took place at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, November 18-20. The team competed against the college's equitation team and it was Team Morgan's first hunter seat competition. Team Morgan 2010 was coached by Mary Carlton of Marshall, Michigan, and Suzanne Haberek of Broadalbin, New...

Looking north, the views from the new berms at the Jumper 1 ring at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Th (©HITS Staff. ) SAUGERTIES, NY (November 24, 2010) -- With just two months to go before the rings open at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California, preparations are in full force for the Desert Circuit’s much-anticipated 20th Anniversary season. The six-week circuit will kick off on Tuesday, January 25, and run until Sunday, March 13, when the season finale $200,000 Lamborghini Grand...