The First Ever Reining Gold Medalists at NAJYRC Celebrating (Kenneth Braddick ) By Joanie Morris Parker, CO - California's Zone 10 impressively swept the two Team Jumping Championships at the 2008 FEI CN North American Junior/ Young Rider Championships at the Colorado Horse Park presented by Gotham North. The juniors got the ball rolling and jumped to the top of the Junior Jumping Team Championship with three impressive clears in the second round to move up from third. The team, made up of...

Lexington, KY - The CN FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) presented by Gotham N Junior Rider Brandi Roenick and Pretty Lady (McCool Photography) orth at the Colorado Horse Park begin July 29, 2008. This six-day competition for junior and young riders, ages 14-21, offers the opportunity for riders to compete as teams and as individuals in the three Olympic disciplines—dressage, eventing, and show jumping. Premiering this year, junior and young riders can also...

Chester Weber and his Team in Aachen (My Elisabeth Weber ) By Joanie Morris Lexington, KY - The USEF has approved the following drivers for the Short List to represent the U.S. at the 2008 Four-in-Hand World Driving Championships to be held in Beesd, The Netherlands, September 3-7, 2008. Name/Age/Hometown Horse/Sex/Age/Breed/Owner James Fairclough/49/Newton, NJ Charlie Brown/G/10/Holsteiner/Jane Clark Levin/G/10/Austrian Warmblood/Jane Clark Kavango V. Falkenstein/G/9/Swiss/Jane Clark Othello M....

Courtesy World Games 2010 Foundation (An artist's rendering of the Kentucky Horse Park's planned outdoor stadium.) The World Games 2010 Foundation and the Kentucky Horse Park released the first renderings of the Kentucky Horse Park venue plans for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, as well as the artistic renderings of a permanent indoor arena and outdoor stadium. “While these venue plans may experience some changes between now and 2010, these tentative layouts already...

Lexington, KY - Pending U.S. Olympic Committee approval, the USEF has named the following horse/rider combinations to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in eventing. These five combinations will represent the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games, the equestrian portion of which will be held in Hong Kong, beginning on Northern Spy and Heidi White (Mike McNally) August 8. Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner (in alphabetical order): Phillip Dutton/44/West Grove, PA/Connaught/15/Irish Sport...

Norwood, NC - There were no ribbons and no winners, but today was as important as any competition day in the lives of the 10 horses preparing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team in Eventing. The horses, along BallyNoe Castle RM (Mike McNally) with five who have been preparing in England, are on the USEF Short List for Eventing, from which the Team for the 2008 Olympic Games will be selected on Monday. The Fork Stables graciously opened its gates to the USEF to allow the horses and riders a...

Norwood, NC - Ten event horses from the USEF Short List for Eventing made the trip to Jim Cogdell's The Fork Stables in Norwood, NC for the final mandatory outing for the 2008 Olympic Games. Five horse/rider Bonnie Mosser and Merloch (Mike McNally) combinations from the Short List competed at the Barbury Castle CIC*** last weekend in England and per the selection procedures riders were allowed to choose which one to contest. The outing began with the dressage test designed specifically for...

Laura Kraut and Cedric Head to Hong Kong (KennethKraus/PhelpsSports.com) By Joanie Morris Lexington, KY - Pending the approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), the USEF has recommended the following horse/rider combinations for the US Olympic Team in show jumping for the 2008 Olympic Games, to be held in Hong Kong, China, August 15-21, 2008. Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner Beezie Madden/45/Cazenovia, NY/Authentic/13/KWPN/Gelding/Abigail Wexner McLain Ward/33/Brewster,...

Lexington, KY – The U.S. duo of Chester Weber and Tucker Johnson equaled an Chester Weber Drives to Third Place (Franz & Andreas Steindl) American best on Sunday by placing third overall in the Four-in-Hand Nations Cup at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen. Weber made a mistake at the very first cone and added some time faults in the final phase to finish the three phases in third individually, a personal best in Aachen, by less than a point on a score on 154.06. “We had...

Lexington, KY - U.S. Drivers Chester Weber and Tucker Johnson prepared for September's World Championships with solid performances at the prestigious CHIO Chester Weber's Second Place Team (Andres Steindl) Aachen today in Aachen, Germany. Weber and Tucker sit in second and fourth individually after the marathon and lie second, on a score of 296.81, less than a point behind The Netherlands (296.23), in the team portion of the competition. Weber, from Ocala, FL, has a two-day score of 144.64...