Photo by Howard Schatzberg (Brittany McGinnis and Amandari) Lexington, KY – Brittany McGinnis of Fishers, IN, riding American Saddlebred Amandari, was crowned champion of the 2007 United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Saddle Seat Medal Final, held November 17, as part of the United Professional Horsemen’s Association American Royal National Championship Horse Show in Kansas City, MO. McGinnis topped the class of 24 entries in the two-phase competition that required both rail...

Photo by Charles Mann (Winsome Adante with Kim Severson) Lexington, KY - After an illustrious career that includes three victories at the Rolex Kentucky CCI****, a Team Gold medal at the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games, Team Bronze and Individual Silver medals at the 2004 Olympics, a third-place finish at the Badminton CCI**** in 2007, wins at the 2000 Radnor CCI** and the 2001 Blenheim CCI*** and countless horse trials victories, Winsome Adante’s owner, vets and rider have collectively...

Photo by Randi Muster (Kimberly McCormack and Sundance) On November 3 at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament, Kimberly McCormack of Clermont, NJ, took home the prestigious title of national champion in the 2007 ASPCA Maclay National Championship. McCormack rode Sundance to the title and trains with her sister Kristy McCormack, Missy Clark and John Brennan. Elizabeth Lubrano of Glenmoore, PA, finished as the reserve champion, while Shelby Wakeman of Westlake Village, CA, was third....

Phillip Dutton and The Foreman (Photo by Shannon Brinkman ) Elkton, MD – The competition continued on Sunday as numerous USEF National Championships were up for grabs at the Fair Hill International CCI***. Phillip Dutton won for the fourth time, but this was the first time that the U.S. national anthem was played in his honor. Riding The Foreman, an 11-year-old Thoroughbred gelding owned by Ann Jones, Dutton won the USEF National Eventing Championships on a score of 46.4, adding one rail...

Photo by Mike Ferrara (Champions, reserve champions and top tens will be crowned at this year's U.S. Arabian Nationals for the final time in Albuquerque, NM. ) The 41st annual U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (U.S. Nationals) is set for one final farewell on October 18-27 at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. Since 1967, Albuquerque has hosted the U.S. Nationals 19 times. Beginning in 2008, the U.S. Nationals begins a three-year contract in Tulsa, OK. Marking this...

Nikko Ritter rode Clover Count to victory at the Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search Finals East (Jennifer Wenzel) Gladstone, NJ - Take some flatwork, add some gymnastic jumping exercises, send all the riders over a carefully designed course, then have the top four riders switch horses and over the course of two days, a very prestigious title is handed out. Welcome to the Platinum Performance//USEF Talent Search Final. Fortunately, in sharp contrast to its West Coast counterpart, the...

Jason Canton and Grandioso (By PhelpsPhotos.com ) By Stacey Meier Lexington, KY – With three championships left to go in the final day, it was Christopher Hickey and U.S. bred Cabana Boy who swept the five-year-old championship division and Jason Canton and Grandioso who won the six-year-old championship division of the 2007 Markel/United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Young Horse Dressage Championship presented by Collecting Gaits Farm. Beginning with the five-year-old...

By Flashpoint Photography (Sara Green, winner of the Region 3 qualifying competition for the ASPCA Maclay National Championships) The first two regional qualifying competitions were held this past weekend for the 2007 ASPCA Maclay National Championships. The winner of Region 2 was Maria Schaub of Holmdel, NJ. Sara Green of Sherborn, MA, was the winner of Region 3. The 2007 ASPCA Maclay National Championships will be held at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament on October 31-November...

Capitol Hill with Kenneth Wheeler, Sr. (Jordan Koepke) It was like déjà vu this year at the Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Championship presented by Vita-Flex as Kenneth Wheeler, Sr., handled a colt that would become the overall champion. With last year’s win with Spanish Spear still in Wheeler’s memory, it was another of his two-year-olds that would capture the title again for his Cismont Manor Farm. This year's Best Young Horse in the Sallie B....

Christina Thomas and Simpatico (Terri Miller ) Lexington, KY – With a stellar field of 22 riders, the 2007 United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Dressage Seat Medal Finals presented by Dressage Today® brought together a wealth of talented juniors from across the country to the spectacular HITS on the Hudson show grounds in Saugerties, New York, August 17 – 19, 2007. Hosted by Centerline Events, the finals were held in conjunction with the CDI-W/Y/J/P Saugerties, NY, an...