U.S. Olympic gold and silver medalist Leslie Howard guided Tic Tac to victory in the $100,000 CSI2* Synoil Energy Services Cup on August 9 at the CSI2* Summer Festival at the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. (Ben Radvanyi Photography) Palgrave, Ontario – U.S. Olympic gold and silver medalist Leslie Howard topped an international starting field to win the $100,000 CSI2* Synoil Energy Services Cup at the CSI2* Summer Festival held August 6 to 10 at the Caledon Pan Am...

Lexington, Ky. - The prize list for the National Horse Show CSI-W 4* is now posted online. The highly decorated and immensely popular horse show returns for a fifth year at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, on October 28 -November 2, 2014. The prize list can be downloaded at: https://www.nhs.org/prize-list-and-entry-forms / With $755,000 in prize money offered, this year's show has been designated a CSI-W 4* show by the FEI. The International Open Jumpers will compete for...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation has named three horse-and-rider combinations to the U.S. Dressage Team for the 2014 Rotterdam CDIO5* taking place during the CHIO Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 18-22. Additionally, the U.S. will be represented by one individual in the CDI-U25 competition. The following combinations have been named to the U.S. Dressage Team for the Rotterdam CDIO5* (listed in Alphabetical Order): Susie Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) will ride Tim...

Rebecca Hart and Schroeters Romani at the 2014 Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3* in Wellington, FL. (Lindsay McCall) Deauville, France - As the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage riders prepare for the upcoming Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Normandy, France, a few American athletes have headed overseas where they are competing among the best in the para-dressage world. Those USA riders include two-time Paralympian and 2010 WEG rider Rebecca Hart (Grade II) , Margaret McIntosh...

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 celebrate another Grand Prix win at the Festival of the Horse CDI 3* (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - Hopeful U.S. Team members for this summer's Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games began their second week of outstanding dressage competition at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, Cal. as California Dreaming Productions' Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J/U-25 presented by Hof Kasselmann got underway. While top riders...

Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister (Mike McNally) Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that Tiana Coudray has been awarded a Land Rover Grant to compete at the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover. As approved by the USEF Eventing High Performance Committee, Coudray (Ojai, Calif.) will ride Jatial, Inc.’s 2001 Irish Sport Horse gelding Ringwood Magister at the only CCI4* in the Western Hemisphere. Coudray has...

Kathleen Raine & Breanna made their return to the Grand Prix arena a winning one at the Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W. (Terri Miller) Burbank, Calif. - An impressive line-up of West Coast riders including some of the top-ranked competitors in the nation gathered at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, Cal. for the first day of competition at California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25 presented by Hof Kasselmann. As...

Ainsley Vince and Frieda (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The sun rose over Deeridge Farms as trailers and cars rolled through the opened gateway and down the winding path lined with beautifully manicured banyan and royal palm trees. The fog lifted from the grand prix field to reveal the course that would challenge over 50 horses for the $24,950 Wellington Turf Tour Invitational Grand Prix Finale. Saturday, it was Ainsley Vince of Canada who dominated the field, riding to the top of the leader...

Vaulting to be featured in the Middle East for the first time Sisters Cassidy and Kimberly Palmer, who placed first in the pairs (pas-de-deux) Vaulting event at the 2013 German Masters in Stuttgart last November, will be among the roster of world-class competitors who will gather in Doha, Qatar in March for the Second CHI AL SHAQAB. The siblings are the first vaulters from the United States to win a World Cup event. The prestigious event takes place at AL SHAQAB, the Arabian Gulf’s...

Ben Maher and Cella (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - he world's best battled it out at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Saturday night with a one-two finish for Great Britain in the $125,000 Fidelity investments® Grand Prix CSI 3* at the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). Ben Maher and Scott Brash, the top two ranked riders in the world, finished on top of an impressive field of horses and riders in an exciting ten-horse jump-off. Maher, the...