Margie Engle and Indigo at the Syracuse Invitational (Photo credit: Reflections Photography.) Syracuse, NY - November 6, 2010 -The fast paced action continued in downtown Syracuse today. The featured class of the night was the $100,000 Detwiler Fenton FEI World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse presented by G&C Farm. The great US rider, Margie Engle, out rode 27 riders representing six countries to take the lionshare $100,000 purse. As she stepped into the arena as the last of three qualifiers of the...

Saer Coulter and Springtime (Photo Credit: Alyson Sanderford/PMG) Syracuse, NY - November 6, 2010 -Friday marked the first night of the evening performances in the International open jumper division here at the 8th annual Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament. The first class of the night was the Syracuse Corporate Challenge with riders vying for $37,500 in prize money. Twenty-eight riders were divided into six corporate sponsor Teams: The Oncenter; Swift Glass; Steele Associates; CNY...

Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda (Josh Walker/US Eventing) Eventing The Galway Downs International Three-Day Event in Temecula, CA was a busy place over the weekend. Robert Kellerhouse and his team hosted a CCI3*, a CCI2*, CCI1* and a long-format CCI1*. Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda made their trip from the East Coast well worth it, winning the inaugural CCI3* on their dressage score of 46.0. The California native enjoyed her homecoming. Second after the dressage, the pair had near flawless trips...

RH Princess Haya addresses the General Assembly after scoring a landslide victory for re-election as (Photo by: FEI/William Tzeng) HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein (JOR) was today re-elected as President of the FEI at the Federation’s General Assembly in Taipei in a landslide victory in the first round of voting. Princess Haya, who was seeking a second and final four-year term as President, won with 90 votes of a total 124 valid ballots. The other contenders for the position were Sven Holmberg...

Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Ashley (Courtesy of the Washington International Horse Show) Oct. 28, 2010 –Brazilian show jumping superstar Rodrigo Pessoa blazed to wins in Thursday’s open jumper classes. Dressed as a Formula One race car driver, he and Palouchin de Ligny won the $20,000 Gambler's Choice Costume Class, and earlier, with HH Ashley, he won the $30,000 class. Plus Kristin Glover and Chase Boggio winners. $20,000 Gambler’s Choice Costume Class (Thursday Evening) The Gambler's Choice Costume...

Oct. 27, 2010 – Wednesday's Top Champions: Maggie Jayne rode Francesca to the Grand Hunter Championship. Kelley Farmer was named the Leading Hunter Rider and Stacy Arani and Bolero picked up the Grand Amateur-Owner Championship. Arani also was named the Leading Amateur-Owner Rider. Grand Hunter Championship: Maggie Jayne and Francesca A strong performance in the Regular Conformation Hunter division, where Jayne, of Elgin, IL, and Francesca were champions for the second year in a row, and a...

Goosebumps and Cookie Beck earned multiple blue ribbons in Wednesday's Green Conformation Hunter div (Photo © 2010 Lauren Fisher/PMG) Cazenovia, NY - November 3, 2010 - The 2010 Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament featuring the 127th National Horse Show continued with its second day of competition on Wednesday with the start of the professional, amateur-owner, and junior hunter divisions. Horses and riders showed two rounds over fences and went under saddle in the day's competition....

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is announcing the following dates and locations for the USEF Pony and Pair, Four-in-Hand and Singles Driving National Championships. The USEF Pony and Pair National Championships will be held at the Live Oak International CDE in Ocala, FL, March 24-27, 2011. Held annually since 1993 at Charlotte Weber's Live Oak Plantation, the Live Oak International CDE regularly attracts the nation's top drivers and played host to the 2010 USEF...

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – November 2, 2010 – Since 2007, the Reining Horse Sports Foundation (RHSF) has produced a unique, entertaining event sponsored by 4R Performance Horses to help the children from the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Oklahoma – the 4R Performance Horses Celebrity Slide. The location is Oklahoma City; the venue is the NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show; and the date is Friday, December 3. The following celebrities are taking time from their busy...

McKinley Harvey with George Williams. (Photo courtesy of the Harvey Family.) Lincoln, Nebraska, November 1, 2010 - Thanks to Renee Isler (MA), a young equestrian from Colorado was able to participate in the FEI Junior/Young Rider Dressage Clinic held in Parker, Colorado on October 23-24, 2010. McKinley Harvey applied and was accepted to this United States Dressage Federation program, but needed a financial boost to make it happen. McKinley’s dream was fulfilled, because of Renee, who...