Lexington, Ky - Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 2014 USEF Horsemastership Training Session. In its eighth year, this prestigious clinic will again be held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla., December 31-January 4. The following 12 riders will be invited to participate: The USHJA North American Junior and Young Rider Individual Show Jumping Champions at the 2013 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham...

Lexington, Ky. - Registration is now available for the 2013 USEF Young Horse Championship Symposium. The Symposium will take place November 8-10, 2013 in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. U.S. team coaches and their representatives from dressage, driving, eventing, hunter, and jumping will gather to share their excitement about this new program and explain the details of each discipline's competition criteria for the 2014 USEF Young Horse Championships and Festival. The USEF...

Laine Ashker and Anthony Patch (Hannah Bennett/USEA Photo) Lexington, Kentucky – The USEF National Open Horse Trial Championship wrapped up Sunday morning after the Advanced stadium phase was delayed a day due to torrential rain. Run in conjunction with the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by VTO Saddlery, national championship competition ran from September 26-29, at the Texas Rose Horse Park in Tyler, Texas. Eleven combinations vied for the Jack Le Goff Trophy...

Lexington, Kentucky - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce an exciting new program designed to identify and develop talented young horses in the United States. Plans for a USEF Young Horse Championship and Festival at the Kentucky Horse Park in the Fall of 2014 are well underway. "We are very excited about this new initiative which has been created to connect breeders, owners and trainers of young horses" remarks USEF Chief Executive Officer John Long, "and...

Lexington, Kentucky - A small but mighty field lines up this weekend in the USEF National Open Horse Trial Championship for the Jack Le Goff Trophy to vie for the first eventing National Title of the autumn. Run in conjunction with the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by VTO Saddlery, national championship competition will run September 26-28, 2013, at the Texas Rose Horse Park in Tyler, Texas. Twelve elite combinations are set to kick off competition, which is run at the...

Jazz Johnson Merton and Kingston were awarded the Amateur-Owner Grand Hunter Championship (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Buffalo, NY - The third day of the 67th Buffalo International Horse Show (BIHS) opened to low temperatures, but nothing short of heated competition. The morning was filled with an action-packed hunter schedule, where horse and rider combinations vied for the top honors and prize money in their respective divisions. Today the Amateur-Owner Hunters named not only their...

The NorCal Hunter Jumper Association and Langer Equestrian Group are pleased to announce that the 33rd Annual NorCal Medal Finals (Oct 9-13) are right around the corner! Many of Northern California’s top horses and riders will compete at the Brookside Equestrian Park in not only the NorCal Medal Finals themselves, but a variety of other classes and special events at this USEF “A” rated, NorCal double pointed 2013 NorCal Medal Finals Horse Show. The NorCal Medal Finals started...

Wayne, IL - The 2013 Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Dressage National Championships presented by HorseShow.com came to a thrilling conclusion on Saturday with two newly minted National Champions. Top Six-Year-Olds and Developing Prix St. Georges horses put their best efforts forward in Lamplight Equestrian Center’s Championship Arena in front of the judging panel of Lilo Fore, Anne Gribbons and Sandy Osborne. In the Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Six-Year-Old National...

Lexington, KY - Scott Hassler, USEF National Young Dressage Horse Coach, and Ingo Pape, one of Germany's most respected breeders and horsemen, will conduct the USDF Sport Horse Prospect Development Program, presented by Dressage at Devon, a USDF Education Partner, and supported by Hassler Dressage. This forum will be held September 14-15 at Apple Knoll Farm, in Millis, MA. The forum will focus on a correct, fundamental system for starting sport horse prospects. This new educational event is...

Lexington, KY – The country’s top junior riders will head to Stanley Park Fairgrounds in Estes Park, CO to compete in the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals, held in conjunction with the Paragon Dressage CDI, August 15-18. Twenty-five riders from Connecticut to California will demonstrate their skills in hope of claiming a national title. The USEF Dressage Seat Medal program celebrates excellence in equitation and strives to develop a solid foundation for future success in the...