Wellington, FL - The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) Western Finals will be streamed in real-time Thursday through Saturday (June 28-30) from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Watch over 200 IEA student-riders in action as they compete as part of the NRHA Derby. You can see the ribbon ceremonies, too. Visit the IEA website ( www.rideiea.org ) on Thursday, June 28 to see the competition schedule for the weekend. Log on to NRHAderby.com and select the arena (either COLISEUM LIVE WEBCAST or...

Lexington, KY - In its largest round of grant funding to date, USA Equestrian Trust has awarded nearly $240,000 to 11 equine non-profits that applied by the first of the foundation's two 2012 application deadlines. The $239,780 in grants is an increase of 21 percent compared to 2011. That mirrored the continued dramatic jump in interest in the Trust's grants program, which saw applications rise 38 percent. The Trust's leadership approved an expansion of the program earlier this...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is now accepting letters of intent from competition managers to host the 2013 Dressage Seat Medal Finals. These Finals will take place in the summer of 2013 and are traditionally scheduled for late August. The purpose of the Dressage Seat Medal presented by Dressage Today program is to promote and reward correct seat, position and use of aids in dressage for youth riders. The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) oversees the...

Buffalo, NY - June 13, 2012 - The Buffalo International Horse Show will host its 66th annual hunter/jumper competition this fall at the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center. The show will be held from September 12-16, 2012, in downtown Buffalo, NY. The show will take place in the indoor arena of the Buffalo Equestrian Center, the home of the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center (BTRC) and SBS Farms, Inc. The Buffalo International Horse Show (BIHS) is known for its large variety of hunter and jumper...

Lexington, KY - The final Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Selection Trial was held over the past weekend in conjunction with the VADA/NOVA Summer Dressage show in Leesburg, Virginia. A field of eight horse entered the competition, three in the five-year-old division and five in the six-year-old division, to try and earn a spot on the USEF Young Horse Dressage Short List. At the end of the weekend, two horses from the six-year-old division managed to score better than the required 7.8 and earn...

The International Equestrian Masters Symposium will be held for the first time in the United States at First Class Horse Complex, LTD. In Bristol, Wisconsin September 8 - 9, 2012. The symposium will feature five internationally known Equestrian Master Coaches (Denny Emerson, Lynn Palm, Gail Lampe, Richard Shrake, and Carolyn Kakuska). They will coach and school eight riders from the disciplines of Dressage, Three Day Event, Western, and Saddle Seat as a panel. Only 300 tickets will be offered...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to welcome USA Reining as its newest USEF International Discipline Association. On Monday, May 21, 2012, the USEF Executive Committee reviewed and accepted unanimously the application submitted by USA Reining to be the FEI Affiliate for reining. USA Reining seeks to foster the sport of reining in the U.S. and provide a pipeline for athletes to progress from national level competition and into FEI and international competition....

Lexington, KY - The American Hackney Horse Society Foundation, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky announces that it will award four college scholarships in the summer of 2012. The AHHSF has annually supported a scholarship program for college students who have shown an interest in the Hackney breed; this organization is proud of the number of students who have applied for and received these funded scholarships and continued an involvement with the Hackney horse and pony. Selection of the recipients will...

Burbank, CA - Beautiful horses and talented riders will gather at the historic and picturesque Flintridge Riding Club in La Cañada-Flintridge, CA, for this weekend's CDI*/Y/J dressage competition, May 24 - 27, 2012. Officiating for the weekend's competition will be esteemed international judges Eddy de Wolff (4* USA), Lilo Fore (4* USA), Lois Yukins (4* USA), and Jane Weatherwax (4* USA). In addition to excellent open and FEI competition across a variety of levels, Dressage at...

Lexington, KY - This weekend horses and riders will take their first steps toward earning a chance to represent the U.S. at the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Dressage, to be held in Verden, Germany, in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Six horses will contest the 2012 Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Western Selection Trials in the five-year-old division while one entry will show in the six-year-old division. These selection trials are being held in conjunction...