Havens Schatt and Sons Souci. (Anne Gittins Photography) Wellington, FL - Sons Souci and Havens Schatt earned championship honors in the Equine Tack & Nutritionals First Year Green Hunter division during week three of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). This will be the third week one of Schatt's mounts has collected championship titles. Caroline Moran's Bacardi, ridden and trained by Schatt, has been division champion weeks one and two at the FTI WEF. Schatt...

Today’s post comes from Sin City, Las Vegas Nevada. Since I am here in the region of Southwest Western Dressage, I decided to write the blog as an interview with someone from the Las Vegas equestrian community who was doing Western Dressage. So I opened up the phone book to call a local barn. Every barn number but one was disconnected or no longer in service. The one that was working was a casino! So I called a feed store, thinking that at the feed store would be someone who knew someone...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has elected a new Endurance Eligible Athlete Committee. Endurance Eligible Athlete Committee Melody Blittersdorf, Vice Chair Kyle Gibbon Carolyn Hock Suzanne Hayes Suzanne Hedgecock Valerie Kanavy, Chair Joseph Mattingley Margaret Sleeper, Athlete Representative to the Endurance High Performance Committee Deborah Reich Heather Reynolds Stephen Rojek For further information regarding the USEF High Performance Endurance Program visit;...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has elected a new Reining Eligible Athlete Committee. Reining Eligible Athlete Committee Casey Hinton, Chairman Jordan Larson, Vice-Chairman Pete Kyle Tom McCutcheon Tim McQuay, Athlete Representative to the Reining High Performance Committee For further information regarding the USEF High Performance Reining Program visit; https://usef.org/_IFrames/breedsDisciplines/discipline/allReining.aspx For additional information please...

Happy New Year everyone! I am glad to be here and since it is obvious that the Earth did not tip over on its axis turning our mountains into oceans and our oceans into mountains, I have to wonder what 2013 will bring to Western Dressage. Maybe the better question is “What will Western Dressage bring to the world?” Indeed it is an intriguing question when put this way. As our fledgling discipline begins to feather out, the directions in which western dressage may fly continue to...

What is the equestrian demographic in North America? Surveys reveal it consists of women who, after a career, raising children, or both, have either returned to riding or are pursuing it as a life long dream. I fall into this demographic, having returned after both a career and children, and once again after major surgery. But where do we go to find training, a supportive community and a purpose in this endeavor? After much exploration, I was lucky enough to find Western Dressage through the...

The Dressage Foundation has announced that a total of $10,000 has been awarded to U.S. dressage instructors through the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship program, funded through The Dressage Foundation’s Carol Lavell Gifted Memorial Fund. The Lindgren Scholarships provide financial support that enables dressage instructors to train in a concentrated amount of time in order to improve teaching, riding, and training skills. This year, the Selection Committee chose the following recipients:...

Shelburne, VT — The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) Awards Committee is pleased to announce the following individuals will be recognized at the AMHA annual convention, which will take place February 21-23, 2013 in Portland, Oregon, at The Benson Hotel. Man and Woman of the Year Awards honor those individuals for their continued support of the breed. This year's honorees are Mike Goebig and Kathy Newcomb. John Green will be awarded the Cecil Brown Memorial Sportsmanship Award,...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the winners of two prestigious awards in the discipline of Endurance, the Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Award and the Brunjes Junior/Young Rider Trophy. The awards will be presented at the USEF Horse of the Year Awards gala and dinner on Friday, January 18, 2013 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. Heather Reynolds (left) riding Riverwatch at the 2012 Longines FEI World Endurance...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has seated two new para-equestrian committees. The Para-Equestrian High Performance Committee and Para-Equestrian Eligible Athlete Committee are both pending approval of the USEF Executive Committee. Para-Equestrian High Performance Committee (Pending approval of the Executive Committee) Dale Dedrick Barabara Grassmyer, Elected Eligible Athlete Hope Hand Rebecca Hart, Elected Eligible Mary Jordan, Elected Eligible Athlete Kim Kelly...