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Young Talent Ready for $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship at CP National Horse Show

by Kathleen Landwehr | 10/28/2015 11:13:12 AM

Lexington, Ky. - The inaugural $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship presented by the Porter Family, the Jacobs Family, & the Keenan Family is set to begin at the CP National Horse Show. Held October 28-31 in the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena, this Individual Championship will be based on the FEI World Cup format with fence heights up to 1.50m. Twenty-eight athletes between the ages of 16 and 25 will compete in three phases of championship competition in hopes of...

Open Letter to All Interested in Para-Equestrian Dressage

by Will Connell | 9/17/2015 12:27:09 PM

Dear Supporter of Para-Equestrian Dressage, I am writing this Open Letter as it appears, from some of the feedback we have received, that we have not been completely successful in communicating the aim of the Centers of Excellence (COEs) or what we are asking facility owners to commit to. The primary aim of COEs is that they are the focus for the development of Para-Equestrian Dressage in the U.S. As a Federation, we cannot reach out to all potential para-equestrian athletes, we need Centers...

Aaron Vale and Dress Balou Repeat History for Second Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Finals Win

by HITS Horse Shows | 9/9/2015 1:21:04 PM

Aaron Vale and Dress Balou on their way to a Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final win at the HITS Championship. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y.- Championship Sunday at HITS Saugerties began with the high-energy concluding round of the richest Hunter class in the country, the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final. Aaron Vale, of Williston, Florida, and Dress Balou, owned by Donald Stewart, did it again, winning their second consecutive title in the renowned event to secure a reign at...

Stellar U.S. Jumping Team Set to Shine in Pan American Games

by USEF Communications Department | 7/20/2015 9:54:15 PM

Caledon, Ont. - The United States will be represented by some of the best in U.S. jumping in the final week of competition at the 2015 Pan American Games. The U.S. team of Georgina Bloomberg, Kent Farrington, Lauren Hough, and McLain Ward will take on 16 nations, including 10 teams, over three days of team and individual competition. The first individual qualifier will take place Tuesday, the results of which will be used to establish the starting order of the team competition, taking place...

U.S. Pan American Dressage Team Has Sights Set On Olympic Qualification

by USEF Communications Department | 7/10/2015 5:51:00 PM

Caledon, Ont. - The 2015 Pan American Games equestrian competition will begin tomorrow with dressage. New for the 2015 Pan American Games, dressage teams may be comprised of both Small Tour and Big Tour combinations. The following nations have entered at least one Grand Prix combination in team competition and are thus eligible to compete for 2016 Olympic qualification: Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The remaining six teams have entered Small Tour combinations only, but are...

E.S. Finou 4 and Vale Capture the $35, 000 Classic Grand Prix, presented by EMO Week II Atlanta Summer Classics!

by The Classic Company | 6/21/2015 2:51:47 PM

Equi-Sport, LLC's E.S. Finou 4 and Vale fly over a jump in the Olympic Arena yesterday on their way to the winner's circle. Atlanta, Georgia - June 21, 2015 - Atlanta was jumping last night when the $35,000 Classic Company Grand Prix, presented by EMO took to the Olympic Arena before a sold out VIP tent and a spectator lined arena. The course was designed by notable Olympic Course Designer Steve Stephens of Palmetto, Florida. Stephens is a USEF licensed hunter course designer, 4* FEI course...

U.S. Dressage Successful in European Competition at Rotterdam and Hagen

by USEF Communications Department | 6/18/2015 7:31:58 PM

Rotterdam, The Netherlands & Hagen, Germany - The United States had successful showings from both teams and individuals today at the CDIO5* and CDIU25 Rotterdam in The Netherlands and the CDIOY Hagen in Germany. In Rotterdam, the CDIO5* team consisting of Shelly Francis and Patricia Stempel's Doktor, Charlotte Jorst and Kastel Denmark’s Kastel’s Nintendo, Arlene Page and her own Woodstock, and Kathleen Raine and Jennifer Mason, David Wightman and her own Breanna ended the...

Steffen Peters Punches Ticket to Vegas on Final Day of Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 3/23/2015 9:05:06 AM

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - Steffen Peters successfully punched his ticket to return to the site of his 2009 World Cup glory by winning the CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle with Legolas 92 in an exciting conclusion to California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, held March 19 - 22 in San Juan Capistrano, Cal. Peters' new personal-best score of 80.925% aboard Four Winds Farm's Westphalian gelding...

When to Watch on Tuesday

by Andrew Minnick | 8/25/2014 5:37:01 PM

Team competition in Reining, Dressage, and Para-Equestrian Dressage finishes up tomorrow. Here are the approximate rides times for Americans competiting on Tuesday. You can watch all of these rides live at www.FEITV.org . Reining - Competition starts at 2:45am ET Mandy McCutcheon & Yellow Jersey are 16th in the order Shawn Flarida & Spooks Gotta Whiz are 33rd in the order Tom McCutcheon & Dun Git A Nicadual are 38th in the order Dressage - Competition starts at 2:00am ET Laura...

When to Watch on Monday

by Andrew Minnick | 8/24/2014 10:14:06 PM

First horses of the 2014 Games compete in Reining, Dressage, and Para-Equestrian on Monday. Below are the riders, and the time that you can watch them. All times are ET (and their early!). Add six hours to get their ride times in local (Normandy) time. Dressage: Tina Konyot & Calecto V 3:35am ET Adrienne Lyle & Wizard 9:24am ET Reining (competition starts at 2:45am ET): #3 in the order: TroyHeikes & Lil Gun Dunnit #13th in the order: Andrea Fappani & Custom Cash Advance #31 in...