La Baule, France – Members of the Short List for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team will compete this week in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* La Baule in France. The competition is a designated observation event as part of the selection process for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team will include Lucy Davis, Margie Engle, Lauren Hough, and Todd Minikus. The U.S. has drawn fifth in the...

La Baule, France – Members of the Short List for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team will compete this week in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* La Baule in France. The competition is a designated observation event as part of the selection process for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team will include Lucy Davis, Margie Engle, Lauren Hough, and Todd Minikus. The U.S. has drawn fifth in the...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named four athlete-and-horse combinations for the CDIO5* and two combinations for the CDI3* at Compiegne May 19–22, 2016. Both competitions are designated observation events for determining the 2016 U.S. Olympic Dressage Team. The following athletes and horses will compose The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for the CDIO5* (in alphabetical order): Allison Brock (Loxahatchee, Fla.) with Claudine and Fritz Kundrun’s...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named four athlete-and-horse combinations for the CDIO5* and two combinations for the CDI3* at Compiegne May 19–22, 2016. Both competitions are designated observation events for determining the 2016 U.S. Olympic Dressage Team. The following athletes and horses will compose The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for the CDIO5* (in alphabetical order): Allison Brock (Loxahatchee, Fla.) with Claudine and Fritz Kundrun’s...

Guenter Seidel and Zero Gravity (Terri Miller) Del Mar, Calif. – “It’s all coming together now,” said Olympian Guenter Seidel after his winning ride in the Grand Prix Special on the final day of California Dreaming Productions’ Dressage Affaire CDI3*/Y/J/U-25, held March 10-13 in Del Mar. Next-to-last to go in the class order, he and his mount Zero Gravity easily cruised to the top of the leaderboard and earned the unanimous win under all five judges with a score...

Wellington, Fla. - The United States is poised for a successful week at the Winter Equestrian Festival’s $150,000 FEI Nations Cup. CSIO4* Wellington will host the prestigious competition Friday evening with seven teams vying for the spot atop the podium. The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team of Georgina Bloomberg, Audrey Coulter, Laura Kraut, and Beezie Madden have drawn second in the order. “We have a similarly strong team to our [winning] Ocala Nations Cup team," said Chef...

Vanessa Mannix and Dooley's Deluxe (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week six of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) began Wednesday morning with jumper competition at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. While hunters take center stage on the main show grounds for World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) week, the international jumpers get a fresh change of scenery competing in both the International Ring and the Derby Field at The Stadium...

Aurora, Colo. – Today, January 11, 2016, the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) launched the guest user portions of its newly designed, customer friendly and highly efficient website. The website’s domain name remains www.arabianhorses.org and features a sleek and modern look and feel, with new colors, bold pictures and easy to read formats. The ease of navigation is extremely improved, with most pages requiring only one or two clicks to retrieve desired information. A robust set of...

Pau, France – A field of 49 competitors will vie for top honors at Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*, with competition running from October 22-25. USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda along with three other American combinations are up for the challenge of the renowned competition. Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda (Libby Law Photography) Brannigan (Kennett Square, Pa.) and Nina Gardner's Cambalda are in fine form for their Pau debut. The pair won The...

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation is sad to report the passing of Lloyd Landkamer. Landkamer, 60, passed away peacefully at his home in Hamel, Minn. on Friday, September 25, after a valiant battle with cancer. Lloyd Landkamer (Geoff Oliver Bugbee) Landkamer was an integral force in the equestrian community for many years, with a vast list of accomplishments as a show secretary, show manager, and sport horse breeder. Landkamer, a USEF ‘R’ Technical...