Over this past weekend, US team veterans of the 2008 Olympic Games and 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Laura Kraut and Cedric galloped to a strong fourth place finish at the Global Champions Tour in Valencia, Spain. To watch videos from the GCT please visit; https://www.globalchampionstour.com/gallery/videos/1 . This kicked off what is sure to be a very busy summer in Europe for the US contingent. On Friday, the first stop of the Top League FEI Nations Cup series takes place in La...

Oklahoma City, OK – The newest trend in reining is the addition of aged classes for horses age seven and older. This year the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) is excited to offer its own 7 & Up class at the NRHA Derby, held June 27-July 2, 2011, in Oklahoma City. This exciting new opportunity will showcase the industry’s most experienced reining horses. NRHA encourages owners of competing reining horses age seven and older to enter the 7 & Up Derby, which consists...

Oklahoma City, OK – The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) has opted to officially recognize the inaugural FEI Reining World Final to be held on May 21 in Bökeberg, just outside of Malmö (SWE). As a service to its members, NRHA leadership agreed it is important to recognize this show and earnings accumulated there. Not all FEI events are NRHA-approved because not all of those events seek approval - as was the case for the FEI Reining World Final, a new version of the...

Dressage Jan Ebeling and Rafalca. Photo by Aly Sanderford/Phelps Media Group. Three American dressage riders traveled to Leipzig, Germany, to compete in the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final, April 27-May 1. Jan Ebeling, Catherine Haddad-Staller and Shawna Harding all qualified to compete in the Grand Prix Freestyle after strong performances in the Grand Prix presented by Sparkasse on Thursday afternoon. Ebeling rode Ann Romney's Rafalca to a 10th place finish on a score of 68.191% in...

North Salem, NY – While the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows are preparing for world-class equestrian competition at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY, May 10-15 and 17-22, the Old Salem Farm Foundation is preparing to utilize the Spring Horse Shows as a vehicle to support charities with both a local and global outreach. The goal of the Old Salem Farm Foundation is to use the Spring Horse Shows as a vehicle to help support charitable organizations and create an opportunity for Corporate...

Chesterfield, SC - The riders couldn’t say enough nice things about Heart of the Carolinas Three-Day Event in Chesterfield, SC, at Southern Eighths Farm. They loved the facility, the organization, the footing, the courses, the jumps - everything. Anne Lane-Maunder and Penny Lane (photo by Diana De Rosa). When it was all over Jim Baker and Wings claimed the victory in the Beginner-Novice division (58.30). “The format and the organization were topnotch. I can’t say enough about...

Lexington, KY - Richard “Ricky” Neal, co-champion at the 2009 United States Hunter Jumper Association Emerging Athletes Program Finals, was named to the 2011 Show Jumping European Young Rider Tour. Neal, 19, Pasadena, CA, is one of five young riders selected to the squad by the United States Equestrian Federation. They include: • Neal with Transmission, a 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by the rider. • Reed Kessler, 16, Armonk, NY, with Onisha, a 12-year-old,...

Thermal, CA — HITS, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received unanimous approval from the USEF Discipline Committee, the USEF Executive Committee, and the FEI to offer four CSI2*-W World Cup Qualifiers at the 2012 HITS Desert Circuit in Thermal, CA . “We are happy to continue our 20-year tradition of hosting World Cup Qualifiers at the HITS Desert Circuit,” said Tom Struzzieri, HITS President and CEO. “The four World Cup Qualifiers held in Thermal attract great...

Hardeeville, SC - The weather gods smiled on the American National Riding Commission (ANRC) the weekend of April 14–17 at their 34th annual National Intercollegiate Equitation Championships hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). While other areas experienced tornados and downpours, the Ronald C. Waranch Equestrian Center just outside Savannah, GA, in Hardeeville, SC, was Award presentations for ANRC National Championship (Flashpoint Photography). spared. Fifty-two riders...

Lexington, KY - For the first time in the history of the Western saddle sport of reining, a collection of the world’s best reining athletes slid into the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, to contest the inaugural five-star reining competition known as the CRI5* - the Ariat Kentucky Reining Cup. When the dirt in the arena settled, it was Shawn Flarida and KR Lil Conquistador who laid down a spectacular pattern to take the title on a score of 226.5 in this the...