Kate Hayley wins top honors at USHJA Emerging Athletes Training Clinic (Tricia Booker/Cameron Green Media ) Buffalo, N.Y., November 23, 2010 - The Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center (BTRC) has been a busy facility during the last few weeks, wrapping up with the United States Hunter Jumper Association's Emerging Athletes Program's National Training Session. The clinic was held November 19-21, 2010, at the BTRC, which is the only indoor riding facility located in the city of Buffalo. It has been...

Lexington, KY - This fall the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) hosted three Youth and Pony Outreach Clinics, giving aspiring dressage riders the opportunity to hone their skills with international rider and trainer Lendon Gray. These two day sessions provided riders with personal and group riding instruction as well as informational lectures. Parents and trainers were also invited to participate in information sessions that focused on how to best guide young riders through FEI pony,...

Nick Maupin and Coco Mojo. (Photo by Howard Schatzberg. ) Kansas City, MO - Nick Maupin rode Coco Mojo to the championship win in the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Saddle Seat Medal Final presented by Elisabeth M. Goth. The final took place November 20 as part of the United Professional Horsemen's Association (UPHA) American Royal National Championship Horse Show in Kansas City, MO. With this win, Maupin made history by becoming the first male rider to win the "Saddle Seat Triple...

Chris Payne and Clooney during the Kentucky Fall Classic (Photo by Holly Whiteman) Lexington, KY- November 17, 2010 - It was a weekend full of gorgeous and unseasonably warm weather for the Kentucky Fall Classic. The event was held in the New Alltech Indoor Arena November 11-14, 2010 and featured the areas top hunters and jumpers. Alliy Moyer took home both the champion and reserve champion honors in the Junior Hunter division. She showed Safari to the championship prize and was awarded the...

Lexington, KY (November 12, 2010) - The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to announce that Naomi Martin of Brooks, OR, has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 USDF Youth Volunteer of the Year Award, presented by The Paddock Saddlery and sponsored by the USDF Youth Programs Advisory Subcommittee. This prestigious award honors one outstanding youth volunteer who has contributed on a national and local basis to USDF and dressage. As the recipient of this award, Naomi’s...

WESTPORT, CT - November 10, 2011 - 2011 will mark the 5th year for The Equestrian Idol to be held on Friday, February 4, 2011 in Wellington, Florida, and everything will be new about it! The Idol event will feature a new format where the past Idol winners will pair up with contestants in a musical cabaret. Taylor Blauweiss, Ki-Juan Minors, Jen White Kane and Brian Lookabill are coming back to perform with Dianna Bricker, Hillary Dobbs, Casey Hodges and newcomers, Teaghan James and Robert...

Amanda Robinson and Bienvenue at the Kentucky Fall Horse Show (Photo By: Holly Whiteman) Lexington, KY - November 9, 2010 - It was a chilly weekend in Lexington for the Kentucky Fall Horse Show being held at the New Alltech Indoor Arena. Saturday and Sunday each featured a full day of hunter/jumper action with the areas top equestrians in attendance. The Baby Green Hunter division kicked-off this weekend's exciting hunter/jumper action. Paige Sea and Waterford VDL, owned by Lin Schwartz, took...

Beezie Madden Victorious in the $80,000 Syracuse Sporthorse Cup (Photo © 2010 Lauren Fisher/PMG.) Cazenovia, NY - November 7, 2010 - Beezie Madden piloted her horses Mademoiselle and Coral Reef Via Volo to the win in the $80,0000 Syracuse Sporthorse Cup presented by Copernicus Stables. She seems to own this Cup as she was victorious in 2006 and 2008 as well. The final Sunday event of the Syracuse Invitational Tournament in downtown Syracuse is always an audience favorite and today was no...

Saer Coulter and Springtime (Photo Credit: Alyson Sanderford/PMG) Syracuse, NY - November 6, 2010 -Friday marked the first night of the evening performances in the International open jumper division here at the 8th annual Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament. The first class of the night was the Syracuse Corporate Challenge with riders vying for $37,500 in prize money. Twenty-eight riders were divided into six corporate sponsor Teams: The Oncenter; Swift Glass; Steele Associates; CNY...

RH Princess Haya addresses the General Assembly after scoring a landslide victory for re-election as (Photo by: FEI/William Tzeng) HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein (JOR) was today re-elected as President of the FEI at the Federation’s General Assembly in Taipei in a landslide victory in the first round of voting. Princess Haya, who was seeking a second and final four-year term as President, won with 90 votes of a total 124 valid ballots. The other contenders for the position were Sven Holmberg...