Exloo, Netherlands – The U.S. contingent delivered excellent performances at the 2023 FEI Para Driving World Championship for Singles held in Exloo, Netherlands, from August 23-27. Tracy Bowman and Albrecht’s Hoeve’s Lars lead from start to finish to defend their world champion title. Led by Chef d’Equipe Jennifer Matheson, the U.S. Para Driving Team of Bowman and Albrecht’s Hoeve’s Lars, Bob Giles and Brynithon Flyers Magic, and Diane Kastama and Tjibbe took...

Awards presentation (Cameron Green Media) Travers City, Mich. - David Beisel and Ammeretto seem to have found the secret to success in the Horse Shows by the Bay Grand Prix Ring. They finished the 2013 series with victory in the $30,000 Cherry Capital Classic Grand Prix, and they returned this year to claim the festival's first $10,000 Positive Step Farm Welcome Prix. Since his first-ever grand prix victory here last year, the 9-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion (Numero Uno--Ranna) has...

Lexington, KY— The United States Equestrian Federation® (USEF) announced today that eight horse/rider combinations were selected to travel to England and train with Chef d’Equipe Captain Mark Phillips in preparation for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games. From this list of horses and riders a complete squad of six horse/rider combinations will eventually be named. Four of the squad members were named today, as well as four replacement combinations. The two remaining positions on the squad will...

Attention junior riders interested in competing at the 2011 USEF National Junior Jumper Championships! The 2011 selection procedures and qualifying periods for this championship are now available on the USEF web site’s jumping discipline page: https://www.usef.org/Contentpage2.aspx?id=natjumping New for 2011, zones will be able to send a fifth horse/rider combination to compete as an individual. This fifth-ranked horse/rider combination will be the traveling replacement horse/rider combination...

At the February 2010 American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) Board of Directors meeting, the following changes were made to the Registry fee schedule. • Multiple transfers on the same horse: $50 for members/$125 for non members • For transfers due to death or divorce, if being transferred from a joint account to an account of either party, the cost will be half price of the current transfer fee. • Replacement DNA kit fees are reduced to $15 for both members and non-members, and free if an...

Bob Langrish (Vaulter Megan Benjamin won an Individual Gold medal.) (Aachen, Germany) – It all came down to one minute. It was years in the making, but it came down to one minute in Aachen, Germany, and when that one minute was over, 18-year-old Megan Benjamin of Saratoga, CA, was the first female American vaulter ever to take a world championship. For the past 20 years, a German woman has always held the title of World Champion, and Germany has also won 23 of the last 30 world championships....

Augusta, KS Meet Jjs Summer Breeze, who holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for horse with the longest tail. Editor Stephanie Doyle “interviewed” Summer (via her owner, Crystal Socha). Summer is a registered American Paint Horse and also is registered with the Pinto Horse Association of America. Just how long is your tail? Currently my tail is 13’6” long. When it was officially measured for the Guinness Book it was 12’6”. What’s your favorite thing about your tail? My favorite thing...

LEXINGTON, KY - August 17, 2010 - Equestrian Events, Inc. (EEI), organizer of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, has announced a transition leadership team as it prepares for the retirement of Executive Vice President and Event Director Jane Atkinson after more than 36 years of service. Atkinson will be the Eventing Discipline Manager for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games this fall and will formally retire after those games. The EEI Executive Committee has appointed a Transition...

Dressage The Palm Beach County Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, FL, hosted The Wellington Classic Spring Challenge CDI-W. On Friday, Tina Konyot and her partner from the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Calecto V, topped the field in the Grand Prix for Freestyle scoring a 70.043%. Elizabeth Austin riding Olivier and Shawna Harding riding Come On III collected second and third place honors. Konyot took another commanding win in the Freestyle, scoring a 75.300%. Harding...

Lexington, KY - The endurance competition at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games got underway this morning with the first horse inspection taking place under sunny Kentucky skies. More than 110 horses from 30 nations were presented to the veterinary panel for approval before heading out on a 100 mile (160 km) ride on Sunday. Fifteen horses were held for re-inspection after their initial jogs. Seven horses were spun, however two replacement horses were approved and allowed to compete in...