Lexington, KY – Short listed Para-Equestrian athlete Holly Bergay has had to withdraw her horse from consideration for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Per the USEF Selection Procedure for the US Para-Equestrian Team, this horse rider combination has been replaced and Erin Alberda (Woodinville, WA) has moved up into the tenth spot on the ranking with Delectari. Ten horse/rider combinations will represent the United States in Para-Equestrian at the Kentucky Horse Park during the...

When Mary Gaylord McClean rode down Freedom Hall’s “victory lane” on According To Lynn as the World’s Champion in the Five-Gaited Mare Stake Tuesday night, it capped a sensational night for her Golden Creek Farms, as both competitors and breeders. According To Lynn, by CH Callaway’s Born To Win out of Carol Lynn (BHF), is the older sister of Lynn Williams, by Top Spool out of the same Broodmare Hall of Fame dam. And Lynn Williams herself had just won the American Saddlebred Registry’s very rich...

Lexington, KY —The United States Equestrian Federation® announces a change to the endurance team for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games. The team is made up of five horse and rider combinations that will compete in Aachen, Germany, August 21. The endurance competition will be the lead-off event beginning at 6:00 a.m. The U.S. endurance team for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (in alphabetical order by rider) is as follows: •Kathryn Downs of Somerville, ME, riding Pygmalion, a 10-year-old...

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (US Equestrian) appreciates the efforts made by Cargill to determine how two horses ridden in a Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) competition by two US Equestrian members were exposed to a (FEI) Banned Substance, ractopamine. While ractopamine is legal in the U.S. for use in swine, turkey, and cattle for building muscle and size, the medication is included on the FEI Prohibited Substances list as a Banned...

Tracy Magness and Tarco Van Ter Moude. (ESI Photography© .) Ocala, FL - The gift of warm weather, bright blue skies and outstanding competition have been the theme of this year's HITS Ocala Winter Circuit. Last week's Ocala Masters marked the mid-way point of the six-week, AA-rated Circuit, and with just three more weeks of competition remaining, the Circuit is shaping up to be the one of the best yet. Each week the Grand Prix and Devoucoux Hunter Prix qualifiers for the 2011 Pfizer $1 Million...

Harrisburg, Pa. – The exciting $15,000 USEF Prix des States Team Championship took center stage Friday evening at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Two rounds over Nick Granat’s course provided a solid test for the athletes representing their zones and vying for team medals in the 2023 USEF Junior Jumper National Championships. The podium for the $15,000 USEF Prix des States Team Championship (Andrew Ryback Photography) Zone 10 led after the first round and maintained their lead...

Kentucky experts report that eastern tent caterpillar numbers are up for the third consecutive year, although populations vary from location to location. According to Lee Townsend, University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture entomologist, now is the time to check wild cherry and related trees for eastern tent caterpillar activity to determine whether management is necessary. “The tents are easy to see now,” he said. “Many of the small nests out on limbs have been abandoned because...

(Lexington, KY) – Maria Partlow, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communication has announced that she will retire effective October 1st, 2007. She has been with the USEF since March of 2004. “This is a life decision and one I have thought a great deal about,” she said. “My mother died very unexpectedly earlier this year, and her passing made me reflect on how fleeting life is and about how I want to spend the future. Although I love working at the USEF, I want to get up every morning,...

Riders (from left) Hawley Bennett-Awad, Phillip Dutton, Boyd Martin and Lindsey Jordan visit with Donte Proffitt (10) of London, Ky. (Michelle Dunn photo) Lexington, KY - Three riders who’ll be competing in the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Land Rover, and one rider who’ll be competing in the Kentucky Reining Cup spent Tuesday afternoon visiting with children undergoing treatment at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital in Lexington. "Rolex Kentucky" returns to the...

The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) has announced the activation of the new My Trails feature of its website at www.asha.net . ASHA members can access this new application from the My Membership page, found under the "Members" section of the website. The My Trails feature is one of the many advances continuously being made by ASHA to improve the online experience of its members. This tool is a trail riding tracking application, which provides a utility for users to track their...