Wellington, FL—The home side emerged victorious in the $50,000 U.S.A. vs. The World, presented by CN, held Saturday night under the lights during week nine, the CSI****W CN WorldWide, of the CN Winter Equestrian Festival, presented by Zimmerman Advertising, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Ten riders representing the United States and 10 riders representing other nations went head-to-head in three exciting phases of competition—an accumulator, a match race and a six bar....

Callan Solem and her mount Mianta were up to the challenge in Sunday's $50,000 Duggan Equipment Grand Prix as they secured the blue ribbon and $15,000 in prize money for Quiet Winter Farm at HITS Ocala. Solem and her mount Mianta had the fastest double-clear round on course designer Leopoldo Palacios' track. The pair got the best of 42 starters in the first round and seven combinations in the jump-off. Mianta is 14 and also won the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix on February 3. Solem's win also snaps...

Lexington, KY— The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has selected the six competitions which will be required to take heel measurements from the first and fourth place ponies in Roadster and Hackney Roadster Pony Championships. The 2008 competitions include: J. D. Massey Classic - Pendleton, SC (April 16-19) Des Moines Springfest - Des Moines, IA (April 24-27) Syracuse International - Syracuse, NY (June 25-28) Lexington Junior League - Lexington, KY (July 7-12) Kentucky State Fair -...

Harrisburg, PA ­- Nearly 300 young riders earned the privilege to compete for the coveted Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals. They represented the best equitation riders from 34 states, British Columbia, Ontario and the District of Columbia. Despite an early lead being held throughout the daylong competition, the winner, Kimberly McCormack of Clermont, NJ, emerged from the final 42 riders. "Her round was fantastic, just great," said Judge Geoff Teall of Wellington, FL. "Her round just stood...

From a Press Release by Daniel Rieffer , Communications Manager, American Saddlebred Horse Association Louisville, Kentucky - Jen Raynes’ heart of gold led her to Louisville. She ran into a parent of an ASHA junior member at a horse show in Scottsdale, Arizona, who convinced her to donate her time and talent to create a painting for the AHSA Annual Auction. She’s known as “Mad Dog” Jen, and she’s experienced absolute madness since leaving California Tuesday morning to get to the World’s...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – And then there were five. The gold medal eventing and dressage teams shipped out early Monday morning, leaving the five show jumpers alone in the U.S. wing of the stables at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With 17 countries represented, the most of the three disciplines, the show jumping will be very competitive. Florida’s Lauren Hough and Casadora are riding the crest of a very successful wave, having just won the valuable CN Reliability Grand Prix at...

Show jumper Nona Garson and The Ridge Farm will host a sport horse auction at the Intercontinental Sport Horse Sales on January 27, 2007 at The Ridge Farm in Wellington, FL. The sport horse auction will offer a superior selection of hunter, jumper and dressage horses that are hand-picked from around the world. The fourth annual sport horse auction is in the process of selecting a limited number of quality horses to be featured. For more information contact (732) 681-4379 or (908) 500-0996 or...

Placing less than a point behind Newerla, U.S. Paralympic equestrian Lynn Seidemann rode Phoenix B to a fifth place finish, with a score of 68.947%. In other team news, Barbara Grassmyer and Mibis placed 11th in the Individual Championship for Grade III, with a 63.200% overall. The Individual Championships will continue Wednesday with U.S. Paralympic equestrian Kathryn Groves riding in Grade IV. The rest of the U.S. Equestrian Team competition schedule is as follows: Wednesday, Sept. 23:...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce that the next DEI Community Conversation, “Horses and the Military: A Long-Standing Partnership,” will be on Monday, November 7, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. ET via Zoom. This DEI Community Conversation, held in recognition of Veterans Day, explores the longstanding partnership between the military and horses, with a focus on how horses are supporting military veterans and families today. This relationship has changed over the...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian members will soon have access to improved horse and rider reports that are customized to their breed and discipline. By popular request from the membership, the updated reports provide more detailed at-a-glance information, along with enhanced sport-specific competition results to give horse owners and athletes an uncluttered view of the most relevant information for their discipline. These reports display a horse's or athlete’s results history...