Tucker Johnson and Karen O’Connor to Carry Flag for U.S. Delegation at 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Lexington, KY – The athletes of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) have selected Driver Tucker Johnson and Eventing rider Karen O’Connor as flag bearers for Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). Johnson and O’Connor are both veteran athletes who have collected accolades for the United States on multiple occasions. Johnson helped the U.S....

Lexington, KY - More than 150 hours of programming will be hitting the airwaves and the web starting Saturday, as the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games gets underway. As part of this effort, the United States Equestrian Federation's new online broadcasting center, USEF Network, plans to carry more than 65 hours of free coverage during the Games, including LIVE coverage of the Opening Ceremonies and Closing Ceremonies, LIVE competition coverage of reining, driving, vaulting and endurance,...

The Laurels at Landhope International Combined Driving Event, one of the most prestigious events of its kind in the U.S., will be held in West Grove, Chester County, PA September 10-12, 2010. Combining family fun with international equestrian competition in a beautiful country setting just 40 miles from Philadelphia, the event hosts the best drivers from Canada, Mexico and the United States, who compete in a series of three events with combinations from single horses and ponies to four-in-hands....

Tina Konyot and Calecto V (Shannon Brinkman) Lexington, KY - One of the most prestigious annual events of the year is underway in Germany as the 2010 CHIO Aachen rolls around for 10 days of world-class competition. The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is represented in four disciplines, and everyone will have the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on their minds as they compete for some of the biggest prizes on the calendar. The Jumping competition will be highlighted by the Meydan...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and Land Rover North America jointly announced today that Land Rover will be the official vehicle sponsor of the USEF for 2010. In addition to its status as Official Vehicle of the USEF in 2010, Land Rover will also be the title sponsor of the U.S. Eventing Team, set to compete at this year's Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, September 25 - October 10, in Lexington, KY. "Land Rover represents premium performance and success," says...

I spent last night stuck in Orlando and then Charlotte before finally getting home well after 2 am. Tornadoes ripped through North Carolina and there were a lot of stranded people. It was very encouraging that it was all over the news in the airport. I could have been stuck in Ocala at my lovely friend Max's house. She was kind enough to let me stay while I was at Live Oak, she works for Karen O'Connor, and lives on their wonderful farm, so I had it pretty good for 5 days. I paid for it by...

Arriving in Florida is always an adventure. Despite running laps between Lexington and Wellington this year, this was my first trip to Ocala, which of course means flying into Orlando. Which of course meant that I was the only person on my flight and in the airport without Disney World on the brain. Ocala and Lexington are locked in a fierce battle for bragging rights over which one really is the horse capital of the world. There are farms of every possible variety when you drive around this...

Photo by Geoff Bugbee/USEF Archives (Bernard Uechtritz, President of Horse TV, accepted the award.) Lexington, KY – The high-impact, high-energy discipline of driving doesn’t easily lend itself to videography. It all comes down to logistics—especially when it involves covering miles of varied terrain during the Marathon phase, filled with obstacles that not only prove challenging for horse and driver, but for camera crews seeking the best vantage point from which to capture the excitement. It...

The final shows have been posted and the 2009 Performance Horse Registry’s (PHR) Silver Stirrup Award winners have been announced. One of the Hunter winners include Krishna Buyalos’s beautiful two-year-old filly, Outstanding. This bay filly is by Popeye K and out of Delilah. She was bred in California by Leslie Nelson. She is the winner of the Hunter Breeding Award. The Anglo-Trakehner gelding Unbelievable (Zarr x Rhapsody II) took home the award for the best Green Working Hunter. The Jumper...

It’s not often that World and National Champion competitors from disciplines as diverse as cutting, dressage, reining, jumping, barrel racing, and driving as well as renowned trainers from other walks of horselife gather in one location to share their secrets. Even less often comes the chance to soak up all that learning for about what you’d spend on a movie ticket and a bucket of popcorn. Just $16 gets you an all-access daily ticket to the 2010 edition of our country’s most successful and most...