Lexington, KY - The following drivers have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. in the 2012 FEI Singles Driving World Championships, in Lezirias, Portugal, September 12-16, 2012. Sara Schmitt (Flemington, NJ) was also supposed to represent the U.S. but she has withdrawn. The United States will be represented by the following drivers (in Alphabetical Order): Leslie Berndl (Newcastle, CA) will drive Fritz Grupe's Uminco. Uminco is an 11-year-old...

Breda, The Netherlands - With the cones phase complete the FEI World Para-Equestrian Driving Championships for Singles has come to a close at the Outdoor Brabant. There was little movement in the standings for the U.S. team or individuals, but it was a good experience for America's top para-equestrian drivers. Once again leading the U.S. squad was Diane Kastama (Arroyo Grande, CA). She picked up 12 penalty points and 0 time faults to finish with 12 on cones and a total score of 171.55....

Lipica, Slovenia - The U.S. Pony Drivers had another successful day in Lipica, Slovenia, at the 2011 FEI World Pony Driving Championships. As a team they forged through difficult marathon conditions to lie third in the standings heading into Sunday’s finale. Germany leads comfortably with a combined score of 345.01, Shelly Temple and LR Ami B-Line (Photo Marie de Ronde) with The Netherlands sitting the Silver medal position on 360.39. On 382.08, the U.S has a wide margin over the...

Combined Driver Chester Weber, America's reigning four-in-hand driving champion, shows his winning form in the Four-In-Hand competition at the Riesenbeck CAI. Photo courtesy of My Elisabeth Weber. Lexington, KY - Three Americans - James Fairclough, Josh Rector and Chester Weber - will be among the best drivers from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to gather in Kennett Square, PA, tomorrow through Sunday for the 25th Anniversary Laurels at Landhope International Combined Driving...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is hosting two Mandatory Outings for the Four-in-Hand Driving competitors who will be representing the United States at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The first Mandatory Outing will be held near Southern Pines, NC August 28-31 at the Carolina Horse Park. The following drivers will be participating: Bill Long Cindy O'Reilly Gary Stover Casey Zubek The second Mandatory Outing will be held September 1-3 at Cedar Lane...

The Horse Park of New Jersey will play host to the largest class of four-in-hands of horses ever to appear in the state next month at FEI CAI-B Allentown or, as it is more widely known, the Garden State Combined Driving Event, June 4-6. “It’s the WEG [Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games] that’s bringing them here,” said Heather Walker, organizer of the event. “As a selection trial for the team that will represent the United States at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky this October, Garden...

Lexington, KY – Tucker Johnson staked his claim to a top spot in next year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games with an impressive third place finish out of 25 teams at the CAI-A4 Donaueschingen in Germany. Driving in an international competition for the first time since the World Championships in Beesd 2008, Johnson won the dressage, finished eighth in the marathon but retained third place overall with a strong performance in the cones. In a strong field, which included two former world...

Lexington, KY—After the dressage and the marathon, Suzy Stafford is currently on Silver at the FEI World Pony Driving Championships in Greven-Bockholt, Germany. Stafford drove a very good marathon with the Morgan pony Courage to Lead and climbed to the second place in the standings. The U.S. team has kept its fourth position in the nations standings, but has every chance to win a medal since the difference with third placed nation Belgium is small. It was a beautiful day for the marathon...

A trailer full of clothing, blankets and other items to help victims of widespread flooding in Haiti has been sent from Wellington to Miami for shipment to the devastated nation. "We have had a tremendous response so far," said Katherine Bellissimo, who initiated the collection effort. She is a partner in Wellington Equestrian Partners that owns the management company, Equestrian Sport Productions, of the Wellington horse shows. "The tremendous response to the needs of the flood victims has...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has approved the following horse/rider combinations to the Driving Preliminary Training Short List for the 2008 World Horse Championships (Singles) to be held in Jarantow, Poland August 28-31. The combinations are as follows (listed alphabetically): Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Sex/Age/Breed/Owner Leslie Berndl / 45 / Newcastle, CA / Koopman’s Lightning Rod / Gelding / 12 / Hackney / Ann McClure Marjas Becker / 61 / Brooker, FL /...