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Strong Field Set to Contest 2013 USEF National Pairs Championship at Live Oak International

by Helen Murray | 3/20/2013 10:31:54 AM

Ocala, FL - A small but mighty field lines up to contest the 2013 USEF National Pairs Championship at the Live Oak International March 21-24. Competition gets underway Thursday with the driven dressage and continues Saturday as competitors navigate the exciting marathon. On Sunday, drivers return to the John Deere Arena for the final cones phase. Misdee Wrigley-Miller (Lakewood Ranch, FL) will be eyeing her first USEF National Pairs Championship, having claimed Reserve Championship Misdee...

Live Oak International Set to Begin

by Starting Gate Communications | 3/14/2013 1:36:15 PM

Show Jumping and Driving Coverage on USEF Network 2004 Olympic Champion Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil competed in the inaugural CSI2* Live Oak International, recognized as a top three ‘Specialty Event’ by the North American Riders Group (www.PicsOfYou.com) Ocala, FL – Live Oak International, the only equestrian event in North America to feature both world-class driving and show jumping, takes place from March 20 to 24 at Live Oak Plantation in Ocala, FL. For the first time, live coverage of...

USEF Network Will Broadcast Live from Live Oak International

by USEF Network Communications | 3/13/2013 4:03:20 PM

Lexington, KY - From March 21-24 USEF Network will be producing and broadcasting from the Live Oak International CAI/CSI Combined Driving and Jumping event in Ocala, FL. Jumping and driving from Live Oak will be streamed live, online, on the event's USEFnetwork.com coverage page . The Marathon and Cones phases of the driving competition will be streamed live, as well as the $50,000 Live Oak International CSI2* Grand Prix on Saturday and the $33,000 CSI2* Hollow Creek Farm Winning Round on...

U.S. Para-Equestrian Drivers Complete Dressage Tests in Breda

by Andrew Minnick | 8/30/2012 6:30:00 PM

Breda, The Netherlands - Competition at the 2012 FEI World Para-Equestrian Driving Championships for Singles commenced Thursday at the Outdoor Brabant in Breda, The Netherlands. All three competitors on the U.S. Team successfully completed their dressage tests and the team sits in 4th place on a score of 124.0 Veteran Diane Kastama's 57.40 was the best score of the day for the Americans and it has her tied for 13th individually. Kastama (Arroyo Grande, CA), who is driving the de Ronde's...

Weber Tops the Field in Cones and Dressage at Altenfelden

by JRPR | 6/29/2012 8:28:45 AM

Weber’s dressage score was a 36.86, a huge lead over the second place of 50.82 and the third place score of 53.25. (www.hippoevent.at) Altenfelden, Germany – Combined Driver Chester Weber, the nine-time USEF National Four-In-Hand Champion, showed off his outstanding dressage abilities during the 2012 Altenfelden International Driving Event, handily driving away with the top four-in-hand dressage score. Weber’s dressage score was a 36.86, a huge lead over the second place of 50.82...

Graburn Produces Wire-to-Wire Victory to Claim Second USEF National Single Horse Championship

by Helen Murray | 4/15/2012 4:34:49 PM

Raeford, NC - The USEF National Single Horse Championship concluded Sunday afternoon at the Carolina Horse Park, with the cones phase shaking up the final standings. Time faults and balls down proved extremely costly for competitors all day at the Southern Pines CDE, which hosted the USEF National Championship. Sterling Graburn seized the lead in the Single Horse division during Friday’s dressage and refused to relent over Richard Nicoll’s challenging marathon and cones courses to...

Field of 14 Set to Vie for USEF National Single Horse Champion Honors at the Southern Pines CDE

by USEF Communications Department | 4/11/2012 2:29:16 PM

Lexington, KY - A strong field of 14 drivers is set to contest the USEF National Single Horse Championship this weekend at the Carolina Horse Park in Raeford, NC. Held in conjunction with the Southern Pines CDE, competition will run April 13-15 and will be doubly important as it also serves as a Selection Trial for the 2012 Singles World Driving Championship, which will be held in Lezirias, P Robin Groves drives for her second National Championship title this weekend. (Picsofyou.com) ortugal,...

Marathon Day: In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

by James Mather Miller, guest contributor, C.A.A and U.S.E.F | 8/28/2011 9:00:00 AM

Everyone in the U.S. camp entered marathon day knowing they needed a strong drive from at least two Americans. What they didn’t anticipate was the order of finish. Throughout the 2011 season, Joe Yoder has proved to be a strong marathon driver and was certainly expected to be the strongest of his 2011 teammates. Kathrin Dancer has also been a good marathon driver in her career but the driver with the least experience and the most to prove was clearly Misdee Miller. Dancer led the charge...

Chester Weber Wins Fahrderby at Riesenbeck, Moves Into Number One Spot for the FEI World Cup Standings

by Team Weber | 7/27/2011 4:48:31 PM

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). Riesenbeck, Germany – If you are superstitious you might credit combined driving champion Chester Weber’s fourth winning weekend in Europe to his team’s “four lucky rabbit’s feet.” Team Weber’s companion mascot, a hefty black rabbit named Kainzi, joined them...

2011 Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show Qualifying Point Standings Posted

by Brice Carr/ASHA | 4/23/2011 12:11:22 PM

Lexington, KY - Point standings for qualifying in Pleasure, Park, and Park Pleasure at the 2011 Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show (WCHS) are now posted on the American Saddlebred Horse Association’s (ASHA) website, https://www.asha.net/WCHS-Results . There are two sets of qualifying lists: 1) "Pre-Qualified," means that the horses’ competition records indicate they have met the minimum qualification requirement of having competed in at least six classes at...