Lexington, Ky. – As the 2019 edition of the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN (LRK3DE) got underway Thursday with the first half of the dressage phase, it would be Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z as the highest-placed U.S. combination in contention for the Land Rover/USEF CCI5* Eventing National Championship Presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN. Sitting second overall in the LRK3DE on a score of 30.9, Halliday-Sharp (Ocala, Fla.) chased the overall top spot of the...

Lexington, Ky. – The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN (LRK3DE) is set to begin at the Kentucky Horse Park following the first horse inspection on April 24. A field of 41 horses were presented at the trot up ready to contest the only CCI5* in the Western hemisphere. A total of eight countries will be represented in the 2019 competition, with the United States’ entries making up 62% of the field. LRK3DE also serves as the Land Rover/USEF CCI5* Eventing...

Mill Spring, N.C. - I am originally from Norfolk, England where I worked for a carriage company doing horse drawn weddings. I came to America at 18 to complete an apprenticeship at a farm in Upperville, Virginia. I have been navigating on the FEI circuit for the past 13 years. I have been fortunate to navigate for many different competitors driving everything from a single, pair, and four- in-hand of ponies through to a four-in-hand of horses. My favorite being the horse fours! - Dee The first...

North Salem, N.Y. – Alexander Dawson qualified for his first Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC) presented by Gotham North two years ago. He anticipated competing against talent from all across North America. Unfortunately, three days before the NAYC he was riding at home and his horse reared, lost his footing, and landed on its side. One of Dawson’s stirrups ended up lodged between his foot and horse, which broke Dawson’s tibia and fibula. This...

North Salem, N.Y. – Mexico’s Mateo de la Mora Ramiro had the ride of his life at the Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships on Friday. With a silver medal at stake in the $35,000 USHJA North American Junior Rider Show Jumping Team Championship, de la Mora Ramiro produced a clean second round to help his Mexican teammates to a podium position. The emotion filled team silver medalist sat down for a post competition conversation. What did you think of today’s course...

Paris, France – Two strong dressage combinations will represent the U.S. in the 2018 FEI World Cup Dressage Final at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France, April 13 and 14. Coming off high scores at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), both Laura Graves and Shelly Francis, and their horses, are prepared and ready to compete. Laura Graves and Verdades Olympic bronze medalist Laura Graves (Geneva, Fla.) will look to defend her FEI World Cup Dressage Final second-place finish...

Parker, Colo. - The Western Dressage Association® of America is celebrating the success of its fifth annual Western Dressage World Championship Show. More than 800 rides were held over four days, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, OK, with competitors vying for 79 world championships and 15 divisional championship belt buckles. “Western dressage honors the partnership between horses and riders, and that was certainly on display at our World Show,” said WDAA...

Louisville, Ky. - Celebrating its 115 th year, the World’s Championship Horse Show was held at the Kentucky State Fair’s famed Freedom Hall from August 19-26, 2017. With purses totaling over $1 million, the World’s Championship Horse Show is the crown jewel of competitions for American Saddlebreds, Hackney Ponies, and Roadster horses. Nearly 2,000 horses and ponies competed for the coveted trip down Freedom Hall’s victory lane, and exhibitors ranging from 7-year-olds to...

Lexington, Ky. – The 2017 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm continued on Thursday with another champion unveiled. Ashley Lamers and In A Dream came away with the Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship. The pair garnered a total score of 1007.88, moving to the top from the 17th position following Thursday’s final Over Fences phase. Ashley Lamers and In A Dream (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lamers (Caledonia, Wis.) and Lindsey Ayres’ 10-year-old Welsh Pony mare...

Rotterdam, Netherlands – Continuing their European Nations Cup tour, The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team will compete at FEI Nations Cup CDIO5* Rotterdam, June 22-25. The U.S. team, led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover, includes Dawn White O’Connor, Kasey Perry-Glass, Laura Graves, and Olivia LaGoy-Weltz. Additionally, U.S. combinations, Charlotte Jorst with Kastel’s Nintendo, Adrienne Lyle with Salvino, and Shelly Francis with Doktor, will compete individually in the CDI3*...