Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian (USEF) is pleased to announce that the 2018 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship will be held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla., during the Holiday and Horses Show, November 28 through December 2. “The USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship began in 2015 and for the first three years was held at the National Horse Show in Lexington, Ky.,” says US Equestrian CEO Bill Moroney. “We anticipate...

Wayne, Ill. - A mix of new names and familiar faces will go down the centerline to contest the 2017 Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Dressage National Championships August 24-27, at the Lamplight Equestrian Center. A total of 68 combinations will chase titles across the Four-, Five-, and Six-Year-Old divisions as well as the Developing Horse Prix St. Georges and Grand Prix divisions. Combinations in each division will perform two tests. The first test will count 40% towards their...

Lexington, Ky. - The future of U.S. Dressage will be on display this week at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Ill., as 66 of the most exciting rising stars compete in the 2014 Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Dressage National Championships presented by HorseShow.com. National Titles will be up for grabs in four-, five-, and six-year-old divisions, as well as at the Prix St. Georges, Grand Prix and Seat Medal levels. The 2014 Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Dressage...

Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 dance to an impressive Grand Prix Freestyle win at the Festival of the Horse CDI 3*. (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - Steffen Peters and Legolas 92, the number one-ranked Grand Prix rider/horse combination in the country, "wowed" not only spectators but also the judges on their way to dominating the CDI Grand Prix Freestyle on the final day of California Dreaming Productions' Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J/U-25 (presented by Hof Kasselmann) in San...

Adult amateur riders like California's Whitney Harrington will be looking to qualify for the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan during one of this weekend's Great American/USDF Regional Championship competitions. (Jennifer M. Keeler) Lexington, KY - From New York to California, excitement is sweeping the nation as the first round of Great American/USDF Regional Championship dressage competitions gets underway this weekend in five regions across the country. But this year it's not just...

Lexington, KY – The top young dressage horses on the east coast will demonstrate their talents this weekend at the VADA/NOVA Summer June Dressage Show which hosts the 2013 Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Eastern Selection Trial. These five- and six-year-old horses will be vying for a spot to represent the U.S. at the FEI World Breeding Championships for Dressage Young Horses in Verden, Germany in August, as well as a spot on the Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Short List. Combinations...

Adrienne Lyle (Mary Cornelius) The Board of Directors of The Dressage Foundation announced that, for the first time, two recipients have been chosen to receive a $25,000 Carol Lavell Advanced Dressage Prize in the same year. Adrienne Lyle (ID) and her horse, Wizard, along with Sharon McCusker (MA) and her horse, Wrigley, were selected because they display the characteristics and qualities of being talented, committed, qualified riders whose plans are to reach and excel at the elite,...

Greenwich Park, pictured here at the London Prepares Test Event in July, will provide a spectacular backdrop for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Photo: Kit Houghton/FEI. Sales of Paralympic Equestrian tickets for the London 2012 Paralympic Games have broken records, with more than 40,000 tickets already sold. And there is a further opportunity for spectator numbers to increase with remaining tickets going on sale at 1pm GMT today (2 December). The number of tickets sold to date...

Bridgehampton, NY — Victoria Colvin, of Loxahatchee, FL, finished first and second in the $10,000 Hermès Hunter Classic at the 36th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgehampton, NY, on Sunday. Only one point separated the top two, with defending champion Way Cool, owned by Dr. Betsee Parker, receiving the highest overall score of 180 points. Sanzibar, owned by Karen Long Dwight and Barbara Ridder Irwin, were second with 179 points. Pavarotti, owned by Teri Kessler, and ridden...

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...