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Riders Announced for 2015 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by the USHJA

by USEF Communications Department | 12/11/2014 3:15:26 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the riders and schedule for the 2015 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by the USHJA. In its ninth year the prestigious clinic returns to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla., December 29-January 3. The following 12 riders will participate in the five day training session which is sponsored by Adequan, Zoetis, Practical Horseman , Toklat, Ariat, and Equestrian Sport...

Riders Announced for 2015 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by the USHJA

by USEF Communications Department | 12/11/2014 3:12:36 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the riders and schedule for the 2015 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by the USHJA. In its ninth year the prestigious clinic returns to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla., December 29-January 3. The following 12 riders will participate in the five day training session which is sponsored by Adequan, Zoetis, Practical Horseman, Toklat, Ariat, and Equestrian Sport...

Big and Small Tour Dressage Combinations Enjoy Successful USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions

by USEF Communications Department | 11/25/2014 4:08:18 PM

Lexington, Ky. - Nineteen promising dressage athletes took part in USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions over two weeks in November. As Big and Small Tour combinations worked with USEF Chef d’Equipe/ Technical Advisor Robert Dover at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, N.J., November 3-4 and at Epona Farms in Thousand Oaks, Calif., November 12-13. "These back-to-back sessions were a huge boost to my certainty that America is growing infinitely in its depth of top,...

Big and Small Tour Dressage Combinations Enjoy Successful USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions

by USEF Communications Department | 11/18/2014 1:51:23 PM

Lexington, Ky. - Nineteen promising dressage athletes took part in USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions over two weeks in November. As Big and Small Tour combinations worked with USEF Chef d’Equipe/ Technical Advisor Robert Dover at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, N.J., November 3-4 and at Epona Farms in Thousand Oaks, Calif., November 12-13. "These back-to-back sessions were a huge boost to my certainty that America is growing infinitely in its depth of top,...

Second USEF/USET Foundation Dressage Pipeline Clinic Set to Begin

by USEF Communications Department | 10/6/2014 3:35:45 PM

Lexington, Ky. – This weekend the West coast dressage community will descend upon Epona Farms as it hosts the second USEF/USET Foundation Dressage Pipeline Clinic. This clinic, which is made possible through a gift from USET Foundation Trustee, Betsy Juliano and Havensafe Farm, will be held October 11-12, hosted by Michael Fowler's Epona Farm in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The clinic will showcase the U.S. dressage pipeline of athletes and horses with the USEF Dressage Coaches, including...

Wrigley Miller, Maye, and Cross Earn National Titles at Kentucky Classic CDE

by Kathleen Landwehr | 10/6/2014 7:01:20 AM

Misdee Wrigley Miller (Picsofyou.com) Lexington, Ky. - The last USEF National Combined Driving Champions of 2014 were crowned during the final day at the Kentucky Classic CDE as drivers guided their horses and ponies through Richard Nicoll's 20-obstacle cones course at the Kentucky Horse Park. USEF National Pairs Championship Misdee Wrigley Miller (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) earned her second USEF National Pairs Championship title. Maneuvering her pair through the course with a single ball down...

Graves Leads Strong American Effort on First Day of Competition at CDI4* Fritzens

by USEF Communications Department | 7/4/2014 3:25:03 PM

Fritzens, Austria - U.S. riders kicked off both Big Tour and Small Tour competition on Friday at CDI4* Fritzens with strong performances in the Grand Prix and Prix St. Georges Tests. Four members of the Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team, Laura Graves, Shelly Francis, and Caroline Roffman, and Lisa Wilcox secured top results for the United States in the Grand Prix for the Special to qualify to contest Sunday’s Grand Prix Special, while Steffen...

Genn Family Dominates Open Jumper Victories at Showplace Spring Spectacular III

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 6/19/2014 9:14:05 AM

Theo Genn and Asirea Fortuna led the way in the 1.30m Open Jumpers on the second day of the Showplace Spring Spectacular III.(Phelps Media Gorup) Wayne, Ill . - For the Genn family, the Showplace Spring Spectacular series is a family affair. Kicking off the second day of the third week was Theo Genn with Asirea Fortuna in the $2,500 1.30m Open Jumpers, sponsored by Canterbury Farms, taking the victory in 27.626 seconds. Shortly after, Wilhelm Genn rode to the top of the leader board in the...

USEF Names Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team

by USEF Communications Department | 6/16/2014 4:35:46 PM

Steffen Peters & Laura Graves are #1 and #2 on the Dressage Short List for WEG in 2014 (Susan J. Stickle) Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named eight horse-and-athlete combinations to the Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team. Mandatory Outings will be held for Short Listed combinations at CDI4* Fritzens in Fritzens, Austria, July 4-7, and CDIO5* Aachen in Aachen, Germany, July 15-20. The following eight...

Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville Win Plantation Field International CIC3*

by Plantation Field Horse Trials | 9/22/2013 11:23:55 PM

Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville (Jenni Autry) Unionville, PA - The sixth annual Plantation Field International Horse Trials weekend concluded Sunday with an exciting finish in the CIC3*, as Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville smoked the course to finish double clear and 13 seconds inside the time. Halpin led wire to wire all weekend, and she won the event on a very impressive dressage score of just 37.8. While Halpin said Saturday she didn't intend to go for time Sunday and...