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California's 2013 CDI Season Gets Underway at this Weekend's Mid-Winter Dressage Fair & CDI 3*

by Yellow Horse Marketing for Cornerstone Event Management | 2/19/2013 11:09:21 PM

Adrienne Lyle will be one of a multitude of Olympians competing at this weekend's Mid-Winter Dressage Fair CDI 3*/Y/J (SusanJStickle.com) Burbank, CA - The West Coast's 2013 international dressage competition season gets underway this week at the Mid-Winter Dressage Fair & CDI 3*/Y/J, February 22 - 24 in Burbank, CA. Final preparations are being made at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center to welcome an impressive roster of U.S. and Canadian competitors whose aspirations are already...

Kowalchik Captures First Major Equitation Wins at Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival

by Weinberg Harris & Associates | 7/26/2012 12:06:56 PM

Mollie Kowalchik and Uccello Traverse City, MI - When Mollie Kowalchik walked into the Grand Prix Arena at Horse Shows by the Bay yesterday for the first time, she never dreamed that she would conclude the day with her first two major equitation wins in her young riding career. The 16-year-old Loveland, Ohio native captured top honors in both featured equitation classes by winning the USEF Talent Search Medal and the WIHS Jumper Phase. Aboard her 11-year-old warmblood Uccello, Kowalchik...

Applications Now Available for 2012 USEF Youth Sportsman's Award

by The USEF National Affiliates Department | 6/1/2012 11:15:00 AM

Lexington, KY - The search is underway for nominees for the 2012 United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Youth Sportsman's Award. The award recognizes young equestrians who exhibit exceptional leadership potential, serve as positive role models for their peers, demonstrate an ongoing commitment and dedication to the promotion of equestrian sport, are involved in their community, and exemplify positive sportsmanship principles. The overall winner of the 2012 USEF Youth Sportsman's...

Brandywine Valley Summer Series Prize List Now Available Online

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 4/26/2012 10:37:29 AM

Devon, PA - The Brandywine Valley Summer Series horse shows presented by Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS) is pleased to announce that the hunter/jumper competition's prize list is currently available online. The prize list and entry blanks are posted at www.brandywinevalleysummerseries.com . Entries for the Brandywine Valley Summer Series close on June 1, 2012. Held at the prestigious Devon Show Grounds, the Brandywine Valley Summer Series presented by THIS will be a summer...

Greer Hindle has Spectacular Day at Horse Shows by the Bay

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/8/2011 11:45:31 AM

Greer Hindle and Freedom (Photo by Katie Anich/PMG). Traverse City, MI - Junior and Amateur riders could not ask for a better start to a busy weekend of competition, as there were just a few small clouds in the sky at Horse Shows by the Bay today in beautiful Traverse City, MI. Amateur-owner hunters started the day off in the R.L. Polk main hunter ring, and the WIHS Hunter Phase concluded the day with nearly a dozen entries. Greer Hindle had a spectacular day in nearly every ring, from...

HITS Ocala Week II Wrap-Up

by By the HITS Media Team | 2/25/2010 2:26:00 PM

The second week of show jumping at HITS Ocala wrapped on Sunday with warm weather and exciting action, proving that the "Horse Capital of the World" is also the "Land of Opportunity," as the Grand Prix Arena saw some new faces emerge in the winner’s circle. In Thursday’s $25,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, Lacy Morrone-Cramer from Pittstown, NJ, earned her first grand prix win of the season riding Ulysses Van De Krekebeke, owned by Equi Sport, LLC. The duo bested 36...

Reminder to Eventing Athletes of USEF Policies Regarding FEI Entries

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 2/13/2023 8:00:00 AM

Dear U.S. Eventing Athletes, We would like to take this opportunity to remind you of USEF policies regarding FEI entries: If you intend to compete in a U.S. FEI competition, your entry must be submitted in the USEF FEI Entry Portal no later than 4 p.m. ET on the Definite Entry Date listed in the competition’s FEI Schedule. You are not considered to be entered in the competition until your entry is submitted in the USEF FEI Entry Portal . No new entries will be accepted in the USEF FEI...

World’s Championship Horse Show Brings Excitement and Large Purses in its 115th Year

by American Saddlebred Horse Association | 8/30/2017 4:51:00 PM

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...

Keirstin Johnsen and Hennepin Capture Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program Honors to Kick Off Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows

by Jump Media LLC | 5/8/2016 4:17:36 PM

North Salem, NY – Keirstin Johnsen got the 34th annual Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows underway in winning form by claiming the division title in The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) Keirstin Johnsen and Hennepin in The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program $2,000 Low Thoroughbred Hunter 3' Division. Photo by Jump Media $2,000 Low Thoroughbred Hunter 3' Division aboard Hennepin on Welcome Day, held Sunday, May 8, at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. The Old...

Applications Now Being Accepted for USEF Dressage Technical Advisor/Chef d’Equipe

by USEF Communications Department | 2/7/2013 10:51:49 AM

Lexington, KY - The Search Committee formed by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to assist in hiring the next Technical Advisor/Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. Dressage Team has approved the job description for the position. The Search Committee is composed of: Eric Straus, Chairman Janet Foy Catherine Haddad-Staller Susan Dutta Anne Kursinski David O’Connor The job description can be found at https://www.usef....