Michael Hughes looks to add the Maclay National Championship to his growing resume (Photo by Emily Riden) Lexington, Ky. - The historic National Horse Show is just around the corner and junior riders are preparing to showcase their skills during the ASPCA Alfred B. Maclay National Championship. Held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky on November 2, 2014, the top junior riders in the nation will compete under the watchful eye of judges McLain Ward and Chrystine Tauber to try and...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation Board of Directors has voted unanimously to appoint Chris Welton as Chief Executive Officer effective June 1, 2014. Welton will replace John Long who announced his decision to retire from the position a year ago. Welton possesses a broad background in sport development and management and has acquired a deep understanding of and experience with the Olympic movement. After practicing law in Atlanta for six years, in 1991 Welton was named...

Lexington, Ky - The United States Equestrian Federation and the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team have begun the search for an Eventing Show Jumping Coach. This individual will be responsible for evaluating and improving the show jumping skills of training-listed riders and the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team. This individual will report directly to Team Coach, David O’Connor. To learn more about the USEF Eventing Jumping Coach click here . Individuals interested in serving as the USEF Eventing...

Lexington, Kentucky - Two USEF National Champions will be determined this weekend during the Kentucky Classic CDE at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Seven drivers will guide single horses in search of the USEF Singles National Championship and three talented veterans will compete with teams of four in search of the USEF National Four-in-Hand Driving Championship. USEF National Single Horse Championship With only one returning Single Horse Champion in the field, the USEF National...

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. Para-Equestrian Dessage Team has approved the job description for the position. The Search Committee is composed of: Eric Straus, Chairman Janet Foy Catherine Haddad-Staller Connie Davenport David O’Connor The job description can be found at https://usef....

USEF Network is broadcasting the New England Morgan Horse Show live from the Tri-County Fairgrounds all week. Full coverage from every day of the show (through Saturday July 27) will be streamed live on the USEF Network coverage page: https://www.usefnetwork.com/featured/2013NewEnglandMorganHorseShow/ .The #NEMHS is now in it's seventy-fourth year. A full schedule of classes each day will include classic pleasure driving, classic pleasure saddle, english pleasure, equitation, hunter...

Kristin Hardin and Aran are too fast to beat in $10,000 Circuit Opener Grand Prix (Sheri Scott) Woodside, CA - The jump-off of the Woodside Circuit Opener (June 19-23) Grand Prix was a case of fast, faster, fastest, and it was veteran Kristin Hardin on the inexperienced Aran (Pamela Levin, owner) who topped the 24-horse field over Danny Foster’s challenging track. Only four horse and rider combinations managed clear rounds over the demanding course, with the combination toward the end...

An Equestrian Weekly guest blog post from Liam Killen of the Equestrian Creative Network Creative thinking has long been prized and praised, but the need for creative thought and execution has never been more valuable or vital for brands. And this need is no less urgent in the equestrian sector. For our highly specialized brands, it's not good enough to resort to the same old clichés in whichever field of creative work we're commissioning. We need new thinking for our writing,...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will continue the process of filling the role of Technical Advisor/Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. Dressage Team with two applicants. The applicants listed in alphabetical order along with nationality are: Robert Dover (U.S.A.) Rien van der Schaft (The Netherlands) These applicants have completed the interview process with the six member Search Committee. The next step in the process will be for the applicants to be interviewed by...

Lexington, KY - Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 2013 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by USHJA and Adequan. In its seventh year, this prestigious clinic will again be held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Florida, January 2-6, 2013. The following 12 riders will be invited to participate: • The USHJA North American Junior andYoung Rider Individual Jumping Champions at the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider...