Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Dressage competition got underway Wednesday at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, as 29 of the total 60 competitors representing 19 countries took to the main arena under cloudy skies at the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Center to perform in the Grand Prix, the first test in the team competition. The U.S. team, going eighth in the order of the 11 nations, finished day one in fourth place after two superb performances from Allison Brock and Kasey Perry-Glass. Leading the...

Falsterbo, Sweden - Continuing to field strong teams at 2015 international competitions, the United States will be represented by four accomplished athlete-and-horse combinations at CDIO5* Falsterbo in Sweden. Running concurrently with CDIO5* Hagen in Hagen, Germany, at which the U.S. has sent another team, this venue will also host an accomplished team, indicating the increasing depth of American dressage. Competing for the U.S. at Falsterbo are Susan Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) and Tim Dutta Inc....

Lexington, KY - From March 21-24 USEF Network will be producing and broadcasting from the Live Oak International CAI/CSI Combined Driving and Jumping event in Ocala, FL. Jumping and driving from Live Oak will be streamed live, online, on the event's USEFnetwork.com coverage page . The Marathon and Cones phases of the driving competition will be streamed live, as well as the $50,000 Live Oak International CSI2* Grand Prix on Saturday and the $33,000 CSI2* Hollow Creek Farm Winning Round on...

Wellington, FL - The World Dressage Masters Palm Beach presented by International Polo Club Palm Beach will be officially under way at 12:30 pm on Thursday, January 26th, when 15 of the world's top international dressage horses are presented at the FEI horse inspection. The Jim Brandon Equestrian Center is, for the second consecutive year, the venue for this unique and exciting event, which is organized by Wellington Classic Dressage. "The International Polo Club team has come into the Jim...

The signature first turn at Churchill Downs (Churchill Downs photo). Louisville, KY - What an extraordinary moment in history. Arabian horses will be racing on June 18 at Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky Derby, most popular and widely televised horse race in the world. It’s a moment that has the potential to bring great notoriety to the Arabian breed globally. It’s a doorway to another level that is waiting to be opened so that both the general public and horsemen of all...

Sign-ups are now under way at www.saddlebred.com for the American Saddlebred Horse Association’s (ASHA) live video streaming Internet webcast of the Wisconsin Futurity Horse Festival from Madison, WI, which has its first performance Wednesday, September 16. Pricing and sign-up information appears on the ASHA website at www.asha.net/video/register.php . The webcast will once again feature a live chat, to offer subscribers the opportunity to carry on dialogue with other Saddlebred enthusiasts...

On Friday, July 24, 2009, Great Britain will be back in the spotlight of international top level equestrianism by hosting the 100th anniversary edition of team jumping’s most traditional competition, the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ The seventh leg of the series will be held in the prestigious Hickstead venue and FEI TV, the new official video website of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), will stream all the action from one of the heartlands of the sport, live and in high-quality...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the launch of a newly designed membership tier structure to be implemented during the 2022 membership renewal season, offering more access, and expanded opportunity to grow equestrian sport through increased engagement. The new membership tiering will not impact the current pricing structure of membership categories but will adjust benefits and access allocated to each individual tier. The move to restructure the membership tiering...

©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Elkton, Md. – A field of 50 competitors are set to ride for a National Championship title this week at the USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship at Fair Hill International. All horses presented during the first horse inspection on Wednesday passed and will complete their dressage tests on Thursday and Friday before tackling Ian Stark’s new cross-country course on Saturday. Adding to the excitement, this year Fair Hill is also home to the...

Lexington, Ky. – This week, the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) will host some of the country's top Arabian horses to the highly anticipated U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show . From October 23-31, competition will be held across three arenas at Expo Square in Tulsa, Okla. Competitive sessions start at 8:00 a.m. CT every day. View the complete class schedule here . Image description: Smiling Western rider leans down to pet her bay Arabian horse after...