Lexington, KY - The 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions will be held at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ over two weekends in June. June 8-10, 2012 will feature the first half of the Grand Prix National Dressage Championship (which will also serve as the USEF Selection Trial for the U.S. Dressage Team), the Pony National Dressage Championship, the Junior National Dressage Championship and the Young Rider National Championship. The following week, June 13-17 will showcase...

Wellington, FL - Dressage rider Tina Konyot, and her World Equestrian Games partner Calecto V, turned in brilliant performances in the Grand Prix classes at the Wellington Classic Dressage Spring Challenge CDI to ride into the winner’s circle. Konyot also rode away with the “Rider Wellness Award” from The Wellington Institute, awarded to a rider on the Florida dressage circuit who is healthy looking and physically fit. Calecto, a magnificent black stallion that represented the U.S. at WEG,...

Tucker Johnson and his Four-in-Hand team (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF) Lexington, KY - After a dressage phase in the Combined Driving Championships that left multiple ties at the top of the leader board, today's marathon course proved to mix things up, as is often the case. The U.S. Driving Team is now sitting in second with a combined score of 300.11, behind The Netherlands on a 273.77. Ijsbrand Chardon (NED) won the marathon phase, charging through the obstacles with speed and...

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a personalized play-by-play as you watch athletes compete at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games? Well, you’re in luck. World Equestrian Radio is providing a personal radio service at the 2010 Games that will allow listeners to have a live commentary streaming through their ears as they watch the events. “It is a live radio station of what is going on at the Games,” said Brian O’Connor, equine announcer and co-director of World Equestrian Radio. O’Connor, who...

HRTV®, a 24-hour television-based network dedicated to horse racing and the horse world, has expanded its horse sports programming line-up when it began airing top-flight equestrian-related programming, commencing with the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO 2009 from Aachen, Germany, on Monday, February 8, 2010. HRTV's airing of the best of the Aachen event on February 8 at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT will be the North American premiere of English-language coverage of the prestigious event,...

Regardless of their breed preference, riding style or location, equine enthusiasts can find happy trails with help from a new course by My Horse University and Source Interlink Media’s Equine Network. From selecting a trail horse to preserving the trail, “Trail Riding 101” offers expert advice on every aspect of this international pastime. Developed by equine experts at Michigan State University (MSU) and other major universities, “Trail Riding 101” takes participants through the process of...

Teamwork proved key to the successful running of the 35th Old Dominion Endurance Rides, held this June in the Appalachian Mountains along the Virginia/West Virginia state line. Throughout the ride, teamwork made the difference: between horses, riders and crew, between ride management, veterinarians and farriers, and between radio operators, drag riders and emergency rescue personnel. By June 12, 158 horse-and-rider teams had arrived at base camp outside Orkney Springs, a quaint little town...

With summer just around the corner, now is the time to vaccinate horses against Potomac horse fever (PHF). “Horse owners need to be aware of the disease and its seasonality,” said Dr. Julia Wilson, DVM, Associate Professor, Large Animal Medicine, University of Minnesota. PHF is a potentially deadly disease that can cause mild depression, anorexia, diarrhea and abortion in pregnant mares. Some horses also may develop severe toxemia, and up to 40% of horses with PHF will develop laminitis. PHF is...

The Capital Challenge Horse Show is proud to open the 2008 show with the prestigious Monarch International Equitation Weekend. The Monarch International Equitation Weekend will take place on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28, kicking off the nine-day show held September 27-October 5 at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. The best hunt seat equitation riders in the country will come together to compete in flat and over-fence classes. Saturday’s events will...

MaxWest Environmental Systems, Inc.m and Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association (FTBOA) have announced a partnership to convert horse waste into renewable energy. Signed on June 19, the partnership will reduce horse waste while generating "green" energy for the Ocala/Marion County community. Ocala/Marion County is home to 431 Thoroughbred breeding and training farms covering more than 70,000 acres of Florida's prime, mineral-rich pastures. Since 1945, FTBOA has represented the...