Horse shows come in different sizes and shapes. Some are local, some regional or national, and a rare, select few attract attention from all over the world. Such is the Egyptian Event held annually at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington and celebrating its 32nd year of showcasing the Egyptian Arabian horse in 2012. Even the judging panels for the 2012 show reflect an international flavor, with judges from America, Germany, Brazil and Italy adjudicating. The Egyptian Arabian is considered by...

Steffen Peters won the Grand Prix Special at the Burbank CDI-W/Y/J and showed why "Legolas" could be his next superstar. (Jennifer M. Keeler) Burbank, CA - A curious crowd gathered to watch Steffen Peters and his potential new superstar "Legolas" passage to victory for the second day in a row at the Mid-Winter Dressage Fair CDI-W/Y/J in Burbank, CA, the first Olympic Games qualifying competition of the year on the West Coast. In the shortened Olympic Grand Prix Special Test, Peters and Four...

The Canadian National Championship Arabian Horse Show was moved this year after well over twenty years in Regina, Saskatchewan. The new location in Brandon, Manitoba is further to travel for some and closer for some others. Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba (after Winnipeg) but its population is just 40,000 compared with Regina’s 180,000. The change in population and “big city” atmosphere between the two locations is obvious immediately. The location for the show...

Yvonne Barteau and GP Delano (Photo by Diana Hadsall). Traverse City, MI - For Yvonne Barteau and KYB Dressage, the journey north from Maple Park, IL, proved to be quite fruitful as she and her mounts GP Raymeister and GP Delano took home both blue ribbons in this week's feature money events. GP Raymeister scored a 74.5% to win the $2500 FEI Grand Prix Musical Freestyle while GP Delano won the $1500 FEI Intermediare I Musical Freesyle with a score of 75%. Both horses are owned by Grand Prix...

Lexington, KY - Building on the success of National Helmet Awareness Day 2010, the popular helmet awareness campaign Riders4Helmets.com has announced plans to host International Helmet Awareness Day 2011 on Saturday, June 11. Riders4Helmets has teamed up with leading helmet manufacturers to offer discounts on helmets to equestrians via participating retailers globally on this day. More than 300 retailers in the U.S. and eight retailers Internationally offered discounts on helmets from eight...

Kent Farrington and Top Gun. (ESI Photography.) Ocala, FL - Sunday’s $100,000 DeLuca Toyota Tundra Grand Prix, presented by Great American Insurance Group, was not only the season finale to the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit, but also the 36th Grand Prix of the 2011 HITS Show Season, which marked the virtual mid-way point for the qualifying period for this year’s Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix. Kent Farrington felt the need for speed, when he and Iron Horse Farm’s Top Gun captured the win, to conclude...

Lake Placid, NY – The excitement of the Intercat, Inc. Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows is building as one of the country's most popular hunter-jumper competitions prepares to return to the charming village of Lake Placid, NY, June 28 – July 10. The horse shows feature every level of competition from children under 7 competing in the Juliam Farm Lead Line class to Olympic veterans competing in two Grand Prix – the pinnacle of show jumping competition. Highlighting the two weeks of...

Laura Kraut and Winde had the fastest times (Photo by Sportfot©. ) Wellington, FL - February 5, 2011, - The women have dominated the Nespresso Battle of the Sexes for three years now with another exciting win in Saturday evening's dynamic competition. The women's team, captained by Katie Prudent, and including riders Georgina Bloomberg, Ashlee Bond, Brianne Goutal, Lauren Hough, Maggie Jayne, Reed Kessler, Candice King, Laura Kraut, Christine McCrea, Catherine Pasmore and Nicole Simpson, swept...

Ravel-Horse of the Year in 2009. (Photo by Shannon Brinkman/USEF) Lexington, KY - December 21 - To reach the highest level of excellence in equestrian sport takes talent, perseverance, a tremendous spirit and often, unwavering courage. In 2010, five horses have shown the world those qualities and more. And on January 21, the United States Equestrian Federation will bestow just one of them with the prestigious title of Horse of the Year, the highest honor the USEF awards a horse. The five...

Looking north, the views from the new berms at the Jumper 1 ring at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Th (©HITS Staff. ) SAUGERTIES, NY (November 24, 2010) -- With just two months to go before the rings open at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California, preparations are in full force for the Desert Circuit’s much-anticipated 20th Anniversary season. The six-week circuit will kick off on Tuesday, January 25, and run until Sunday, March 13, when the season finale $200,000 Lamborghini Grand...