On behalf of the FEI: Publication following a decision of the Belgian Competition Authority: Pursuant to the decision of the Belgian Competition Authority of 27 July 2015, the articles 113(4)-(6) of the FEI General Regulations are suspended with regard to the participation of athletes and horses in the Global Champions League. No athlete or horse can be suspended or sanctioned because of their participation in a competition organised by the Global Champions League. This suspension shall apply...

(c) ESI Photography Winn Alden and Calipo 39 won first place in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix at the HITS Culpeper Showday National. CULPEPER, Virginia - July 5, 2015: Winn Alden and Calipo 39 claimed an Independence Day victory on Saturday, winning the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix at the HITS Culpeper Showday National. Alden, of Bristow, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Calipo 39, owned by Dorothy Maize, topped the field of competitors with consistent scores of 85 and 85 in each round to total...

Lexington, Ky. - The USEF Eventing High Performance Committee approved the following addition to the High Performance Summer/Fall World Class Training List for 2015. The following athlete will participate in Training Sessions with U.S. Eventing Team Coach David O'Connor. Training Session dates and locations will be announced at a later date. Clark Montgomery at the Luhmühlen CCI4* (Shannon Brinkman Photo) World Class List: Athletes that currently possess the ability to be competitive...

John Bragg and Social Hour, owned by Laura Strasburg, win the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix, Sunday, March 8, 2015, at HITS Thermal, in Bragg's fifth Devoucoux win this circuit (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - John Bragg claimed his sixth $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix victory at HITS Thermal this past weekend on Social Hour, owned by Laura Strasburg — and second place on Pamela Mollenhoff's Lukatoni. Buddy Brown rounded out the top three on Finally Ours, owned by Derby Hill. Bragg...

Wellington, FL – CSIO Wellington, Nations Cup Night is just a week away, and the United States is calling on all fans to show their support. On Friday, February 27, the United States Equestrian Team Foundation and the United States Equestrian Federation will be hosting a TEAM USA Nations Cup Pep Rally Reception. The event will be held just prior to the Nations Cup, running from 6-7pm in the “USA” section of the Special Events Pavilion at the Palm Beach International Equestrian...

Lexington, Ky.- The USEF Eventing High Performance Committee has approved the following High Performance Training Lists for the 2015 season. In determining these lists for 2015, the USEF Eventing Selection Committee is directly focused on the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team producing successful results at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2016 Olympic Games. To that effect, the following riders will make plans with U.S. Eventing Team Coach David O’Connor as to which horses they will ride...

Sean Leckie (AnLi Kelly-Durham/Phelps Media Group) Parker, Colo. - All eyes were on the equitation riders Friday in the Olsen Family Main Hunter Ring. The beautiful Fourth of July weather made for ideal conditions for juniors as they vied for points towards several of the prestigious national medal finals. Sean Leckie claimed the blue in the WIHS Equitation Hunter Phase, while Kelli Cruciotti took the win in the Jumper Phase. Courtnay Edwards finished on top in the ASPCA Maclay, and Asha Jain...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. – Heather Caristo-Williams has her sight firmly on redemption in this year’s $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix Final after an unlucky rail in the first round of the 2013 Final. A Saugerties local, Caristo-Williams and Cornetto Royal are back in top contention after winning the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix qualifier this weekend. “Cornetto Royal’s first experience in the hunter ring was during last year’s hunter prix qualifiers,” said...

Rebecca Hart and Schroeters Romani at the 2014 Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3* in Wellington, FL. (Lindsay McCall) Deauville, France - As the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage riders prepare for the upcoming Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Normandy, France, a few American athletes have headed overseas where they are competing among the best in the para-dressage world. Those USA riders include two-time Paralympian and 2010 WEG rider Rebecca Hart (Grade II) , Margaret McIntosh...

The American Horse Council’s initiative offers $100,000 in cash and prize incentives for engaging newcomers in horse activities. Washington, D.C., – Time to Ride, an initiative of the American Horse Council, today announced an aggressive grassroots effort designed to engage 100,000 new people with horses in a 100-day period. The “100 Day Horse Challenge” is a nationwide campaign that will expose at least 100,000 new people to hands-on horse activities while providing...