Ocala, Fla. - One step closer to a 16 th USEF national championship title after Thursday’s dressage, Chester Weber currently leads the USEF Advanced Four-in-Hand Combined Driving National Championship, while James Miller tops the USEF Advanced Pairs Combined Driving National Championship at the Live Oak International. Chester Weber with Armaeus, Boris W, First Edition, and Gouveneur (Photo by Pics of You) Weber (Ocala, Fla.) sits first with his team of Armaeus, his 14-year-old Dutch...

Photo credit Taylor Pence/US Equestrian North Salem, N.Y. – The North American Youth Show Jumping Championships presented by the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA), part of the Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC) presented by Gotham North, began on Wednesday, August 1 with the horse inspections. A total of 87 athletes and their equine partners across the children’s, junior, and young rider divisions presented their horses to the ground jury...

North Salem, NY - Competition is underway at the Adequan®/FEI North American YouthChampionships (NAYC) presented by Gotham North, at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. Young Rider dressage competitors from the United States and Canada participated in the first horse inspection, with all 28 horses passing the Ground Jury’s inspection. Ava MacCoubrey and Ritter Benno ( SusanJStickle.com ) They ride their Team Test to decide the team medals on Wednesday, August 1. Junior dressage riders...

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (US Equestrian) announces that Debbie McDonald will succeed Robert Dover as the U.S. Dressage Technical Advisor following the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018. Dover has served in the position since2013 and will retire following the WEG as planned when he renewed his agreement with US Equestrian in 2016.US Equestrian conducted a comprehensive search process aimed at identifying the best individual to succeed Dover...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian (USEF) is now accepting bids to host the 2019, 2020, and 2021 USEF Junior Hunter National Championships. Anyone requesting a bid packet does so with the understanding that the bid will be hosted at the same location and under the same licensee/management for the 2019, 2020, and 2021 competition years. Bids are due by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, March 30, 2018. Any request received after this time will not be considered. Please contact Kelsey Shanley at...

Last week, courtesy of the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, we began our tour of the top 10 poisonous plants to watch for in your horse’s pasture, based on a list compiled by the American Association of Equine Practitioners . Part 1 of this two-part series spotlighted five toxic plants to keep an eye out for in your horse’s pasture (click the plant name to see an image and additional information): bracken fern , hemlock , water hemlock , tansy ragwort , and Johnson grass / Sudan...

Ocala, Fla. - As the curtains closed on Ocala Week VII, jumpers competed for a blue-ribbon victory in Sunday's $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix, $7,500 U-Dump Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic and $1,000 S.A. Comunale Adult Jumper Classic. Harold Chopping and Basje winning the $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix. (ESI Photography) $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix In an exciting ten-horse jump-off, Harold Chopping from Southern Pines, North Carolina, riding Basje, owned by Kendra Bullington, scored...

Kent Farrington and Blue Angel (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, Ky. - The Town Branch Bourbon $50,000 International Open Jumper Speed took center stage earlier this evening,where the first section of the class proved to be the best of the day. Candice King, of Wellington, FL, was the first to show over Conrad Homfeld's winding speed class aboard Quality Stud's Antigone Quality. Despite the pressure of being the pathfinders, King and Antigone Quality were perfect over each fence...

Scott Stewart and Empire. (Photo by Sportfot.) Wellington, FL - It was an important day for hunters at the 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. Sixty entries took their shot at a chance to compete in the $50,000 USHJA Hunter Derby, one of the biggest purses in the world offered for hunter competitors. The class began this afternoon in the E.R. Mische Grand Hunter Ring. With a large number of spectators standing by, each horse and rider combination took their turn over a course of eleven jumps,...

From left: George Morris, Jane Forbes Clark, Arle Adams, Ken Adams. (Photo By: Kenneth Kraus/PhelpsSports.com. ) Gladstone, New Jersey - November 10, 2010 - The United States Equestrian Team Foundation is honored to announce a $5 million endowment bequest from Ken and Arle Adams of Wellington, Florida. This gift will mark the creation of the Ken and Arle Adams International Competition and Training Grant Fund. Providing an annual grant, the fund will add supplemental funding to the three...