Devon, Pa. - Dressage at Devon announced that the 2014 preliminary Prize List is now available at. Opening date is June 28, 2014. Closing date for the breed division is August 25. Closing date for the performance division is September 2, 2014. See the Prize List here . Breed Division Breed Division will feature Young Horse/Sport Horse Classes, Mature Horse/Breeding Classes, Handler Classes, Non-Championship Group Classes, the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Breeder’s Championship...

Armed Forces Day attendees (Photo by Alexandra Kinney) Wylie, Texas - On May 17, 2014, the first Wounded Warrior Introductional Seminar at North Texas Equestrian Center in Wylie, TX, occurred. It was Armed Forces Day, a chance to honor all those who serve or have served. This seminar was an opportunity to reach out to veterans to educate them about a Paralympic sport whose roots are deeply connected to the military. In attendance at the event were veterans and their family members, USO...

Washington, D.C. - The 100 Day Horse Challenge, sponsored by Time to Ride, is now accepting host applications. The first 1,000 hosts to be approved will compete for $100,000 in cash and prizes this summer by providing entry level horse experiences to as many people as possible in 100 days beginning June 1. Official rules and registration details are available at www.timetoride.com . The goal of the 100 Day Horse Challenge is to increase awareness of the benefits of horse activities across the...

Lexington, Ky. - The USEF Hackney Committee has selected the six competitions at which heel measurements will be required of Roadster Pony and Hackney Roadster Pony Championship classes as defined by USEF Hackney and Roadster Division rules. The mandatory heel measurements will be taken from the first-place and fourth-place ponies in the following competitions in 2014: * River Ridge Charity - Columbus, Ohio. (April 24-27) * Kentucky State Fair - Louisville, Ky. (August 17-23) * All American...

Lexington, Ky .- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to join with HorsePower, Inc. and Equestrian Events, Inc. (EEI), in announcing that the Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Championship will be held as part of the Kentucky Reining Cup which is being run in conjunction with the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover, April 24-27, 2014 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Reining championship will also serve as the Selection Trial for the 2014...

Kate Shields (Pics of You) Lexington, Kentucky - Advanced dressage tests at the Kentucky Classic CDE, which is hosting the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Singles and Four-in-Hand Driving National Championships, were held Thursday afternoon at the Kentucky Horse Park. When they were over Kate Shields was atop the single horse leaderboard, and Chester Weber set himself up for a tenth four-in-hand national championship. USEF National Single Horse Championship Kate Shields (Middleburg,...

Beervelde, Belgium - Lauren Hough (Wellington, FL) and Nordic Lights Farm's Tackeray were in good form Friday during the Prix Euphony, a 1.45m Table A speed class and qualifier for Sunday's Mercedes Benz Grand Prix. They cleared the course fault free and with quick enough pace to claim 3rd place in the class. Their 66.91s finish was slightly slower than second place finisher Patrik Spits of Belgium and winner Jessica Mendoza of Great Britain. For full results click here . Follow U.S....

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Thermal, CA - The fine tuning of an official rider’s list for the AIG Thermal $1 Million Grand Prix, presented by Lamborghini Newport Beach, was completed during last night’s rider meeting at HITS Desert Horse Park. With the touch-down of the East Coast manger’s picks in California, the final order of go was drawn and revealed that Candice King of Wellington, Florida will clip the hypothetical ribbon of the first-ever West Coast $1 million grand prix aboard Campbell VDL.....

Lexington, KY - The 2012 Rolex/FEI World Cup Champions have not been in the ring in six weeks - but based on their performance in the Husky Energy Classic on Thursday night at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, it didn’t make any difference. Rich Fellers and Flexible bested a field of 19 and made it look easy, stopping the jump-off clock at 51.237 to score victory by just less than a second over Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo. This class serves as the first half of the final Observation...