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Nominations Due February 1, 2011, for the 10th Annual Equine Industry Vision Award

by AHP News | 12/14/2010 5:04:00 PM

South Daytona, FL - December 13, 2010 – The deadline date for nominations for the 10th annual Equine Industry Vision Award is on or before February 1, 2011. Pfizer Animal Health sponsors the award in partnership with American Horse Publications (AHP) and developed it to recognize outstanding leadership, creativity and meritorious contributions in the equine industry. The 2011 Equine Industry Vision Award will be presented on June 17, 2011 during the AHP Seminar in San Diego, CA. The award...

This Week in International Disciplines

by Leah Oliveto | 8/11/2010 1:48:00 PM

Dressage The first weekend of the 2010 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of Champions got underway at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ. Along with the National Intermediaire I Championships the first phase of the National Grand Prix competition, which is serving at the USEF Selection Trial for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games also took place. The Prix St. Georges (the first leg of the National Intermediaire I Championships) kicked off the competition on Friday;...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 5/25/2010 4:39:00 PM

Dressage At the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, IL, the Lamplight Dressage CDI3* took place. Joe Sandven and his Hanoverian gelding Rachmaninoff were first in the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle. On the small tour Kassandra Barteau dominated, finishing first and third in the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I with Toscano and GP Delano respectively. With Toscano, she was also won the Intermediaire I Freestyle with a score of 69.950%. For full results please click here . Jumping Show...

This Week in USEF International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 4/14/2010 10:07:00 AM

Joe Yoder Wins at the Southern Pines CDE (Cazzy Smith) Dressage Competition took place on the West coast at the Golden State Dressage Festival CDI3*/Y/J. Mette Rosencrantz and Finally took home wins in the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I. For more information please visit Golden State Dressage Festival . Driving Under blue skies at the Carolina Horse Park the fifth selection trials for the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games took place as part of the Southern Pines CDE. In the Four-In-Hand...

Junior League of Lexington Announces 73rd Annual Horse Show at the Red Mile

by Stacey Meier | 5/14/2009 10:27:00 AM

LEXINGTON, KY–The Junior League of Lexington announced the 73rd Annual Lexington Junior League Horse Show will be Monday, July 6, through Saturday, July 11, at the Red Mile in Lexington, KY. The Junior League of Lexington announced the officials for the 73rd Annual Lexington Junior League Horse Show will include Lenard Davenport, Manager; Kent Moeller, Assistant Manager; and Mary Lynn Whitley, USEF Steward. The judges include Anne Speck, Jay Wood, Lynda Freseth, Rodney Hicks, Ellen Beard and...

Lingh Has Arrived at Flyinge—the Swedish State Stud; Also Available to American Breeders

by By Christine DeHerrera | 2/2/2009 10:58:00 AM

For the 2009 breeding season, Flyinge, the Swedish National Stud, will include the KWPN stallion Lingh (Flemmingh x Columbus, by Uppercut xx) in its breeding program. Lingh has already arrived in Flyinge, a town in Southern Sweden just 48 miles from Copenhagen, Denmark. Throughout his performance career, Lingh has been one of the highest FEI-ranked dressage stallions in the world. He has had exceptional successes and numerous placings in international grand prix with Edward Gal and Karin...

American Warmblood Society Recognizes 2005 Award Winners

by By the American Warmblood Society | 1/24/2006 3:22:44 PM

Anthem earned his "Supreme" status with 86.500 at his Inspection in Randall, MN, in August of 2005. Anthem was sired by Alano, out of Megan, both Holsteiners, and bred by Diane Kilmer, VA. The American Warmblood Society (AWS) is a non-profit Horse Registry founded in 1983 dedicated to talented Sport horses from the grassroots through the highest levels. As one of the Full Members of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH), the AWS promotes, represents, records and registers...

Western Dressage: What Is Going On Here?

by Michelle K. Binder-Zolezzi | 9/23/2013 2:55:17 PM

More showing chronicles. Not to bore you or to toot our horns, but to make you think. To ask questions. To reflect. Dressage training should make our horses more rideable, more comfortable in their bodies as riding horses, better in their minds, and keep them sound longer as our partners. At least that is what my trainers have taught me.Our rescue organization takes in horses, some with long histories of lameness, and through proper training, conditioning and development over time, return them...

Western Dressage: Balance

by Michelle Binder-Zolezzi of www.RelationalRidingAcademy.com | 8/16/2013 4:35:43 PM

Reprinted with permission from Cowboy Dressage Newsletter: August 2-4, 2013 “Build It and They Will Come” “Cowboy Dressage Competition debuted at Rancho Murieta Gold N Grand Horse Show Aug 2-4. Gold N Grand is known on the west coast for being the premier open horse show at one of the west’s top equine facilities. A record number of 183 entries for one discipline made history. It was Cowboy Dressage. This does not happen by accident. It happens because of hard work, a...

Western Dressage: The Show Scores Tell the Story

by Michelle Binder-Zolezzi of www.RelationalRidingAcademy.com | 7/8/2013 7:14:16 AM

Show season keeps moving forward and the scores keep coming in. At the last WSH show, the high score rider, Linda Coates-Markle, received a whopping 76% on NAWD Level 3 Test 1 (that is the western equivalent of USDF First Level) riding her Quarter Horse mare. Once again, this last weekend, shows featuring Western Dressage classes were held all over the country and WD riders on both sides of the nation received the highest Phyllis Ray and Starr in the warm-up (Darcia Drapeau) scores recorded at...