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Taking It All In Gets a Lot Easier At Dressage At Devon 2011

by Ginny Simon | 9/1/2011 9:12:54 AM

Devon, PA - Spectators at 2011 Dressage at Devon (www.dressageatdevon.com) will be able to add multimedia to their experience. Dressage at Devon Radio, powered by FLR Sports Radiotm allows guests to enhance their knowledge and education of dressage by listening to the comments and opinions of some of the foremost experts in the world of dressage. Spectators will also get a behind the scenes listen to critiques of the rider and horse during their performance. Starting Friday, September 30th,...

The Ocala Winter Festival Paves the Way for One of the Most Memorable Winter Circuits of All Time

by HITS Media | 2/24/2011 7:58:00 AM

Ocala, FL - What do you get when you mix beautiful weather, talented horsemen, first-class facilities, exciting events and fabulous prize money? The answer is simple: HITS Ocala. The Ocala Winter Festival marked the second AA rated week of show jumping in the 'Sunshine State'. The two Grand Prix and weekly Devoucoux Hunter Prix saw record-breaking entries this week. In Thursday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, Kent Farrington of Chicago, IL, emerged as the...

The 64th Annual Buffalo International Horse Show to Host Indoor Competition on September 15-19, 2010

by Phelps Media Group | 8/19/2010 10:24:00 AM

Buffalo, NY - The Buffalo International Horse Show will host its 64th annual competition this fall at the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center. The show will be held on September 15-19 in downtown Buffalo, NY. The horse show will host a number of special classes in their large indoor arena, with great prize money and exciting competition. The five day schedule features highlights for everyone to enjoy, including $15,000 worth of hunter and jumper classics for children, adults, juniors,...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 6/22/2010 4:53:00 PM

Candice King and Skara Glen's Davos (Erin Cowgill) Dressage In Quebec, Canada at the Parc Equestre de Blainville, the Dressage at Blainville CDI3* took place, showcasing world-class dressage talent from all across North America. In the Grand Prix, Lauren Sammis and Sagacious HF finished with a score of 66.596% to leave them second, just behind winner Victoria Winter (CAN) who scored 66.681% aboard Proton. Sammis and Sagacious HF debuted their new Yanni themed freestyle, scoring a 73.20%, once...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 5/19/2010 1:05:00 PM

Tucker Johnson at the Royal Windsor Horse Show (RWHS/Peter Nixon Photo) Dressage In Germany at the CDI3* Hamburg, US riders Catherine Haddad and Susie Dutta put in very respectable performances in the Grand Prix. Finishing with a solid score in the Grand Prix on Friday, Dutta and Currency DC executed a beautiful test in the Grand Prix Special to finish in second with a score of 68.667%. Haddad, with 10-year-old Hanoverian Winyamaro, her newest Grand Prix partner, were second in the Freestyle...

American Saddlebred Reference Directory Now Available Online

by By Daniel Rieffer | 1/25/2007 10:59:00 AM

For the first time ever, the 2007 American Saddlebred Reference Directory is now available electronically on the Association’s website and it’s free to all active ASHA members. Just visit www.saddlebred.com/members/index.php and log in. Once you have logged in, follow the instructions provided. The Reference Directory physical copy has been mailed to all active American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) members by USPS book rate mail. In the meantime, the association is providing this service...

Team Atmosphere in the Spotlight at The Event at Rebecca Farm

by Edited press release from The Event at Rebecca Farm | 7/28/2019 10:09:00 PM

Kalispell, Mont. - Teamwork and connection between the horse and rider is a traditional focus in eventing. The Adequan® North American Youth Championships presented by Gotham North (NAYC) takes it a step further and invites individual competitors to band together by Area and cheer each other on. William Kidwell on Tremolo (Photo courtesy of RedBayGroup.com) Whether it's horse and rider partnership or a team of strangers making life-long friendships, the podium winners of CCIJ2*-L and...

Hutchins-Kristen Maintains Lead after Cross-Country in the USEF CCI1* Eventing National Championship; Pierce Remains on Top in USEF CCI1*-JR/YR Eventing National Championship

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/20/2017 7:44:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Competitors took on Jay Hambly’s cross-country course at the Kentucky Horse Park on Friday for the second day of competition at the 2017 Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event. Bethany Hutchins-Kristen and Geluk HVF (Photo Courtesy of Xpress Foto) Bethany Hutchins-Kristen (Dryden, Mich.) held on to her lead in the USEF CCI1* Eventing National Championship with Geluk HVF, the six-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion she owns with Marian Hutchins. They jumped double-clear in...

Adam Prudent Sweeps First Two Jumping Classes at Live Oak International

by Marty Bauman | 2/26/2016 9:31:39 PM

Adam Prudent and Vasco won the $35,000 Sovaro 1.50m Jumper CSI 3* event (Pics of You) Ocala, Fla. - France's Adam Prudent got off to a hot start on a cool day Friday, in the heart of Thoroughbred country he won the Daily Double by sweeping the first two show jumping classes at the 25th annual Live Oak International. Prudent, with Vasco, took the lead early in the $35,000 Sovaro 1.50m Jumper CSI 3* event with a time of 60.24 seconds. No one was able to come near his time in the Longines FEI...

U.S. Riders Stand Tall as Seven Riders Finish in the Top 20 of 2014 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final

by Helen Murray | 4/21/2014 2:29:49 PM

Lyon, France - The seven American riders that headed into the third and final leg of the 2014 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final produced determined efforts over two rounds to close out their week in Lyon. Frank Rothenberger set two demanding 13-obstacle tracks that produced a great shake-up of the leaderboard throughout the afternoon in Lyon’s Eurexpo. Twenty-seven of the world’s best horse-and-rider combinations started in Monday’s first round with 22, including all seven...