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Kentucky Summer Series Prize List Now Available Online

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/18/2012 4:52:00 PM

Lexington, KY - Kentucky Horse Shows LLC, is pleased to announce that the hunter/jumper competition's prize list is currently available online for the 2012 Kentucky Summer Series. The prize list and entry blank are posted at www.kentuckyhorseshows.com . The Kentucky Summer Series will kick off with the Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC), presented by Gotham North, scheduled for July 17-22, 2012 at the Kentucky Horse Park. The NAJYRC is the premier...

AMHA Announces Participation in UPHA Program

by American Morgan Horse Association | 1/10/2012 2:15:00 PM

Shelburne, VT — The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) is pleased to announce its participation in the Equestrian Life “Learn to Ride and Drive in Style" campaign. Joining forces with the United Professional Horseman’s Association, American Saddlebred Horse Association and American Hackney Horse Society, AMHA is working to increase awareness of saddle seat riding and driving. Equestrian Life.com has partnered with the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA), American...

Alltech National Horse Show Features University Night on Friday Evening

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 10/20/2011 9:33:26 AM

Lexington, KY - The Alltech National Horse Show, 128th edition, set to debut in Lexington, KY, beginning on November 2 and continuing through November 6th, announced today that Friday night will be University Night at the inaugural event. All college students, with a valid student ID and wearing school colors can purchase primetime tickets for the Friday night performance on a two-for-one basis. Buy one, get one free. Also, kids 12 and under are admitted free with the purchase of an adult...

The 2011 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final – West Underway

by USEF Communications Dept. | 9/23/2011 4:34:21 PM

Lexington, KY – The Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final – West continues today at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center with Phase II of the Final, the gymnastics portion. This final runs during the 2011 LA International Jumping Festival. Yesterday’s flatwork phase was won by Carly Anthony who rode Abrakadabra in a determined performance. The Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals has produced some of the country’s top jumping...

Continental Divide Horse Show Celebrates 42nd Year in Beautiful Northern Colorado

by Farra Baker | 8/3/2011 2:50:00 PM

Loveland, CO - What is more beautiful than the northern plains of Colorado in late August with the snow capped Rocky Mountains as a backdrop. This is the scene that will greet the exhibitors of the 42nd Annual Continental Divide Horse Show. Continental Divide started out in 1968 as a Morgan horse show but as the years have passed, the number of Morgans in Colorado has declined so in 2010, the show will present a full complement of classes for the American Saddlebred, Friesian and the Gypsy...

Pfizer Animal Health Presents the First-Ever Culpeper Horse Owners' Event at HITS Culpeper on July 8

by HITS Media | 6/22/2011 11:18:18 AM

Saugerties, NY — HITS is proud to announce the debut of the first-ever Culpeper Horse Owners' Event, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, which will take place at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, VA, on July 8, from 4:30-9 p.m., during Pfizer Animal Health Weekend. Commonwealth Park is located at 13256 Commonwealth Parkway. Prior to the start of the event, guests will be able to watch the some of the top High-Performance riders in the country compete in the $15,000 Brook Ledge Open...

U.S. Second in Young Rider Nations Cup at CSIOY Reims

by USEF Communications Department | 5/27/2011 12:55:00 PM

Reims, France - The USEF European Young Rider Tour continued its successful trip through Europe with another second-place finish in the Nations Cup at CSIOY Reims. Runners-up in Belgium the previous weekend, the Young Riders continued their successful European effort. Catherine Pasmore led off the U.S. team, rebounding from a 13-fault first round on My Boy to improve to eight faults in round two. Karen Polle rode With Wings in the second position to a six-fault effort in the first round but...

International Jumping of France: An arena of stars

by International Jumping of France in La Baule | 5/9/2011 8:23:00 AM

La Baule, France - In just few days, the International Jumping of France will present the following elite rider/horse couples programmed to perform in its 2011 show from May 12th through the 15th in La Baule. 17 nations will be represented in France’s CSIO 5*: Recognized as one of the world’s best 8 horseshows, the International Jumping of France‘s 2011 edition will uphold its illustrious reputation by welcoming 60 of the world’s best riders with 163 top performing...

HITS Thermal Mid-Circuit Report: Kyle King's Birthday Ride, High-Performance Riders Aim for Pfizer Million, Nick Haness Hunts for Spot in Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final, and SmartPak Salutes Top Performers

by HITS Media | 2/17/2011 3:29:00 PM

Kyle King and Corrine Super's Capone I. (Flying Horse Photography© . ) Thermal, CA - February 17, 2011 - Kyle King (Ocala, Florida) celebrated his birthday with a bang when he rode Corrine Super's Capone I to a triumph in Sunday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, CA. Winning Sunday's feature class was extra remarkable for the birthday boy, who won the Grand Prix with the largest starting field to date at the 2011 HITS...

Northern California Show Draws Crowds and High Caliber Riders

by By Marnye Langer | 11/16/2009 12:17:00 PM

World class show jumpers vied for $75,000 in prize money, thousands of fans packed into the stands, flags from many countries hanging overhead, and a JumboTron showed highlights and tracked the results. Is it Las Vegas or Los Angeles? Neither; it is Sacramento, and it is the only show jumping competition of this caliber in Northern California: The Sacramento International Horse Show at Murieta Equestrian Complex in Rancho Murieta, CA, which was held November 3-8. Rudy Leone started the show in...