Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo (Al Cook) Eventing The USEF National CCI1* Championships concluded on Sunday with some of the United States' best up-and-coming combinations vying to be crowned champions in one of four divisions. The competition was held in combination with the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event and Team Challenge at the Kentucky Horse Park. Kristen Rozycki claimed the National CC1* Championship with her own Full Circle finishing on a score of 47.2. Rozycki and the...

Ashley Kehoe and Mazetto (Tara Katherine Photography) Gladstone, NJ - The Board of the Essex Trust is proud to announce Ashley Kehoe of Purcellville, VA as the recipient of the Essex Grant; an award in the amount of $5,000. The Essex Trust is a charitable (501c3) fund initiated by the Trustees of the Essex Horse Trials to further the sport of Eventing both through grants to improve the horsemanship of young riders, and to the organizations which lend support and volunteers to Three Day Event...

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has withdrawn Tipperary Liadhnan from the Eventing competition at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games before the Eventing Horse Inspection. Tipperary Liadhnan was to be ridden by Kim Severson from Keene, VA. The 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse was withdrawn for veterinary reasons. “In recent days, the horse had an infection (cellulitis) which was improving daily,” said Chef d’Equipe Mark Phillips. “It took a dramatic turn for...

Jordan Koepke Photography (Holden was named Best Young Horse - East and overall winner of the Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Championship.) The Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Championship could not have asked for better conditions on either coast. The week began with the famed sunny skies and breezes that Southern California is known for at the Showpark All Seasons Horse Show at the Del Mar Horse Park. There 13 contestants showed up to prove who is the best of...

Photo Credits: NRHA/Waltenberry Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - August 31, 2010 - Two top NRHA Professionals will kick-off the 2011 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Regional Clinic Series in La Mesa, N.M. The weekend of January 29 and 30 trainers Josh Armstrong and Jordan Larson will hold a clinic to benefit reiners of all ages and experience levels at Armstrong Equine Services. Larson, an NRHA Top 20 Professional with over $632,000 in NRHA Lifetime Earnings is a consistent finalist at major...

Photo by Jen Corcoran (Winners of this year's ASHA Raffle drew in center ring on Thursday night of the 2010 World's Championship Horse Show, to find out their respective winning dollar amounts.) Louisville, Kentucky - The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) held its drawing for the 15 winners of its annual Saddlebred Raffle earlier this week, and last night, the winners drew to find out their respective winning dollar amounts, in center ring at the Kentucky State Fair World's...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has updated the Nominated Entry for Para-Equestrian Dressage for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. From this group, 10 horse/rider combinations will be submitted to Definite Entry on September 30 to represent the United States in Para-Equestrian Dressage. The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games run from September 25-October 10, 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky. The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the...

Sapphire and McLain Ward (Shannon Brinkman/USEF) Lexington, KY - The USEF has named the the following horse/rider combinations in ranked order to the Short List for the US Show Jumping Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner McLain Ward/34/Brewster, NY/Sapphire/15/Belgian Warmblood/Mare/McLain Ward, Tom Grossman and Blue Chip Bloodstock Laura Kraut/44/Middleburg, VA/Cedric /12/KWPN/Gelding/Happy Hill Farm Lauren Hough/32/Wellington,...

Wrapping up the month of July and continuing through August, Blenheim EquiSports is proud to offer media and spectators the chance to see top-level horses and riders compete in high-performance equestrian sport on the Grand Prix Field at the Del Mar Horse Park. Both the Showpark Racing and August Festival horse shows offer weekend highlights. The $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby begins on the afternoon of Saturday, July 31. On Sunday, August 1 the $25,000 Showpark Racing Festival Grand...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) has announced the dates and locations for the 2011 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships: USDF Region 1 (October 20-23) at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA; USDF Region 2 (September 22-25) at Majestic Farm in Batavia, OH; USDF Region 3 (October 14-16) at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, FL; USDF Region 4 (September 9-11) at the North Iowa Fair Grounds in Mason City, IA; USDF Region 5 (November 4-6) at WestWorld of...