Paul Yanke and Chill Haze win the $20,000 SJHOF High Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic, sponsored by Pony Lane Farm, on the final day of the Spring Spectacular III. (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Wayne, IL - June 21, 2015 - It was a thrilling final day of competition today at the Lamplight Equestrian Center as the Showplace Spring Spectacular Series wrapped up with the $20,000 High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic, a Show Jumping Hall of Fame event, sponsored by Pony Lane Farm. It boiled...

Lexington, KY - Voting is now open for the coveted 2012 USEF Equestrian of the Year award. Following decades of tradition, the winner will again be announced when the horse world meets at the United States Equestrian Federation's annual Pegasus Awards gala. This year's gala will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at The Henry Clay in Louisville, Kentucky and broadcast live on the USEFNetwork presented by Smartpak . Known as the USEF Equestrians of Honor, eight stars of equestrian...

Laura Kraut clears a jump on her horse Teirra during the Warsteiner jumping competition on July 13, 2011, in Aachen, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images). Aachen, Germany - Another American victory came Saturday at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO in Aachen, Germany. Show jumper Laura Kraut rode Woodstock O, owned by Joan Kalman and The Freedom Group, to the win in the Sparkassen-Youngsters Cup. They were also awarded with the overall special prize for the best rider/horse of...

Six USEF National Driving Championships Draw Quality Competition to the Kentucky Horse Park Lexington, KY – For the first time ever, all six USEF National Driving Championships are running con Chester Weber Leads USEF National Four-in-Hand Driving Championship (Picsofyou.com) currently, and the first day got off to a fantastic start at the 2009 Kentucky Cup and Lexington Driving Classic which is also serving as a test event for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. All six FEI...

Chester Weber and his Team in Aachen (My Elisabeth Weber ) By Joanie Morris Lexington, KY - The USEF has approved the following drivers for the Short List to represent the U.S. at the 2008 Four-in-Hand World Driving Championships to be held in Beesd, The Netherlands, September 3-7, 2008. Name/Age/Hometown Horse/Sex/Age/Breed/Owner James Fairclough/49/Newton, NJ Charlie Brown/G/10/Holsteiner/Jane Clark Levin/G/10/Austrian Warmblood/Jane Clark Kavango V. Falkenstein/G/9/Swiss/Jane Clark Othello M....

Saugerties, NY – July 25, 2017 – The Adequan/FEI North American Junior Young Rider Championships, presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC), concluded five days of Dressage and Show Jumping Championships on Sunday, July 23, at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York. The NAJYRC offered both Team and Individual competitions in each discipline, determined by age: Junior (14-18), and Young Rider (16-21). For the first time in its history, the 2017 NAJYRC also included a Show Jumping...

Hannah Heidegger and Ohlala Z (Sportfot) Parker, Colo. - The $60,000 Ariat® Grand Prix was dominated by Ohlala Z piloted by Hannah Heidegger of Malibu, CA, as the duo topped the class with a jump off time of 36.691 seconds at Summer in the Rockies (SIR) IV at The Colorado Horse Park (CHP). Second place honors were awarded to Lochinvar, owned and ridden by Matt Cyphert of Northlake, TX, with a time of 37.227 seconds, while last week's winners The Dude, ridden by Will Simpson of Westlake...

Nick Skelton and Carlo 273. Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. Washington, D.C. - Nick Skelton captured another big win at the 53rd Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), this time taking home the largest purse with Beverley Widdowson's Carlo 273 in the $100,000 President's Cup Grand Prix CSI 3*-W presented by Events DC. Along with prize money, Skelton was awarded a Rolex watch from Tiny Jewel Box as the Leading Jumper Rider sponsored by Elm Rock LLC. Brianne Goutal and Nice de Prissey...

Naples, Fla. – US Equestrian is pleased to congratulate 2021 International Equestrian of the Year Laura Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) and National Equestrian of the Year Hunt Tosh (Alpharetta, Ga.). Kraut and Tosh received the most votes from US Equestrian members in the Equestrian of the Year voting last month and were recognized along with other award winners at the 2022 Pegasus Awards Dinner Celebration at the USEF Annual Meeting in Naples, Fla., on Thursday, Jan. 13. 2021 USEF...

In the second half of the General Session, US Equestrian CEO Bill Moroney elaborated on how the organization continues to develop for members as the vision and mission statements remain at the forefront. “Everything we do is for our members and their horses, otherwise, we should not be doing it,” Moroney said. He added that challenges and member feedback in the past year have brought about positive changes that have and will continue to bring improvements for US Equestrian’s...