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Catch All the Excitement of Winter Equestrian Festival Competition Live On The Web

by Brian Sosby | 1/17/2007 2:25:00 AM

Wellington, FL—January 16, 2007— Stadium Jumping, Inc., in association with Productions East Video, the United States Equestrian Federation® (USEF), GoMobileBroadband.com and LiveBroadcast.TV, is proud to present live webcasts of all the rings of the Winter Equestrian Festival competition from Wellington and Tampa, FL. The live webcasts had an incredible following during the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Syracuse Invitation, Raleigh/Duke, and the National Horse Show last fall where hundreds...

Hampton Classic Horse Show to Host Finals for Long Island Horse Show Series for Riders with Disabilities

by By Classic Communications | 7/6/2006 1:20:00 AM

The finals for the Long Island Horse Show Series for Riders with Disabilities (LIHSSRD) will be held on Monday, August 28, of the Hampton Classic Horse Show. The LIHSSRD finals mark the first time in the horse show’s three-decade history that competition will be held on Monday. Admission will be free on this day when all of the shops in the Hampton Classic’s popular Boutique Garden and Stable Row will be open for business. The show series, created by HorseAbility, was founded to provide riders...

Paso Fino Horse Association Implements Membership Fee Change

by By Sarah Holt | 2/17/2006 11:12:00 AM

Membership fees for the Paso Fino Horse Association changed as of January 1, 2006, and now includes a subscription to Paso Fino Horse World . The individual membership fee is now $55 per year, and the family membership is $75; junior membership is $35. For a complete listing of membership rates, visit www.pfha.org/includes/html/infoseek.fee.schedule.asp . ~~~

Combinations Announced for U.S. Dressage European Young Rider and U25 Tours

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/13/2023 10:00:00 AM

Lexington, Ky . – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations that have been selected to the U.S. Dressage European Young Rider Tour and U.S. Dressage European U25 Tour. The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been selected for the U.S. Dressage European Young Rider Tour and are listed in alphabetical order: Kat Fuqua (Atlanta, Ga.) and Dreamgirl , her own 2008 Dutch Warmblood mare Erin Nichols (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Handsome Rob AR , a 2012 Dutch...

Region 4 Team Takes Gold at North American Youth Dressage Championships in Junior Team Test

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/12/2021 7:03:00 PM

Traverse City, Mich. – The Region 4 Team comprised of Lexie Kment (Palmyra, Neb.) and Montagny von der Heide, Kylee Kment (Pamyra, Neb.) and Honor, and Ella Fruchterman (West Lakeland, Minn.) and Holts Le’Mans, rode to the top of the podium in the Junior Team Test at the North American Youth Dressage Championships, finishing with a final team score of 202.667 to take team gold. Region 7 finished in second place to take the silver medal with a team total of 197.787 following rides...

Ashley Lamers and In A Dream Take Top Honors in Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship at 2017 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm

by Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/11/2017 1:12:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – The 2017 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm continued on Thursday with another champion unveiled. Ashley Lamers and In A Dream came away with the Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship. The pair garnered a total score of 1007.88, moving to the top from the 17th position following Thursday’s final Over Fences phase. Ashley Lamers and In A Dream (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lamers (Caledonia, Wis.) and Lindsey Ayres’ 10-year-old Welsh Pony mare...

U.S. Reining Team Pursuing Podium at 2016 SVAG FEI World Reining Championships

by Dana Rossmeier | 8/10/2016 1:26:20 PM

Givrins, Switzerland – The U.S. Reining Team will compete at the 2016 SVAG FEI World Reining Championships August 11-13, at the CS Ranch in Givrins, Switzerland. The team of Shane Brown, Troy Heikes, Kari Klingenberg, and Nick Valentine will face teams from nine other countries as they go after team and individual medals. They will be led by Chef d’Equipe Jeff Petska. The U.S. Reining Team (Bryn Wells) Heikes (Scottsdale, Ariz.) is no stranger to FEI level competition and will help...

Margie Engle Beats Out 40 Starters to Win the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at HITS-on-the-Hudson IV

by HITS Media | 7/23/2011 11:00:00 AM

Margie Engle and Ashland Farms' Lord Spezi on course in Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, NY (ESI Photography). Saugerties, NY — With competition taking place in 10 different show rings and more than 1,600 horses on the premises, the opening week of the HITS-on-the-Hudson summer series is going like gangbusters, proving that Saugerties, New York is the place to be this summer. Olympian Margie Engle...

Silvio Mazzoni and Remonta Habano Capture the $40,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at HITS Culpeper Week III

by HITS Media | 7/19/2011 11:33:53 AM

Silvio Mazzoni rides to victory aboard his own Remonta Habano in the $40,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix at HITS Culpeper (ESI Photography). . Culpeper, VA – Silvio Mazzoni of Leesburg, VA, and his own Remonta Habano captured their second Grand Prix victory at HITS this year by winning Sunday’s $40,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at HITS Culpeper. The duo also won the blue in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal...

HITS Winter Circuits in Ocala, Arizona and Thermal Produce Grand Prix Champs from Coast to Coast

by HITS Media | 2/28/2011 2:36:00 PM

Manuel Torres and Chambacunero. (ESI Photography©.) Saugerties, NY - The HITS winter show season just passed the mid-way point for all three of its circuits in Ocala, FL, Tucson, AZ, and Thermal, CA. As the leading show management company in the sport, HITS hosts 35 weeks of competition each year, with 58 Grand Prix and some of the biggest prize money purses offered anywhere in the world, including the historic Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix. At its peak, HITS hosts six Grand Prix events a week...