Event: HITS Arizona Winter Horse Show Circuit What: Six-week hunter/jumper horse show circuit produced by Horse Shows In The Sun, Inc. Where: Pima County Fairgrounds, Tucson, AZ When: Wednesday through Sunday, 2005 show dates are: February 2-6 - Sundance Welcome February 9-13 - Kachina Classic February 16-20 - Tucson Winter Classic February 23-27 - Sahuaro Classic March 2-6 - Arizona Winter Festival March 9-13 - Arizona Desert Finals In Brief: The six-week Arizona Winter Circuit has been a...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the two recipients of the USEF Grants for the 2023 Adequan ® /USEF Junior Hunter National Championship – West, generously sponsored by Debbie Smith . The grants were awarded to Chimay Buyalos (Santa Ynez, Calif.) for the 3’3” height and Avery Glynn (Petaluma, Calif.) for the 3’6” height. This grant program awards one $10,000 to one rider at each height at both the East and West Junior Hunter National...

Lexington, Ky. - In support of action taken at the Mid-Year Board meeting, the USEF Board of Directors approved an Extraordinary Rule change to GR 202.1 Membership Requirements amending the approved use of Show Passes effective 12/1/22. These changes were adopted to streamline the membership process and further support safety, education, awareness, and accountability amongst coaches, trainers, and parents. Key changes to the rule are: Non-member participants in the role of riders, drivers,...

Lexington, Ky. - Following the cancellation of the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event for 2022, US Equestrian will open a one-week bid process to fill the date on the 2022 U.S. Eventing Calendar. Per the 2022 U.S. FEI Eventing Calendar Policies and Procedures , applications to host the CCI4*-L level during the 2022 competition season are accepted by invitation only. The bid process opens today, October 21, and closes October 29 at midnight EST for one competition on the East Coast to...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the addition of a 2020 Green Pony Hunter section to the competition schedule of the 2021 USEF Pony Hunter National Championships to be hosted in Lexington, Ky. at the Kentucky Horse Park from August 9-15, 2021. The Ad Hoc Selections Group of the USEF Board approved the addition on December 2, 2020. TaylerBicandi/US Equestrian The 2020 Green Pony Hunter section will be split into Small/Medium/Large sections and awards will be presented for each...

The Board of Directors and show management teams of the Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS) and Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), presented by MARS Equestrian, are pleased to announce their venue and dates for 2020. The PNHS and WIHS are committed to providing a safe environment for competitors, families, and staff in the face of the ongoing pandemic, while still meeting the requirements of sponsors and competition schedules. Due to COVID-19 restrictions in place in Harrisburg,...

Colorado Springs, Colo. – Standout performances during September earned indoor volleyball player Matt Anderson (West Seneca, New York), shooter Caitlin Connor (Winnfield, Louisiana) and the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team Best of September honors for the Team USA Awards presented by Dow, the United States Olympic Committee announced today. The NetJets U.S. Jumping Team (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Anderson helped lead Team USA to a historic bronze medal at the FIVB World Championship –the...

Laura Graves (Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence) Mill Spring, N.C. – US Equestrian announced today that Laura Graves (Geneva, Fla.) has been chosen to represent the United States in the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018 Opening Ceremony presented by Coca-Cola® on Tuesday evening, September 11. The opening ceremony is the official start of the two-week equestrian competition that will name the world's best horse and athletes across eight Fédération...

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian has named the following combinations as nominated entries for the 2017 FEI World Driving Championships for Ponies, August 15-20, in Minden-Kutenhausen, Germany: Pair Pony Katie Whaley (Paris, Ky.) with her own Tommy, a 2003 Welsh Cross gelding, and Tanner, a 2006 Welsh Cross gelding, and Barbara Sims’s Night Flyer, a 2000 Welsh Section C gelding Single Pony Leslie Berndl (Newcastle, Calif.) with Teressa Kandianis’s Sweetwater’s Zorah Belle, a...

Phillip Dutton and Z (Shannon Brinkman) Allentown, N.J. - Twelve Olympic riders headline the impressive list of entries at the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event (JFI) at the Horse Park of New Jersey this weekend. Olympians competing include Phillip Dutton (USA), Kim Severson (USA), Boyd Martin (USA), William Coleman (USA) Julie Richards (USA), Kyle Carter (CAN), Jessica Phoenix (CAN), Ian Roberts (CAN), Peter Barry (CAN), Leslie Law (GBR), Joe Meyer (NZL), and Ronald Zabala-Goetschel...