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2012 USEF Horsemastership Training Session Presented by USHJA and Adequan: Promoting the Importance of Excellent Horsemastership

by USEF Show Jumping Department | 11/4/2011 12:31:31 PM

2011 USEF Horsemastership Training Session. USEF Archives. Lexington, KY - Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 2012 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) and Adequan. The sixth annual USEF Horsemastership Training Session will be held on January 3-7, 2012, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. The following 12 riders will be invited to participate: The North American Young Riders Individual...

2011 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by USEF: Promoting the Importance of Excellent Horsemastership

by From the USEF Show Jumping Department | 11/11/2010 11:33:00 AM

USEF (Connie Sawyer) Gladstone, NJ - Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 2011 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF). The USEF is pleased to announce the young riders who have been invited to participate in the fifth annual USEF Horsemastership Training Session on January 4-8, 2011 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. The 12 riders selected for the Training Session include: Ali Wolff, Young Rider...

Sara Ike Promoted to USEF Managing Director of Eventing

by Sarah Evers | 12/5/2007 4:12:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the promotion of Sara Ike to the position of Managing Director of Eventing. Ike has worked at the USEF Gladstone office since 2003, and has served as the Eventing High Performance Director since March of 2007. Prior to that appointment she was the Director of Vaulting. In 2007 she was the Team Leader for the Eventing team which swept the medals at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also traveled to...

Sara Ike Promoted to USEF Managing Director of Eventing

by Joanie Morris | 11/30/2007 4:40:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the promotion of Sara Ike to the position of Managing Director of Eventing. Ike has worked at the USEF Gladstone office since 2003, and has served as the Eventing High Performance Director since March of 2007. Prior to that appointment she was the Director of Vaulting. In 2007 she was the Team Leader for the Eventing team which swept the medals at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also traveled to...

New Youth Award Developed by the ASHA to Promote Saddlebred Participation

by By Reeves Kirtner, ASHA | 6/24/2005 2:02:26 PM

The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) has developed a new high-point ASHA Youth Award to recognize the hardest working and most active youth members in the industry. Youth members can receive points in a number of areas including attending the ASHA Youth Conference, being a member of a youth club, participating in junior judging, earning an ASHA scholarship, volunteering at a horse show, having a paid job in the equine industry and more. Beginning in 2006, the award year will be...

USEF and AQHA to Promote Collegiate Competition with Introduction of Varsity Equestrian Website

by Sarah Lane | 4/11/2005 4:47:49 PM

Lexington, KY – Universities and colleges that compete in Division I and Division II NCAA equestrian sports throughout the United States now have the added resources of a newly launched website. The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) join in support of the efforts of www.varsityequestrian.com, the official site of Varsity Equestrian sports. Designed to enhance the knowledge and awareness of equestrian competition at the university...

Saddlebred My Trails Feature Now Available on American Saddlebred Horse Association Website

by By Brice Carr | 5/6/2010 10:07:00 AM

The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) has announced the activation of the new My Trails feature of its website at www.asha.net . ASHA members can access this new application from the My Membership page, found under the "Members" section of the website. The My Trails feature is one of the many advances continuously being made by ASHA to improve the online experience of its members. This tool is a trail riding tracking application, which provides a utility for users to track their...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 2/16/2011 1:12:00 PM

Dressage The Palm Beach County Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, FL, hosted The Wellington Classic Spring Challenge CDI-W. On Friday, Tina Konyot and her partner from the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Calecto V, topped the field in the Grand Prix for Freestyle scoring a 70.043%. Elizabeth Austin riding Olivier and Shawna Harding riding Come On III collected second and third place honors. Konyot took another commanding win in the Freestyle, scoring a 75.300%. Harding...

Ashlee Bond and Cornancer Sprint to the Win in the $40,000 Racing Festival Grand Prix, presented by Equestrian Almanac

by Blenheim EquiSports | 7/27/2015 1:18:44 AM

Ashlee Bond and Cornancer July 27, 2015 - Del Mar, CA - Truly a race up until the last ride, the $40,000 Racing Festival Grand Prix, presented by Equestrian Almanac, kept everyone on the edge of their seats. In the end, the talented Ashlee Bond and Little Valley Farms' Cornancer earned the mare's first Grand Prix win against a field of talented competitors. International FEI course designer Anderson Lima of Mexico set a precise course that tested both the horses and riders. With three...

Todd Minikus and Uraguay Speed to Victory in $50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix presented by Suncast

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/13/2013 8:51:25 AM

Todd Minikus and Uraguay (The Book, LLC) North Salem, NY – Todd Minikus and Legacy Stables' Uraguay won the highlight event of the first week of the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, the $50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix presented by Suncast. They were fastest in the jump-off to beat Darragh Kerins (IRL) on E-Muze Yek and Christine McCrea (USA) with Romantovich Take One. Along with top show jumping, there were Grand Hunter Champions awarded, as well as Classics for the Medium and...