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2011 AHS Annual Stallion Service Auction Features 65 Stallions in 56 Bidding Lots

by AHS News | 1/6/2011 5:34:00 PM

The American Hanoverian Society (AHS) will be hosting its 2011 Stallion Service Auction in the Hanoverian Marketplace throughout the end of January into February bringing hundreds of viewers and thousands of hits to the sales site within the AHS website. The high-bid stallion in the 2010 auction, ES Harvard, will once again be featured in the 2011 event. The AHS Stallion Service Auction opens for Bidding January 23, 2011, with 65 stallions available, and ends February 20. A Second Chance...

Flarida is NRHA's First Four Million Dollar Rider

by NRHA News | 12/16/2010 10:28:00 AM

Shawn Flarida riding Wimpys Little Chic in the $100,000 added NRHA World Championship Shootout (NRHA/Waltenberry) Oklahoma City, OK – December 16, 2010 – Just two short years ago, Shawn Flarida became the National Reining Horse Association’s first Three Million Dollar Rider with earnings accumulated at the 2008 NRHA Futurity. History repeated itself when the gates closed on the 2010 NRHA Futurity and the results were announced. With rides in the finals aboard Quistador (owned by Augustine and...

Sweden's Bökeberg Equestrian Facility to Host Inaugural FEI World Reining Finals

by Brad Ettelman/HorsePower, Inc. | 12/14/2010 5:30:00 PM

Malmö, Skåne, Sweden - December 13, 2010 - The Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) has announced that the renowned equestrian facility of Bökeberg, just outside of Malmö, Sweden, will be the official host of the inaugural FEI World Reining Finals on May 21, 2011. The new Finals are a reinvention of the old FEI World Reining Masters. Each National Federation may send athletes to compete on behalf of their country in the annual championship with national pride, prize money and the individual...

Tiffany Sullivan Named Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for November

by Michelle Riggs/Classic Communications | 12/8/2010 12:23:00 PM

Lexington, KY - December 8, 2010 - Tiffany Sullivan has been named the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for November. Sullivan competes in the West Conference Amateur-Owner division of the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series aboard Karon K. In November, the pair bested a field of 18 entries to take top honors in the Series class held at the Las Vegas National Horse Show, earning 150 points. With Cavalor's support, the Series honors one rider each month as...

2010 National Equestrian Award Winners Announced by NARHA

by Cher Smith, Communications Coordinator, NARHA | 12/1/2010 2:19:00 PM

Denver— NARHA’s National Award Winners were honored November 6 at the Annual NARHA Awards Banquet, the highlight of NARHA’s 2010 National Conference, Annual Meeting and Horse Expo, in the Grand Hyatt Ballroom in Denver, CO. The banquet featured an excellent dinner, punctuated by cheers and happy tears for the people who exemplify the best of the wonderful population of participants, instructors, volunteers and equines who work together to change the lives of people who live with physical,...

New Format and New Venue for Equestrian Idol on February 4, 2011 in Wellington, Florida

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 11/11/2010 3:46:00 PM

WESTPORT, CT - November 10, 2011 - 2011 will mark the 5th year for The Equestrian Idol to be held on Friday, February 4, 2011 in Wellington, Florida, and everything will be new about it! The Idol event will feature a new format where the past Idol winners will pair up with contestants in a musical cabaret. Taylor Blauweiss, Ki-Juan Minors, Jen White Kane and Brian Lookabill are coming back to perform with Dianna Bricker, Hillary Dobbs, Casey Hodges and newcomers, Teaghan James and Robert...

USET Foundation Hosts Gold Medal Club Receptions at 2010 WEG

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 10/26/2010 3:41:00 PM

Phelps Media Group, Inc. International (Jack Wetzel, Jacqueline Ohrstrom and Bruce Duchossois at the USET Foundation's Gold Medal Club receptions. ) Gladstone, NJ - During the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), the United States Equestrian Team Foundation hosted two Gold Medal Club receptions. The events were held to thank Gold Medal Club donors and to honor the United States Equestrian Teams that were competing in eight different disciplines at WEG. The first reception was held on...

Order of Go Posted Online for Dressage by the Bay Fall Classic and Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 2 Dressage Championships

by Lauren Fisher for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Interna | 9/1/2010 12:32:00 PM

George Williams and Don Bailey will return to Traverse City to compete at the Dressage by the Bay Fa (Photo © 2010 Diana Hadsall) Traverse City, MI - September 1, 2010 - Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc. is pleased to announce that the orders of go and ride times are now posted online for the Dressage by the Bay Fall Classic and 2010 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 2 Dressage Championships. Ride times can be found by visiting https://www.horseshowsbythebay....

Steinberg Named USEF National Dressage Youth Coach

by From the USEF Dressage Department | 8/20/2010 1:09:00 PM

Jeremy Steinberg (Mary Cornelius) Lexington, KY - Accomplished High Performance Dressage competitor Jeremy Steinberg of Kirkland, WA has been appointed as the inaugural USEF National Dressage Youth Coach. The 1996 NAJYRC Gold Medalist, Steinberg's career developed from the Young Rider ranks into successfully training and competing horses at all levels from Young Horse to Grand Prix, including international competitions and the U.S. League Finals for the FEI World Cup. The USEF Youth Dressage...

USEF Awards Shetland Members With High Point Awards at 2010 Shetland Pony Congress Show

by From the American Shetland Pony Club | 8/19/2010 11:28:00 AM

Ardmore, OK – United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) members were given special recognition at the Shetland Pony Congress Show, where they not only topped their divisions but were also awarded USEF Shetland Member High Point Awards by the United States Equestrian Federation. Lori Nelson, Assistant Executive Director of the USEF, presented the awards to the winners at the 2010 Shetland Pony Congress Show held this month in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The winners received special ribbons from the USEF...