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Saddle Seat Equitation Stars Align for USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final, ASHA Triple Crown Challenge

by Glenye Oakford | 7/3/2017 10:13:00 AM

Saddle seat equitation athletes will light up the ring at the Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show from July 3-8 at the Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky. The show features the USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final , a national championship event, which US Equestrian members can watch on the USEF Network on July 5 at 5:30 p.m. ET. There’s also a rare opportunity to see Saddle Seat Equitation Triple Crown winners meet in a single class established by the American Saddlebred Horse...

Anna Ford Named 2015 EQUUS Foundation/USEF Humanitarian Award Recipient

by EQUUS Foundation | 1/21/2016 11:17:00 AM

Anna Ford, Program Director of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program in Marysville, Ohio, was honored as the 2015 recipient of the EQUUS Foundation/USEF Humanitarian Award at the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Pegasus Awards Dinner on Friday, January 15, 2016, during the Federation's Annual Meeting in Lexington Kentucky. Anna Ford and Lynn Coakley Presented to Anna Ford by Chrystine Tauber, USEF President (left) and Lynn Coakley, EQUUS Foundation, President (right), the...

Eduardo Menezes Masters the $35,000 Las Vegas FEI Welcome Speed Classic, presented by Park Place Foundation - Fifty-Seven Starters Representing Thirteen Countries Compete

by Blenheim News | 11/13/2015 2:22:05 PM

Las Vegas, NV - German Course designer Olaf Petersen, Jr. set a track that required precision and speed from both horse and rider in order to earn a top spot in the $35,000 Las Vegas FEI Welcome Speed Classic, presented by Park Eduardo Menezes and Quintol Place Foundation. Serving as a qualifier for Saturday's $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Las Vegas, presented by Interactive Mortgage, riders had their eye on a chance to compete for valuable World Cup™ points by...

Certified Horsemanship Association Awards CHA School Horse of the Year Award to Purebred Polish Arabian Sir Dar from Experience Equus in Aledo, Texas

by Arabian Horse Association | 11/10/2015 9:25:26 AM

It wasn’t just people that won at this year’s CHA Awards Banquet during the CHA International Conference in Amarillo, TX on October 24, 2015. One special horse won an award and four additional finalists had a spotlight shone on what they do in their careers as school horses. Out of the five school horses nominated for the CHA School Horse of the Year Award sponsored by Stone Model Horses, it was Sir Dar who captured the final honors for Experience Equus of Aledo, TX. The award was...

Adrienne Sternlicht Wins Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series Final

by Classic Communications | 11/3/2015 2:44:09 PM

Adrienne Sternlicht and Providence (Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - Adrienne Sternlicht, of Greenwich, CT, won the Show Jumping Hall of Fame (SJHF) Jumper Classic Series Final at the National Horse Show at the Kentucky Horse Park on October 31. Riding her 8-year-old mare Providence, owned by Starlight Farms, Sternlicht topped a field of 32 horses, 11 of which made it to the jump-off. Sternlicht then rode Providence to the only fault-free ride in the jump off, finishing...

Follow the Foal: Toschufro TT Dressage at Devon 2015

by Ginny Simon for Dressage at Devon | 5/12/2015 2:43:47 PM

Toschufro TT (Jason Bannister) Devon, PA – Each year, Dressage at Devon (DAD) selects a foal to follow on its path to the Breed Show at DAD where hundreds of colts and fillies show each year. Each foal is the product of careful breeding and watchful tending as they, hopefully, grow into champions. This year, we will follow Toschufro TT (Totilas x Baba x Don Schufro), an inquisitive, leggy, bay colt with a white star, born on January 1, 2015. Breeding “For my first breeding ever, I...

Christopher Payne and Harlan Victorious in National Hunter Derby at Kentucky Spring Classic

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/18/2014 7:23:33 AM

Christopher Payne and Harlan (E. Riden/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - Christopher Payne and Harlan were the first to go in today's $5,000 Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby, and they laid down a score of 92 to set a standard that would not be beat. Their score held up as the highest in the opening round of the derby at the Kentucky Spring Classic and put them on track to eventually clinch the victory. The win today at the Kentucky Horse Park puts Payne two for two in the 2014...

Step Up to Support the 2014 Saddle Seat World Cup Competition

by USEF National Affiliates Department | 3/14/2014 10:34:05 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States is hosting the 2014 Saddle Seat World Cup competition during the Blue Ridge Classic Horse Show in Asheville, NC July 20-25. This is an excellent opportunity for you to volunteer your services, offer a horse for use in the competition, or make a donation to support this prestigious event. Volunteer Volunteering at the Saddle Seat World Cup is a great way for equestrian enthusiasts to get involved and find out what the program is all about. You can attend...

Sarah Nieman Wins $10,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame West Coast Championship

by Classic Communications | 11/20/2013 2:01:30 PM

Sarah Nieman winner of the $10,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame West Coast Championship (Amy McCool) Lexington, Ky. - Sarah Nieman of Coquitlam, BC, Canada and her mount Danton won the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series West Coast Championship, held at the Las Vegas National Horse Show. Prior to the Championship Final in Las Vegas, the 2013 West Conference regular season came to a close at the L.A. National Horse Show. Eduardo Sanchez Navarro and Virgo topped the Amateur-Owner...

Lars Petersen Wins (and More from Dressage at Devon Day 5)

by Project Marketing, Inc. | 9/29/2013 8:58:42 AM

Devon, PA - Under sunshine and stars spectators at Dressage at Devon were treated to impressive rides. FEI Freestyle Grand Prix Open Lars Petersen and Mariett (Hoof Print Images) Lars Petersen, an American-based former Danish Olympic rider, and Mariett (Come Back II x Zendi), a Danish bay mare, wowed the audience with an impressive 76.975 scoring ride in the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle. “The horse keeps getting better and stronger,” said Petersen. Dressage judge Axel Steiner said he...