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Bring Your Love of Horses Home

by Mary Cox | 3/5/2012 9:43:28 AM

Some tips from Equestrian Interior Designer Mary Cox Whether you live in a small apartment or a large spacious home you can bring your love of horses home, without bringing your horse home too. For most of us our home is our sanctuary – a place to retreat from life’s stress and re-charge our batteries. A thoughtfully planned interior creates feelings that re-energize us while a poorly planned interior can have us feeling frustrated and stressed. In riding, when there is harmony...

NRHA Futurity – Jordan Larson Takes Level 4 Open Composite Lead; Mandy McCutcheon Takes Non Pro Futurity Lead with a 220; Antifaev and Hanson Earn Adequan® NAAC Titles

by National Reining Horse Association | 12/1/2010 2:27:00 PM

Oklahoma City, OK – November 30, 2010 – The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma held two more championship classes on Monday, November 29 – the NAAC Open and Intermediate Open classes. In addition, the show welcomed the 2nd go, 1st section of the $170,000 added NRHA Open Futurity and 1st go, 2nd section of the $105,000 added Cinch / NRHA Non Pro Futurity. Andrea Fappani and Jordan Larson...

Flarida Holds Open Lead at End of First Go Round; Smith Leads Non Pro Section; Archer Wins Two NAAC Titles

by National Reining Horse Association | 12/1/2010 1:47:00 PM

Oklahoma City, OK – November 28, 2010 – Shawn Flarida and Shine Chic Shine still hold a convincing lead at the conclusion of the first go of the $170,000 added NRHA Open Futurity competition at the 2010 NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show being held now through December 4 at Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. Flarida rode the three-year-old stallion by Smart Chic Olena, owned by Amabile & Strusiner of Grandview, Texas, to a 227.5 in Saturday’s third...

Elli Yeager & Copperfield 39 Victorious in 2020 Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search – East

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/18/2020 5:03:00 PM

Mill Spring, N.C. – Elli Yeager (18) and Copperfield 39 topped the leaderboard following four phases and three days of competition at the 2020 Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search – East hosted at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). Ava Stearns (19) of Chilmark, Mass. and Acer K, a nine-year-old Warmblood gelding owned by North Run, secured reserve champion honors for the second year in a row, while Zayna Rizvi (15) of Wellington, Fla. and Finnick, a 14-year-old...

Rich Fellers and Flexible Take Home the Title in the $50,000 OSPHOS Grand Prix

by HITS Horse Shows | 3/2/2016 10:16:31 AM

Rich Fellers and Flexible on their way to a $50,000 OSPHOS Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Desert Circuit V at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California, concluded with Sunday’s $50,000 Grand Prix sponsored by OSPHOS. Thirty-Six elite competitors battled it out for the chance to wear the long blue ribbon in the victory gallop and a share of the $50,000 purse. Anderson Lima, of Brazil, designed a demanding 16-effort course. Only six would jump the course fault-free...

Brannigan Maintains CIC3* Lead, Kieffer Leads Preparation Event After Show Jumping at the Land Rover Great Meadow International presented by Adequan

by USEF Communications | 6/20/2015 9:36:05 PM

The Plains, Va . – The final Preparation Event for the U.S. Pan American Eventing Team and Alternates continued this evening with show jumping at the Land Rover Great Meadow International presented by Adequan. Going to task over the Richard Jeffery designed track, eight U.S. team and alternate combinations competed in the Preparation Event division with fences heights at 1.20m, while three combinations entered the CIC3*. The Preparation Event leaderboard remained relatively unchanged with...

First 2014 USEF Developing Driver Clinic Set to Begin

by USEF Communications Department | 2/24/2014 1:40:40 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The first clinic of the 2014 Developing Driver Program (DDP) will take place at the Grand Oaks in Weirsdale, Fla., February 28 - March 2, 2014. Thorsten Zarembowicz of Germany, 2010 Singles World Champion and eighth-place finisher at the 2013 Pair World Championships, will teach the clinic. Participants will hone their skills in the dressage, marathon, and cones phases throughout the three-day clinic. The following drivers have been selected to participate in the clinic:...

Randolph College Continues Support for USEF National Junior Jumper Championships and Pessoa/US National Hunter Seat Medal Finals

by USEF Communications Department | 10/8/2013 11:45:13 AM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that Randolph College of Lynchburg, Va., returns as the Title Sponsor of the USEF National Junior Jumper Championships and the Presenting Sponsor of the Pessoa/US National Hunter Seat Medal Finals. This year marks the fourth consecutive year of Randolph College's sponsorship. The Randolph College USEF National Junior Jumper Championships takes place October 10-13, while the Pessoa/US National Hunter Seat...

Vaulting Coach Bree Krebel Joins 2012 Western States Horse Expo Clinician Lineup

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 4/9/2012 4:11:17 PM

Vaulter Bree Krebel will be a featured clinician at the 2012 Western States Horse Expo (Western States Horse Expo) Sacramento, CA - The Western States Horse Expo is pleased to announce that vaulting coach Bree Krebel will be a featured clinician during year's event. Krebel has recently created a new program, "Vaulting for Equestrians," which she hopes will help develop new programs across the country. The Western States Horse Expo is scheduled for June 8-10, 2012 at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds...

Randolph College Pledges Continued Support of USEF National Junior Jumper Championships and Pessoa/USEF National Hunter Seat Medal Finals

by USEF Communications Department | 10/4/2011 5:30:15 PM

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that Randolph College of Lynchburg, VA, has signed on again this year as the title sponsor of the USEF National Junior Jumper Championships, as well as presenting sponsor of the Pessoa/USEF National Hunter Seat Medal Finals. "Randolph College is excited to sponsor high caliber events such as the USEF National Junior Jumper Championships and the Pessoa/USEF National Hunter Seat Medal Finals," shared Tamara...