Richard Spooner and Cristallo won the CSI5* Grand Prix du Prix de Monaco. This was the fourth leg of the Global Champions Tour 2008. Spooner and the 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding sped around the course and picked up the win with a time of 38.99 seconds, only 0.02 seconds ahead of second place. Jeanne Hobbs won the Fourth Class at the FEI CSIO4* at Lipica, Slovenia. It was a 1.45 meter class with 58 starters. Hobbs was riding Night and Day 8, a 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding. In the Team...

The American Morgan Horse Association's "Team Morgan" is conducting an essay contest to promote the Morgan horse to equine-minded youth across the country and to raise funds for Team Morgan to travel to and host international equitation competitions. Copper Beech Morgans has graciously and generously offered the grand prize, a Morgan foal or young horse. The contest is open to any youth 21 years of age or younger interested in owning a Morgan horse. Each contestant will submit a completed...

The American Horse Council (AHC) will host the 2008 National Issues Forum June 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. This is an exciting opportunity to bring together industry leaders and participants to discuss important national equine issues. The general session on Tuesday, June 17, will feature sessions designed to educate horse organization leaders and individuals as to how they can be actively and effectively involved in the 2008 election process. Speakers include...

Nathalie Bouckaert Pollard on West Farthing during the Fair Hill International Three-Day Event (Shawn Hamilton) Fair Hill, MD – Nathalie Bouckaert Pollard proved the leader in the third day of eventing at Fair Hill, finishing the show jumping course of the 2005 USEF National Three-Star Eventing Championship to exuberant applause. The final ride on the 12-year-old British Sport Horse gelding, West Farthing, was good enough to clinch the overall win at the 2005 championship, which took...

Lexington, Ky. - The application deadline for the 2023 Driving and Para Driving World Championships is Thursday, June 15, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applications and additional information on the selection procedures are available here . The 2023 FEI Para Driving World Championship will take place in Exloo, Netherlands, from August 23-27. The 2023 FEI Driving World Championship for Ponies will take place in Oirschot, Netherlands, from August 30 – September 3. The 2023 FEI Driving World...

Lexington, Ky . – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the Long List for the 2016 FEI World Vaulting Championships for Seniors, including Individual, Pas-de-Deux, and Squad. By no later than August 2, 2016, the USEF will name three individual females and one alternate, three individual males and one alternate, two Pas de Deux combinations, and one Squad to the championships taking place August 17-21, 2016, in Le Mans, France. The following athletes have...

Toronto, Ontario – McLain Ward of the United States scored his third consecutive victory in the $132,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Toronto on Wednesday, November 11, at the Royal Horse Show®, h Mclain Ward of the United States and HH Azur jumped to victory in the $132,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Toronto on Wenesday, November 11 at the Royal Horse Show®. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography, www.benradvanyi.com eld as part of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in...

Boyd Martin and Trading Aces land after the final show jumping fence after putting in one of only eight double clear rounds (Hannah Bennet/USEA) Richland, MI - The weather gods were smiling on the CIC3* riders Friday afternoon at Richland Park as they took to the showjumping ring to tackle Mark Donovan’s proper three-star course. As inconvenient as the deluge was Thursday afternoon, it provided perfectly softened footing for the horses to spring off of Friday, and they needed every extra...

Lexington, KY - The United States will be represented by one horse-and-rider combination at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Test Event, August 16-18, 2013. The Le Haras National Du Pin CCI2* will be held at Haras du Pin in Caen, France. Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp (East Sussex, England) will ride her own nine-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding, HHS Cooley at the CCI2*. To learn more about the 2013 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France visit; https://www....

Lexington, KY - The following vaulters have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. in the 2012 FEI World Vaulting Championships, in Le Mans, France, August 13-19, 2012. The United States will be represented by the following vaulters: Individual Females (Name/Residence/Age) Mary McCormick/Woodside, CA/29 Alicen Divita/Redwood City, CA/23 Katharine Wick/Hillsborough, CA/19 Substitute Elizabeth Ioannou/Saratoga, CA/16 Individual Males Gabe...