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46th Menlo Charity Horse Show Invites Attendees on "Road to Rio"

by Menlo Charity Horse Show | 5/31/2016 10:48:04 AM

Winners of the $40,000 Bentley of San Francisco & Bentley of Los Gatos Grand Prix Mandy Porter & Eminent. (Alden Corrigan Media) Atherton, Calif. - Inspired by the 2016 Summer Olympics the 46th Menlo Charity Horse Show invites attendees on a fantastic journey to the vivacious Rio de Janeiro. The charm of the Menlo Circus Club and the sensational energy and color of Brazil are blended to bring the “Road to Rio” alive in show rings August 9th-14th from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m....

2016 Time to Ride Challenge Now Open for Registration

by Time To Ride | 4/7/2016 10:36:23 AM

Stables, clubs and businesses nationwide are invited to compete for $100,000 cash and prizes by growing their business. Washington, D.C., April 7th, 2016 - The Time to Ride Challenge, in its third year in 2016, is now open for registration. Stables, clubs, businesses, and all other horse professionals are welcomed to visit timetoride.com and take the first step towards growing their businesses by introducing new people to horses and expanding the entire industry. The Challenge will award...

Three Way Tie in Final Round of AEGT Talent Competition

by American Equestrians Got Talent | 2/12/2016 5:06:15 PM

Week 5 of the Americas Equestrians Got Talent competition again came down to the wire in the second round of competition this week sponsored by Gardy Bloemers, Wealth Management Advisor for Teaghan James Merrill Lynch. Seven competitors battled for those top three coveted spots in the second round only to end up in a three way tie after all the cheering from the audience was measured with the applause meter. The audience was warmed up with some of the winners from past week’s auditions...

FEI World Cup Las Vegas All-Session Tickets Now Available to the Public

by Classic Communications | 7/16/2014 1:01:33 PM

Las Vegas, Nev. - The FEI World CupTM Finals return to Las Vegas, April 15-19, 2015, marking the Finals' first time in the U.S. since 2009. The Thomas & Mack Center will host both the Longines FEI World CupTM Jumping Final and the Reem Acra FEI World CupTM Dressage Final. This marks the sixth time that Las Vegas has had the honor of hosting one of the world's most prestigious equestrian events. The public now has the opportunity to buy all-session tickets for both the Longines FEI...

FEI President Celebrates London 2012 Clean Games in Equestrian Sport

by FEI Communications | 8/16/2012 1:49:31 PM

FEI President HRH Princess Haya is proud to announce that London 2012 was a clean Games for equestrian sport, following confirmation that all human and equine samples taken during the Olympic equestrian events at Greenwich Park were negative. “The FEI had a really steep mountain to climb after Athens and Hong Kong, but we had a clean Youth Olympic Games, a clean FEI World Equestrian Games and now we’ve crowned it with a clean Olympic Games in London,” Princess Haya said....

Consistency is Key For Professional Performances on Second Day of Horse Shows by the Bay Series

by Horse Shows by the Bay | 7/6/2012 8:52:07 AM

Dynamic and Laura Pfeiffer. Traverse City, MI - As Horse Shows by the Bay continued its second day of fierce competition--again amid spectacular weather and conditions at the Flintfields Horse Park in Traverse City, Michigan--the key to success was consistency. While day one showcased an unprecedented number of sweeps in the professional hunter sections, with the same horse/rider combinations sweeping all three classes offered in their respective sections, today riders had to remain steadfast....

Hunters Showcase Trifecta on First Day of Horse Shows by the Bay Series

by Horse Shows by the Bay | 7/5/2012 8:40:09 AM

Shade and Katie Lambert-Boone. Traverse City, MI - Amid bright blue skies and perfect summer weather, thousands of participants from all over North America kicked off the Horse Shows By the Bay Series. Taking advantage of perfect conditions, the first day of professional hunter competition showcased an uncanny day of "Trifectas." In a rare feat, all four professional hunter divisions--First Year Green Working Hunter, Second Year Green/High Performance Hunter, Green Conformation Hunter and...

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...

The EQUUS Foundation Announces 2010 Grant Awards

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 9/1/2010 12:12:00 PM

WESTPORT, CT - August 31, 2010 - The Board of Directors of The EQUUS Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce the award of its 2010 grants to 60 charitable organizations that use the horse to benefit the public; promote the horse's health and welfare; and advance the equestrian sport. The EQUUS Foundation is dedicated to securing homes and useful lives for horses, enhancing the lives of people who benefit from horses, and educating the public on the significant impact horses have in our every...

2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week Seven Wrap-Up

by By Jennifer Wood | 3/4/2010 11:15:00 AM

Photo by Randi Muster (Katherine Schmidt was victorious in the USEF Show Jumping Talent Search.) The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) had a busy week of competition on February 24-28. The week featured the start of the USEF Selection Trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games along with a full schedule of hunter, jumper, and equitation classes. The week seven title sponsor was Fidelity Investments. It was a full night of show jumping and...