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The seventh AEGT Audition is on Wednesday!

by Phelps Media Group | 2/23/2016 3:07:24 PM

American Equestrians Got Talent has its sixth audition of the season on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7:45 p.m. at the White Horse Fashion Cuisine and it is open to the public! Plan to arrive around 6:30 p.m. to ensure efficient food service before the show begins. Olympian Lauren Hough is a Week 7 AEGT Judge. Photo by Rebecca Walton. American Equestrians Got Talent is excited to announce this week's judges: Michael Apuzzo , principal dancer for Paul Taylor Captain Mark Phillips : former Olympic...

Jennifer Alfano and SBS Farms Turn Heads in the Sunshine State from Ocala to Wellington

by Phelps Media Group | 2/16/2016 5:09:15 PM

Hunt Tosh rode Jennifer Alfano's Candid to the Regular Conformation Hunter Championship during the HITS IV* Ocala Winter Classic. (Phelps Media Group) Wellington, Fla. - SBS Farms, Inc. is no newcomer to the winner's circle, and during the HITS IV* Ocala Winter Classic, their success only continued. With riders in both Ocala and Wellington, Florida, SBS Farms is turning heads and collecting tricolors across both Florida winter circuits. Unfortunately, leading up to the fourth week of HITS...

Graves and Verdades Go Two for Two in CDI 5* Competition at AGDF 5

by Carly Weilminster and Allison Kavey | 2/14/2016 1:18:12 AM

Wellington, FL - February 13, 2016 - The FEI Grand Prix Special CDI 5*, presented by Diamante Farms, concluded FEI CDI 5* competition today at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival at Palm Laura Graves and Verdades (SusanJStickle.com) Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Laura Graves (USA) and Verdades added another win to their week, as the duo scored a 74.667% to best the class. Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven (SWE) and Benetton Dream finished in second with a 72.412%, while Belinda...

Tryon International Equestrian Center Releases Highly Anticipated 2016 Tryon Spring Series Dates

by Tryon International Equestrian Center News | 2/2/2016 11:11:15 PM

Mill Spring, NC - February 2, 2016 - Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) and Tryon Resort will welcome equestrian competitors back to the rolling hills of western North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains in early April, as the 2016 ©MegBanks/TIEC Tryon Spring Series dates have been finalized and are now available online at www.tryon.com . The Tryon Spring Series will begin on Friday, April 8, and continue with eight weeks of world-class equestrian events featuring two FEI CSI 3*...

Tryon International Equestrian Center Announces Partnership with The United States Pony Clubs That Will Bring Championships East to North Carolina in July 2016

by Tryon International Equestrian Center | 2/1/2016 10:54:25 AM

(United States Pony Clubs) Mill Spring, N.C. - Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) is proud to announce the initiation of a major partnership between the venue and The United States Pony Clubs Inc., that will bring the 2016 Pony Club (USPC) Championships East to the expanding equestrian center for the first time ever in July 2016. The USPC Championships East will begin on Wednesday, July 27, and conclude on Sunday, July 31, as multiple disciplines will be showcased throughout the week,...

Jumpers Compete for the Money in the Close of HITS Desert Circuit I Featuring the $50,000 Back On Track Grand Prix

by HITS Horse Shows | 1/27/2016 3:41:54 PM

Nicole Haunert and NJK No Regret on their way to a $50,000 Back On Track Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Desert Circuit I at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California, came to a grand close with Sunday’s Grand Prix sponsored by Back On Track. Riders and horses battled it out for a shot at glory and a slice of the $50,000 prize purse. Olaf Petersen, Jr. of Muenchen, Germany, designed a challenging course for the $50,000 Back On Track Grand Prix. Twenty-eight tested...

USET Foundation Awards Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant to Jenny Caras

by Phelps Media Group | 1/6/2016 4:59:26 PM

Gladstone, N.J. - The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded the 2016 Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant to eventing rider Jenny Caras of Cartersville, Georgia. Jenny Caras and Fernhill Fortitude at 2015 Fair Hill. (Shannon Brinkman) The Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant is awarded through the USET Foundation Amanda Pirie Warrington Fund. In 2015, 19-year-old Caras, with her talented mount Fernhill Fortitude, took the eventing world by storm as one of...

USEF Announces Dates and Locations for 2016 USEF Dressage National Championships

by USEF Communications Department | 12/10/2015 5:08:30 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the dates and locations for the 2016 USEF Dressage National Championships. Similar to the 2015 format, the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp. will be divided between two competitions. The Pony Rider, Junior, Young Rider, and Young Adult Brentina Cup Championships will coincide with the Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships taking place at the...

Ten More Riders Return Home as National Champions After Final Day of US Dressage Finals Presented By Adequan®

by Yellow Horse Marketing for the US Dressage Finals | 11/9/2015 1:53:47 PM

Lexington, Ky. - Adult amateur riders showing off their Third Level freestyles were first in the Alltech Arena early Sunday morning, but it was the final competitor down centerline who impressed the judges the most on the last day of national championship action at the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, held November 5-8, 2015 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Julie McCrady won the Third Level Freestyle Adult Amateur Championship with her home-bred Hanoverian mare...

Olivia Dorey And Ali Baba B Are The Best In $5,000 NAL Low Jr/AO Jumper Final Presented By Ultroz Inc.

by Classic Communications | 10/17/2015 10:49:05 AM

Olivia Dorey And Ali Baba B Win $5,000 NAL Low Jr/AO Jumper Final Presented By Ultroz Inc. (Al Cook - www.alcookphoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - Olivia Dorey, 23, from Sudbury.MA, and her horse Ali Baba B won the $5,000 North American League (NAL) Low Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Final a the 70th Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Dorey and Ali Baba B, a seven year old gelding, were one of six horse and rider combinations to go clear over the first course to advance to the jump off round. Many of the...