Entering its sixth year of competition, the Winter Equestrian Festival Equitation Championship for the R.W. Mutch Trophy is a showcase for the season’s top young riders. This year’s championship will be held during the CSIO**** United States – CN Finale on Saturday, March 12, 2005. The competition takes place in the afternoon as the featured event in the Grand Hunter Ring. The R. W. Mutch Educational Foundation sponsors the R. W. Equitation Classic. The trophy is named for Ronnie Mutch, a...

Equestrian fans can follow the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team like never before. The networks of NBC: NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Bravo, Telemundo and NBC HDTV will broadcast an unprecedented 1,210 hours – more than the past five Summer Olympics combined. The 24-hour coverage will include action from all 28 Summer Olympic sports for the first time, with equestrian events featured on NBC, USA, Bravo and CNBC. Over the 17 days of the Athens Games, the networks of NBC will average more than 70 hours of...

Saugerties, N.Y. - The United States Equestrian Federation/National Collegiate Equestrian Association Junior Hunter Seat Medal Final - East welcomed 18 aspiring collegiate riders on Saturday, September 11, with Paige Sherman (Pawling, N.Y.) coming out on top. Paige Sherman (Photo by ©ESI Photography) Eighteen-year-old Sherman is a student at Princeton University and rode Clint, Jenna Quarfordt's 2011 Holsteiner gelding, to the win. The pair has been working together since May and...

Wayne, Ill. – Horse-and-rider combinations have been doing their homework in preparation for the 14 national championships held at the 2020 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions, and it was evident in the first two classes of the show. In the first day of competition at HITS Chicago at Lamplight Equestrian Center, Endel Ots and Sonnenberg’s Everdance won the FEI Prix St. Georges Test, while Sara Hassler and Harmony’s Boitano took top honors in the FEI Intermediate II Test. USEF...

Mill Spring, N.C. - The ultimate in athlete to horse communication, the Four-in-Hand Combined Driving competition will include drivers maneuvering four horses through three phases over three days, starting with dressage, marathon, and cones all taking place Friday-Sunday, September 21 – 23, 2018. Misdee Wrigley Miller, one of only two women competitors in the entire driving competition, will take on the best men competitors from around the world. Fighting for medal contention, Wrigley...

Lexington, Ky. – For the first time in the history of the Platinum Performance/United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Green Hunter Incentive Championship, two champions were crowned last night at the Kentucky Horse Park. In the 3'/3'3" Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championship, Patricia Griffith (White Plains, N.Y.) piloted Endeavor, Callie Seaman’s nine-year-old Warmblood gelding, to the top spot and $23,321 in total prize money after three...

Schuyler Riley and Dobra De Porceyo ©LizCrawleyPhotography Mill Spring, NC - July 12, 2015 - A large crowd of spectators filled the stands to witness the $210,000 Asheville Regional Airport Grand Prix CSI 4* at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) on a beautiful summer evening in Mill Spring, NC. Schuyler Riley (USA) captured another big international win, adding back-to-back victories in the "Saturday Night Lights" Series aboard nine-year-old Dobra De Porceyo. The duo crossed the...

Victoria Colvin and BetterTimes ©BarryKosterPhotography. Mill Spring, NC - July 5, 2015 - Victoria Colvin of Loxahatchee, FL, continued her hot streak today with a win in the $15,000 Under 25 Grand Prix aboard BetterTimes, owned by Heritage Farm, at the conclusion of the Tryon Summer 2 show at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). Colvin and BetterTimes finished the jump-off with a time of 46.824 seconds, followed by Wilton Porter of Bartonville, TX, aboard Delinquent JX stopping the...

Devon, PA – Since 1978 more and more spectators, riders and trainers have enjoyed Dressage with the Experts. This year an over-ear style personal receiver allows you to follow all the commentary of some of the foremost experts in the world of dressage. Listen as they comment and give personal opinion and insight into the horse and rider during their performances. For only $35 (pre-ordered) or $40 on the day of the show, you get a behind the scenes perspective exclusive only to those with...

Devon, Pa. - Since 1978 more and more spectators, riders and trainers have enjoyed Dressage with the Experts. This year an over-ear style personal receiver allows you to follow all the commentary of some of the foremost experts in the world of dressage. Listen as they comment and give personal opinion and insight into the horse and rider during their performances. For only $35 (pre-ordered) or $40 on the day of the show, you get a behind the scenes perspective exclusive only to those with a...