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Athletes Announced for 2022 USEF Horsemastership Training Series

by U.S. Equestrian Communications Department | 12/30/2021 1:37:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the participants for the upcoming 2022 Horsemastership Training Series. The first in-person session is set to take place at Equestrian Village in Wellington, Fla. from January 6-9. The USEF Horsemastership Training Series will provide both mounted and unmounted instruction and educational opportunities to selected athletes and is designed to identify and develop the next generation of top U.S. Jumping team athletes. The 2022...

Athletes Announced for First Session of 2021 USEF Horsemastership Training Series

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 1/12/2021 2:55:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the selected athletes for the first session of the 2021 USEF Horsemastership Training Series to be hosted at Equestrian Village at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival grounds in Wellington, Fla., from January 14-17, 2021. The USEF Horsemastership Training Series will take on an enhanced format structure in 2021, offering both in-person and online instruction with selected athletes throughout the duration of the year, and is...

Athlete Applications Open for the 2020 Adequan®/ FEI North American Youth Championships for Dressage and Jumping

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 3/5/2020 12:30:00 PM

Lexington, Ky . - Youth athletes are invited to apply to the Adequan/Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) North American Youth Championships (NAYC) for Dressage and Jumping. The NAYC is a historic annual event aimed to provide aspiring elite athletes with the opportunity to gain valuable team competition experience in a championship atmosphere, representing their region or zone alongside a group of their peers. This year, the NAYC for Dressage and Jumping will be held at the...

Beezie Madden and Nick Haness Named 2019 Equestrians of the Year at Pegasus Awards Presented by Adequan®

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 1/11/2020 1:10:00 AM

West Palm Beach, Fla. – US Equestrian is pleased to share that Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) has been voted the 2019 International Equestrian of the Year and Nick Haness (Temecula, Calif.) has been voted the 2019 National Equestrian of the Year. Madden and Haness were presented with the Robert P. Strub Trophy at the Pegasus Awards presented by Adequan® during the US Equestrian Annual Meeting. International Equestrian of the Year Beezie Madden, 2019 International Equestrian of the...

Reigning Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final Champion Madden Leads U.S. Jumping Contingent to Gothenburg

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/3/2019 6:06:00 AM

Madden and Breitling LS (Photo by Andrea Evans/US Equestrian) Gothenburg, Sweden – Top American jumpers are qualified, prepared, and ready to compete at the 2019 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final, April 3-7 at the Gothenburg Horse Show in the Scandanavium Arena alongside three of the U.S.’s top dressage combinations. With the reigning Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final champion and runner-up in tow, the U.S. contingent will face some of the world’s toughest competition as...

Four-Footed "Professors" Partner with Young Riders at Adequan® FEI North American Youth Championships Presented by Gotham North

by Edited press release from The Event at Rebecca Farm press team | 7/20/2018 1:44:00 AM

KALISPELL, Mont. - Sometimes the most important lessons come from an unexpected source. Such is the case for many of today's leading riders in the first day of competition at the Adequan FEI North American Youth Championships presented by Gotham North (NAYC), which is running concurrently with The 2018 Event at Rebecca Farm. The 2018 NAYC is host to a star-studded cast of equines and their young riders this year, featuring horses who have competed at eventing's highest levels of...

Nick Novak and Climbus Capture $25,000 Welcome Stake Win at GLEF Week IV

by Phelps Media Group | 7/29/2016 9:33:25 PM

Nick Novak and Climbus win the $25,000 Welcome Stake at the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival Week IV. (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, Mich. - Nick Novak finally overcame his five-year drought on Friday afternoon at the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF). For years, he has fallen just shy of the victory, taking the backseat to the winner's circle. During Week IV of GLEF, the drought came to an end for Novak, and as the old saying goes, "when it rains, it pours." Novak...

2015 Lake Placid Horse Shows Get Underway; Nation's Top Hunter and Jumper Riders Compete for Top Prize Money

by Marty Bauman | 6/23/2015 5:11:39 PM

Laura Chapot is one of the many top riders in town for the 2015 Lake Placid Horse Show (The Book LLC) Lake Placid, New York - The 46th annual Lake Placid Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC, got underway on Tuesday. Many of the nation's best hunter and jumper riders have arrived at the North Elba Show Grounds as the Lake Placid Horse Shows are again hosting three fantastic weeks of top horse show competition beginning at 8:00 AM daily. The Lake Placid Horse Show runs June 23-28,...

Devon Horse Show & Country Fair Day Two; Cunniffe, Boyle, Rinaldi, and Deslauriers Claim Top Honors

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/23/2014 10:50:07 PM

Devon, PA - The 2014 Devon Horse Show & Country Fair hosted its second day of competition on Friday with the conclusion of junior equitation classes and the first day of pony hunter divisions. Showcasing the best horses and riders in the country, the Devon Horse Show hosts 11 days of top-tier competition across multiple breeds and disciplines in Devon, PA, through Sunday, June 1. Caitlin Boyle and Clearway in their winning presentation. Photo © The Book LLC. On Friday, the junior exhibitors...

Final U.S. Para-Dressage World Equestrian Games Qualifier Completed at the Golden State Dressage Classic CPEDI3*

by Lindsay McCall | 4/8/2014 1:05:59 PM

USA Riders at the Golden State Dressage Classic CPEDI3* (Left to Right) Elizabeth Traband, Holly Bergay, Deborah Stanitski, Kate Shoemaker, Susan Treabess, Ashleigh Flores-Simmons, Chef d'Equipe Kai Handt, and up front is U.S. Air Force Veteran Derrick Perkins. (John Stevenson) Rancho Mureieta, Calif. - The pressure was on at the Golden State Dressage Classic CPEDI3* for many U.S. para-dressage athletes looking to qualify for the World Equestrian Games. From April 4-6, 2014, riders from Grade...