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Prize Lists Now Available for Fall Championships at Tryon International Equestrian Center

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/28/2020 10:39:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. – The prize lists for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, featuring the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals, Neue Schule/USEF Junior Jumper National Championships, the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals–East, and Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) Championship Finals are now available online. Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Mill Spring, N.C., was selected as the best location to host these championships due...

News Flash: McLain Ward Is World #1 on Longines FEI Jumping Rankings

by USEF Communications Department | 6/3/2016 11:00:30 AM

Lexington, Ky. - Following spectacular performances in May, McLain Ward is now number one in the world on the Longines FEI Jumping Rankings. Ward (Brewster, N.Y.) accumulated seven FEI wins throughout the month of May, moving up from fourth in the standings from April. Compatriot Kent Farrington (Wellington, Fla.) remains in sixth place in the standings, while Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) sits just outside the top ten in 11th place. View the full Longines FEI Jumping Rankings .

Kirk Webby Wins $25,000 Swan Lake Fall Festival Grand Prix

by Phelps Media Group | 8/31/2015 3:58:11 PM

Kirk Webby and Brando Du Rouet (Emily Riden/Phelps Media Group) Littlestown, Pa. - The win in Saturday evening's $25,000 Swan Lake Fall Festival Grand Prix all came down to the wire - and at the wire it all came down to just over a second in time. It was the last pair in the ring, Kirk Webby and Brando Du Rouet, who won the race against the clock to claim the victory in an exciting finish to the highlight event at the Swan Lake Fall Festival. In addition to Webby and Brando Du Rouet, four...

Proposals Now Being Accepted for USEF Eventing Show Jumping Coach

by USEF Communications Department | 11/22/2013 12:05:14 PM

Lexington, Ky - The United States Equestrian Federation and the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team have begun the search for an Eventing Show Jumping Coach. This individual will be responsible for evaluating and improving the show jumping skills of training-listed riders and the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team. This individual will report directly to Team Coach, David O’Connor. To learn more about the USEF Eventing Jumping Coach click here . Individuals interested in serving as the USEF Eventing...

Capital Challenge Horse Show Welcomes the Country's Best

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 9/30/2013 6:09:50 PM

The Show Place Arena offers one of the best indoor horse show environments in the United States (Jennifer Wood Media, Inc.) Upper Marlboro, MD – The Capital Challenge Horse Show kicked off hunter competition today at the Prince George's Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. Within its span of two decades, the Capital Challenge Horse Show has set itself apart with a distinct and unique focus on preeminent hunter competition among its many other advancements in the industry. The show...

Watch The New England Morgan Horse Show Live All Week

by Andrew Minnick | 7/23/2013 11:16:25 AM

USEF Network is broadcasting the New England Morgan Horse Show live from the Tri-County Fairgrounds all week. Full coverage from every day of the show (through Saturday July 27) will be streamed live on the USEF Network coverage page: https://www.usefnetwork.com/featured/2013NewEnglandMorganHorseShow/ .The #NEMHS is now in it's seventy-fourth year. A full schedule of classes each day will include classic pleasure driving, classic pleasure saddle, english pleasure, equitation, hunter...

Equestrian Sport Productions Spring 4 Horse Show Wrap-Up: May 4-6, 2012

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/9/2012 8:38:00 AM

Wellington, FL - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) wrapped up its fourth week of the 2012 spring horse show series at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) this week. The ESP Spring 4 show ran May 4-6 featuring "A" rated hunter and 3-star jumper competition. The five-show spring series will conclude this week with ESP's Spring 5 horse show on May 12-13 featuring "C" rated hunter and 3-star jumper competition. Highlights will include a $1,500 NAL Child/Adult Jumper Classic...

Yoder Wins USEF National Pair Championship; Temple, Matheson and Stroud Win USEF Pony Championships

by Ann L. Pringle | 3/27/2011 3:27:00 PM

Ocala, FL - Joe Yoder driving Jack Wetzel’s pair of Gelderlanders won his first USEF National Pair Championship Sunday at the CAI Live Oak. After finishing second in dressage and winning the marathon, Yoder went into the final Cones phase with a 15-point lead over Katherin Dancer. Three balls down incurred 12 penalties for the young man who just recently relocated from Bozeman, Montana, to Aiken, SC, to drive for Wetzel. Yoder squeaked in just under the 3 minute time allowed to secure his win....

Showplace Productions Begins Winter Series at Ledges

by CJ Cohick for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Internation | 12/7/2010 2:39:00 PM

Ledges indoor (Courtesy of Showplace Productions ) Wayne, IL - December 5, 2010 - Showplace Productions is proud to announce the commencement of the 2010-2011 Ledges Winter Series, with 10 shows spanning from December to April at Ledges Sporting Horses in Roscoe, IL. Ledges offers a great respite from the typical Midwest winter with a 72,000-square-foot heated indoor facility and designated trailer parking lot. In addition to 275 stalls, there are also two viewing sky decks, boasting vendors,...

Hunterdon Cup Preview

by By the United States Hunter Jumper Association | 7/22/2010 1:09:00 PM

Some of the top up-and-coming junior riding talent in the United States will be bound for the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, August 4 for the Essex Classics/United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Hunterdon Equitation Cup Classic, held as part of the USEF East Coast Junior Hunter Finals. The Hunterdon Cup Classic is open to any rider that is an active USHJA junior member and has won a USEF Medal, ASPCA Maclay, USEF Show Jumping Talent Search, or WIHS Classic through July 1 of the...