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USET Foundation Trustees Tuny Page and Kim Boyer Host Donor Reception to Honor Riders and Thank Supporters

by Alyson Sanderford/Phelps Media Group, Inc. Interna | 1/12/2011 10:50:00 AM

Hosts Tuny and David Page and Kim and Fredrick Boyer w/Steffen Peters and Todd Flettrich (Photo by Heather Bellock/PMG) Wellington, FL - Tuny and David Page and Kim and Fredrick Boyer hosted a cocktail reception on January 8 for the United States Equestrian Team Foundation at the Page residence in Wellington, FL. The evening's events were held to honor those who support the sport of Dressage through the USET Foundation and give them the opportunity to meet and mingle with the athletes who...

Meagan Davis to Represent U.S. at FEI World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders

by Joanie Morris | 11/3/2010 11:37:00 AM

Meagan Davis and Bentley (SusanJStickle.com Photo) Lexington, KY – USEF National Young Rider Dressage Champion Meagan Davis (Stone Ridge, NY) has bested the United States rankings for the FEI World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders and has earned the invitation to represent the United States in Frankfurt, Germany for the Final, to be held December 15-19, 2010. Twenty-one year-old Davis will ride Bentley a horse on which she has found success throughout the levels. Bentley, a 17-year-old...

Burnett Remains Perfect to Win CCI3*; Montgomery Dominates CCI2*at USEF National Eventing Championships at Dansko Fair Hill International

by Joanie Morris | 10/17/2010 4:26:00 PM

Clark Montgomery Wins From Gate to Wire with Loughan Glen (Stockimageservices.com) Elkton, MD - There was a plenty at stake at the Dansko Fair Hill International, as 44 CCI2* horses and 24 CCI3* horses went to task in the USEF National Eventing Championships over Sally Ike's show jumping courses on a perfect October day. Hannah Burnett did something no one has ever done, the 2009 National CCI2* Champion returned to Fair Hill with Richard Thompson's St. Barths and finished on her dressage score...

U.S. Vaulting Team Geared Up to Compete at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by Leah Oliveto | 10/5/2010 8:42:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The Horse Inspection for the Vaulting World Championships at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games took place this morning. In total, 55 horses were presented as both teams and individual vaulters may compete on the same horse. In the Individual Men's and Women's Competition there will be 56 vaulters and 37 horses that will represent 19 countries; 12 countries will compete as teams. Of the 55 horses presented, five were held and three passed upon re-inspection. Unfortunately,...

Week One Wrap-up from the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by Brian Sosby and USEF Staff | 10/1/2010 2:38:00 PM

U.S. Team Supporters Look On at the Games. (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF.) Lexington, KY - Week One of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games proved to be an exciting and action-packed experience for the thousands of fans who witnessed the international competition firsthand. The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, welcomed visitors beginning Saturday, September 25. ENDURANCE The 100-mile endurance race was the first competition to award medals. More than 110 horses from 30 nations...

Reem Acra to be Presenting Sponsor of Eventing World Championships, Champions Club at Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by Amy Walker | 9/7/2010 4:05:00 PM

Lexington, KY - Internationally-renowned fashion designer Reem Acra will be a presenting sponsor of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The Games will feature world championships in eight equestrian sports at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park September 25-October 10. Reem Acra will be the presenting sponsor of the Eventing World Championships, as well as the presenting sponsor of the Champions Club, the most exclusive offering of the event’s hospitality program. Reem Acra designs will be...

New ZIMECTERIN® Gold (ivermectin/praziquantel)

by Merial Limited | 9/1/2010 11:14:00 AM

DULUTH, Ga. — August 2010 —Bluntly challenging more than four decades of conventional wisdom, Merial today announced a new equine educational campaign urging horse owners to stop arbitrarily utilizing year-round or rotational deworming programs. Instead, horse owners and veterinarians should collaborate to apply the dwindling supply of effective deworming products more strategically – and more effectively. “Multiple studies from across the country have shown entire classes of dewormers are no...

Kentucky Horse Park Executive Director John Nicholson Receives Ninth Annual Equine Industry Vision Award

by By Rebecca Pitcher | 6/24/2010 12:29:00 PM

Photo Courtesy Equine Resources International (John Nicholson) Pfizer Animal Health and American Horse Publications (AHP) presented John Nicholson with the ninth annual Equine Industry Vision Award at a ceremonial breakfast held during the AHP 2010 40th Anniversary Seminar in Lexington, KY. Established in 2002, the Equine Industry Vision Award was the first of its kind to showcase innovation and recognize ingenuity and service across the entire equine market. Nicholson has earned this honor for...

Rick Ford to Manage the Southwest Reining Horse Association Online Stallion Auction

by By Cheryl Magoteux | 5/28/2010 11:20:00 AM

Cinder Lakes Ranch and Reproduction Center Manager Rick Ford will head up the 2010-2011 Southwest Reining Horse Association (SWRHA) Online Stallion Auction. Implemented in 2006, the Online Stallion Auction is one of the most successful in the reining industry and has helped the Futurity become the eighth largest added-money reining event, according to Quarter Horse News . SWRHA President Jack Covington, who was the driving force behind the creation of the auction and managed the auction since...

Verdugo Hills/Lake View 4 Show Fun for Everyone

by By Marnye Langer | 5/27/2010 9:43:00 AM

The sun over Hansen Dam shone on a packed parking lot and a whole crowd of smiling faces for the fourth in the Verdugo Hills/Lake View show series May 15-16. The momentum has been building in these shows over the year, and last weekend’s large turnout made for a great weekend of competition. “The weather was perfect for this show weekend, and it was so nice to see so many trailers in the parking lot and a significant increase in the amount of entries,” said trainer Sandrine Seifert of D&D...