Lexington, KY - Competitors from across the United States are at the Kentucky Horse Park to take part in the USEF National One-Star Eventing Championships this weekend. The championships are held as part of the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge October 18-21. Nineteen U.S. competitors are ready to take part in the CCI1* with all horses passing the first horse inspection. Valerie Vizcarrondo (Harwood, MD) and Fernhill Whatever are coming off of a third place finish in the...

Molly Cole and Newport were the WIHS Regional Horse Show Hunter Grand Champions. (Jennifer Wood Media, Inc.) Washington, D.C. - The 2012 WIHS Regional Horse Show & USHJA Zone 3 Finals will take place on October 19-21 at Prince George's Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. The show is now “C” rated by the USEF and offers fantastic competition for local riders. A very popular stop on the local horse show circuit, the WIHS Regional also offers an alternative way for area...

Jaclyn Pepper is on of four young riders selected for the 2012 Olympic Dream Program(Laura Price) Lincoln, NE –Four young riders have been selected for the 2012 Olympic Dream Program that annually sends young riders to Europe for an intensive 10-day dressage experience. The program is administered and funded annually by The Dressage Foundation (TDF). An independent selection committee, after reviewing dozens of applications, chose Nicole DelGiorno (NJ), Catherine Chamberlain (AZ), Jaclyn...

Wellington, FL - Transplanted Australian dressage rider Ilse Schwarz and Don Joseph were the High Score Award winners on the first day of the Global Dressage Festival National 2 Horse Show receiving 72.581% in the First Level Test 3 - Open on Tuesday. Christopher Hickey of Colora, MD and Hilltop Farm's Balissa HTF took top honors for the remaining two days at the Stadium show grounds of the Global Dressage Festival (GDF) earning 75.323% in the USEF First Level Test 3 - Open on Wednesday and...

Samantha Senft Secures the Ariat National Adult Medal Victory Aberdeen and Andres Rodriguez (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Venezuela's Andres Rodriguez had a great morning at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on Friday, earning the top two prizes in the $1,500 Adequan Seven-Year-Old Young Jumper Qualifier. Week four of the FTI WEF runs February 1-5, and is sponsored by Adequan. The Budweiser Clydesdales will be making two appearances at the FTI WEF this week. The first will...

Wellington, FL – Joe Fargis may be best known for winning the 1984 Olympic individual gold medal on Touch of Class, but the veteran jumper rider who has had tremendous success over the past five decades is also the proud owner of Sandron Farm, in Middleburg, Virginia. Thanks to a beautiful tack room setup at their home-away-from- home barn on the show grounds of the Winter Equestrian Festival, Fargis and Sandron Farm took home the World Development Group Tack Room Award during the first...

Oklahoma City, OK - We're just days into the Morgan breed's largest horse show, the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show™ held in Oklahoma City, and already some athletes have earned world championships in their respective divisions! ?? If you weren't able to make it to Oklahoma this year, have no fear! You can still see all the action ringside by going to www.mgnlive.com to see live, streaming FREE video! You can also check out the show results, which are...

Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy win the High Performance Hunters Reserve Championship at the Capital Challenge Horse Show. Photo By: Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. Buffalo, NY - SBS Farms returned home yesterday from the prestigious Capital Challenge Horse Show held in Marlboro, MD. The event has seen some of the most respected riders of the industry showing for the top honors in the competitive hunter divisions. SBS Farms' professional rider and trainer Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy captured...

Upper Marlboro, MD - Capital Challenge Horse Show is proud to announce the launch of its first annual Virtual Horse Show and Fair. In partnership with Virtual Celebration and sponsored by Hoof Beat Media, the virtual experience will begin on September 23, 2011, and all horse lovers are invited to participate. "As part of our overall mission to engage our loyal exhibitors and followers, we are extremely excited to extend the Capital Challenge experience in a highly innovative way to those who...

Oklahoma City, OK - A highlight of Thursday’s competition at the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Derby Show was the inaugural $15,000-added 7 & Up Non Pro Derby, which featured 25 entries aboard their experienced reining horses, age seven and older. Samantha Griffin of De Winton, Alberta, Canada, and Dun Playin Tag dominated the 7 & Up Non Pro Derby by scoring a 225 – 5.5 points ahead of the competition. The seven-year-old gelding, owned by her father Lance Griffin...