Lexington, KY- The future of dressage in the United States will be on full display this weekend in Wayne, IL, as many of the nation's top up-and-coming horses vie for coveted USEF National Championship titles. Champions will be crowned at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in six separate divisions. In the 2011 Markel/USEF National Young Horse Dressage Championships the top 4, 5 and 6-year-olds in the country will be recognized. Seven- to 9-year-olds will stake their claim on the USEF National...

Erynn Ballard and Wennous topped the 1.35m Open Jumpers with a double clear round at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show (Photo: Heather Bellock/PMG). Lexington, KY - Sunny skies welcomed competitors to the first day of the 2011 Bluegrass Festival Horse Show at the Kentucky Horse Park. While the highlights of the week include the $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals, the $25,000 CSI-W Hagyard Lexington Classic World Cup Qualifier and the $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix, the...

Week VI will feature a World of the Horse presentation and will welcome Freya Farms’ prize American Mini. Saugerties, NY — Barns were full, rings hosted non-stop action and entries were sold out for Week V at HITS-on-the-Hudson as almost 2,000 horses docked at the show grounds, making HITS Saugerties their summer home. Week V featured two more chances to qualify for the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix and one opportunity for riders to gain points toward the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix...

Oklahoma City, OK – The 2011 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Derby showcased the $155,000-added Open Derby finals on Saturday, July 1 at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, Okla. The NRHA Derby Show is the NRHA’s premiere event for the world’s best four-, five- and six-year-old reining horses and hosts to two slates of ancillary classes. During the go-round, 428 entries competed for a spot in the finals with 69 of the top-scoring horse-and-rider teams...

Lexington, KY – For more than 30 years, the Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North traditionally hosts championships for teams and individuals in the three Olympic Equestrian disciplines of dressage, eventing and jumping. In 2008 reining was included, and in 2011 the sport of endurance will be introduced for the first time. Included as a non-championship event since 2008 – participation and support for the program continues to grow. The 2011...

The athletes of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games may be resting, but the games and glory continue on Universal Sports. Ensuring the Olympic torch remains lit, Universal Sports Network is providing an exclusive encore presentation of the Olympic Games. The Beijing Olympic Games encore on Universal Sports will showcase the following sports and events: gymnastics, beach volleyball, equestrian, track and field, marathon, triathlon, rowing, swimming, volleyball, water polo, basketball, soccer,...

Lexington, KY - As per the Olympic Selection Procedures, the USEF is extending an invitation to the top Veteran Olympians Debbie McDonald and Brentina (Bob Langrish) dressage horse/rider combinations in the U.S. to participate in the 2008 USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship/USEF Selection Trials for the U.S. Olympic Team in Dressage. These horse/rider combinations are the top 12 from the 2008 USEF Grand Prix Dressage and Selection Trials Ranking List as of June 2, 2008. The following...

The American Horse Council (AHC) will host a National Issues Forum at Keeneland Race Track in Lexington, KY, on November 2, 2007. The AHC’s National Issues Forum provides an excellent opportunity for all horse enthusiasts and industry participants to gain insight and knowledge about national topics directly affecting the equine community in the United States. The AHC has announced that the key topics slated for discussion at the November 2 forum will include: - Immigration issues facing the...

Bob Langrish (American Kathryn Downs was the highest-placed American in 17th in endurance.) Long before the sun rose over the first day of competition at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Aachen, a flurry of activity was going on as the stage was set for the first medal decisions made in the equestrian discipline of endurance. The consensus is that today’s championship served as the biggest in the sport’s interesting development and history, and the fact that temperatures...

The Washington International Horse Show will begin a new tradition at the MCI Center during the week of October 25-30, 2005. This year, the illustrious show introduces the $10,000 Washington International Invitational Dressage Championship. The participants in this championship will include two riders chosen from the United States Equestrian Federation High Performance Dressage Grand Prix Ranking List and two riders invited through “Wild Card” invitations. The USEF High Performance Dressage...