FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2007 (Lexington, KY) - The following horse-rider combinations have been named to compete at the Test Event for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong: Rider/Hometown/Horse/Sex/Age/Breed//Owner Amy Tryon/DuvallWA/CoalCreek/Gelding/7/Thoroughbred/Kathryn Sullivan and Amy Tryon Kim Severson/Keene, VA/Tipperary Liadhnan/Gelding/10/Irish Sport Horse/Elizabeth Wachmeister 1st Alternate -AmyTryon/Duvall,WA/Leyland/Gelding/7/Thoroughbred/Elisabeth Nicholson 2nd Alternate –...

Beth Noteman of Genoa, IL, earned the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) Amateur of the Year title by the prodigious amount of showing and winning she accomplished in 2006. She competed on her 11-year-old Arabian liver chestnut stallion HSA Haleys Comet++++// (Skamper x OK Ellazella) aka Liver or Big Guy, who was the recipient of the AHA Horse of the Year title in 2001. Noteman earned 665.5 points during 2006 in the Amateur Achievement Awards (AAA) program, which boosted her to the top spot. She...

(Lexington, KY)—The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the U.S. riders who will compete in the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup in Las Vegas, NV, April 19-22. This competition will be dual World Cups in both show jumping and dressage. Riders qualify by accumulating points throughout the competition year at designated FEI events in one of the FEI worldwide leagues. There is one U.S. league for dressage and East Coast and West Coast U.S. leagues for show jumping. The FEI may also...

Lexington, KY –The Varsity Equestrian National Championships (VENC) announced the collegiate teams that have been selected and seeded for this year’s competition, in conjunction with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). A total of twelve schools were chosen for both the hunter seat and western divisions to compete at the national championships. The selected teams will compete April 18-20 in Waco, Texas, at the Heart O’ Texas Fair...

—It was standing room only during the much-anticipated Pegasus Awards where the equestrian world’s brightest stars gathered to be honored and celebrate achievements from 2006, as well as a lifetime. Beezie Madden was named as the Equestrian of the Year during the evening’s ceremonies. Madden, who brought home two medals from the 2006 World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Aachen, Germany, this past fall, accepted her awards to a standing ovation. “There are so many people I...

Lifelong horsewoman Rosey Reed passed away on November 30, 2006, due to complications from cancer. Born in 1954 in San Diego, CA, Reed grew up on a horse ranch and showed Appaloosas. After a stint as a singer and songwriter, Reed started Griffith Park Farms at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. For over 20 years, Reed trained horses and taught riders. Her students won many year-end awards in the Los Angeles area, and in Zone 10. Reed focused on ponies and young riders, and many of her riders...

(Lexington, KY) – The USEF Board of Directors met in Lexington, KY, on July 11 and addressed a relatively light agenda with few proposed bylaw or rule changes. In their respective reports, USEF President David O’Connor and Chief Executive Officer John Long announced that a new strategic planning process will begin in the next several months with the objective of guiding the Federation for the next decade. It will address such issues as grassroots support and development; the rule creation and...

Coming to the Del Mar Fairgrounds Equestrian Center on March 22-26, 2006, is the Second Annual Palms Classic Horse Show Benefit Casa de Amparo and a World Cup qualifier grand prix with increased prize money, added pony and hunter classes, a select Equisales International Sport Horse Sale and the First Annual $1,000 Dog Agility Speed Challenge presented by Mary’s Tack & Feed. Now with more prize money than ever, the Palms Classic Horse Show presents the $50,000 World Cup Grand Prix presented by...

Aaron Vale of Aiken, SC, riding for Angelstone Farms claimed another victory on board the 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding Arriscraft Soleil with double clear rounds on November 20 over a field of 36 competitors in the $40,000 National Hunter Jumper League (NHJL) Grand Prix sponsored by Bayer/Legend. A first-round time of 88.158 seconds assured Vale a return spot in the jump-off. Their second clear round time of 43.024 seconds put them in the winner's circle. Vale had a total of six mounts...

Sharn Wordley returned to the 2005 Woodside Summer Circuit and once again captured all three major jumper classes. At the Woodside Circuit Opener, held June 23-26, he galloped to the first three spots in the $10,000 Woodside Jumper Classic aboard Cody in first, Gorki in second and Octupus in third. During the Bay Area Festival, held June 29-July 3, Cody once again led the victory gallop in the $20,000 Bayfest Grand Prix. “He is just an awesome machine,” said Wordley of the 18-year-old grey...