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Webcasts of Lake Placid Horse Shows Available Live as They Happen on the Web

by By Phelps Media Group | 6/21/2007 11:37:00 AM

Production East Video, along with leading online broadcaster MediaZone, announced they will be presenting live webcasts of the Lake Placid Horse Shows, including the Lake Placid Horse Show, to be held June 26-July 1, as well as the I Love New York Horse Show, to be held July 3-8. Live from the beautiful Adirondack Mountains, these webcasts are produced by Productions East Video and will be available by logging on to www.ProductionsEast.com or www.MediaZone.com/Channel/Equestrian/index.jsp . The...

Live Webcasts of Country Heir Horse Shows in Kentucky Available Now

by By Classic Communications | 6/14/2007 11:51:00 AM

Live webcasts of the Country Heir Horse Shows are available online now. The webcasts are being produced by Productions East Video. The Country Heir I Horse Show runs through Sunday, June 17, and the Country Heir II Horse Show follows, June 20-24. Both are held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Viewers are able to watch competition from five rings (Walnut, Johnson, Murphy, Stoneleigh and Clayborne). Each of the two Country Heir horse shows features a grand prix competition—a $40,000...

Live Webcasts of Kentucky Horse Show Competition Available

by By Classic Communications | 5/10/2007 9:45:25 AM

The Kentucky Spring and the Kentucky Spring Classic Horse Shows are presenting live webcasts of their two weeks of horse show competition. The webcasts are being produced by Productions East Video. The Kentucky Spring Horse Show takes place May 9-13, and the Kentucky Spring Classic takes place May 16-20, and both are held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Viewers can choose to watch webcasts from five rings. These horse shows are two of the nation’s premier equestrian competitions,...

Hundreds of Competitors Expected for 2005 USEF Pony Finals at Kentucky Horse Park

by By Sarah Lane | 7/28/2005 9:29:12 AM

Less than two weeks remain before some of the nation’s most talented junior riders—hundreds in fact—will begin the quest to out-jump, out-show and out-perform their fellow pony enthusiasts. Slated for August 10-13, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Pony Finals is entering its 38th year of tradition, and its first of four years with the Kentucky Horse Park. Promising to be the cherry-on-top experience for many of the nation’s aspiring equestrians, the Finals will play host to three...

HITS Announces 2005 HITS-on-the-Hudson Spring and Summer Circuits: Featuring The Rolex/USEF National Show Jumping Championship

by By HITS | 4/13/2005 3:10:00 AM

The anticipation builds in the equestrian community as Horse Shows In The Sun (HITS) prepares to host the HITS-on-the-Hudson Spring and Summer Circuits for the second year at its world-class show grounds in Saugerties, NY. The seven-week hunter/jumper circuit returns from May 25 to September 4, with many exciting new additions to the equestrian facility and the show jumping competition taking place there. Six of the seven HITS-on-the-Hudson shows are sanctioned by the FEI and will have a CSI***...

Coveted R.W. Mutch Trophy Awarded To Winter Equestrian Festival Equitation Championship Winner

by By Phelps Media Group | 1/20/2005 10:05:18 AM

Entering its sixth year of competition, the Winter Equestrian Festival Equitation Championship for the R.W. Mutch Trophy is a showcase for the season’s top young riders. This year’s championship will be held during the CSIO**** United States – CN Finale on Saturday, March 12, 2005. The competition takes place in the afternoon as the featured event in the Grand Hunter Ring. The R. W. Mutch Educational Foundation sponsors the R. W. Equitation Classic. The trophy is named for Ronnie Mutch, a...

$200,000 Budweiser American Invitational Plus Final Budweiser World Cup Qualifying Events Highlight Winter Equestrian Festival’s Returns to Tampa

by By Phelps Media Group | 1/11/2005 11:01:25 AM

The city of Tampa, FL, will once again play host to the final weeks of the Winter Equestrian Festival, beginning March 23, 2005 at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds, I. 4 and Orient Road in Tampa. The festival, the nation’s oldest and largest equestrian extravaganza, is celebrating its 33rd season of equestrian excellence. The 2005 Winter Equestrian Festival kicks off in Wellington, FL, on January 26, at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club and will conclude with...

USEF, USDF, and USHJA Reach Historic Understanding

by Sarah Lane | 11/29/2004 1:54:37 PM

Lexington, KY —The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), the United States Dressage Federation (USDF), and the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) have reached an historic understanding regarding joint membership, horse registration, competition recognition, competition data, and awards programs. This agreement will provide significantly improved service to dressage and hunter/jumper members. On November 3, 2004, representatives from USEF, USDF, USHJA, and the United...

Bonnie B. Jenkins Named Executive Director of the USET Foundation

by Sarah Lane | 10/26/2004 1:31:00 AM

Lexington, KY - John R. Long, Chief Executive Officer of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and Frank V. Lloyd, Chairman of the Board of the USET Foundation announced today that Bonnie B. Jenkins, USEF Executive Director of High Performance will join the USET Foundation as Executive Director December 1, 2004. Ms. Jenkins responsibilities will include oversight of the fundraising, communications, operational and financial administration of the Foundation. Ms. Jenkins will also work...

Kentucky Horse Park Chosen To Host the 38th USEF Pony Finals

by Sarah Evers | 8/11/2004 12:00:00 AM

The United States Equestrian Federation has announced the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, has been chosen as the site for the 38th USEF Pony Finals to be held during the week of August 8-14, 2005. The USEF Pony Finals are the most prestigious and celebrated events of their kind in the United States. The Hunter Pony Championship is a three-phase competition judging the pony’s conformation, way of moving under saddle and fence jumping ability. The Pony Medal Championship test young riders...