Alexis Conover. Courtesy of Alexis Conover. Lexington, KY - Sixteen-year-old Alexis Conover (New Port Richey, FL) volunteered more than 1,300 hours to accrue the most time of all participants in the new United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Equestrians in Action volunteer recognition program. USEF Equestrians in Action tracks youth volunteer hours that are aimed at improving the welfare of the horse or positively promoting equestrian sport. Sponsored by The EQUUS Foundation, the program...

Fairfield, CT -- Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) executive director Robert E. Cacchione has accepted an invitation to join the Gentlemen’s Committee of the most prestigious indoor horse show in American history, the 128th annual Alltech National Horse Show, November 2-6, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Cacchione’s role on the Gentlemen’s Committee caps a brilliant year of recognition for his dedication to intercollegiate horse sport, accepting the U.S....

At the halfway point of the show, everyone has started to settle into a rhythm. Exhibitors have become accustomed to the routine of schooling horses, cheering for friends, competing in classes, and riding the emotional highs and lows of horse showing. Trainers are fine-tuning their coaching, subtly adjusting cues or comments to result in peak performance from horse and rider alike. The full panoply of emotions can be observed by watching the show from a unique perspective - the vantage point of...

Dorothy R. (Bee) Pape Dorothy R. (Bee) Pape of Edmond, OK, and long-time Oklahoma City resident, passed away suddenly on Friday, July 29, 2011. Born in Ft. Smith, Arkansas on October 14, 1928, she was a local Montessori pioneer and taught at Casady School for 35 years. At her time of death, she headed Montessori teacher education at Oklahoma City University, and was a 2011 finalist for the American Montessori Society Living Legend Award. Bee was a life-long learner and loved her family,...

Lexington, KY - Don’t miss out on your chance to earn prize money with your American Saddlebred or Half-Saddlebred through the American Saddlebred Registry Sport Horse Incentive Program. Do you own a registered American Saddlebred or Half-Saddlebred that you compete with in dressage, hunter/jumper, combined driving, pleasure driving, endurance, reining, eventing, endurance, limited distance, and/or trail? If so, your horse could be earning you money. Simply enter your horse in the...

Burbank, CA - Riders will continue their quest for a Pan American Games team berth at the Dressage at Woodside CDI*/Y/J in Woodside, CA, May 19-22, 2011. As a valuable qualifier for the Northern California region, horses and riders will compete in front of judges Axel Steiner (FEI 5* USA), Hilda Gurney (FEI 4* USA), Brenda Minor (FEI 4*CAN), and Sandra Hotz ("S" USA). In addition, this competition will serve as a qualifier for the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of Champions (Pony Rider,...

Far Hills, NJ — Though grey skies dampened the atmosphere during sharingVillage Survivor Groups’ Driving for Surviving demonstration at the Garden State Horse Show, it didn’t diminish the group's spirit. Despite a period of inclement weather that unluckily corresponded with the driving demonstration on Saturday, May 7, the children of sharingVillage took to the ring with their carts and miniature horses and drove with Grand Prix riders Anne Kursinski and Kate Levy by their...

Fairfield, CT — The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, will host the 37th annual IHSA National Championships, one of America’s oldest and largest collegiate equestrian competitions, bringing together approximately 400 students from 25 of the top hunter seat and western teams across American and parts of Canada. May 5-8 they will vie for titles including the prestigious Cacchione Cup and American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) High Point Western Rider awards. Among the teams...

Award-winning course designer Anthony D'Ambrosio. (Photo by Kenneth Kraus.) Hampton Falls, NH - A new course designer at the 2011 Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic, featuring the $75,000 Grand Prix, will challenge competitors this year on the grass Grand Prix and Derby field. Award-winning course designer Anthony D'Ambrosio will be testing the top riders in the high performance classes to be held at Silver Oak Equestrian Center, Hampton Falls, NH, September 14-18. A sanctioned FEI course...

Tracy Fenney and MTM Centano. (Photo by Rebecca Walton/PMG.) Katy, TX - It was all about speed for the final day of competition during the 2011 Spring Gathering Charity Horse Show at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center. Today rider's competed for the winning title in the $25,000 Seashore Acres Grand Prix. With 11 horse and rider combinations completing clear efforts during the first round, the jump-off was determined by speed, and Tracy Fenney had plenty of it. She raced around the course in...