Waco, Texas. - The final fall national team rankings for the National Collegiate Equestrian Association have been released Monday by the NCEA Selection Committee. South Carolina is the nation’s new No. 1 team, closing its fall slate with a 6-2 overall record and a back-to-back road wins against Auburn and South Dakota State to finish the fall semester. Auburn in the nation’s No. 2 team with a 6-1 record and three road wins against ranked teams to conclude the fall semester. Baylor...

Gerco Schroder (GCT Press Office) Vienna, Austria - America's Laura Kraut held on to her Longines Global Champions Tour Ranking lead after an exhilarating event in Vienna, Austria. Sunday's Grand Prix result set up a cliffhanger finale at the 12th leg of the season in Doha, Qatar in November. Without her top-mount Cedric, Laura had her doubts about whether she would be able to retain the No1 spot on the ranking, but after a strong first round, Laura qualified through to the second round...

Lexington, KY – Saturday was vaulting freestyle day in Aachen, Germany. The Pas de Deux teams were just getting started at the CVI3* at CHIO Aachen, while the four individual vaulters representing the U.S. finished up their efforts. Individual Competition Elizabeth Ioannou performing her CVI3* Freestyle test in Aachen (barnysphotoshop.eu) Leading those individual efforts for the U.S. was Redwood City, California’s Alicen Divita. The 24-year-old earned a sixth place overall finish in...

New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson takes over lead in HSBC Rankings. Image: (Kit Houghton/FEI) Andrew Nicholson (NZL) has taken over as world number one in the HSBC Rankings after the London 2012 Olympic Eventing competition in Greenwich Park. Nicholson, captain of New Zealand’s bronze medal-winning team at London 2012, is now 46 points clear of William Fox-Pitt (GBR) who had led the HSBC Rankings since April. London 2012 is Andrew Nicholson’s sixth Olympic Games. New Zealand’s...

The June 1st FEI Eventing HSBC Rankings saw two Americans rise from ranks in the mid twenties all the way up into the top five. Jumping from 23rd to 5th place was Phillip Dutton who has amassed 351 points this season. Making Dutton's 18 place jump seem paltry was Boyd Martin who moved from 24th into a ranking as the 3rd best rider in the world. The only two riders with greater point totals than Martin's 420 are New Zealand's Andrew Nicholson with 515 and Rolex Kentucky Three Day...

Lexington, KY – For the first time ever, a US Reiner has broken through to the top three on the FEI Reiner of the Year Ranking List. Gabe Hutchins, whose season was highlighted by a runner-up finish at the 2007 FEI World Reining Masters on the legendary Juiced Up Doc, finished with 53 points behind Germany’s Emanuel Ernst and Arc Playsophie (74 points) and Belgium’s Ann Fonck-Poels and Chic Dual (56). “It is an honor for me to win this,” said Hutchins of Sherman, TX. “Especially since I didn’t...

Beezie Madden of Casanovia, New York has moved up to third position in the FEI/Gandini World Riders Ranking behind 2003 World Cup Winner Marcus Ehning, and Ludger Beerbaum, both of Germany. Swiss rider Markus Fuchs is fourth. This is the first time in recent years that an American rider has been in the top five. Madden riding Authentic was the highest placed rider at last month’s Olympic Show Jumping Selection Trials in California earning her the #1 position on the Short List for the Olympic...

Lexington, Ky. - Following spectacular performances in May, McLain Ward is now number one in the world on the Longines FEI Jumping Rankings. Ward (Brewster, N.Y.) accumulated seven FEI wins throughout the month of May, moving up from fourth in the standings from April. Compatriot Kent Farrington (Wellington, Fla.) remains in sixth place in the standings, while Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) sits just outside the top ten in 11th place. View the full Longines FEI Jumping Rankings .

Holly Shepherd and Triompf claim the $35,000 Grand Prix de Lamplight victory with speedy tie breaking jump-off (Kendall Bierer/PMG) Wayne, IL - The resounding cheers and applause could be heard throughout the Lamplight Equestrian Center as six horse and rider combinations faced off in today's $35,000 Grand Prix de Lamplight, presented by Saddler's Row. It came down to a battle of speed as each consecutive rider bested the next, but it was Holly Shepherd and Triompf that came away the...

Lexington, KY- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has made changes to the following High Performance Show Jumping initiatives: Appendix A of the former Selection Procedure for CSIO/CSI Competitions has been renamed the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List Guidelines and has been overhauled to make it easier for all interested parties to use. The Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List Guidelines can be found at: https://www.usef....