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Tina Konyot Wins Wellington Institute “Rider Wellness Award” At Wellington Classic Dressage Spring Challenge CDI

by JRPR Inc. | 2/23/2011 8:48:00 PM

Wellington, FL - Dressage rider Tina Konyot, and her World Equestrian Games partner Calecto V, turned in brilliant performances in the Grand Prix classes at the Wellington Classic Dressage Spring Challenge CDI to ride into the winner’s circle. Konyot also rode away with the “Rider Wellness Award” from The Wellington Institute, awarded to a rider on the Florida dressage circuit who is healthy looking and physically fit. Calecto, a magnificent black stallion that represented the U.S. at WEG,...

Desert Circuit II in Review

by HITS Media | 2/9/2011 10:09:00 AM

Thermal, CA - February 8, 2011 - Rich Fellers of Wilsonville, OR, put an exclamation point on Desert Circuit II when he rode Harry and Mollie Chapman's McGuinness to the blue ribbon in Sunday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, CA. Winning Sunday's feature class was icing on the cake for Fellers who, less than 24 hours earlier, captured Saturday night’s $50,000 Strongid C 2X CSI-W Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal...

"Salute to Driving" Benefit to Support the USET Foundation Fast Approaching

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Int'l | 2/7/2011 3:19:00 PM

Aiken, SC - The Salute to Driving fundraising event that will be held in Aiken, and Windsor SC, February 19-21, 2011, is quickly approaching. This début event will benefit this country's High Performance Driving programs for the United States Equestrian Team Foundation. The exciting weekend event will feature a beautiful dinner and auction on Saturday evening, multiple driving clinics with some of the world's top trainers, and a Combined Test Competition for all on Monday. The Salute to Driving...

"Salute to Driving" Benefit to Support the USET Foundation

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Intern | 12/17/2010 12:05:00 PM

Aiken, SC - December 17, 2010 - The Salute to Driving fundraising event that is being held in Aiken, and Windsor, SC, February 19-21, 2011, will benefit this country's High Performance Driving programs. The exciting weekend event will feature a beautiful dinner and auction on Saturday evening, multiple driving clinics with some of the world's top trainers throughout the weekend, and a Combined Test Competition for all on Monday. In addition to supporting the United States Equestrian Team (USET)...

Hayley Barnhill Proves Victorious in 2010 ASPCA Maclay National Championships

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Intern | 11/11/2010 3:27:00 PM

Hayley Barnhill and Podest, 2010 ASPCA Maclay National Championships (Photo Credit: Rebecca Walton/PMG.) Syracuse, NY - November 7, 2010 - Today marked the final day of competition at the 2010 Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament featuring the 127th National Horse Show. The highlight event at the Oncenter Complex in Syracuse, NY, was the 2010 ASPCA Maclay National Championships. Riders worked all year to qualify for this event and after three phases of competition and it was 17-year-old...

Landslide Victory as HRH Princess Haya Re-Elected to FEI Presidency

by FEI Communications | 11/5/2010 11:46:00 AM

RH Princess Haya addresses the General Assembly after scoring a landslide victory for re-election as (Photo by: FEI/William Tzeng) HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein (JOR) was today re-elected as President of the FEI at the Federation’s General Assembly in Taipei in a landslide victory in the first round of voting. Princess Haya, who was seeking a second and final four-year term as President, won with 90 votes of a total 124 valid ballots. The other contenders for the position were Sven Holmberg...

UC Davis Extension and USEF to Launch Online Course in Equine Event Management

by USEF Communications and UC Davis Extension | 11/4/2010 10:47:00 AM

Lexington, KY - The University of California Davis Extension and the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) have teamed up to develop an online continuing education program in Equine Event Management that will premiere on January 18, 2011. The first of its kind, this specialized studies program brings together UC Davis' expertise in distance education and the expertise of USEF, the National Governing Body for Equestrian Sport in the United States. The inaugural course, "Competition...

Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and The Good Witch Earn $10,000 After Winning The 2010 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series

by United States Eventing Association | 10/26/2010 4:00:00 PM

Courtesy USEA (Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and Daisy Tognazzini's, The Good Witch.) Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and The Good Witch Earn $10,000 After Winning The 2010 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series Over 200 riders from across the country competed in eight elite events that comprised the 2010 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series. Consistent placings and double-clear rounds for Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and Daisy Tognazzini's, The Good Witch, made them the overall winners of the 2010 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series, which...

Eirin Bruheim and Cicero 75 Prove Successful at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group | 10/22/2010 12:12:00 PM

Eirin Bruheim and Cicero 75 represented Zone 7 at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, PA - Junior rider Eirin Bruheim of Nordic Lights Farm traveled all the way from Texas this past weekend to compete at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show with her talented mount Cicero 75. The pair showed in the Junior Jumper Prix des States event representing Zone 7 and helped their team garner the fifth place prize. Bruheim began the Junior Jumper Prix des States competition...

Hayley Barnhill Victorious in Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals Presented by Randolph College

by Classic Communications | 10/22/2010 12:05:00 PM

Hayley Barnhill, winner of the Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals, presented by Randolp (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, Penn. - A total of 208 junior riders came to the 65th Pennsylvania National Horse Show and competed for the prestigious national equitation championship, the Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals Presented by Randolph College. It came down to a ride off and exchange of horses between Hayley Barnhill of Collierville, Tenn. and Samantha Schaefer of...