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...

Polle and Cachette Z (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, Penn. - The exciting Pennsylvania National Horse Show junior jumper action culminated with the $7,500 Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Individual Overall Championship awarded to the rider with the least faults after three phases of competition. In the 18-horse field, two riders entered tonight's competition fault-free and both remained fault-free. Those two riders then entered a two-horse jump-off to decide the Gold and Silver Medals....

Karen Polle aboard Cachette Z (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, Penn. - The four team members from Zone 2 came to Harrisburg with the intention of winning, and that is exactly what they did. With seven of their eight trips clear, Katie Dinan, Reed Kessler, Meg O'Mara and Karen Polle made it look easy. The riders from Zone 2 led the way all night, but they were closely followed by last year's Prix de States Champion, Zone 10. Jocelyn Neff aboard Gaja 20 and Audrey Coulter aboard Rodenburghs California...

Tulsa, OK (October 4, 2010) – Dreams came true at the 2010 American Miniature Horse Registry (AMHR) National Championship Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when two lucky youths took home their own Miniature Horses after winning the Youth Essay Contest. Orry Williams, of Kentucky, and Danielle Bode, of Missouri, each took home a Miniature Horse donated by longtime AMHR member Belinda Bagby and her Cross Country Farm. Williams won a mini named Cross Country Lola, after an award-winning essay in the 13 –...

David Wilbur and Reuben Himself. (© ESI Photography.) Saugerties, NY - David Wilbur and Susan Banta Lowery's Reuben Himself took the crown jewel home from the 2010 Marshall & Sterling League National Finals on Saturday afternoon when they won the $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby held in the Strongid Stadium at HITS-on-the-Hudson, in Saugerties, NY. Wilbur (Simsbury, CT) and Reuben Himself were the top horse-and-rider team out of the 20 competitors that challenged course designer Jerry Dougherty's...

Denver, CO - All participants at North American Riding for the Handicapped (NARHA) centers are unique and deserve recognition, but as we all know, some just shine. Each year NARHA celebrates its especially outstanding equestrians, equines, instructors and volunteers, and this year's NARHA region recognition award winners have been posted on the NARHA conference website along with the 2010 national adult equestrian, adult independent equestrian, child equestrian and youth equestrian winners. All...

Shawn McMillen (McLain Ward and Sapphire repeated history at the Hampton Classic Horse Show by winning the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and FEI World Cup Qualifier. ) Bridgehampton, NY - McLain Ward of Brewster, NY, repeated history at the Hampton Classic Horse Show by winning the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and FEI World Cup Qualifier for the second straight year and adding to the record he already holds with his fifth win overall. Ward's win on Sapphire, his two-time Olympic Team Gold-medal horse,...

Lexington, KY - Support of equine athletes and their human counterparts isn’t new to Kentucky Equine Research (KER). The global equine nutrition research and consulting company showed its commitment again when the U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced on September 2 that KER is the Official Sponsor of the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. "Our Para-Equestrian Dressage Team is deeply appreciative of the commitment by KER," said Kathy Meyer,...

Bridgehampton, NY - Mario Deslauriers, of New York, NY, found his way to the top of the class in the $50,000 Spy Cost Farm Grand Prix Qualifier CSI**** at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Thursday riding Urico, owned by Jane Clark. "I had a great class," said Deslauriers. "My horse went great. He jumped beautifully and I was in a good spot to go last in the jump-off, so I knew exactly what I had to do to bring it home and everything worked out." Six made it to the jump-off out of the 50...

Bridgehampton, NY - Samantha Schaefer captured top honors in the $10,000 Sam Edelman Equitation Championship at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Thursday. The 17-year-old student from Westminster, MD, received the highest score of 182 points riding Pioneer, owned by Heritage Farm. "It's a big deal to win here," said Schaefer. "I rode in the class last year on a young horse and made it into the Top 10, but this is really great." Schaefer has only shown Pioneer three times at the suggestion of...