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Las Vegas FEI World Cup Finals Season Tickets Available to the General Public

by By Classic Communications | 6/8/2006 11:41:00 AM

Season tickets for the 2007 Las Vegas FEI World Cup Finals are available for sale to the general public as of June 16, 2006. Tickets are expected to sell quickly, so spectators are advised to purchase early. The FEI World Cup Finals in both show jumping and dressage return to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, on April 18-22, 2007. In 2005, the FEI Budweiser World Cup Jumping Final and the FEI World Cup Dressage Final presented by Offield Farms, were held simultaneously in the same...

Opening Day of 121st National Horse Show & Family Festival Features First Rounds of $150,000 National Horse Show Hunter Championship

by By Phelps Media Group | 11/30/2004 8:53:06 AM

The 121st National Horse Show & Family Festival opened today with the first rounds of the Open Division of the $150,000 National Horse Show Hunter Championship in the Internationale Arena. The next two rounds of Phase One will be contested December 1-2 to determine the top 12 that will move on to Phase Two, the final two rounds on December 4 that ultimately determine the National Horse Show Hunter Champion. A highlight of today’s hunter competition--Shachine Belle aboard In Disguise won the...

Callan Solem Places Seventh at Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final

by Leah Oliveto | 3/28/2016 1:55:27 PM

Gothenburg, Sweden – The 2016 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final concluded this afternoon with 26 starters entering the Scandinavium Arena for day three’s round one. Twenty combinations moved forward to round two, taking on challenging tracks set by course designer Santiago Varela Ullastres. Impressing in their FEI World Cup™ Final debut, Callan Solem and VDL Wizard finished the day as the top-placed American combination in seventh place. Also representing the U.S. in...

An Impressive Victory for Victoria Colvin in North American Junior Equitation Championships

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 9/29/2013 9:57:03 PM

Victoria Colvin and VIP Z (Shawn McMillen Photography) Upper Marlboro, MD – There were three competitive equitation finals held today during the Capital Challenge Equitation Championship Weekend, presented by Bigeq.com. Victoria Colvin was victorious in the North American Junior Equitation Championships on VIP Z. The win in the Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS) National Children's Medal Finals went to John Porter on Kennebec, while Conor Perrin and Gelato won the blue ribbon in...

Lauren Hough Wins Speed Class at La Coruña CSI4*

by Andrew Minnick | 7/26/2013 3:57:24 PM

Lauren Hough and Ohlala won the Warsteiner Trophy in La Coruña (Oxer Sport) Lauren Houh and the Ohlala Group's Ohlala were the best of forty eight horses and riders at the La Coruña CSI4* in a 1.50m speed class Friday. Hough and the 9 year old bay mare finished clear in 55.94s, under a second faster than runners up Daniel Deusser and Norlan des Etisses from Germany's 56.24s, but plenty good enough for the win. Click here for a pdf of the results.

Dedicated Young Equestrian Athletes Receive Grants Through USEF High School Equestrian Athlete Program

by Andrew Minnick | 7/30/2012 2:52:03 PM

Lexington, KY - Sarah Hood is not your typical high school cross country runner. On torrid Georgia afternoons, after classes are over, she joins her teammates for practice and runs for miles. After that, most of her teammates head home. Sarah Hood heads to the barn. "As my teammates and l left every day, drenched in sweat and exhausted," she says, "many complained about being tired and couldn't wait to go home and crash. I just smiled as l left, knowing that I had horses waiting to be...

National Distance Championship Held in Conjunction with AERC Championship

by Hilary Nixon/AHA | 8/17/2011 11:00:39 AM

Aurora, CO - The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) National Distance Championship is less than a week away and will include five days of competition, August 23-27, 2011. This year's championship will be held in conjunction with the AERC National Championship Ride in Ft. Stanton, New Mexico. The AHA 70-mile Competitive Trail Ride will be August 23-24, the AERC 100 mile Championship will be held August 25, and the AERC 55 Mile Championship will be held August 27. Post Entry Fees have been...

U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Competitors Put in Solid Tests at the FEI World Para Dressage Championships

by Helen Murray | 10/7/2010 12:13:00 AM

Robin Brueckmann and Raison D'Etre (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF) Lexington, KY - Today provided riders competing as individuals on the Kentucky Equine Research U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team their first opportunity in the competition ring and it was a second test for some of the riders who competed in yesterday's Team test. The U.S. had six riders contest the Grade III and IV Individual Championship Tests at the FEI World Para Dressage Championships. Riding as an individual at her...

USEF Names the Kentucky Equine Research U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by by Helen Murray | 9/30/2010 3:51:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The USEF has named the following horse/rider combinations to The Kentucky Equine Research U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to be held September 25 - October 10, 2010, at the Kentucky Horse Park. The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the team (in ranked order): Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner Rebecca Hart/25/Erie, PA/Norteassa/18/Hanoverian/Gelding/Rebecca Hart Robin Brueckmann/52/Summerfield,...

Tim Grubb 1954-2010

by By Leah Oliveto | 5/13/2010 9:37:00 AM

On Tuesday, the international show jumping community lost an icon when legendary jumping rider Tim Grubb passed away. Grubb, who was 55, suffered from congestive heart failure and passed surrounded by his family in Illinois. It is a sad end to the life of a celebrated equestrian who represented both Great Britain and then the United States in multiple Olympic Games, World Equestrian Games and countless international grand prix. Grubb, a native of Leicestershire, England, helped Britain win the...