Boyd Martin Jumps to the Win with Neville Bardos (Shannon Brinkman) Elkton, MD - Wind substituted for four days of relentless rain for the finale of the 2009 Dansko Fair Hill International but Boyd Martin was not to be blown of the top of the leaderboard. In an impressive performance with Neville Bardos, Martin had one rail down, but landed his first USEF National CCI*** Championship on the strength of the only double clear cross country round on Saturday. “I just wanted the horse to jump...

Three regional qualifying competitions were recently held for the 2009 ASPCA Maclay National Championships. They were the last Regionals held, and the final list of qualifiers is now available (please see below). The 2009 ASPCA Maclay National Championship will be held at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament on October 28-November 1, 2009. Zazou Hoffman was the winner of the Region 1 qualifier at the Grand Fall Classic in Westbrook, CT. Hoffman finished second at Regionals last year...

Lexington, KY—The Mt. Eden Vaulters, of Saratoga, CA, finished the Kentucky Cup Vaulting on Sunday the way they started it on Thursday—by sweeping the first-placed awards. In the CVI2*, Megan Benjamin won the women’s division, Kenny Geisler won the men’s division and the Mt. Eden Sun Team won the team division. The Kentucky Cup is the vaulting test event for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, to be held September 25 to October 10, 2010. The World Championships...

Kaitlyn McMorris and Clifton Peekachu (Brant Gamma) Lexington, KY—Cross-country day has come and gone at the USEA North American Junior & Young Rider Eventing Championships at the Kentucky Horse Park. It was a day full of athletic horses cruising around the course and strong riders enjoying every minute of it. The start time was delayed an hour due to strong storms that moved through the area, but the weather improved as the competition went on. The course, designed by Olympic Gold...

Lexington, KY - The only three-time winner of the CCI**** at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, eventing legend Winsome Adante will grace the Sheila C. Johnson Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington one final time. He will be honored by the Rolex Kentucky organizer Equestrian Events, Inc., and his fans in an official retirement ceremony at the 2008 event on Sunday, April 27. Owned by Plain Dealing Farm in Scottsville, VA, and ridden by Kim Severson, Winsome Adante is the only horse to...

Lexington, KY - The USEF Executive Committee announced on June 11 that the following combinations have been named to the Eventing Squad, which will represent the United States at the 2007 Pan American Games, July 13-29, 2007, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Sex/Breed/Age/Owner Stephen Bradley/44/Leesburg, VA/From/Gelding/Russian Thoroughbred/14/Charlotte Harris Mara Dean/33/Round Hill, VA/Nicki Henley/Gelding/Irish Sport Horse/12/Willow Bend Farm, LLC Phillip...

For Immediate Release June 11, 2007 Lexington, KY - The USEF Executive Committee announced on June 11 that the following combinations have been named to the Eventing Squad which will represent the United States at the 2007 Pan American Games, July 13-29, 2007 to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Sex/Breed/Age/Owner Stephen Bradley/44/Leesburg, VA/From/G/Russian Thoroughbred/14/Charlotte Harris Mara Dean/33/Round Hill, VA Nicki Henley/G/Irish Sport Horse/12/Willow Bend...

CORRECTION June 11, 2007 Please note that Melissa Taylor and Schumacher Solyst were omitted from the original list and Susan Jaccoma will be riding Wadamur. Lexington, KY - The USEF is pleased to announce that the Intermediaire I entries for the 2007 Collecting Gaits farm Festival of Champions have been confirmed. This division will serve as a final selection trial for the upcoming Pan American Games this summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The following combinations will compete at Gladstone...

(Lexington, KY) − The USEF is pleased to announce that the Woodside Horse Trials and the Jersey Fresh CCI**/CCI*** will host the selection divisions for this summer’s Pan American Games on consecutive weekends. This year anyone vying for a spot on the US Eventing team will have to contest a selection division in Menlo Park, California at the Horse Park at Woodside (May 24-27) or at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown, NJ (May 31-Jun 3). Both competitions will showcase the country’s...

West Coast riders aiming for this summer’s Pan Am Games will be in action during the Woodside Horse Trials at the Horse Park at Woodside, May 25-27. Capt. Mark Phillips, the U.S. eventing team’s chef d’equipe, along with other officials of the U.S. Equestrian Federation, will be there to assess the candidates’ performance. Eventing is one of the three Olympic equestrian disciplines, along with dressage and show jumping, each of which will be contested at the Pan Am Games. Eventing, the...