Lamprechtshausen , Austria - Building on their win in the Nations Cup at CSIOY Lamprechtshausen, the U.S. Young Rider Show Jumping Tour capped off a successful weekend with a one-two finish in the Young Rider Grand Prix. Reed Kessler took the top spot for the U.S. on Ligist, she jumped the only clear round in the jump-off for the win. Jessica Springsteen was second on Cincinnati La Silla, she had the fastest short-course round by more than five seconds, but had one rail to settle for second....

Oklahoma City, OK – The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) welcomes Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) competitors with an opportunity to participate in a competition similar to the long-standing NRHA Collegiate Championship. The NRHA Interscholastic Championship brings together the top four riders from the Individual Open Reining at the IEA National Western Championship and the top four riders from the 2010 NRHA Youth 14-18 division in an exciting competition where the...

McLain Ward and Oh' D Eole (ESI Photography). Saugerties, NY — Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist McLain Ward is on the road to the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix after a big win aboard his own Oh’ D Eole in Sunday’s $50,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, to highlight HITS-on-the-Hudson I. Ward, of Brewster, NY, won the inaugural Pfizer Million last year and has his sights set on this year’s event on Sunday, September 11. “This was a good...

Lexington, KY - With her eighth place finish in the final qualifying competition of the 2010/2011 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Western European League at 's-Hertogenbosch, American Catherine Haddad celebrated her birthday and secured herself a trip to the Final with Winyamaro. The pair scored 74.100%, to lead at the halfway mark through the Freestyle, but ended up eighth in 's-Hertogenbosch with another impressive effort in the toughest World Cup Qualifying League. Haddad (Vechta, Germany)...

Glen Senk and Another Place. (Photo by Sportfot©.) Wellington, FL - Glen Senk did more than steal the show this morning as fifty-three entries came out for a chance to win the title in the Peggy Cone Memorial WCHR Adult Hunter Classic. Senk had a total of four entries in the class, all of which placed in the top twelve. Senk's newest mount, Another Place, took top honors in the class with an average score of 83.5 in the first round, and 85.5 in the second round. Senk, and his own Fashion Farm,...

Laura Kraut and Cedric won the $78,000 Adequan Grand Prix, CSI 2* during week four at the 2011 FTI W (Photo by Sportfot©.) Wellington, FL - February 6, 2011 - The 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) concluded its fourth week of competition on Sunday afternoon with the $78,000 Adequan Grand Prix, CSI 2* held in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. In a talent packed class, Laura Kraut (USA) and Happy Hill Farm's Cedric jumped to victory over 48...

Margie Engle and Indigo at the Syracuse Invitational (Photo credit: Reflections Photography.) Syracuse, NY - November 6, 2010 -The fast paced action continued in downtown Syracuse today. The featured class of the night was the $100,000 Detwiler Fenton FEI World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse presented by G&C Farm. The great US rider, Margie Engle, out rode 27 riders representing six countries to take the lionshare $100,000 purse. As she stepped into the arena as the last of three qualifiers of the...

Mary McCormick, earlier in the week (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF) Lexington, KY - The Alltech Arena was a sell-out house with old and new fans of the equestrian sport of vaulting as the men's and women's freestyle final was contested at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Saturday, October 9. The crowd was treated to the world's best vaulters who put on a fantastic show for a vocal and appreciative audience. The top 15 from each division were invited back to compete for a...

Lexington, KY - The following four rider/horse combinations have been selected to receive USEF grants to compete at the Boekelo CCI3*, October 14-17, 2010 in The Netherlands. Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Sex/Breed/Age/Owner Tiana Coudray/22/Ojai, CA/Ringwood Magister/G/Irish Sport Horse/9/Tiana Coudray Will Faudree/29/Hoffman, NC/Andromaque/M/Irish Thoroughbred/9/Jennifer Mosing Sinead Halpin/29/Oldwick, NJ/Manior de Carneville/G/Selle Francais/10/Carraig LLC Doug Payne/28/Pottersville, NJ/Running...

F.A.C.E. Vaulters for the U.S. Vaulting Team (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF) Lexington, KY - It was a busy day in the Alltech Arena at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games as the Vaulting World Championships got underway with both the Team Compulsory Test and the Male and Female Individual Compulsory Tests. The Gold Medalist from the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany was back to defend her title today. Megan Benjamin, 22, of Saratoga, CA, performed her individual...