Wellington, FL - The 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) hosted its opening press conference on Tuesday afternoon at the White Horse Tavern in Wellington, FL. A large crowd of local, national, and international media were in attendance to hear the latest news on the 12-week competition, which begins tomorrow. The FTI WEF will host thousands of the world's best horses and riders on January 11-April 1 at the beautiful Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in what...

Wellington, FL - Tickets are now on sale for the highly anticipated world-class dressage competition to be held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach from January 26th through the 28th. The World Dressage Masters CDI 5* presented by International Polo Club promises to deliver an unforgettable experience. The legendary stallion, Totilas, reigning Dressage World Champion and current world record holder in the Grand Prix Freestyle, is scheduled to compete at the WDM Palm Beach...

Megan Edrick and Cadence won the $31,000 Holiday and Horses Opener Grand Prix. ManciniPhotos. Wellington, FL - Megan Edrick and Cadence jumped to an exciting victory in the $31,000 Holiday and Horses Opener Grand Prix CSI 2* at Equestrian Sport Production's Holiday and Horses competition on Thursday afternoon. The win was Edrick's fourth grand prix victory of the year with Cadence after topping a class in St. Louis this summer and recently earning back to back victories in Atlanta. The...

Oklahoma City, OK – The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Okla. held two championship classes on Monday, November 28 – the Adequan NAAC Novice Horse Open Level 1 and the Adequan NAAC Novice Horse Open Level 2. In addition, the show welcomed the second go-round, first section of the $540,000-added NRHA Open Futurity and first go-round, second section of the $260,000-added Cinch /...

Nick Haness and Cruise won the $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix during DC III at the 2011 HITS Thermal Desert Circuit. Flying Horse Photography. Thermal, CA - The prize list for the six week 2012 HITS Desert Circuit has been mailed and is now available online. This year’s Desert Circuit will be highlighted by a host of qualifying opportunities for the three richest hunter/jumper classes in the nation. The third annual $1 Million Grand Prix has attracted world-wide attention since...

Lexington, KY - The USEF Eventing High Performance Training Lists have been revised for the upcoming 2012 season. Athlete/Horse combinations will be invited to participate in training sessions this winter with U.S. Chef d'Equipe and Technical Advisor Capt. Mark Phillips. Preparation for and success at the 2012 Olympic Games were the Eventing Selectors and the High Performance Committee's highest priorities in developing these lists. A List Phillip Dutton (West Grove, PA) and Bruce...

Sarah Milliren of Sapula, OK, won the 2011 ASPCA Maclay National Championships. Photo: Rebecca Walton/PMG. Lexington, KY - Today marked the final day of competition at the Alltech National Horse Show, 128th Edition. The highlight event at the Alltech Arena in Lexington, KY, was the 2011 Maclay National Championship for the ASCPA Alfred B. Maclay Horsemanship Classes - presented by Hadfield's Saddlery. Riders worked all year to qualify for this event and after three phases of competition and...

Harrisburg, PA – Kelly Champion of Washington, NJ rode her horse All In to victory in the $10,000 North American League (NAL) Adult Hunter Finals at the 66th annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show on Friday. The win was bittersweet for Champion, who was on tap to show at the Capital Challenge two weeks ago, but was unable to compete because her husband, Tony, suddenly fell ill and was rushed to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He is recuperating nicely so he urged...

Dressage At the Saugerties CDI-W, Catherine Haddad-Staller proved dominating in the grand prix taking the top two spots with Winyamaro and Cadillac 35 respectively. Winyamaro proved just a hair better than his stablemate in the grand prix, scoring 68.660% to Cadillac's 68.553%. Based in Germany, Haddad-Staller has spent most of the summer in the U.S. Winyamaro settled for second in the freestyle behind Idaho-based rider Adrienne Lyle and Wizard. The cross-country journey proved worth the...

Calvin Van Het Wuitenshof and Kent Farrington. Flashpoint Photography. Hampton Falls, NH - The Fidelity Investments® Jumper Classic®, presented by Porsche, was all Kent Farrington today as he won both feature classes. He and Samar, owned by R.C.G. Farm, repeated their win from yesterday, this time in the $15,000 Equine Insurance Services Speed Stake presented by Great American Insurance Group. He then topped a strong field of contenders in the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix...