Caroline Martin aboard Quantum Solace on their way to the Eventing CCI2* Individual Gold medal (Brant Gamma Photos) Lexington, KY – The 2013 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) finished Sunday after another fantastic week of top competition for Junior and Young Riders. Eventing was the focus of the final day with Team and Individual Medals for CCI1* and CCI2* riders. In the CCI2*, Caroline Martin (Area III) and Quantum...

Shannon Dahmer and Rock On extend during the FEI Freestyle Test of Choice at the Colorado Horse Park's High Prairie Dressage II (Sue Weakley) Parker, CO - Shannon Dahmer rocked it with Rock On in the FEI Freestyle Test of Choice to score a 68.000% in today's High Prairie Dressage II at the Colorado Horse Park. The pair could swing "Dancing With the Stars" with their Grand Prix Freestyle featuring double pirouettes and spot-on one-tempis to "Eye of the Tiger" and other music from the iconic...

Junior Individual Dressage medalists from L to R: Ariel Thomas (Reg 7) - Silver, Ayden Uhlir (Reg 9) - Gold, Laurence Blais Tetreault (Quebec, CAN) - Bronze, and the high score dressage rider of the day, Nicolas Torres Rodriguez representing Colombia. (Susan J. Stickle) Lexington, KY - It was a full day of equestrian sport at the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC), and four podium presentations crowned this year's...

Steffen Peters and Legolas 92, Olympic Grand Prix Special Winners (Susan J. Stickle) Gladstone, NJ - Day two of the 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions produced the first three National Champions of 2012 in the Young Rider, Junior, and Pony Rider Divisions. It also featured the Grand Prix National Dressage Championship which also serves as the USEF Selection Trial for the 2012 Olympic Games - which finishes next Saturday. Steffen Peters refused to loosen his grip on the Grand Prix title...

Gladstone, NJ - The first portion of four USEF National Dressage Championships got underway at the USET Foundation Headquarters Saturday. The Grand Prix National Dressage Championship got the day started in the Dick and Jane Brown Arena. All eyes were watching because this Championship also serves as the USEF Selection Trial for the US Dressage Team for the 2012 Olympic Games. The Ground Jury of Axel Steiner, Linda Zang, Hilda Gurney, Uwe Mechlem, Janet Foy and Natalie Lamping rotated...

Five New Champions to be Named in Gladstone (Amy McCool) By Joanie Morris Lexington, KY – Five United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Champions will be crowned next week (June 18-21) in Gladstone, NJ at the 2009 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions. The competition annually showcases the best dressage horses and riders in the country in the following FEI categories: Junior, Young Rider, Young Adult ‘Brentina Cup’, Intermediaire and Grand Prix....

Wayne, Ill. – The third day of competition of the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions was packed full of excitement. Seven divisions competed on Friday with three national championships on the line. Victors were crowned in the USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Championship, USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals - 13 & Under, and Horseware Ireland/USEF Young Rider Dressage National Championship divisions. USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Championship Tessa Geven and Tullymor’s...

Wayne, Ill. – The list of national champions at the 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions continued to grow on Saturday, including Emma Asher and Traneenggaards Akondo, Emily Miles and Sole Mio, Michael Bragdell and SenSation HW, Heather Blitz and Praestemarkens Quatero, Endel Ots and Lucky Strike, and Codi Harrison and Katholt’s Bossco. One division performed their first tests of the championship, while the final five titles will be decided on Sunday. USEF Junior Dressage...

Equestrians never forget their first ponies. Woolly or sleek, magnificent or mischievous, they are the teachers who reveal the most fundamental and enduring wisdom about life with horses: that it is joyous, that it is hard work, that it is a partnership which demands compromise but also makes us stronger. These special animals arrive from a remarkable variety of sources—sometimes handed down from siblings, sometimes expensively acquired, often bought cheaply from an auction or an ad or...

Madison Goetzmann and Play It Again (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. - Madison Goetzmann, 16, of Skaneateles, NY, rode to victory in the $5,000 Equitation Challenge aboard West Hill's Play It Again on Saturday at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, running May 10-15 and May 17-22 at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. Highlighting Saturday’s hunter competition, Kelly Tropin of New York, NY, piloted her own Chablis to Grand Amateur-Owner Hunter Champion, while Penny Brennan flew to a...