Marilyn Little-Meredith of the United States and RF Rovano Rex won the dressage phase of the CIC3* division of the Volvo CCI3* Bromont Three Day Event on June 7 in Bromont, Quebec. (Cealy Tetley) Bromont, Quebec – Marilyn Little-Meredith took the lead in the CIC3* division of the Volvo CCI3* Bromont Three Day Event, The Todd Sandler Challenge, following the opening phase of dressage in Bromont, Quebec. This 26th edition of the Volvo CCI3* Bromont Three Day Event is the final North...

Clark Montgomery of the United States riding Loughan Glen is the defending champion of the CCI*** division of the VOLVO Bromont CCI*** Three Day Event to be held June 7 to 10, 2012, in Bromont, Quebec. (Cealy Tetley, www.tetleyphoto.com) Bromont, Quebec – The Volvo CCI3* Bromont Three Day Event, The Todd Sandler Challenge, held June 7 to 10 in Bromont, Quebec, will be the final North American outing for athletes hoping to earn a spot at the 2012 Olympic Games this summer. The 26th edition...

Nominate the next A/O of the Year and give recognition to a well deserving PFHA member who displays these characteristics: • Accomplishments: The candidate must have achieved excellence in the show ring at the regional and or national level. This includes honors, awards and commendations the candidate has received. • Contributions: The candidate must have demonstrated substantial and sustained contributions to the breed at the local, regional and national level. This category includes...

High Point and Reserve High Point Trakehner Mares from the 2011 ATA inspection at King's Windy Fields, Newmarket, Ontario. (K. Willemze) Newark, OH - The American Trakehner Association has announced 14 locations will host mare, stallion and young stock inspections in 2012, a number among the highest offered in the last decade. Inspections, held annually across the U.S. and Canada, provide the opportunity to present horses for approval into the ATA studbooks and offer spectators a glimpse into...

Newark, OH -- The American Trakehner Association has announced its 2011 mare and stallion inspection schedule. Inspections, held across the U.S. and Canada, provide the opportunity to present horses for approval into the ATA studbooks and offer participants and spectators a tremendous learning experience and a glimpse into the modern development of this oldest of the warmblood breeds. The ATA is committed to the selective breeding standards established in Trakehnen, East Prussia, in 1732...

Lexington, KY - Building on the success of National Helmet Awareness Day 2010, the popular helmet awareness campaign Riders4Helmets.com has announced plans to host International Helmet Awareness Day 2011 on Saturday, June 11. Riders4Helmets has teamed up with leading helmet manufacturers to offer discounts on helmets to equestrians via participating retailers globally on this day. More than 300 retailers in the U.S. and eight retailers Internationally offered discounts on helmets from eight...

This time last year I was manning the USEF booth at the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show. And I have to say it was an experience like I had never had before! I had been on a fair amount of trips with the USEF booth including on both coast of the US for Equine Affaire (Springfield, MA and Pomona, CA). In fact, I had spent 6 days in Pomona flown back to Lexington, KY for 36 hours and then hopped back on the plane to go back to the western half of the country for my booth duty in Scottsdale. I had...

Dressage In Frankfort, Germany the 2010 FEI World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders is set to get underway December 15-19. Meagan Davis and Bentley will represent the United States. The pair had great success this year, winning the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Young Rider Dressage Championship and sweeping the young rider divisions at the CDIs at Saugerties and Dressage at Devon. For more information on the 2010 FEI World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders please click here and here ....

Jumping U.S. riders in Paris, France had a very successful week at the Gucci Masters, which featured a CSI1*, CSI2* and CSI5*. In the CSI1* Terri Anne Kessler and Katherine Dinan notched several wins over the weekend. Kessler and Ice d'Ancoeur won the Prix Artemide, Prix Eads and the Eurodocument Grand Prix 1.15m classes. With Swiss Franc, Kessler was second in the Prix Artemide 1.25m class. Dinan and Major De La Mare picked up wins in the Prix Eads and the Eurodocument Grand Prix 1.25m classes....

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Eventing High Performance program has made the following updates to the 2010 Developing Rider List: Rider / Age / Hometown / Horse name / Horse sex/ Breed / Age / Owner Madeline Blackman/20/Ringoes, NJ/Gordonstown/Gelding/Irish Sport Horse/12/Madeline Blackman Jennie Brannigan/23/West Grove, PA/Cambalda/Gelding/Thoroughbred Cross/8/Nina Gardner Hannah Sue Burnett/24/The Plains, VA/St. Barths/Gelding/Thoroughbred/10/Richard Thompson...