Columbia, SC – The National Collegiate Equestrian Association has selected its Riders of the Month for March, it was announced today. The student-athletes chosen for each of the four events are as follows: • Horsemanship – Lauren DeVoe (New Mexico State) • Reining – McKenzie Lantz (Georgia) • Equitation on the Flat – Katherine Schmidt (South Carolina) • Equitation Over Fences – Katherine Schmidt (South Carolina) New Mexico State’s Lauren...

Lexington, KY – The USEF Eventing High Performance Committee has approved the following High Performance Spring Training Lists for the 2013 season. These lists have been redesigned for 2013 and this is a targeted approach to identify talented horse/rider combinations for future championship teams. The Global Talent and World Class combinations will be participating in training sessions with Chef d’Equipe David O’Connor in Aiken, South Carolina, Gilroy and Temecula, California...

Darragh Kenny of Ireland, pictured riding Wannahave, is a frequent grand prix competitor at the Vermont Summer Festival (David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, VT — The Vermont Summer Festival will return to East Dorset, Vermont, for six consecutive weeks of competition running July 4 through August 12, 2012. New England’s largest hunter/jumper competition, the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival will offer more than $750,000 in prize money, making it the richest sporting event based on...

Major Equestrian competitions attended by US athletes, both domestic and overseas, are listed in this weekly preview. Please look below to find competition listings by discipline* and breed. We hope you will follow the competitions that most interest you, but check the USEF Week in Review on Monday for a report of any top finishes by US Equestrians. *lists of competitions in all international disciplines will include only FEI competitions within the USA and international FEI competitions in...

Jimmy Torano and Katina won the $5,000 Open Jumper Stake on Wednesday, July 27, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT (David Mullinix Photography). East Dorset, VT — Following two days of rest and relaxation in the beautiful Green Mountains, horses and riders returned to the show grounds for the fourth week of competition at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The six-week equestrian competition is running at Harold Beebe Farm from July 6 through August...

Berryville, VA - The full catalog for the American Hunter Pony Classic is available for download at https://professionalauction.com/11AHPC.htm . The catalog includes information and photos for the 80 ponies that will be offered at the USEF Pony Finals on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. A Picture and Video Preview of Sale entries is also available on the same webpage. The 2011 auction features an exciting group of ponies that will be available for purchase...

The Vermont Summer Festival will take place from July 6 to August 14, 2011, in East Dorset, VT. (David Mullinix Photography). East Dorset, VT — The prize list for the 2011 Vermont Summer Festival is now available online at https://vt-summerfestival.com/prize.php . New England’s largest hunter/jumper competition will run for six consecutive weeks from July 6 through August 14, 2011 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT. Entry forms for all six weeks of competition are...

It’s not often that World and National Champion competitors from disciplines as diverse as cutting, dressage, reining, jumping, barrel racing, and driving as well as renowned trainers from other walks of horselife gather in one location to share their secrets. Even less often comes the chance to soak up all that learning for about what you’d spend on a movie ticket and a bucket of popcorn. Just $16 gets you an all-access daily ticket to the 2010 edition of our country’s most successful and most...

The American Horse Council (AHC) submitted comments supporting the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed rules that would permit the establishment and operation of permanent, privately-owned quarantine facilities. The AHC has been calling for the USDA to re-publish the rule proposal that was originally proposed more than four years ago to respond to the need for more import facilities through privately operated stations. “There are presently three facilities through which...

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