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Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall Extends Her Presidency of Brooke

by Phelps Media Group | 6/9/2016 9:55:35 AM

Her Majesty The Queen joins The Duchess as Her Royal Highness hosts a horsemanship demonstration by Brooke Ambassador Monty Roberts at the Royal Mews. (IJP Event Photos) Lexington, Ky. - Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has today officially extended her Presidency for Brooke - Action For Working Horses And Donkeys, celebrating 10 years of being president of the UK-based charity. Brooke helps to improve the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules in developing countries. In her time...

New IEA and USHJA Partner Clinic Series

by IEA, USHJA | 5/25/2016 10:17:54 AM

Columbus, Ohio -- The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA), in partnership with the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA), has created a new horsemanship clinic series called CORE (Cultivating Our Riders' Education). These clinics will offer enhanced opportunities to educate students in grades 6-12 and college riders about horsemanship and riding in a draw-based (catch-ride) format. Each CORE clinic will include instruction and testing in stable management and equine care,...

Ryan Wood Takes CCI*** Championship Title at Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event

by Classic Communications | 5/15/2016 8:05:08 PM

Ryan Wood and Powell (Shannon Brinkman) Allentown, N.J. - Ryan Wood (AUS) and Powell led from start to finish to take the championship title in the CCI*** at the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event (JFI), presented by BW Furlong & Associates on Sunday with a score of 46.0 penalties. Boyd Martin (USA) riding Welcome Shadow finished second and won the Gladstone National OpenTrophy as the leading US rider with 46.3 penalties. Canada's Jessica Phoenix was third with 49.2 penalties on...

Christian Heineking Wins Burlington Capital Omaha Grand Prix at International Omaha

by Classic Communications | 5/8/2016 9:34:48 AM

Germany's Christian Heineking won the $130,000 Burlington Capital Group Omaha Grand Prix for the fourth time in five years riding NKH Selena (Lili Weik Photography) Omaha, Nebraska - Christian Heineking of Germany won the $130,000 Burlington Capital Group Omaha Grand Prix for the fourth time in five years, riding NKH Selena to victory at the fifth annual International Omaha. International Omaha is produced by the Omaha Equestrian Foundation (OEF) at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska,...

Karen Pavicic Wins FEI Dressage Grand Prix at International Omaha

by Classic Communications | 5/6/2016 9:09:14 AM

Canada's Karen Pavicic and Don Daiquiri on their way to winning the Grand Prix (SusanJStickle.com) Omaha, Nebraska - Karen Pavicic led a Canadian sweep of the top two places in the FEI Dressage CDI4* Grand Prix at the fifth annual International Omaha. This is the first time that International Omaha is hosting an International Equestrian Federation (FEI) approved CDI 4* Dressage competition alongside its CSI 3* Jumping competition. International Omaha is produced by the Omaha Equestrian...

Top Olympic Candidates Head Entry List for the 2016 Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event

by Classic Communications | 5/2/2016 1:40:19 PM

2015 Jersey Fresh International Three-Day CIC3* champion Lauren Kieffer and Meadowbrooks's Scarlett during Show Jumping. (Shannon Brinkman) Allentown, N.J. - Leading contenders for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team headline the entry list at the 2016 Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event (JFI) presented by B.W. Furlong & Associates, which returns to the Horse Park of New Jersey, May 11-15. As the last qualifying selection event for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team that will compete in the...

$215,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping New York Viewed by Largest US Broadcast Television Audience on NBC Sports Network

by Carrie Wirth for Phelps Media Group | 9/28/2015 9:49:08 AM

Irish native Richie Moloney earned the win of the $215,000 Longines FEI World Cup™Jumping New York. (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. - More than 5,000 fans experienced the $215,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping New York in person at Old Salem Farm during the American Gold Cup September 13. An international field of world-class competitors representing 14 nations from around the globe competed in this year's event. The following day, NBC Sports Network aired a 90-minute broadcast of...

Hunter Chancellor Claims USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final Title

by Kathleen Landwehr | 11/19/2012 12:50:00 PM

Hunter Chancellor, winner of the 2012 USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final, riding Imagine My Surprise. (Howard Schatzberg) Kansas City, MO - In an extremely competitive USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final at the United Professional Horsemen's Association (UPHA) American Royal National Championship, Hunter Chancellor (Evansville, IN) demonstrated precise equitation skills in her rail and pattern work on Steven Chancellor's Imagine My Surprise to take the Championship title. After earning Reserve...

Fifteen Year Old Emanuel Andrade Scores Hat Trick at Winter Equestrian Festival

by Jennifer Ward for Starting Gate Communications | 3/6/2012 2:30:50 PM

Emanuel Andrade rode Oxford to the Medium Junior Jumper Championship title during week eight of the 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (Sportfot) Wellington, FL – 15-year-old Emanuel Andrade of Venezuela continued to excel at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, winning Low, Medium and High Junior Jumper classes all on the same day. On Friday, March 2, Andrade topped a field of 58 entries to win the Low Junior Jumper class with Casanova Junior,...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 12/14/2010 9:21:00 AM

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 ....