Rachel Kolb and Stanford's Ronny (Stanford Univ/IHSA) Fairfield, CT - Stride for stride, solid horse sense leads to scholarly achievement. For the second time in two years, the Rhodes Trust has awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association college equestrian athlete to pursue post-graduate study at Oxford University. This year’s recipient is IHSA hunter seat rider, Rachel Kolb, of Los Ranchos, NM, who is in her second year as president of the...

Boston, MA - On Saturday, January 21, from 4:30 until 6:00, author Jeff Papows, PhD will sign copies of his critically acclaimed book Unbridled Passion: Show Jumping's Greatest Horses and Riders (Acanthus Publishing, 2011) in the Tiki Hut on the grounds of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. A portion of the book sale proceeds will be donated to the Children's Wish Foundation International, Inc. The book signing, jointly sponsored by Equestrian Sports...

Lexington, KY - The following modifications have been made in bold/italics/underline to the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List Guidelines, Protocols for U.S. Riders Wishing to Compete Abroad, and Criteria to Compete in Foreign CSIOs and CSIs for Ch-P-J-Y-U25 Show Jumping and are effective January 1, 2012. Modifications to the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List Guidelines Primary Number Points: In order to address the lack of differentiation in the lower Class Values, the Primary Number...

Winner Matthew Metell riding Pioneer, owned by Heritage Farm (James Leslie Parker ) Gladstone, NJ - It was a picture perfect ending to a picture perfect weekend for the 2009 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals – East in Gladstone, NJ. Matthew Metell, riding Pioneer (owned by Heritage Farm) captured the prestigious win at the Finals – East. This year the Finals – East had a record number of entries with 97 riders completing all three Phases. The weekend...

Arnd Bronkhorst ( ) Lexington, KY - The 2006 USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Championship/U.S. League Finals CDI-W is a dual championship being held in conjunction with the Zada Enterprises, LLC, Winter Equestrian Festival Dressage Classic CDI***/W in Wellington, Florida, March 16-19, 2006. It is one competition serving the purposes of crowning the USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Champion and at the same time serving as the U.S League Final, determining the two horse-and-rider...

Gladstone, NJ – Once again, George Williams of Delaware, Ohio, and Rocher (1991 Westfalen mare), are drawing a clear line and setting themselves apart from the rest in the 2005 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship, presented by Paul Miller Auto Group, Inc. Already, the two are clear favorites for the title, earning a 70.333% in the USEF Grand Prix on Thursday, and a 73.84% in the USEF Grand Prix Special on Friday, two of three equally weighted classes that...

Gladstone, NJ – Riding his tried-and-true comeback partner, Rocher (1991 Westfalen mare), George Williams of Delaware, OH, leads the scoreboard for the first phase of competition at the 2005 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship, Presented by Paul Miller Auto Group, Inc. Finishing with a clean performance ranked at 70.333, the pair was happy to be reunited in a competition of this caliber, following Rocher’s 18-month recovery from tendonitis....

Las Vegas, Nevada – April 15, 2019 — The countdown to the 2020 FEI World Cup™ Finals in Las Vegas has begun! The world’s best jumping and dressage athletes will return to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, April 15-19, 2020, to vie for the prestigious titles of Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ and FEI Dressage World Cup™ Champions. Starting April 15, 2019, e xclusive All-Session ticket offers have become available, so get ready to order your tickets...

Kalispell, Mont. - Frankie Thieriot-Stutes may have one of the best-known faces in eventing. As the leading personality for Ride On Video and a successful competitor in eventing’s international levels, Thierot-Stutes fronts coverage of numerous competitions within the sport, including The Event at Rebecca Farm’s live stream. Frankie Thieriot-Stutes rides Chatwin to the lead in the CCI3* dressage phase Photo courtesy of official event photographer, Shannon Brinkman Photography In...

Omaha, Nebraska - March 31, 2017 - The stage was set and the audience was counting on McLain Ward (USA) to win his second consecutive class at the LONGINES FEI World Cup™ Finals Omaha 2017. The pressure was on Ward who, as the winner of the Thursday's first round, rode last. The two-time Olympic gold medalist delivered to the delight of the 7,674 ecstatic fans at the CenturyLink Center. McLain Ward and HH Azur on their way to victory. (Photo by Lili Weik) Six out of the 33 starters...