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Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List Guidelines Now Available Online

by From the USEF Show Jumping Department | 11/25/2009 12:08:00 PM

Lexington, KY- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has made changes to the following High Performance Show Jumping initiatives: Appendix A of the former Selection Procedure for CSIO/CSI Competitions has been renamed the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List Guidelines and has been overhauled to make it easier for all interested parties to use. The Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List Guidelines can be found at: https://www.usef....

Saddlebred World Loses Notable Horsewoman Chris Field

by By Brice Carr | 4/16/2009 11:34:00 AM

Chris Field, 59, of Shelbyville, KY, passed away Monday night, April 6, 2009, after an eight-month battle with cancer. Field was born on December 9, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah. After graduating from Olympus High School in 1968, Field attended the University of Utah. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, she married the love of her life on August 9, 1974, and would have celebrated her 36-year anniversary with her husband, William (Bill) Field, this year. Field was...

Live Video of the 2008 Saddlebred Art, Antique and Rare Book Auction Offered on Saddlebred.com

by By Jessica Fisher | 7/3/2008 10:04:00 AM

As part of the American Saddlebred Horse Association’s video streaming from the Lexington Junior League Horse Show on Saturday, July 12, they will again offer a live video of the American Saddlebred Museum’s 2008 Art Auction held at The Red Mile’s historic Round Barn. “A wide and interesting variety of items will come to the auction block this year,” said Tolley Graves, Event Coordinator. “Anyone especially interested in the works of George Ford Morris will not be disappointed, as eight of his...

C. Marvin Harwood, Sr. 1918-2008

by Brian Sosby | 5/19/2008 9:00:00 AM

C. Marvin Harwood, Sr., a 2007 recipient of the United States Equestrian Federation’s Pegasus Medal of Honor, along with his wife of 55 years, Marjorie, has passed away at the age of 89, on May 10, in St. Louis, MO. A lifelong resident of St. Louis and graduate of Washington University (B.A. '39), Harwood was an active part of the St. Louis equestrian community for over 60 years. Marvin gave unselfishly to a variety of equine disciplines and organizations both locally and nationally, including...

Annual Endurance Awards Announced at American Endurance Ride Conference Annual Convention

by By Troy Smith | 3/6/2008 3:34:00 PM

Bill Wilson, a 72-year-old from Pekin, IN, was named to the American Endurance Ride Conference’s (AERC) Hall of Fame at the association’s awards ceremony, held March 1 in Reno, NV. Wilson completed 24 of 25 50- to 55-mile competitions for a total of 1,775 miles in 2007, and has a total of 21,645 miles of endurance completions to date. He is also a trails advocate and a willing worker for preservation and building of trails. The horse named to AERC’s Hall of Fame for 2007 was CH Catch Me If You...

2007 World Championship Horse Show Hall of Fame Class Includes Nevitt, Peppiatt, Robertson

by By Daniel Rieffer | 8/23/2007 10:43:00 AM

The Kentucky State Fair has announced the World’s Championship Horse Show Hall of Fame class of 2007. Jack Nevitt, C.E. “Pep” Peppiatt and Jimmy Robertson will be inducted during the World’s Championship Horse Show on Saturday night, August 25, following the Harness Pony World’s Grand Championship. Biographies on each of the Hall of Fame’s newest members are viewable at www.saddlebred.com/WCHS-Results . Nevitt will take his place in a Hall of Fame that includes some of his mentors, K.K....

2006 Recipients of the United States Equestrian Pegasus Medal of Honor Announced

by Sarah Evers | 12/28/2006 9:53:00 AM

Virginian Gary Baker and Kentuckians Jean McLean Davis and Donna Moore to be Honored (Lexington, KY) – The United States Equestrian Federation® will award the 2006 Pegasus Medals of Honor during the Pegasus Awards Gala at its Annual Meeting, Friday, January 12, at the Seelbach Hotel in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The award recognizes individuals who have exhibited outstanding service to horses and sport, and who, through their dedication, have attracted people to the sport and...

United States Dressage Federation Announces 2006 Recipients of the Ruth Arvanette Memorial Fund Grants

by By Ross Creech | 11/2/2006 2:47:18 PM

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to announce Diane L. Erhart of Park City, MT; Lisa Todara of Lee, NH; and Monica Willet of Harrisburg, PA, as the recipients of the 2006 Ruth Arvanette Memorial Fund Grants. These grants include a free annual convention package for the 2006 Adequan/USDF National Convention and Symposium, along with partial reimbursements of airfare and lodging expenses. Each of these individuals was chosen based on their participation in General Member...

USEF Announces Horse/Rider Combinations Competing for the Brentina Cup at the USEF National Young Adult Dressage Championship

by By Jeannie Putney | 6/7/2006 11:15:00 AM

Arnd Bronkhorst (Brentina, the 2005 Farnam®/Platform™ USEF Horse of the Year, now has the Brentina Cup named after her, which will be awarded to the winner of the USEF National Young Adult Dressage Championship this weekend. ) Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation® (USEF) is pleased to announce the qualifiers for the USEF National Young Adult Dressage Championship, whose winner will be awarded the Brentina Cup (formerly the Passage Cup). The inaugural 2006 Brentina Cup will be...

Jack Hardin Towell, Jr., Named Victor of the 2005 Show Circuit Magazine/USEF National Junior Hunter Championships—East Coast

by Sarah Evers | 8/3/2005 5:06:00 AM

Saugerties, NY – Riding to victory on Christy Russo’s High Cotton (seven-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding), Jack Hardin Towell, Jr., of Camden, SC, went out with the championship title at the fifth annual Show Circuit Magazine/USEF National Junior Hunter Championships—East Coast in Saugerties, NY, August 1-2. The 17-year-old Towell, Jr., received the Show Circuit Magazine perpetual trophy, a crystal trophy that he will be able to display until next year’s championships. The trophy, donated by...