Sandy Ferrell and Shadowplay (Taylor Renner/Phelps Media Group) Littlestown, Pa. - In addition to a full day's schedule of competition in the Grand Prix Ring, Main Hunter Ring and the Dover Ring, day three of the Swan Lake Fall Festival also hosted three derby classes in the Annex Ring: the $500 2'6" Swan Lake Horse Shows Hunter Derby, the $1,000 2'9" Swan Lake Horse Shows Hunter Derby and a $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby. The highlight of the day was the $5,000 USHJA National...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the United States Para-Equestrian Association (USPEA) are seeking existing equestrian training facilities to serve as Para- Equestrian Dressage Centers of Excellence (COE), which will be at the heart of the development of Para-Equestrian Dressage throughout the United States. The objective of a COE is to serve as a foundation for High Performance Para Dressage athlete development. The USEF/USPEA are committed to work with COEs...

Lexington, Ky. – A field of 15 competitors vying for the 2015 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final title kicked off the evening session at the Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show on Wednesday, July 8. Following the competitive field’s display of equitation skills, 18-year-old Brett Self was named the winner of the 2015 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final. Self (Charleston, W.Va.) rode her own Safe Harbor to top honors under the tutelage of Stephanie Lilly. Brett...

Lexington, Ky. - Excitement is building for the 2015 U.S. Saddle Seat Invitational getting underway this week at Cascade Stables in New Orleans, La. Teams from Canada, South Africa, and the United States will compete for Gold medals in three- and five-gaited saddle seat equitation. Team practice will start on Wednesday, June 24, with competition to be held June 26-27. Judges Cecile Hetzel Dunn of Weirsdale, Fla., Donna Pettry-Smith of New Lenox, Ill., and Terry Johnson of Surrey, British...

Orlando, Fla. - The Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America (WPCSA) held its 2014 Annual General Meeting over the weekend of February 27 –March 1, 2015 in Orlando, Florida. Over 150 members from across the United States were part of this exciting annual event with a goal for 2015 to be the YEAR OF THE WELSH. Society members and the Board of Directors conducted committee meetings, informative clinics, award banquets and presentations. Welsh of the Year Recipient Announced! The Welsh Pony...

Alissa Kinsey closed out the 2014 Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT, by winning the $15,000 Child/Adult Jumper Classic, presented by Ariat, on August 10 with Grisset (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vt. - Alissa Kinsey of Danville, NH, and Grisset saved the best for last to win the $15,000 Child/Adult Jumper Classic, presented by Ariat, on the final day of the Vermont Summer Festival. The six-week equestrian competition ran from July 2 through August 10 at Harold...

Devon, PA – The 2014 Devon Horse Show & Country Fair continued with its fifth day of competition on Monday featuring a win for Nancy Hooker of Wellington, FL, in the $7,500 NAL Adult Amateur Jumper Classic aboard Heather Hooker's Corianos Boy. Alissa Kinsey of Danville, NH, took home the division's overall championship after back to back wins on Sunday and Monday afternoon with Grisset. Nancy Hooker and Corianos Boy. Photo © The Book LLC Showcasing the best horses and riders...

Lillie Keenan of New York, NY, won the 2013 ASPCA Maclay National Championships. (Shawn McMillen) Lexington, Ky. - The National Horse Show is pleased to announce the dates and locations for this year's ASPCA Maclay Regional competitions. The horse shows' qualifying classes determine which riders will compete in the Alfred B, Maclay ASPCA National Championship, which will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky on November 2, 2014. The ASPCA Maclay Horsemanship class...

The 2014 Saddle Seat World Cup Team at Cascade Stables for their first training session (Betty Tucker) New Orleans, La. - In preparation for the 2014 Saddle Seat World Cup on July 22-26, 2014 in the United States, the U.S. Saddle Seat Team attended its first training session February 7-9 at Cascade Stables in New Orleans, La. This training session was the first time the riders and coaches could all come together to work and train as a team. It also afforded riders the opportunity to prepare for...

Fulton, Mo. – After impressive showings at the Saddle Seat World Cup Team Trials, 12 riders were chosen to represent the United States at the 2014 Saddle Seat World Cup. Thirty-two aspiring athletes, twenty in three gaited competition and twelve in five-gaited, from twenty-six states tried-out at William Woods University on Saturday. They rode two phases in a chilly but snow and ice free atmosphere. Each phase consisted of one rail ride and one pattern ride on unfamiliar horses. After the...