Lexington, Ky. - The conditions could not have been more perfect for a day of brilliant cross-country action, and the riders and horses did not disappoint. Defending champion Michael Jung of Germany and fisherRocana FST showed the depth of their partnership to take over the top spot after adding only 0.4 penalties to his dressage score to lead with 27.5. Breathing down his neck is Australia's Chris Burton and Nobilis 18 (27.9) and Oliver Townend of Great Britain on Cooley Master Class (28....

The Arabian Sport Horse Alliance is proud to be offering recognition for Arabian-bred competitors at the 2016 American Eventing Championships being held at Tryon International Equestrian Center August 31 through September 4, 2016. The ASHA Highlight Awards will be presented to the highest placing Arabian-bred horse or pony in the following fourteen divisions: USEF/USEA Recognized Divisions: A-Ch, I-Ch, PAm-Ch, PH-Ch, PJr/Yr-Ch and USEF Endorsed/USEA Recognized Divisions: TAm-Ch, TH-Ch, TJr-Ch,...

McLain Ward and HH Ashley in Turf Tour Week 5's Grand Prix (Andrew Ryback Photography) Wellington, Fla. – Two-time US Olympic Gold Medalist McLain Ward brought three horses to compete in Friday’s $15,000 Grand Prix at Carben Farm on the 2016 Turf Tour, and proved once again that he is a force to be reckoned with. He took the top three spots in the class with double clears aboard Tine Le Boheme, HH Best Buy, HH Ashley over the turf course designed by Pierre Jolicoeur. An early double...

Scott Stewart and Catch Me (Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - This week, Lexington, Kentucky, ushers in both top racehorses for the Breeders' Cup and the nation's leading hunter and jumper horses for the prestigious CP National Horse Show. The horse show, marking the culmination of the year-long show circuit, kicked off Tuesday morning at the Kentucky Horse Park with a full day of professional and amateur hunter competition. Competing at the CP National Horse Show in itself is an...

Region 1 Winner - Kendra Gierkink Lexington, Ky. - In just one month, the nation's top junior equitation riders will travel to Lexington, Kentucky for the CP National Horse Show and the prestigious ASPCA Maclay Horsmanship Finals. In order to punch their ticket to the finals, riders first had to qualify through highly competitive Regional Finals held in eight different regions throughout the month of September. Winning their regions this year were Kendra Gierkink, Katherine Bundy, Ashton...

The American Saddlebred Horse Association’s 2002 Breeders Hall of Fame Inductee, Glyndle Tabor of Scottsville, KY, passed away yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Tabor owned and operated 3-T Farm in Scottsville, KY, one of the better known American Saddlebred breeding operations of the 20th and 21st centuries. He raised his own family in the house he was born and raised in, and was the first of his family to venture into the Saddlebred world. He broke his first pony when he was...

Lifelong horseman Marty Mueller of French Lick, IN, died Friday morning, November 14, 2008, at age 96. During his life, he built a reputation as one of the top trainers of American Saddlebreds. Mueller was raised in the famous resort area of Indiana known as ”The Valley,” where his father was the head gardener at the fabled West Baden Springs Hotel. Marty grew up watching the horses at L. S. Dickey’s French Lick Springs Resort Stables, and he began working at Dickey’s as a stable boy,...

Three American Saddlebred names recognizable to many in the Saddlebred community have died within the last three weeks: Denmark’s Radiant Society (BHF), Phi Slama Jama and CH Sultan’s Hot Copy. On Tuesday, October 23, Denmark’s Radiant Society (BHF) died at age 30. She had been owned by Dr. and Mrs. Simon Fredricks of Simbara Farms of Houston, TX, since 1979. Denmark’s Radiant Society (BHF) (CH Ronald Reagan x Denmark’s Society Sue [BHF]) was the 1980 Three-Year-Old Fine Harness World’s...

Wayne, Ill. – A busy day of competition took place at HITS Chicago at Lamplight Equestrian Center with seven classes across two rings for day four of the 2023 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions . The Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I division had its conclusion with the FEI Freestyle Test, culminating in the second national championship title of this year’s show. Madeleine Bendfeldt and Lindholm's Quick Step. ©SusanJStickle.com Markel/USEF Five-Year-Old Dressage National...

On Saturday evening, February 17, 2007, one of the most unique auction items will be the opportunity for one guest to join judges George Morris, Susie “Paula Abdul” Schoellkopf, Gene “Randy Jackson” Mische, and Mason “Simon Cowell” Phelps to select the top two finalists in the EQUUS Equestrian Idol competition. The celebrity lineup also features Robert “Ryan Seacrest” Dover, who will be the emcee and promises entertaining banter with the judges. The guests will ultimately be called upon to...