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Jan Ebeling and Rafalca to be Featured on NBC Olympic Zone

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. | 7/31/2012 5:59:11 PM

Greenwich Park, England - July 31, 2012 - The United States Equestrian Team Foundation is pleased to announce that the NBC Olympic Zone will be showing a special feature on U.S. Dressage competitors Jan Ebeling and Rafalca. The presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT and can be seen at https://www.nbcolympics.com . Ebeling and Rafalca will begin competing at the 2012 London Olympics in Greenwich Park on Thursday, August 2, 2012. The pair has recently shown the spotlight on Dressage while...

Symphony of Horses Highlights UPHA Chapter 14 Spring Premiere Horse Show

by Brian Sosby | 4/5/2007 9:25:00 AM

Lexington, KY—United Professional Horsemen’s Association (UPHA) Chapter 14 will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Spring Premiere Horse Show by bringing back the Symphony of Horses. The Spring Premiere will begin Tuesday, April 17, with the Symphony of Horses set for Friday, April 20, at the Eastern States Exposition Center in West Springfield, MA. The Symphony of Horses will feature a line-up of American Saddlebreds, Hackney Ponies, Morgans and Friesians performing to The Best of Boston...

Top Young Hunter Prospects To Be Presented at 2019 Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF/USHJA Hunter Breeding National Championship Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oare

by Ashley Swift, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/23/2019 1:00:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The country’s best young hunter prospects will be on display on both coasts to compete in the 2019 Sallie B. Wheeler/United States Equestrian Federation/United States Hunter Jumper Association Hunter Breeding National Championship presented by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oare. The championship will take place on Saturday, August 24, at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Va., and on Wednesday, August 28, at the Del Mar Horse Park in Del Mar, Calif. Jessie Lang (Jackson,...

The Colorado Horse Park Welcomes Adequan®/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North to the Venue From July 27- July 31

by Colorado Horse Park for the USEF | 7/27/2016 4:12:38 PM

Parker, CO - July 27, 2016 - The Adequan®/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) have commenced at The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) in Parker, CO, hosting three of the Olympic disciplines featuring dressage, eventing, and show jumping competition from Wednesday, July 27, through Sunday, July 31.The facility will host 175 entries representing the United States, Canada and Mexico. Allison Hopkins and Rusty 324 (SusanJStickle.com) The dressage...

Grover-Dodge, Portwood, and Area II Take Eventing Gold Medals at the 2015 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North, Para-Dressage Crowns Freestyle Medalists

by Phelps Media Group, Inc./USEF | 7/20/2015 8:40:18 AM

Lexington, Ky. – The Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) came to a close on Sunday at the Kentucky Horse Park with the awarding of the 2015 event’s final medals. In the CH-J 1* portion of the USEA North American Junior Eventing Championship, Area II claimed Team Gold, and Area II rider Camilla Grover-Dodge rode to the Individual win. Area III’s Diane Portwood earned top honors in the CCIYR2* division. In...

Para-Dressage, Para-Driving and the Paralympic Military Program Highlighted at Carlisle Academy’s Para-Equestrian Pipeline Training Camp May 26-30

by Lindsay McCall/USPEA | 5/22/2015 6:18:49 PM

Lyman, Maine – Para-Equestrian Dressage riders, Veterans, and Para-Drivers are looking forward to Carlisle Academy’s Para-Equestrian Pipeline Training Camp scheduled May 26-30, 2015. Carlisle Academy in Lyman, Maine, a Premier Accredited PATH Center and national leader in grassroots development for para-equestrian sports, has been the educational link for developing athletes and coaches. Carlisle along with the United States Para-Equestrian Association (USPEA) and the United States...

Submit Saddlebred Record Applications before February 2009 Fee Adjustment

by By Jessica Fisher | 12/16/2008 2:07:00 PM

The American Saddlebred Registry has announced a change in the fee required for submitting Saddlebred Record Applications. The current application fee of $50.00, which has remained without increase for well over 10 years, will be adjusted to $75.00, effective February 1, 2009. Saddlebred Record is designed to provide a source of current and accurate information concerning the breeding records of Saddlebred stallions and mares, to identify successful breeding combinations, to honor the...

Multiple World’s Champion Steve Macfarlane Mourned

by By Reeves Kirtner | 1/19/2006 11:08:13 AM

Stephen B. Macfarlane, 59, died following surgery in Louisville on January 11. Macfarlane had spent his lifetime as a multi-faceted horseman, winning championship titles in American Saddlebred, Roadster, Pony and coaching competitions. Macfarlane had just returned to Kentucky from his winter home in Ft. Meyers, FL. He had been taking blood-thinning medication for a diagnostic procedure scheduled later this week, when he suffered a head injury resulting in edema that could not be controlled...

U.S. Riders Shine at FEI Jumping Competition for Children in Bogotá, Colombia

by By Cindy Stys and USEF staff | 7/22/2005 11:40:34 AM

Lexington, KY – Three junior riders, Jordan Coyne of New Port Richey, Florida, Zazou Hoffman of Santa Monica, California, and Renick Townsend of Wellington, Florida, served as excellent ambassadors of equestrian sport as they represented the United States in the CSI-Ch B Bogotá, Colombia, July 13-17, an FEI sanctioned jumping event for children. Thirteen-year-old, Renick Townsend competed against 43 riders from 12 countries and four continents to claim the championship title as well as the...

Cheryl Van Deusen and Katie Bumgarner Win USEF Endurance Awards for 2020

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 1/7/2021 12:50:00 PM

Cheryl Van Deusen and EBS Regal Majjaal. Photo: Becky Pearman Photography Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian congratulates the top endurance athletes from the 2020 competition season. Cheryl Van Deusen (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.) has won the Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Award, which is presented annually to the top U.S. senior endurance rider. Katie Bumgarner (Raleigh, N.C.) will receive the Brunjes Junior/Young Rider Trophy as the top U.S. junior or young rider in the sport. Van Deusen had...