Sacramento, CA – Dressage athletes from around the country and close to home have arrived at Murieta Equestrian Center in Rancho Murieta for four days of competition from June 13 to 16, including the Golden State CDI3* Y-J-U-25 – CPEDI3* and the Golden State Dressage Classic. National and international organizations recognizing this week’s competition are the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), United States Dressage Federation (USDF), California Dressage Society...

Lexington, KY - All eyes will be on Calgary, Canada June 13-16 for the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ Tournament as many of the best jumpers from North America and abroad go head-to-head. The feature competition of the week, Thursday’s $100,000 Furusiyya Nations Cup, will host seven teams from four nations. Canada, Mexico and the United States will all be represented by two teams, with one team from each nation serving as the designated “point team”. These...

Lexington, KY - The following teams and riders have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. in Nations Cup competition at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ and CSIO5* Rotterdam. The United States has been invited to compete with two teams at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ held June 13-16, 2013 in Calgary, Canada. For the CSIO5* Rotterdam, the U.S. will be represented by one team June 18-23, 2013 in Rotterdam, The...

Lexington, KY - The following vaulters have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. in the CVIO3* held during the CHIO Aachen in Germany, June 20-23, 2013. The United States will be represented by the following vaulters: Individual Female Alicen Divita (Redwood City, CA) Elizabeth Ioannou (Saratoga, CA) Mary Garrett (Seal Beach, CA) Individual Male Kristian Roberts (Moss Beach, CA) Pas de Deux Cassidy Palmer (Half Moon Bay, CA) Kimberly Palmer (Half...

Lexington, KY - Drivers from the United States put the world on notice over the weekend in France as they stor Chester Weber on his way to a win in Saumur (Photo Courtesy of Chester Weber) med to victory in both the Four-in-Hand and Pony Team divisions at the Saumur CAI-A4. Chester Weber cruised to victory in a world class Four-in-Hand division, finishing on a three-day total of 128.5,while in Pony Team competition Laurie Astegiano ended on an overall score of 145.93 to earn her first Saumur...

Silva Martin and Fortissimo B (Picsofyou.com) Lexington, KY – The best young dressage horses on the East Coast delivered top performances at the 2013 Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Eastern Selection Trial in Leesburg, Virginia. Held in conjunction with the VADA/NOVA Summer June Dressage Show, these five- and six-year-old horses aimed for a spot to represent the U.S. at the FEI World Breeding Championships for Dressage Young Horses in Verden, Germany in August, as well as a spot on the...

Lexington, KY - U.S. vaulters put their skills to the test this weekend in Germany at the Krumke CVI3*, competing in the Individual Female, Male and Pas de Deux divisions. In Individual Female competition, Alicen Divita (Redwood, CA) vaulted on Julie Divita’s Pino del Rio earning third place honors on an overall score of 7.638. While in Individual Male competition, Kristian Roberts (Moss Beach, CA) finished on an overall score of 5.768 in ninth place with the Herrenkrugpark Riding...

Lexington, KY - Tina Konyot (Palm City, FL) cruised to two runner-up spots over the weekend in Austria at the Schloss Achleiten CDI3*. Riding her own Calecto V, Konyot scored 72.021% in the FEI Grand Prix Test on Saturday. The pair returned Sunday to earn a 73.042% in the Grand Prix Special. The 2012 Olympic Games veterans were topped in both tests by Victoria Max-Theurer and Augustin OLD of Austria. Konyot is competing in Europe this summer on grant awarded by the USEF with funding made...

Like the tale of a great cowboy story, a monumental journey began in the kitchen of a house in a small town in Texas. It was there that a gathering of horsemen and women begin to discuss the merits for the use of Dressage for the Western horse; “Western Dressage” emerged. Understanding the need for an organization to provide education and resources for this discipline, the Western Dressage Association® of America (WDAA) was formed as the first national entity for Western...

Phillip Dutton of the United States (left) riding Ben and William Coleman III riding Obos O’Reilly celebrate their respective victories in the CIC3* and CCI3* divisions of the 2013 Volvo CCI3* Bromont Three Day Event (Cealy Tetley, www.tetleyphoto.com) Bromont, Quebec – William Coleman III and Phillip Dutton both maintained their leads in the final show jumping phase to win the CCI3* and CIC3* divisions respectively at the 2013 Volvo CCI3* Bromont Three Day Event, The Todd Sandler...