Four-time Olympian Phillip Dutton, Olympic Nutritionist Dr. Joe Pagan and United States Olympic Team Veterinarian Dr. Brendan Furlong will share their nutritional insights and equine competition experiences from Hong Kong at a feature presentation “The Olympic Story” at the United States Equestrian Team Foundation at 1040 Pottersville Road on Wednesday, October 22, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Located at historic Hamilton Farm, home of the United States Equestrian Team, the event is presented by...

In October of every year hundreds of Iberian horses and their owners gather in Ft. Worth, TX, at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center to compete for national titles in numerous disciplines. The schedule includes many classes—from carriage to English and Western, from hunt seat to Doma Vaquera and much, much more. Every year the schedule of competition is exciting, educational and beautiful to watch. There are also many unique shopping opportunities oriented toward Iberian horses that will be...

The annual stallion service auction of the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA), which had more than 70 stallions, brought in nearly $140,000, which will be split between the Association’s 10 regional shows, the World Morgan Futurity and marketing for the Morgan breed. The AMHA was held during the annual convention in Lexington, KY, February 15-18. Taking the top bid was multi-world champion Stonecroft Trilogy, owned by Stonecroft Farm and purchased by Cedar Meadow Morgan Farm for $5,700....

The annual American Association of Equine Practitioners' (AAEP) Horseman's Day is scheduled for Sunday, December 4, in Seattle, WA, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel and Towers. Horseman's Day runs in conjuction with the AAEP's Annual Convention, and provides horse owners and other attendees with up-to-date health care information. Presentation topics include dentistry, purchase exams, wound management and bandaging, laminitis, and the plight of the unwanted horse. USEF members can...

Las Cruces N.M. - No. 1 South Carolina opened the spring portion of its schedule on Saturday with a 12-8 win over No. 4 New Mexico State at the New Mexico State Equestrian Center. South Carolina improves to 7-2 overall, while the Aggies fall to 7-3. Both the hunt seat and western teams won, 6-4, respectively. "This was a tough win for us today, so I was really proud to see that we kept fighting, especially late in the meet," South Carolina head coach Boo Major said. "New Mexico State proved...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is now accepting nominations for the position of President, for which the next term will begin January 2021 and continue through January 2025. The Nomination Committee will begin accepting nominations March 3, 2020, and will close the nomination period on March 15, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EST. The Nomination Committee will present and submit its formal nomination to the Board of Directors at the Mid-Year Meeting in June. Nominees for the position of President...

South Carolina senior Alexa Anthony won both of her points on Friday as the top-ranked Gamecocks defeated No. 3 Baylor, 12-6. Blythewood, S.C. - No. 1 South Carolina made quick work of third-ranked Baylor on Friday, as the Gamecocks defeated the Bears, 12-6, at One Wood Farm in their final regular season meet. South Carolina's hunt seat team defeated the Bears, 6-3, while the western team also cruised to a 6-3 win. The Gamecocks never trailed Baylor on Friday. South Carolina finishes the...

Stillwater, OK - The No.3 ranked Oklahoma State Cowgirls and No.4 Kansas State Wildcats both won today in Stillwater, and they will meet tomorrow in the Big 12 Equestrian Championship finals. Oklahoma State punched their ticket to the finals in dramatic fashion after nearly blowing a 6-2 lead, and being saved by their final rider. With a 4-0 win in Horsemanship and 2-2 tie in Equitation over Fences the top seeded Cowgirls held a 6-2 lead over Baylor halfway through the match. But after OSU...

Gladstone, NJ - The following modifications have been made to the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List in italics and are effective January 1, 2011. Placing Points for Multiple Horses: Currently only a rider's designated Ranking List horse receives Placing Points. All horses will now receive Placing Points, but the rider will only receive the Placing Points from his designated Ranking List horse. Determining Second Classes: The Ranking List Guidelines state that, except for CSIO's, a maximum of...

There was a short press briefing at CSIO Barcelona on September 20 during which the FEI's First Vice-President Sven Holmberg and FEI Jumping Director John Roche answered questions relating to the new-formula FEI Nations Cup series 2009. By way of background, Holmberg explained that the current contract stipulated that negotiations with a new sponsor should not begin until January 1, 2008, and that this was a short time considering what needed to be done including creating a new product, finding...