Murfreesboro, TN - October 6, 2010. The National Academy Championship Horse Show will hold it’s annual competition of riders October 29-31 with all proceeds benefiting the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. This is a 3-day, 3-round event with 3-judges to be held at Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, TN. Prizes for the four divisions, Saddleseat, Western, Driving and Huntseat total $12,900 in U.S. Savings Bonds. Additionally a $1,000 Scholarship to William Woods University will be awarded...

The title sponsorship and other levels of support are still available for the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Saddle Seat Medal Final, scheduled for November 20, 2010, during the UPHA American Royal National Championship in Kansas City, Missouri. The American Horse Shows Association (AHSA) Equitation Medal was established in 1937 by the fourth President of AHSA, Adrian Van Sinderen, as part of his strategy to connect horse people across the United States. In 1950, the Medal Final was...

Arabians, Half-Arabians and Anglo-Arabians descend on Regina, Sask. August 16-21, 2010 for the Arabian and Half-Arabian Canadian National Championship Horse Show, affectionately known as “The Royal Red.” The championship show, produced by the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) of Aurora, Colo., will take advantage of Evraz Place’s new Cooperators Centre for a variety of disciplines including reining, dressage, hunter jumper and more. The Royal Red will bring about 720 world class horses from 40...

Denisha Sproul Photography/USEF Archive Lexington, KY - The 2010-2011 year is already underway for the USEF High School Equestrian Athlete program and students are encouraged to sign up now to count their summer practice and competition hours towards their goal of lettering as a USEF High School Equestrian Athlete. The program is now in its second year, and is tracking more than 2,200 students who have earned, or are in the process of earning their letters and pins. "This is becoming the new...

Photo Courtesy American Morgan Horse Association (Lucy Tidd) The American Morgan Horse Institute (AMHI) is proud to announce that Lucy Tidd of Germantown, MD, is the recipient of the 2009 van Schaik Dressage Scholarship. The goal of the van Schaik Scholarship is to support and encourage equestrians of dressage to advance to the fourth level and above. The scholarship honors Dr. H.L.M. van Schaik who worked to preserve the classical art of horsemanship in dressage. To Dr. van Schaik, the...

2009 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Champion Jean Mutrux (Photo Credit: Howard Schatzberg) Lexington, KY - Sponsorship opportunities are now available for the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final, scheduled for July 9, 2010. A title sponsorship and reception sponsorship are both available, in addition to all levels of supporting sponsorships. Initially developed to showcase a discipline rich in tradition, the USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur...

2009 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Champion Jean Mutrux (Photo Credit: Howard Schatzberg) Lexington, KY - The 74th Annual Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show scheduled for July 5-10, 2010, will continue its long-standing tradition of playing host to the USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final. The Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show represents the world's largest outdoor American Saddlebred horse show and attracts thousands of spectators each year to shop,...

On Saturday, May 8, during the 43rd annual Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championships at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, a question-and-answer session, sponsored by Campus Equestrian and featuring a panel of collegiate coaches ready to answer your questions about riding, horses, and college competition, will be offered immediately following the championship’s most anticipated hunter seat class of the year, the IHSA Cacchione Cup. “This is a real opportunity, not...

The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will host its final series of Kentucky Cup Test Events, held in conjunction with the annual Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. Dressage, eventing, and jumping competitions will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park, April 20-25. Tickets to all events are now on sale. To purchase tickets to Kentucky Cup Dressage, the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, and Kentucky Cup Jumping, visit https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/team.asp?SponsorID=2513 . “This final series...

Nearly $80,000 was raised Saturday, February 20, 2010, at the annual American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA)/World Morgan Futurity Stallion Service Auction. These monies will be distributed to the AMHA Marketing Program, World Morgan Futurity, AMHA regional shows, and the AMHA Show Grant Program. In addition, $2,300 was raised for the American Morgan Horse Educational Charitable Trust, $2,700 will benefit the AMHA Legal Defense Fund, and $300 was raised for the youth program's Justin Time For...