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The Dressage Foundation's Renee Isler Fund Provides Financial Support to Young Rider

by Jenny Johnson/The Dressage Foundation | 2/17/2011 12:36:00 PM

Lincoln, NE - February 17, 2011 - The Renee Isler Dressage Support Fund, established at The Dressage Foundation, will provide funding to enable Courtney Dale (ID) to participate in the Region 6 FEI Junior/Young Rider Dressage Clinic in Woodinville, WA, on February 26-27, 2011. Courtney applied to the United States Dressage Federation and was accepted to participate in the upcoming clinic. However, she needed some financial help to make it happen. Courtney received an $800 scholarship from The...

Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show Highlights

by AHAA News | 2/8/2011 2:38:00 PM

Scottsdale, AZ - Scottsdale's signature event will celebrate its 56th birthday in Scottsdale during the week of February 17-27, 2011. The Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show, largest of its kind the world, draws hundreds of thousands of horse lovers each year, and attracts more than 2,200 of the world's finest Arabian and Half-Arabian horses. These magnificent, versatile, user-friendly animals and their owners will gather from around the world to compete for over $1,000,000 in prize monies in more...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 2/3/2011 2:39:00 PM

Endurance The first American CEI of 2011 took place at the Dupuis Equestrian Center near Indiantown, FL, January 28-29. The event featured two days of Endurance competition. In the CEIJY 1* (80km), Forest Green and PL Nino took top honors in a time of 3:55:30 beating Kelsey Russell and Tryssta by 30 seconds to the wire. In the CEI 1* (80km) Amy Atkins crossed the finish line in 5:03:40 on SA Zacks Comet, one second ahead of Daryl Downs and Blaze Star. In another desperately close race, Kathy...

The 2011 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series is Underway

by Michelle Riggs/Classic Communications | 1/11/2011 9:52:00 AM

Lexington, KY - The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series will once again see classes at more than 100 horse shows across the country before culminating in year-end Championships at the National Horse Show in November. The Series hosts separate divisions for junior and amateur-owner riders in two Conferences-the East Conference and the West Conference. Series standings are used to help determine junior and amateur-owner entries for the National Horse Show. The East Conference will...

Tiffany Sullivan Named Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for November

by Michelle Riggs/Classic Communications | 12/8/2010 12:23:00 PM

Lexington, KY - December 8, 2010 - Tiffany Sullivan has been named the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for November. Sullivan competes in the West Conference Amateur-Owner division of the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series aboard Karon K. In November, the pair bested a field of 18 entries to take top honors in the Series class held at the Las Vegas National Horse Show, earning 150 points. With Cavalor's support, the Series honors one rider each month as...

Kate Hayley wins top honors at USHJA Emerging Athletes Training Clinic, Hosted By Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center

by Alyson Sanderford for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Int | 12/1/2010 12:23:00 PM

Kate Hayley wins top honors at USHJA Emerging Athletes Training Clinic (Tricia Booker/Cameron Green Media ) Buffalo, N.Y., November 23, 2010 - The Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center (BTRC) has been a busy facility during the last few weeks, wrapping up with the United States Hunter Jumper Association's Emerging Athletes Program's National Training Session. The clinic was held November 19-21, 2010, at the BTRC, which is the only indoor riding facility located in the city of Buffalo. It has been...

Boyland and Weseley Capture Top Prizes in $10,000 Children's and Adult Hunter Championships

by Washington International Horse Show | 11/4/2010 1:50:00 PM

Phoebe Weseley and Just Ask Me Win $10,000 Adult Hunter Championship (Photo Courtesy of Washington International Horse Show) Oct. 26, 2010 – After a year-long effort to earn a place in tonight’s finals, the payoff was big for Movado and Bailey Boyland of Potomac, MD, who won the $10,000 Children's Hunter Championship and Phoebe Weseley, Bedminster, NJ, aboard Just Ask Me, who cantered home with the blue ribbon in the $10,000 Adult Hunter Championship. The 52nd annual Washington International...

USET Foundation Hosts Gold Medal Club Receptions at 2010 WEG

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 10/26/2010 3:41:00 PM

Phelps Media Group, Inc. International (Jack Wetzel, Jacqueline Ohrstrom and Bruce Duchossois at the USET Foundation's Gold Medal Club receptions. ) Gladstone, NJ - During the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), the United States Equestrian Team Foundation hosted two Gold Medal Club receptions. The events were held to thank Gold Medal Club donors and to honor the United States Equestrian Teams that were competing in eight different disciplines at WEG. The first reception was held on...

Tiger Lilly II and Nikon's Prima Donna Clinch Year-End

by Esther Morgan | 10/25/2010 11:07:00 AM

Al Cook (Lydia Ulrich and Tiger Lilly II won the $5,000 North American League Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Finals. ) Harrisburg, PA - Tiger Lilly II and Nikon's Prima Donna, both mares recently imported from Europe, triumphed over the competition to clinch year-end North American League (NAL) titles on the final day of the 65th Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS). Lydia Ulrich and Tiger Lilly II captured the title in the $5,000 North American League Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Finals...

Thirty years in the making! HITS prepares to celebrate 30th anniversary of its Florida Winter Circuit in 2011

by HITS, Inc. | 10/25/2010 10:37:00 AM

ESI Photography (Tracy Fenney and MTM Timon in the $100,000 DeLuca Toyota Tundra Grand Prix, presented by Great American Insurance Group.) Ocala, FL - HITS, Inc., is pleased to announce that the 2011 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit will mark the company's 30th anniversary of its popular Florida Winter Circuit. In anticipation of this important milestone, the 2011 season is shaping up with exciting news and improvements, staying dedicated to its honored tradition of providing the best value in show...