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Poetic is Poetry in Motion at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows

by Classic Communications | 5/14/2011 9:43:24 AM

North Salem, NY – Poetic, owned and ridden by Maggie Boylan, was named Champion in the Amateur Owner Hunter 18-35 division at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, held at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. Boylan secured the division championship by winning three out of the five classes in the division. Poetic also had the points, due to those three wins, to be named Grand Amateur Owner Hunter Champion. Boylan, who resides in Patterson, NY, is currently attending Texas A&M...

128th National Horse Show to Host Hunters, Jumpers and Equitation

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Intern | 3/22/2011 4:59:00 PM

New York, NY - The National Horse Show Association of America, Limited (NHSAA) is pleased to announce that this years event will feature a full array of hunter, jumper, and equitation divisions. The 128th National Horse Show will be held November 2-6, 2011, at the new Alltech Indoor Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. In additional to a full set of 'AA'-rated hunter divisions, there will be Open Jumper divisions with a Grand Prix event, and as always, the signature event...

Hannah Burnett Is Flawless At Dansko Fair Hill International Festival In The Country

by Classic Communications | 10/22/2010 12:00:00 PM

Hannah Burnett and St. Barths (Photo courtesy Classic Communications) Fair Hill, MD-October 17, 2010- Hannah Burnett of Ocala, FL, captured the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) CCI*** in a nail-biting finish at the 22nd annual Dansko Fair Hill International Festival in the Country. Burnett, who won last year's CCI** at Fair Hill, was flawless on Sunday to win on her dressage score of 49.4 penalties, riding St. Barths, owned by Richard Thompson. "I'm really excited," said...

HITS Welcomes the 2010 Marshall & Sterling League National Finalists to Saugerties, New York

by HITS Media | 9/15/2010 1:38:00 PM

HITS' Kristen Vale and Marshall & Sterling's Mary Moeller congratulate Mira Hopkins after winning the 2009 Championship in the Children's Hunter Horse Division. (Lili Weik Photography) Saugerties, NY - After an historic weekend that saw the best ih high performance show jumping take aim at history in the Pfizer Million, HITS-on-the-Hudson now gets ready to welcome this year’s star competitors from its highly popular grass-roots organization, the Marshall & Sterling League. The...

1996 Olympic Team Veteran Mara Dean Leads the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event on Day One

by By Brian Sosby | 4/27/2006 6:41:00 AM

Mara Dean on Nicki Henley during the dressage phase of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Farnam. (Marc Manning) If there was one thing that stood out the first day of the 2006 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Farnam – other than the international-level competitors and their beautiful mounts – it was the abundance of blue skies and sunshine that surprised even veteran Rolex attendees. Legions of fans of eventing came from around the world to watch the highest...

ASHA Charter Club Council Formed

by By Reeves Kirtner | 1/19/2006 10:55:00 AM

The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Charter Club Council has been formed to create more efficient communication channels between ASHA Charter Clubs and the ASHA Board of Directors. Twenty individuals have been selected to form the new Charter Club Council. Two council members from each United States Equestrian Federation-sanctioned region were selected from the submitted nominations. Regions one and two, three and four, and six and seven were grouped together respectively. Two...

Team Liberty Brings Home the Gold at the 2005 USEF Junior Dressage Team Championship

by Sarah Lane | 10/5/2005 10:57:41 AM

Devon, PA – The 2005 USEF Junior Dressage Team Championship returned to the East Coast for another exciting showcase of some of America’s most talented young dressage riders, hosted by Dressage at Devon CDI 3*/Y in Devon, Pennsylvania, September 27 through October 2. Three teams of four riders, from 14 to 18-years-old and from all parts of the country, competed over the course of three days in the FEI Junior Tests. Scores from both the Team and Individual Tests were averaged to...

U.S. is Golden with Young Riders & Juniors in SmartPak Reining Championships; Eventing and Show Jumping Start Competition

by Brad Ettleman and Jennifer Wood | 7/19/2012 8:56:33 PM

Reining Junior Team Gold - USA Southeast on their victory lap (Waltenberry) Lexington, KY - The Reining Team Championship competition was tightly contested today at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) with Team USA South-Central claiming the top of the podium in Young Rider Competition and Team USA Southeast in the Gold position for Juniors. The NAJYRC runs through Sunday, July 22, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY....

Para-Equestrian Dressage Riders Launch into Competition at 2012 Rancho Valencia Dressage Affaire CPEDI3*

by Lindsay McCall and KP Productions for USPEA | 3/9/2012 5:00:31 AM

Holly Bergay (USA) and Rubino Bellissimo (Lindsay McCall) Del Mar, CA - Kicking off the 2012 Rancho Valencia Dressage Affaire Thursday morning were the Para-Equestrian Dressage Riders. Eleven horse and rider combinations entered the ring to showcase their Team Tests in front of FEI Ground Jury Hanneke Gerritsen 5* (NED), Marco Orsini 4* (FRA), and Ulf Wilken 5* (SWE). After traveling from Wellington, Florida in January, to Toronto, Canada, and then on to the Del Mar Horse Park, Canadian Lynne...

Dan Kreitl and Carmango Win The Dutta Corp. USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship; Individual and Team Champions Crowned in USEF Eventing Young Rider Championship presented by USEA

by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Communications | 11/14/2022 9:00:00 AM

Mill Spring, N.C. – The 2022 eventing season came to a close on Sunday with the final day of The Dutta Corp. Tryon International Three-Day Event, and new national champions emerged in the CCI4*-L and young rider team and individual divisions. The Dutta Corp. USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship The top three entries were separated by less than a single rail at the start of Sunday’s show jumping phase. Overnight leader Dan Kreitl (Muncie, Ind.) riding Kay Dixon’s 2013...