Springfield, Ohio – Over 100 Friesian and part-bred Friesian horses from the United States and Canada were turned out to perfection at the 2017 International Friesian Show Horse Association (IFSHA) World and Grand National Championship Horse Show, October 4 through 8, 2017. Crowning nearly 230 World Champions in amateur, professional, and junior classes across a variety of disciplines—including driving, dressage, western dressage, trail, costume, suitability classes, and...

Katy, Texas – The 2017 International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association (IALHA) National Championship Horse Show returns to the Great Southwest Equestrian Center, October 10 through 15, and is dedicated to Malen Dell. Judges Leslie Connor, Joan Harms, and Richard Petty will be joined by dressage judge Peggy Klump and international guest judges Rafael Ortíz Alcalá-Zamora (Spain) and João Ralão Duarte (Portugal) to evaluate the country’s best...

Mill Spring, N.C. - This week Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) will host its first-ever para-equestrian dressage competition at the facility, welcoming the Fall Dressage FEI CDI-W & CPEDI3* and USEF National Show, each presented by Adequan® on Friday, September 15, through Sunday, September 17. The FEI CPEDI3* is also the USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte. Para-equestrian sports allow athletes with physical disabilities to excel in...

Tryon, N.C - It was a wet day at the Tryon International Equestrian Center for the second day of dressage competition at the 2017 USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Land Rover and Nutrena. Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.) and Jacqueline Mars, Robin Parsky, and Phoebe and Michael Manders’ RF Scandalous currently lead the Adequan USEA Gold Cup Final Advanced division for the USEF Open Horse Trial National Championship by less than two points on a 27.8. Little and the...

Lexington, Ky. - The US Equestrian Federation (USEF), in conjunction with United States Para-Equestrian Association (USPEA), is pleased to announce that Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center in Loxahatchee, Fla., has been named to the growing list of USEF/USPEA National Para-Equestrian Dressage Centers of Excellence (COE). The USEF Selection Committee upheld the highest standards upon recommending facilities as COEs and carefully reviewed their application. “Vinceremos is honored to...

Photo courtesy of DeeAnna Wright, Healing Strides of VA Lexington, Ky. - The US Equestrian Federation (USEF), in conjunction with United States Para-Equestrian Association (USPEA), are excited to announce that Healing Strides of VA in Boones Mill, Va. and Wheatland Farm Equestrian Center in Purcellville, Va., have been named USEF/USPEA National Para-Equestrian Dressage Centers of Excellence (COE). The USEF Selection Committee carefully scrutinized each application and upheld the highest...

Lexington, Ky. – The top drivers in the country kicked off the 2016 season this weekend at the Little Everglades CDE in Dade City, Fla. The CAI2* divisions served as Selection Trials for Four-in-Hand and Single Horse drivers aiming for the 2016 FEI World Driving Championships. Nifty Hamilton climbed the leaderboard to win the CAI2*-H1 division, while Chester Weber led from start to finish to win the CAI2*-H4 division. Nifty Hamilton (Picsofyou.com) Hamilton (Alva, Fla.) had a solid...

Dear Supporter of Para-Equestrian Dressage, I am writing this Open Letter as it appears, from some of the feedback we have received, that we have not been completely successful in communicating the aim of the Centers of Excellence (COEs) or what we are asking facility owners to commit to. The primary aim of COEs is that they are the focus for the development of Para-Equestrian Dressage in the U.S. As a Federation, we cannot reach out to all potential para-equestrian athletes, we need Centers...

Aurora, Colo. – The Arabian Horse Association is celebrating the 13th anniversary of the Sport Horse National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show September 15 – 20, in Raleigh, N.C. at the Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. Horse Complex this year. This horse show is unique - not just to the Arabian horse breed, but to other breeds as well. AHA is the only breed association that offers a Sport Horse only National Show for its horses and exhibitors. Arabian Sport Horses are known...

Upperville, Va. – The 162nd Upperville Colt & Horse Show, the oldest horse show in the country, takes place on June 1-7, 2015 in Upperville, Va. UCHS was founded in 1853 to encourage better breeding of horses. Since that time, thousands of equestrians, horse breeders and spectators have gathered in Upperville each year to admire some of the nation’s most talented horses and riders. What began as a one-day show, with only a few breeding classes, has grown into a week-long...