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Earn Prize Money With Your American Saddlebred or Half-Saddlebred

by Michelle Krentz/ASHA | 8/5/2011 3:22:00 PM

Lexington, KY - Don’t miss out on your chance to earn prize money with your American Saddlebred or Half-Saddlebred through the American Saddlebred Registry Sport Horse Incentive Program. Do you own a registered American Saddlebred or Half-Saddlebred that you compete with in dressage, hunter/jumper, combined driving, pleasure driving, endurance, reining, eventing, endurance, limited distance, and/or trail? If so, your horse could be earning you money. Simply enter your horse in the...

US Equestrian Announces 2018 Equestrian of the Year Nominees, Voting Now Open

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 12/19/2018 12:46:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to introduce the 2018 Equestrians of Honor. Voting is now open online through Thursday, January 3 at midnight. The 2018 Equestrian of the Year will be awarded Thursday evening, January 10 at the Pegasus Awards dinner at the US Equestrian Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, Fla. US Equestrian’s Pegasus Awards honor some of the great men and women of equestrian sport. Learn more about the nine 2018 Equestrians of Honor: Victoria Colvin...

Team USA Lies Fifth After Challenging Marathon in Kecskemét at FEI World Pair Driving Championship

by Cindy Timmer | 8/23/2009 2:56:00 PM

Kecskemet, Hungary – Team USA is in fifth position in the Team standings after the dressage and marathon at the FEI World Pair Driving Championship in Kecskemét, Hungary. The Dutch are still in the lead, ahead of Hungary, Germany and Switzerland. Team USA is less than five points away from the bronze medal, and anything can happen in tomorrow’s deciding obstacle driving competition. Keady Cadwell, Larry Poulin and Lisa Singer dropped one place in the Team standings after a...

Live Oak International Marathon Phase Wraps Up With Chester Weber in Position to Win a 9th USEF National Four-in-Hand Championship

by USEF Communications Department | 3/25/2012 2:21:34 AM

Chester Weber (Picsofyou.com) Ocala, FL - Record crowds turned out Saturday to watch the marathon phase of the Live Oak International Combined Driving event. Harmut Kaufmann's course challenged the 78 drivers who tackled the technical and option-filled hazards along the route. On a marathon score of 80.86, Chester Weber has secured a formidable lead in his bid for a record-breaking ninth USEF National Four-in-Hand Championship title. "My team was fantastic today," explained Weber following...

Morgan, Cross, Schneider, and Zubek Maintain Leads at USEF Driving National Championships

by Leah Oliveto | 3/21/2015 6:02:10 PM

Miranda Cadwell (Pics of You) Ocala, Fla. – United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Driving National Championship competition continued today with the marathon phase at Live Oak International CDE. Drivers across four championship divisions demonstrated their mettle through seven hazards on the marathon track designed by Gabor Fintha (HUN). In what was a hotly contested phase, the leaders from day one’s dressage phase were able to secure their spots on the top of the championship...

Adam Prudent Sweeps First Two Jumping Classes at Live Oak International

by Marty Bauman | 2/26/2016 9:31:39 PM

Adam Prudent and Vasco won the $35,000 Sovaro 1.50m Jumper CSI 3* event (Pics of You) Ocala, Fla. - France's Adam Prudent got off to a hot start on a cool day Friday, in the heart of Thoroughbred country he won the Daily Double by sweeping the first two show jumping classes at the 25th annual Live Oak International. Prudent, with Vasco, took the lead early in the $35,000 Sovaro 1.50m Jumper CSI 3* event with a time of 60.24 seconds. No one was able to come near his time in the Longines FEI...

The Excitement Begins at Live Oak International with Yellowframe FEI Driven Dressage

by JRPR News | 3/20/2015 1:51:27 AM

Ocala, Fla. - Beautiful horses and beautifully appointed drivers opened the first day of competition at the Live Oak International with the Yellowframe Farm FEI Driven Dressage classes for Single, Pair, and Four-in-Hand horses and ponies. Chester Weber starts the 2015 Live Oak International competition off with a win in the FEI Four-in-Hand dressage phase, scoring 33.44 (Photo courtesy of www.PicsofYou.com) Appearing for the first time as a new father at his family’s annual driving and...

US Equestrian Approves Horse & Pony Measurement Rule Modification for 2020

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/17/2020 4:00:00 PM

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has approved additional modifications to USEF rules in accordance with a resolution approved by the Board of Directors to address issues related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These latest modifications extend the validity of all temporary horse and pony measurement cards issued in 2019 through the end of the 2020 competition year. A summary of these most recent modifications is listed below, and the full content of each rule modification...

USEF Promotes Harris and Provost to Chief Officer Positions

by USEF Communications Department | 9/20/2016 10:12:17 AM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the promotions of two of its senior staff members. David Harris has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, and Justin Provost has assumed the role of Chief Information Officer. Both are longtime employees of the Federation who have overseen their respective departments as Senior Directors for numerous years. "Justin and David are valued members of our USEF team," said Bill Moroney, USEF CEO. "Both have...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 8/19/2010 9:03:00 AM

Tina Konyot congratulates Calecto V (Susan Stickle) Dressage The second weekend of competition in the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of in Gladstone, NJ at the USET Foundation Headquarters. This week saw National Champions crowned in the Junior, Young Rider, and Brentina Cup divisions. The Grand Prix division, which served as the USEF Selection Trial for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games also wrapped up with a second Grand Prix on Friday and the Grand Prix Freestyle on Sunday....