Cathy Vecsey rode Mandaley Bay to roses in the Park ATR Championship. Ferrara Photography Inc. Columbus, Ohio - The first Ohio Buckeye Show was held in 1964. It lasted two days, featured 49 classes and was rife with horses bred by Al-Marah, Lewisfield and Cedardell Arabians. Al-Marah Laurie was the 1964 Buckeye Champion Halter Gelding, won the English Pleasure Championship with Bob Hart Sr. in the irons and the Western Pleasure JTR with Bob Hart Jr. Bob Jr. was 13 at the time. Arabian horses...

Mia Bella RCA. Arabians Ltd has certainly brought some exceptional Arabian horses to the Egyptian Event over the years. Even before the appearance of Thee Desperado, Leading Sire at the Egyptian Event for well over a decade, the famous farm’s roster of show horses read like a “Who’s Who” of Egyptian Arabian well-bred royalty. This year their show horse line-up is as impressive as ever, and even more global than usual. “It is possibly the most international group of...

Last Walk Through in Senior Mare Championship at The Egyptian Event. Could there be any three shows more different than the Buckeye, Region One and the Event? All are older, respected and classic. The Egyptian Event, 31 this year, is actually the youngest of the three shows. Though each of them represents the purebred Arabian horse in all of its ability and classic quality, they are also representative of just how diverse and different our beautiful breed has become over the last three decades....

Wcffiveoclocksumwhere with LaRae Fletcher Powell. Region 7 Champion PB Western Pleasure Junior Horse. Photo by Rick Osteen Photography. While most of America’s Arabian horsemen are packing the vans and coaching the kids for their first set of summer season shows, Arizona is winding down from its important winter circuit. Region 7, an area that encompasses Arizona, Utah and Nevada, is held the last weekend in April. For the horsemen of the great Southwest this is their “shoulder...

Steffen Peters. (Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com) Glenda McElroy, who probably has run more dressage competitions, including four World Cup Finals on the West Coast, than any other show manager in the United States, is excited about the initiative to create a dressage stadium in Palm Beach, FL, as are the top riders competing at her shows. “Anything that can showcase dressage and appeal to a broader audience, bring a brighter spotlight to the sport, is good for dressage,” she said during her...

The most prominent Arabian horse farms in Scottsdale, AZ, will open their doors this holiday season (December 26-January 3) to allow visitors to view national champion horses, meet top trainers, learn more about this incredible breed and share in the passion of the Arabian horse. This year we will also be hosting a raffle along with the farm tours. Enter to win exciting prizes like; two tickets to the Arabian Breeders World Cup Gala & Show, Arabian horse artwork, magazine subscriptions, tickets...

Jan Byyny made her first win at the CCI*** level a memorable one by capturing first place on Task Force and second place on Waterfront. Byyny, who was already sitting in the top two places after stellar cross-country riding, stayed in front on June 6 with two solid show jumping rounds. Riding Waterfront first, Byyny jumped one of only two double-clear rounds. Although she had already secured the win, Byyny looked even more determined when she rode into the ring on Task Force. Despite a single...

The World Equestrian Festival, perhaps the largest single week's horse show in the world, began Wednesday in Aachen, Germany, with the United States announcing a top team for the Samsung Super League. Aachen CHIO has added championship vaulting to the lineup of show jumping, dressage and four-in-hand driving that will be contested by 145 athletes from 23 nations on more than 400 horses, in front of what is expected to be well above 300,000 spectators during the five days of competition. For...

A team of the top United States show jumpers prepared on Wednesday, May 3, to launch the defense of their Samsung Super League championship at this French coastal resort city. The U.S. won it's first ever elite Nations Cup victory at this same show a year ago, which also marked the first major team event under the leadership of George Morris as chef d’ equipe. The Americans followed the win at La Baule with victory in Aachen, Germany, and high enough placings at the other six two-round events,...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes selected to represent the NetJets ® U.S. Jumping Team for the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Sweden at the Falsterbo Horse Show CSIO5*, from July 13-16, 2023. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. The following athletes have been named to the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team and are listed in alphabetical order: Karl Cook (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) Natalie Dean (Palo Alto, Calif.) Bliss Heers (Las...