Jan Gyllensten (Riders at the Las Vegas World Invitational will compete for $1-million in prize money.) Officials of the Las Vegas World Invitational (LVWI) announced the international field of 25 top-ranked riders who were invited to compete for $1-million in prize money, show jumping's richest purse, on October 14-15, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Seven riders were invited from the United States, seven from Germany, three from Great Britain, two from Switzerland and one...

The 110th Annual Monmouth County Horse Show, New Jersey’s longest running and most prestigious equestrian competition, will be recognizing one of New Jersey’s finest equestrians, Frank Chapot. The show, held at East Freehold Park, in Freehold, NJ, runs August 17-21, 2005. Renowned equestrian Frank Chapot, of Neshanic Station, NJ, will be honored during very special ceremonies prior to Sunday’s featured event, the $30,000 Stillwell-Hansen Grand Prix. Ceremonies are scheduled for shortly after...

The St. Louis National Charity Horse Show will feature a special hunter clinic with two demonstrations during the four-day show. The clinic will be hosted by Bill Moroney, who is a United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) “R” judge in the disciplines of hunter, hunt seat equitation and jumper. Moroney has trained horses to wins at shows such as the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, Washington International, Pennsylvania National, Lake Placid and the Winter Equestrian Festival. Moroney is...

A life-size statue of Tom Moore was dedicated on Wednesday, August 10, at 3 p.m. in front of Freedom Hall in Louisville. Tom Moore, a member of the World’s Championship Hall of Fame, trained and showed multiple World’s Grand Champions in all three divisions: five-gaited, three-gaited and fine harness. Commonly referred to as “The Tall Man,” Moore trained World’s Grand Champions CH Sultan’s Starina, CH Yorktown, CH Valley View Supreme, CH Bellisima and many more. The bronze tribute is by Douwe...

(Lexington, KY) - As competition organizers and show managers are preparing for the 2006 competition year, the USEF asks you to consider becoming a part of the highly successful Outreach Program that was started in 2005. It is the new program designed to build a productive bridge between the USEF staff, competition organizers, show managers and competitors. In addition to employees rolling up their sleeves and sharing the work load for a few days, the USEF will be able to assess the needs of...

(Lexington, KY) – George Morris, Chef d’Equipe for the United States Show Jumping Team, has good reason to be both happy and frustrated after Hickstead and Dublin. “We won four classes in Hickstead and were second in the Super League Nation’s Cup, and won 3 classes in Dublin and were 3rd in the Nation’s Cup. I’d say those are very, very good shows but we didn’t win the Super League Nation’s Cup classes. I want to win. That’s just how I am.” In Dublin, the U.S Team finished third behind Great...

The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) announces that it will return to the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in 2006 to hold its annual flagship event, the U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (U.S. Nationals). Two factors were key to the decision: 1. Overwhelming requests by AHA members who were vehement in their desire to have one last opportunity to show at the Kentucky venue, and 2. Re-negotiations between the Kentucky State Fair Board and AHA regarding the...

More than 230 items have been donated for the 2005 Annual American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Auction, which takes place Wednesday and Thursday, August 24-25, during the World’s Championship Horse Show in Louisville, KY. Last year, the auction raised more than $40,000 for the ASHA youth scholarship program and other youth programs. Some of the notable items are a fine harness by Walsh Harness, a personalized charcoal horse portrait by James Crow and the cover of the American Saddlebred...

Officials of the Hampton Classic Horse Show announced on August 1 that there will be a new fund-raising element at this year’s annual equestrian event. The Hampton Classic is building a new Southampton Hospital jump to be used during the $100,000 Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate Grand Prix. Spectators and table patrons will be given the opportunity to pledge any amount they wish to be paid each time a horse and rider clear the new Southampton Hospital Jump during the grand prix....

It was a surefire win for American eventing athlete Stuart Black as he rode Fleeceworks Pacific Storm to victory at the Surefire Horse Trials II in Purcellville, VA. In the one-day event held Sunday, July 24, Black opened the dressage phase with an impressive score of 29.50 penalty points to place second in the Open Intermediate, Division C, standings. With the show jumping held next in the order of the three-phase test, Black guided Fleeceworks Pacific Storm to a clear round, despite being the...