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Call for Media Credentials: 2016 USEF Annual Meeting

by USEF Communications Department | Dec 3, 2015, 4:15 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The 2016 USEF Annual Meeting will take place January 13-16 in Lexington, Ky., at the Hyatt Regency Lexington. Members of the media who would like to request credentials should submit a request by January 1, 2016. The USEF Annual Meeting hosts committee meetings and the Horse of the Year and Pegasus Awards, wrapping up the 2015 year of U.S. equestrian disciplines, both national and international. In addition, there will be Town Hall meetings on a variety of topics from rules to...

AHA Future State: What You Might have Missed at Annual Convention

by Arabian Horse Association | Dec 3, 2015, 11:39 AM

Aurora, Colo. – At the 2015 Arabian Horse Association (AHA) Annual Convention in Tulsa, Okla., AHA staff and volunteers announced a new project, known as ‘Future State,’ to Convention delegates and attendees. Future State, which includes the re-building of the AHA website, is an implementation of new AHA business rules. This includes customer initiated, real-time, web delivered transactions; automated transactions to eliminate paper and speed up completion; the simplification...

FEI Notice: Belgian Competition Authority Decision Regarding Global Champions League

by FEI | Nov 30, 2015, 6:30 PM

On behalf of the FEI: Publication following a decision of the Belgian Competition Authority: Pursuant to the decision of the Belgian Competition Authority of 27 July 2015, the articles 113(4)-(6) of the FEI General Regulations are suspended with regard to the participation of athletes and horses in the Global Champions League. No athlete or horse can be suspended or sanctioned because of their participation in a competition organised by the Global Champions League. This suspension shall apply...

Two Official Paralympic Equestrian Qualifying Competitions in January 2016

by Lindsay McCall - USPEA | Nov 30, 2015, 3:01 PM

Annie Peavy at the 2015 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) Para-Dressage CPEDI3*. (Lindsay Y. McCall) - After the successful 2015 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships in October riders are looking forward to heading to Wellington, Florida, this Winter show season. The 2016 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), presented by Mission Control, Mane Stream, courtesy of Rowan O'Riley, Adequan®, and Nutrena, will host two CPEDI3* events in January. The...

CP National Horse Show Welcomes Stadium Jumping as New Management Team

by Phelps Media Group | Nov 30, 2015, 1:12 PM

Hugh Kincannon Lexington, Ky. - The CP NationalHorse Show today announced the appointment of Stadium Jumping, Inc. as the new management team for the show. Bringing over five decades of quality equestrian event production to Lexington, the SJI crew takes over for veteran show manager Hugh Kincannon, who announced that he would be stepping aside in an effort to reduce his year-long workload which includes the popular Kentucky Spring and Summer series of horse shows and the USEF National Pony...

William Woods hosts Saddle Seat Equitation World Cup Team Selection Trials

by William Woods University | Nov 30, 2015, 1:04 PM

Riders selected for the 2014 U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team in both three-gaited and five-gaited are (left to right) front row, Brooke Boyer, Kristen Smith, Maisie Benfield, Eleanor Rainbolt-Forbes and Quinn Mercier; back row, William Nalty, Emily Gutenkunst, Aleia Brown, Sydney Shaw, Nadine Van Zomeren, McGee Bosworth and Macey Miles. Fulton, Mo. –The top saddle seat equitation riders in the country will assemble this weekend when William Woods University again hosts the United States...

France, Italy and USA Top the Podium at FEI World Cup Vaulting in Paris

by Louise Parkes, FEI | Nov 30, 2015, 10:09 AM

French vaulters dominated the Male Individual, Italy’s Anna Cavallaro won the Female Individual and American sisters Cassidy and Kimberly Palmer headed the Pas-de-Deux combinations at the second leg of the FEI World Cup™ Vaulting 2015/2016 series in Paris, France tonight. It was an emotional evening on many levels as Male Individual title-holder, Nicolas Andreani, came out of retirement to compete in his home city at the invitation of the Organising Committee. And it was as if he...

Swail and Viva Colombia Impress in $212,000 Holiday & Horses Grand Prix CSI 4*

by Equestrian Sport Productions | Nov 29, 2015, 3:11 PM

Conor Swail and Viva Colombia (ManciniPhotos) Wellington, Fla. - In an exciting jump-off finale, Conor Swail (IRL) and Viva Colombia finished with top honors in the $212,000 Holiday & Horses Grand Prix CSI 4* presented by Palm Beach Sports Commission and Discover the Palm Beaches at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Swail and Viva Colombia bested the talented jump-off of eight competitors with a time of 37.922 seconds. Eugenio Garza (MEX) and Bariano finished just off the...

Kent Farrington and Blue Angel Take $34,000 Equiline Holiday & Horses Opener Grand Prix at 2015 Holiday & Horses CSI 4*

by Equestrian Sport Productions | Nov 25, 2015, 3:06 PM

Kent Farrington and Blue Angel (ManciniPhotos) Wellington, Fla. - Kent Farrington (USA) captured a win in the first FEI class of the 2015 Holiday & Horses CSI 4* hosted at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), piloting Blue Angel to victory in the $34,000 Equiline Holiday & Horses Opener Grand Prix. Farrington, who is currently ranked second in the world, dashed through the jump-off timers in 34.871 seconds to beat fellow American Laura Kraut and Andretti S, who finished...

Rebecca Hart is awarded a Women's Sports Foundation Travel & Training Grant

by Phelps Media Group | Nov 24, 2015, 11:37 AM

Rebecca Hart and Schroeters Romani compete at the 2014 FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. -Two-time Paralympian and seven-time national champion, Rebecca Hart, is a recipient of the 2015 Women's Sports Foundation Travel & Training Fund which helps provide financial support for top female athletes. The organization has been awarding training and travel grants since 1984 and past recipients have been figure skaters Michelle Kwan and...