Lexington, Ky. - Tuesday evening's Opening Ceremonies marked the exciting start of the 2015 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC). The Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that 222 entries are set to compete in the championships, which run July 14-19 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Tuesday's dressage horse inspection (SusanJStickle.com) Of the 76 riders set to compete in the USDF/Platinum Performance North...

Caledon, Ont. - The United States Dressage Team bids a fond farewell to the Pan American Games as they depart the Caledon Equestrian Park with Team Gold medals, an Individual Gold medal for Steffen Peters and Legolas 92, an Individual Silver medal for Laura Graves and Verdades, and a 2016 Olympic Games berth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The week was marked by team success, invaluable experience, and ambitious optimism about the future. Individual Medalists at the Pan American Games...

Steffen Peters (USA) and Legolas 92 (c) StockImageServices.com Caledon, Ont. - July 14, 2015 - Steffen Peters (San Diego, Calif.) with Four Winds Farm's Legolas 92 have won the Gold Individual medal, Laura Graves (Plymouth, Fla.) and her own Verdades take home the Silver Individual medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. More news and photos to follow.

A Hunter on course at the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show (Blowing Charity Horse Show Foundation) Final preparations are underway for the arrival of 500 horses and 2,000 riders, trainers, owners and attendants at the 92nd Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show. The action begins at 8AM on July 21 with the first of two shows held from July 21 to 26 and the second from July 29 to August 2. Begun in 1923 along a dirt road on Green Hill in Blowing Rock, this iconic horse show has been held each summer...

A final decision has been reached on the number of riders per country for tomorrow’s Individual Dressage Final and a new start list has been made following a draw. Fifty per cent of those that started in the Team Competitions qualify for the Individual Final, and the Technical Handbook for Dressage at the Pan-American Games does not mention any restrictions on the number of riders per nation that can continue through to the Individual Final, provided they are qualified. The competitions...

(c) ESI Photography Melissa Rudershausen and her Charmeur Ask won first place in Sunday's $40,000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix at the HITS Culpeper Cavalier Classic. Culpepper, Virginia - July 14, 2015 - Melisssa Rudershausen and her Charmeur Ask won first place in Sunday's $40,000 HITS Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix at the HITS Culpeper Cavalier Classic. Rudershausen, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, went fourth in the 10 horse jump-off, taking first after the lead changed hands...

Albuquerque, N.M. - By the time summer makes its appearance across the upper Midwestern United States, the entire Arabian horse younger set is looking forward to the Youth National Championships. Held in Albuquerque, New Mexico for one final year before a 2016 move to Oklahoma City, this 23rd edition of the championship show will run from Saturday, July 18th through Saturday, July 25th at Expo, New Mexico. Entries for the all-youth show in recent years have been running around 800 horses,...

We have had a number of inquiries regarding the fact that only a small portion of the equestrian events held at the Pan American Games in Toronto are being broadcast or streamed in the United States. Before explaining the reason for this, I want to extend my personal congratulations and that of our entire Federation to all who participated in winning the Team Gold medal in Dressage these past two days. Our team faced enormous pressure, the highest stakes, and fierce competition from our...

Christian Heineking and AJE Cluny (Flying Horse LTD) Parker, CO - July 12, 2015 - The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) saw a large turnout under clear skies overlooking the Rocky Mountains during the $100,000 Nutrena® Grand Prix Sunday. The class saw twenty-five riders contest the course set in the Coors Family Grand Prix Ring, which was designed by Danny Foster of Canada. Out of six entries that advanced, the jump-off only saw two clear rounds, the fastest of which belonged to Christian Heineking...

Caledon, Ont. - Excellent performances by all four members of the U.S. Pan American Dressage Team over two days at the 2015 Pan American Games resulted in a Team Gold medal win and direct qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team, composed of Sabine Schut-Kery and Alice Womble’s Sanceo and Kimberly Herslow and Kiroli Enterprises LLC’s Rosmarin in the Small Tour, and Laura Graves and her own Verdades and Steffen Peters and Four Winds Farm’s...