Kristen Vanderveen and Bull Run's Eternal ©Don West Photography and ©Ann Stanton Photography Mill Spring, NC - June 24, 2015 - Kristen Vanderveen (USA) and Bull Run's Eternal flew to the top of the leaderboard in the $34,000 1.50m Speed Stake at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC), collecting her second career FEI win at the venue, completing the track in 66.12 seconds. Ljubov Kochetova (RUS) and Balou Du Reventon finished second in 71.1 seconds. Upcoming American talent Wilton...

WACO, Texas – The National Reining Horse Association Derby is scheduled to host the 2015 NRHA Collegiate Reining Championship on Saturday, June 27 in the State Fair Park Coliseum in Oklahoma City, Okla. The event begins at 8 a.m. CT. The competition will feature four first-team All-America riders from National Collegiate Equestrian Association institutions. This year’s participants are South Carolina’s Layla Choate, Georgia’s Lauren Garmon, Texas A&M’s Laura...

Devon, PA - June 9, 2015 – Dressage at Devon (DAD) ( www.dressageatdevon.org ) will increase the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle prize money to $15,000 at the 2015 show – bringing the CDI total to $40,000 in honor of the 40th Anniversary. “This is a big year for us and we’re going to celebrate!” said Lori Kaminski, President and CEO. “In addition to increasing the Grand Prix Freestyle prize money, we’ve added an FEI Amateur Division as well as an Amateur...

Lexington, Ky. - The USEF Eventing High Performance Committee approved the following addition to the High Performance Summer/Fall World Class Training List for 2015. The following athlete will participate in Training Sessions with U.S. Eventing Team Coach David O'Connor. Training Session dates and locations will be announced at a later date. Clark Montgomery at the Luhmühlen CCI4* (Shannon Brinkman Photo) World Class List: Athletes that currently possess the ability to be competitive...

Laura Chapot is one of the many top riders in town for the 2015 Lake Placid Horse Show (The Book LLC) Lake Placid, New York - The 46th annual Lake Placid Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC, got underway on Tuesday. Many of the nation's best hunter and jumper riders have arrived at the North Elba Show Grounds as the Lake Placid Horse Shows are again hosting three fantastic weeks of top horse show competition beginning at 8:00 AM daily. The Lake Placid Horse Show runs June 23-28,...

Top: Sarah Cohen, Sadie Lahey. Bottom: Jennifer Foulon, Rosie Julian Simoes, Kalie Beckers Lincoln, Neb. - June 22, 2015 – Four young riders have been selected for the 2015 International Dream Program that annually sends US young riders to Europe for an intensive dressage experience. The program is administered and funded annually by The Dressage Foundation (TDF). An independent selection committee, after reviewing dozens of applications, chose the following young riders to make the...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the ranked alternates for the U.S. Pan American Eventing Team for the 2015 Pan American Games. The alternate athlete-and-horse combinations have been ranked in the following order (pending the approval of the Ad Hoc Selection Group): Jennie Brannigan (Kennett Square, Pa.) and Nina Gardner's Cambalda, a 2002 Thoroughbred Cross gelding Lauren Kieffer (Ocala, Fla.) and Jacqueline Mars' Vermiculus, a 2007...

Kelli Cruciotti and Zidante Parker, Colo. - June 23, 2015 - Colorado Horse Park's (CHP) Summer in the Rockies III concluded this past weekend in Parker, CO. It was a full week of competition including the $50,000 Griffis Residential Grand Prix, $20,000 Open Welcome Stake, $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby and $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby. The $50,000 Griffis Residential Grand Prix saw 22 participants contest the impressive course, designed by Hector Loyola. The class only saw...

Kelley Farmer pilots Mindful to the win in the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Week II of the Atlanta Summer Classic! Atlanta, Georgia - June 22, 2015 - The $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby saw the best in the sport tackle the course in the Olympic Arena designed by none other than Steve Stephens of Palmetto, Florida. Besides a resume that includes his role as the Official Course Designer for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Stephens also designed the 2012 USHJA International...

The CAA Carriage Festival, a weekend focused on the sport of showing antique carriages and testing the skill of those driving and restoring them, will be held at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park on the final weekend in June. The Festival is held once a year by the Carriage Association of America (CAA) which is headquartered at the Park. Antique carriages and exhibitors from throughout the nation are expected to attend the festival, one of the largest displays in the US. The highlight of...