Oklahoma City, OK – Friday’s competition at the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Okla. featured the $260,000 added 2011 NRHA / Cinch Non Pro Futurity Finals. This championship event welcomed back 53 non pros to compete in a clean-slate format for more than $560,000 in cash, approximately 30% larger than last year’s purse due to NRHA Nomination Program money. In addition to...

Greenwich Park, pictured here at the London Prepares Test Event in July, will provide a spectacular backdrop for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Photo: Kit Houghton/FEI. Sales of Paralympic Equestrian tickets for the London 2012 Paralympic Games have broken records, with more than 40,000 tickets already sold. And there is a further opportunity for spectator numbers to increase with remaining tickets going on sale at 1pm GMT today (2 December). The number of tickets sold to date...

Megan Edrick and Cadence won the $31,000 Holiday and Horses Opener Grand Prix. ManciniPhotos. Wellington, FL - Megan Edrick and Cadence jumped to an exciting victory in the $31,000 Holiday and Horses Opener Grand Prix CSI 2* at Equestrian Sport Production's Holiday and Horses competition on Thursday afternoon. The win was Edrick's fourth grand prix victory of the year with Cadence after topping a class in St. Louis this summer and recently earning back to back victories in Atlanta. The...

Fairfield, CT — St. Andrews University Equestrian Program director and Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) coach, Peggy McElveen, is promising quintessential Southern hospitality when the Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. Horse Complex hosts the 39th Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships, May 3-6, 2012, in Raleigh, NC. Think rocking chairs. Magnolia blossoms. White picket fences. “A Taste of Raleigh” from its finest five-star restaurants. And...

Lexington, KY - On November 30, 2011, the application period closed for the position of USEF Show Jumping Chef d'Equipe/ Technical Advisor. The USEF Search Committee received six applications for this position which will become available in 2013. The Search Committee will review the applications, conduct interviews and rate the applicants. Upon completion of this phase of the process, the Search Committee will forward their ratings to Show Jumping Eligible Athlete Committee (SJEAC) and the...

Lexington, KY - Accomplished trainers from the Saddlebred, Morgan and Arabian breeds have been selected as coaches for the 2012 U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team. The event will take place in Parys, South Africa, in December of 2012. The 2012 USA Saddle Seat Team Coaches are Cindy Mugnier, Sandra Currier, Kristen Cater, and Brent Jacobs. Cindy Mugnier owns and operates a training stable at Fox Meadow Farm in Massachusetts; she also is a USEF judge and current committee member of USEF Morgan,...

Mary Jordan and Sebastian. Photo: Lindsay Y McCall for the United States Para-Equestrian Association (USPEA). Thousand Oaks, CA - With a Team Gold under their belt earned at the 2011 CPEDI3*in Mexico City, the United States Para-Equestrian Team takes to the air headed to beautiful Melbourne, Australia. The 2011 CPEDI3* in Werribee, Victoria, Australia, begins Thursday, December 8, with a horse inspection, followed by the Team Test on Friday, Individual Test on Saturday, and finally the...

Isabelle Leibler and her own Watson 108 are set to represent the US at the FEI Young Rider Dressage World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany, held Dec. 14-18. The 2011 Gold medalists from the Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North and National Young Rider Dressage Champions at the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of Championships travelled to Germany and will spend some time training prior to competition before competition gets underway. Travel...

Union, IL - Winter doldrums got you down? No worries. Grab your furry, four hooved partner, and come out for a weekend of Winter Dressage Work with Jayne Ayers. On the menu you will find a variety of tasty dishes sure to please. The SPECIALTY OF THE HOUSE is a Private Dressage lesson prepared and served to your specifications. " Our CLUB MENU Lunge lesson is perfect for all. The MAIN DISH, Cavalletti and Gymnastics lesson, is a classical dish of the trade. ANNNND, wait for it…you will...

Lexington, KY - Charlie Jacobs, Christina Kelly, Josephina Nor-Lantzman, and Lauren Croquenois emerged as champions in the regular season of the 2011 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series conducted its 2011 series with classes at approximately 100 horse shows across the nation, giving competitors an abundance of opportunities to accumulate points throughout the year. The Series featured separate divisions for amateur-owner and...