Lexington, KY - At the Alltech National Horse Show, currently taking place at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena in Lexington, Champion youth Saddle Seat competitors will be on hand on Sunday to greet show attendees. Those in attendance at the Alltech National Horse Show on Sunday will have the opportunity to meet four reigning champions of Saddle Seat Equitation, who will be on hand at the American Saddlebred exhibit. Those in attendance will include 2011 Good Hands Final Champion,...

2011 USEF Horsemastership Training Session. USEF Archives. Lexington, KY - Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 2012 USEF Horsemastership Training Session presented by the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) and Adequan. The sixth annual USEF Horsemastership Training Session will be held on January 3-7, 2012, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. The following 12 riders will be invited to participate: The North American Young Riders Individual...

Lexington, KY - Applications are now being accepted for consideration to participate in the 2012 U.S. Saddle Seat Equitation Team Selection Trials. The Trials will be held at William Woods University in Fulton, MO, on March 31, 2012. A riders' meeting/draw will be held the evening of Friday, March 30, 2012, and the Selection Trials will take place on Saturday, March 31, with team member announcements that evening. The shortened schedule allows athletes to travel earlier on Sunday. Online...

SAUGERTIES, NY – HITS, Inc. is pleased to announce that the complete prize list for the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit has been mailed and is now available on-line at HitsShows.com, featuring class listings, schedules, and entry blanks. Kicking off HITS’ winter competition on the East Coast, show jumping action at all levels will get underway at Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida on January 18. New this year to HITS Ocala is an added week of A-rated competition, bringing the circuit to...

Lexington, KY - Christine McCrea, who on Saturday powered her way to the Pan American Games Gold Medal in Guadalajara, Mexico, makes her next stop at the debut of the Alltech National Horse Show in Lexington, Kentucky, beginning on Wednesday. McCrea, who was perfect through five rounds of world-class jumping in Mexico, picked up two Gold medals in her first ever appearance at the Pan American Games. Her two clear rounds on Thursday in the Nations Cup were a key factor as the United States Show...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will host an open forum for the jumping community on Monday, November 7, 2011, at the Kentucky Horse Park Visitor's Center's South Theater. The forum will take place from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET, and will be broadcast live on the USEFNetwork.com . Howard Pike will moderate the open forum which is designed to provide a sounding board for members interested in the sport of show jumping. Forum participants will tackle...

Scott Stewart and Garfield. Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. Washington, D.C. - The 53rd annual Washington International Horse Show continued hunter competition for professional and amateur riders today, and a multitude of championship coolers, shining trophies, and fluttering ribbons were awarded. Scott Stewart of Flemington, NJ, rode Alexandra Crown's Garfield to the Grand Hunter Championship. Stewart was also named the Leading Hunter Rider after he won four tricolor ribbons. Becky Gochman of...

Washington, D.C. - The Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), the country's leading metropolitan indoor horse show, will provide free live streaming of its 53rd annual championship event, which will be held October 25-30 at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The entire show, more than 70 hours of the best equestrian sport in the country, will be available free online, including the $100,000 President’s Cup Grand Prix, the show jumping highlight of the week, and the WIHS...

Margie Engle Wins the $75,000 FEI World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix de Penn National (Al Cook Photo). Harrisburg, PA – Margie Engle of Wellington, FL, riding Indigo, owned by Gladewinds & Shay Griese, won the $75,000 FEI World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix de Penn National, the crowning event at the 66th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show’s on Saturday evening. With this victory, Engle added yet another win to her impressive resume of 196 Grand Prix career wins yet this is the...

So there is a lot to catch up on! For starters – the U.S. Eventing team has been dominating - they won the dressage and then jumped FIVE double clear rounds on Saturday’s cross country course in front of 33,000 spectators at Santa Sofia Golf Course. It was awesome to watch them – Buck set the mark on Absolute Liberty and the rest of them met it. You could count all hairy moments on one hand – we have a lot of which to be proud. The venue was beautiful and it was like a...