Kelsey Kimbler riding CAHR Junior (Photo by Paschal Karl) Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce Kelsey Kimbler as the winner of the 2010 USEF Youth Sportsman's Award, sponsored by Breyer Animal Creations®. Kimbler was selected from an outstanding group of youth representing their respective recognized breed and discipline affiliates from across the country. An avid endurance competitor from Aberdeen, SD, she was nominated by both the Arabian Horse...

Meg Flemming, Paul Kathen and Bess Reineman (Photo courtesy of Kelly McChesney) Katy, TX - December 8, 2010 - Paul Kathen of Texas received the second annual USDF Region 9 Teaching Excellence Award at the Great American/USDF Region 9 Championships held in Katy, TX, November 4-7. He received a $5,000 award for demonstrating outstanding abilities as a dressage teacher. Meg Flemming, originator of the award, said "The best teachers communicate the principles of dressage by utilizing effective...

California dressage rider Dantia Benson (Photo courtesy of Dantia Benson) Somis, CA – December 8, 2010 - California dressage rider Dantia Benson flew from her home in California to Florida to attend the annual United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Convention and watch her four-year-old Dutch horse be awarded the Materiale Horse of the Year. What Benson didn’t expect was to fly home from the convention as the second winner of a custom made dressage saddle from Custom Saddlery as part of their...

Lexington, KY - December 8, 2010 - Tiffany Sullivan has been named the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for November. Sullivan competes in the West Conference Amateur-Owner division of the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series aboard Karon K. In November, the pair bested a field of 18 entries to take top honors in the Series class held at the Las Vegas National Horse Show, earning 150 points. With Cavalor's support, the Series honors one rider each month as...

Ceci Butler-Stasiuk (GenieSS, Inc) Lexington, KY - Endurance athlete Ceci Butler-Stasiuk has been named this year's recipient of the Maggy Price Endurance Excellence Trophy, sponsored by Gold Medal Farm and Larry and Valerie Kanavy.This award is given to the endurance athlete who earns the most points in selected Ranking Trials during the ride year. Butler-Stasiuk (Humble, TX) and DJB Cytron Kon JMF, owned by her mother Darolyn Butler, won the Florida Horse Park CEI3* 160km ride in January and...

Lausanne, Switzerland - The FEI has announced today that Bökeberg, near Malmö (SWE), will host the inaugural FEI World Reining Finals in May 2011. Qualified riders will compete for the title of World Reining Champion at the Finals in Malmö, where $100,000 in prize money will be on offer. The FEI World Reining Finals, which are a reworking of the FEI World Reining Masters, will be held on 22 May 2011 at the well-known equestrian facility at Bökeberg, just outside Malmö. This is the first time...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Horses considered as gypsy cob, gypsy vanner and other similar types are now eligible for registration with the Pinto Horse Association of America. Relaxing the rules on draft characteristics, the PtHA is offering a new classification of equines. According to the new rules, horses showing feathers on their legs are now acceptable as long as they are registered with an approved outcross breed association as determined by the PtHA Rule Book and meet the standard color requirements...

Denver— NARHA’s National Award Winners were honored November 6 at the Annual NARHA Awards Banquet, the highlight of NARHA’s 2010 National Conference, Annual Meeting and Horse Expo, in the Grand Hyatt Ballroom in Denver, CO. The banquet featured an excellent dinner, punctuated by cheers and happy tears for the people who exemplify the best of the wonderful population of participants, instructors, volunteers and equines who work together to change the lives of people who live with physical,...

The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) named Kelsey Kimbler of Aberdeen, SD the 2010 AHA Youth of the Year. Kimbler was presented with the Youth of the Year perpetual trophy at the 2010 AHA Annual Convention on Nov. 20 in Orlando, FL. A quote by Randy Pausch is one of Kimbler's favorites, "The brick walls are not there to keep us out, they are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something." And shown us, she has. Kimbler's achievements and contributions to the Arabian horse...

Lexington, KY (November 24, 2010) - The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to John ‘Jack’ Kimball and Judith Noone at the Salute Gala & Annual Awards Banquet on December 3, 2010, at the Adequan/USDF National Convention & Symposium in Jacksonville, FL. These two recipients have shown a lifetime of dedication to USDF through volunteering, and developing programs, projects, and committees that have contributed to USDF's mission. They also have a long...