HITS' Kristen Vale and Marshall & Sterling's Mary Moeller congratulate Mira Hopkins after winning the 2009 Championship in the Children's Hunter Horse Division. (Lili Weik Photography) Saugerties, NY - After an historic weekend that saw the best ih high performance show jumping take aim at history in the Pfizer Million, HITS-on-the-Hudson now gets ready to welcome this year’s star competitors from its highly popular grass-roots organization, the Marshall & Sterling League. The...

WEG Foundation (Quarantine facilities for the equine athletes.) Lexington, KY - A temporary equine quarantine facility at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport is ready to facilitate the entry of horses from around the world competing in the eight World Championships of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, September 25-October 10 at the Kentucky Horse Park. The World Games 2010 Foundation worked in conjunction with officials from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, the U.S....

Hampton Falls, NH - Fans of the Olympic sport of equestrian show jumping will have the unique opportunity to meet with some of the nation's top riders and Olympic medalists coming to the Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic in Hampton Falls, NH, September 15-19. The popular 'Elite Shavings Meet and Greet" to be held Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in the SmartPak Equine Rider's Tent on the show grounds of the Silver Oak Equestrian Center is a free event open to the public. Here you will meet a panel of...

Denver, CO - All participants at North American Riding for the Handicapped (NARHA) centers are unique and deserve recognition, but as we all know, some just shine. Each year NARHA celebrates its especially outstanding equestrians, equines, instructors and volunteers, and this year's NARHA region recognition award winners have been posted on the NARHA conference website along with the 2010 national adult equestrian, adult independent equestrian, child equestrian and youth equestrian winners. All...

Bridgehampton, NY - Karen Polle of New York, NY, won the SHALANNO Style of Riding Award at the 35th annual Hampton Classic Horse Show. The SHALANNO Style of Riding Award is presented to the Junior Jumper rider who best exemplifies the American style of equitation as modeled by Olympic medalists Joe Fargis, Conrad Homfeld and George Morris. The award recipient must have the respectful, dignified, courteous and workmanlike manner of a true sportsman. Polle was selected by the jumper judges at the...

Kentucky Equine Research (KER) would like to invite you to tour its world-class facility and meet with some of the equine and human athletes who are preparing for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at its research farm near Versailles, KY. KER is housing the Australian Endurance Team and the U.S. Para-Equestrian Team prior to the Games. There will be two opportunities to visit KER’s research farm during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games: Tuesday, September 28 at 10:30 a.m....

Syracuse, NY - The Syracuse Invitational and Oncenter Complex are proud to announce that tickets are now on sale for the 2010 Tournament which features the 127th National Horse Show. One of the nation’s premiere international equestrian competitions, the Sporthorse Tournament will feature the top-ranked U.S. riders and international competitors who will all vie for the FEI World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse and the Sporthorse Cup, as seen on Animal Planet. In addition, the finest junior riders in...

ASHA Board First Vice President Vicki Gillenwater (left) and President Judy Werner (right) present t (Photo by Brice Carr, American Saddlebred Horse Association) Louisville, KY - At the 2010 Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS), held every August in conjunction with the Kentucky State Fair, the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) recognized its 2010 ASHA Youth Scholarship recipients, as well as the winners of the ASHA Junior Judging Contest, in center ring of...

Loxahatchee, FL - The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center (VTRC) hosted the first Vinceremos Volunteer Roundup last Friday on August 28, 2010. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. and was attended by over 60 current and interested volunteers. In addition to a new volunteer sign up station, the Vinceremos Volunteer Roundup gave volunteers the opportunity to meet the new barn manager, play some minute-to-win-it barn games, and win prizes. Everyone enjoyed the games, and the while the carrot toss...

USEF Archive/Geoff Oliver Bugbee (USEF President David O'Connor presented the inaugural EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award to Nancy Koch of CANTER.) The United States Equestrian Federation and The EQUUS Foundation will once again honor the hard work and dedication of equestrians with the presentation of the Second Annual EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award to be presented during the Pegasus Awards at the USEF Annual Meeting in January 2011. In 2009, the USEF and the EQUUS Foundation joined...