The 114th annual Devon Horse Show and Country Fair will boast brand new, state-of-the-art footing in the Dixon Oval when it opens its 11-day run on May 27. The new footing in the Dixon Oval, a major undertaking, will be installed by Equestrian Services International, which has provided the footing for the 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong and the footing currently in use at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. This new, all-weather surface will meet the needs of all the various breeds and disciplines...

United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Emerging Athlete Program (EAP) applications have been reviewed, and selected riders for Level I are posted online for Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5 and Zone 10. Please visit the EAP webpage for the list of riders by zone at www.ushja.org/EAP/levelI.aspx . Level I Training Sessions Zone 1 & 2: April 10-11, Westbrook Hunt Club, Westbrook, CT Zone 3: May 3-4, Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, VA Zone 4: May 1-2, Savannah College of Art &...

Competition in the 2010 Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series grew with intensity during the month of March. With classes still in full swing at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL, riders continued to earn points on the series' overall standings. One such rider is Reed Kessler of Armonk, NY, who competes in the Series' East Conference Junior division with her mount Ligist. With back-to-back first-place finishes with Ligist, Kessler earned 330 points,...

The award-winning Midwest Charity Horse Show has taken advantage of the long snowy winter in adding several new classes to this year’s edition. Midwest’s board of directors tightened up the schedule and added a Hackney Horse division—classes include a Single Horse Open, an Amateur Single Horse, Champion Single Horse and Open Pairs Driving. Pink will be the color of the evening on Friday in honor of Midwest’s new Pink Ribbon Class, number 154, Five Gaited Ladies Amateur...

Expanding its already considerable support of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), SmartPak™ has signed on as "Official Tack and Equipment Supplier to the USEF". In addition, SmartPak will be adding sponsorship of the new Adult Amateur Hunter Ranking List to the list of other programs SmartPak supports, which include the USEF Week in Review and the North American Young Rider Reining Championship. "The USEF has done so much for equestrian sport, and we are grateful for their...

Photo by Randi Muster (Victoria Birdsall and Baheera captured the Third Annual George Morris Excellence in Equitation Exhibition.) The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) is winding down as it finished its 11th week of competition on March 24-28. The week featured the highlight event of the season, the $500,000 FTI Consulting Finale Grand Prix, CSI*****, along with a full schedule of hunter, jumper, and equitation classes, including the prestigious Third Annual George Morris Excellence in...

In an effort to implement a pilot program for equine drugs and medications testing for its sanctioned events, the United States Polo Association (USPA) has engaged the services of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Equine Drugs and Medications Program. This new pilot program was approved by the USPA Board of Governors in October 2009 and has been implemented in time for the annual 2010 polo season that includes the annual USPA U.S. Open Polo Championship. The Championship takes...

The debut of the Camden Spring Fling show, April 7-11, is mere days away. Event manager Lewis Pack wishes to announce new schedule changes that affect the Junior and Amateur riders in particular. Divisions for the junior and amateur exhibitors have been moved to Saturday and Sunday versus the original Friday start. “We realize that many of our young riders are still in school and our adult riders have work schedules to contend with, so it was decided moving these classes to the weekend would...

The 33rd Annual American National Riding Commission (ANRC) National Intercollegiate Equitation Championship will take place at Sweet Briar College in Lynchburg, VA, April 17-18. Approximately 12 college teams will showcase their most talented riders, who will be judged and scored in three riding phases: a Dressage Sportif (a program ride with USEF hunter equitation tests) on Saturday, a Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Course at 3' and a Hunter Trials Equitation Course in a field on Sunday. In...

Photo by Robbi Meisel (Taylor Land and Karonda V Schl’Hof) The Atlanta Spring Classics welcomed the new season with Cherry Blossoms in bloom, blue skies, and heated competition among hunters and jumpers. And the biggest competition this week centered around two sisters, Frances and Taylor Land, who dominated the jumper rings. Produced by the Classic Company and held at the Georgia International Horse Park, home of the 1996 Olympics, in Conyers, GA, the two-week event runs March 24-April 3 with...