Photo Credit: Sharon Packer/Lexington, KY (December 10, 2013) – The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to announce the establishment of the USDF Honorary Instructor Program. This program has been carefully developed with great consideration over the last several years, by the Instruction Certification Strategic Planning Group (ICSPG) together with the Instructor/Trainer Committee. The [...] Continue reading →

Photo Credit: Sharon Packer/Lexington, KY (December 13, 2013) – The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) would like to congratulate the eleven-year-old, 17.0 hand, Westfalen gelding, Legolas, owned by Akiko Yamazaki’s Four Winds Farm LLC, and ridden by Steffen Peters of San Diego, California, for being named 2013 Adequan/USDF Grand Prix Horse of the Year.  Legalos’ [...] Continue reading →

FEI PRESS RELEASE/ Lausanne (SUI), 16 December 2013Tune in to the FEI’s wide range of online information resources for the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage, FEI World Cup™ Driving and Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping at the Olympia Horse Show, the “World’s Best Equestrian Christmas Party”, this week. Watch live Live action on FEI [...] Continue reading →

. Photo credit: Sharon Packer. White Fences Polar Express Saturday High Score was earned by Mikala Munter Gundersen and My Lady on December 14, 2013. In a stellar FEI TOC Freestyle, the lovely pair earned 75.250%. The Freestyle music is new and so well suited to My Lady. Below is a Press Release from Phelps [...] Continue reading →

Wellington, FL (Decemeber 13, 2013) – Leslie Morse gave an interesting discussion of her journey as both a competitive rider and a breeder of exceptional Grand Prix prospects during ShowChic’s December ShopTalk. Morse, who is known for her international success with stallions Kingston and Tip Top 962, has spent the last decade breeding the next [...] Continue reading →

RELEASE: December 11, 2013 AUTHOR/ADMINISTRATOR: USEF Communications Department Lexington, Ky. – Voting is now open for the coveted 2013 USEF Equestrian of the Year award. Following decades of tradition, the winner will again be announced when the horse world meets at the United States Equestrian Federation’s annual Pegasus Awards gala. This year’s gala will be [...] Continue reading →

The three best international equestrian sport photos from last year were distinguished with the Silver Camera on Saturday evening at the CHIO Aachen. Helen Langehanenberg, Ingrid Klimke and Marcus Ehning indirectly contributed towards the success of the three winners – they were namely the photo motifs. For example the Belgian photographer, Dirk Caremans claimed first [...] Continue reading →