(USEF) – Lexington, KY – The Florida Department of Agriculture has confirmed the positive diagnosis of Equine Herpes Virus 1 (EHV-1) in horses in Florida. Six of the confirmed cases are linked to the HITS competition in Ocala. An additional horse in the Wellington area (with no identified direct or indirect connection to the Ocala [...] Continue reading →

Dressage4Kids had to reschedule its annual Weekend Educational Program in February due to a winter snowstorm. New dates for the event have now been announced and it will be held on March 9-10 at Nonnewaug High School in Woodbury, Conn. Early registration rates have been extended until Wednesday, March 6th. On Saturday, Registration will open [...] Continue reading →

(FEI) – A delegation led by Paul Côté, President of the Bromont Bid Committee, was at FEI Headquarters today to make an in-depth presentation to the FEI Evaluation Commission as part of the final stages of the bidding process for the hosting rights to the FEI World Equestrian Games™ in 2018. The seven-strong team which [...] Continue reading →

(USEF) – As a reminder, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is accepting applications for the position of Dressage Technical Advisor/Chef d’Equipe until Friday, March 15, 2013. The job description and application are available here: http://usef.org/documents/highPerformance/dressage/ApplicationDressageTA_Chef.pdf For more information regarding the process of hiring the next Technical Advisor/Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. Dressage Team contact [...] Continue reading →

The Norwegian Equestrian Federation has announced the riders who will make up the country’s 2013 Absent from the current list are two of the country’s top riders in 2012 – Olympian Siril Helljesen and Jonas Elvebakk. Both are currently without horses after their top mounts were sold last year. These are the 2013 team members: [...] Continue reading →

(USEF) – Two observation sessions for the 2013 Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Program have taken place in Wellington, FL February 13-14 and Burbank, CA February 22-23. Between the two sessions, USEF Young Horse Coach, Scott Hassler, has been able to observe close to 40 young horses. The majority of riders attended the sessions with their [...] Continue reading →

(Global Dressage Festival) – Wellington, FL – February 22, 2013 – Equestrian Sport Productions is pleased to announce that they will host the annual Special Olympics Palm Beach County Equestrian Games on Saturday, February 23, in coordination with Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center (VTRC). Competition will be held in the Equine Tack & Nutritionals Ring 6 [...] Continue reading →