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Add a new championship for the Americas
The traditional quadrennial Pan American Games will be held in Peru next summer, but first, a new concept of a three-discipline FEI championship for the Americas will come to Ocala, Fla., January 21-31. The inaugural Pan American Equestrian Confederation (PAEC)...
Two eventers die after cross-country falls in Britain
Two British eventers died within hours of each other Saturday due to falls on cross-country at separate events in England. Sophie Fouracre, a three-time veteran of the Burghley 5-Star, was fatally injured while riding a 5-year-old mare, Rhubarbsfox Britannia, at...
Israel tops in landmark Nations Cup
Double clears from Ilan Ferder (Ezarka del Belhame) and Daniel Bluman (Malina) boosted Israel to victory in the 3-star Nations Cup at the Traverse City, Mich., horse show on Thursday. It was Israel's first Cup win in America. Israel finished with a total of 4...
Adrienne Lyle does it again (UPDATED)
Adrienne Lyle finished in the lead on Helix over Germany's Moritz Treffinger aboard Morricone Friday in the 4-star Grand Prix at the Neustädter Pferdesommer dressage show in Germany. Riding her 2024 Paris Olympic mount, Adrienne earned 71.391 percent for her fourth...
New Jersey Horse Park hosted a world championships prep
The Jersey Fresh International three-day event was staged for the last time in 2021, after the U.S. Equestrian Federation did not grant the Horse Park of New Jersey event its usual 3- and 4-Star Long and 4-Star Short designations for 2023-2027. The Tryon, N.C., Spring...
Looking for a job? Here’s what to consider if you’re applying to be USEF CEO
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced it has hired a company to lead the process of looking for a successor to CEO Bill Moroney, who will retire at the end of the year. The board signed an agreement with Korn Ferry, an executive search and leadership advisory...
Another woman makes history with a horse racing classic win
A little more than two months after Cherie DeVaux became the first woman trainer to win the Kentucky Derby (then went on to become the second trainer of her sex to to take the Belmont Stakes in June with Golden Tempo) Lindsay Schultz produced a record of her own...
A change in the world championships German show jumping team
Andre Thieme has bowed out of the German squad for next month's world championships, after DSP Chakaria, his normally reliable mare, showed some hesitation at the water jump during last weekend's Falsterbo, Sweden, show. "I noticed in Falsterbo that Chakaria is...
An award in memory of a man who valued workers’ virtues
The Ryan C. Fairclough Memorial Award has been established to recognize those whose dedication helps make New Jersey's Sussex County Farm & Horse Show possible each year. Ryan, who passed away in May, was the grandson of Dr. Robert Rost, the guiding spirit of the...
A former horse farm will host the 2027 Mansion in May
The Mansion in May designer showcase, a highlight every other year in the Morris County, N.J., area, is going to be held in a Georgian mansion on the former Lana Lobell property in Bedminster Township. Lana Lobell was a standardbred farm for many years. Now the Oxbow...
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