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Combined Driving Upgrades to USEF Website

2024-10-15T22:39:35-04:00November 4, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, Para Equestrian||

The combined driving page of the US Equestrian website has been restructured. Go check it out! In response to member feedback, you can now find more information on combined driving competitions, programs, and championships. Take the Tour by clicking this link, and see all the great info, easy to find [...]

The Growing Youth Carriage Driving Movement Catching On

2024-10-15T22:39:36-04:00November 3, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, News||

Carriage Driving, an equestrian discipline mainly dominated by adults, has seen a recent increase in youth participation in Florida. cover photo: Nathanael Gaedtke learns to navigate for Chris Carswell at Camp Black Prong The Growing Youth Carriage Driving Movement Karen Cherry instructing a driving lesson at camp Black Prong Many parents [...]

At Home With Bliss Heers on ClipMyHorse.TV

2024-10-15T22:37:53-04:00October 27, 2022|Looking Back, Show Jumping Daily|

With a full schedule of live competitions coming up covered by ClipMyHorse.TV, you can also enjoy there "At Home With Series" linked here with Bliss Heers. She shares her story, her horses, and her life in a well done interview. Just last week she celebrated her fist ever 5* victory. [...]

Don't Miss This! The Final Dressage CDI At The World Equestrian Center, Ocala

2024-10-15T22:37:53-04:00October 27, 2022|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Ocala, Fla. – Celebrating a successful year in Ocala of bringing an international experience for Dressage competitors, owners, trainers and fans, to what has been touted as the greatest horse show facility in the world, the final CDI of 2022 is taking in entries through November 9, 2022.  The November Dressage [...]

Lehua Custer and F.J. Ramzes Launch To A New Level at the New TerraNova Dressage CDI

2024-10-15T22:37:58-04:00October 24, 2022|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Wellington, Florida, resident Lahua Custer fulfilled her dream of earning more than 70% in the CDI Grand Prix Special when she achieved a 71.277% aboard F.J. Ramzes, a 2010 Dutch Warmblood gelding (Juventus-J. Rambiance, Rampal) owned by Wendy Sasser. Sasser burst into tears when the score was announced. Photo ©Susan [...]

Dressage Legend Carl Hester Works With New Talent at 2022 NEDA Fall Symposium

2024-10-15T22:38:02-04:00October 20, 2022|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News||

An experience of a lifetime is how many riders described their opportunity to be participants in this year’s Absorbine/New England Dressage Association’s Fall Symposium featuring six-time British Olympian Carl Hester. This year’s NEDA symposium was held on October 15-16 at the Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center in South Hadley, Massachusetts. [...]

Sarah Reitz USEF Preliminary Combined Driving National Champion for Ponies

2024-10-15T22:38:07-04:00October 13, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, News||

Allentown, N.J. – Competitors in the USEF Preliminary Combined Driving National Championships enjoyed a cool and sunny weekend on the rolling hills of the Horse Park of New Jersey. The Garden State Combined Driving Event hosted National Championship competitors in the Preliminary Single Pony and Preliminary Single Horse divisions among [...]

Sonia Williams With Her Gypsy Vanner Robin of Locksley USEF Preliminary Single Horse National Champion

2024-10-15T22:38:07-04:00October 13, 2022|Driving Daily, Looking Back, News||

Sonia Williams (Goshen, Ky.) drove her own Robin of Locksley, a 2004 Gypsy gelding, to a come-from-behind victory in the Preliminary Single Horse National Championship. The pair landed in third-place position after dressage and stayed there through the marathon phase. But a masterful double-clear cones round gave them a boost [...]

Garden State Combined Driving Event 2022 – Results, Schedules, Information

2024-10-15T22:38:08-04:00October 11, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back||

The Garden State Combined Driving Event is a USEF Recognized and Sanctioned Event held at the Horse Park of New Jersey, October 6 - 9, 2022, featuring the USEF Preliminary Championships. Photo:  Sonia Williams winner of the USEF Preliminary Championships ©Allysa Murphy Event Schedule Thursday - October 7, 2022 Horse [...]

Camp Black Prong – A Carriage Driving Vacation with Lectures, Lessons, and Learning

2024-10-15T22:38:08-04:00October 11, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, News||

Camp Black Prong 2022 is the result of the long standing relationship between the Florida Whips Driving Club and Black Prong Equestrian Village. This year the tenth annual Camp Black Prong brought drivers of all levels from across the state to take part in a highly educational carriage driving experience. Held [...]

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