Carly Taylor-Smith and Rosalut NHF. (Photo: Annan Hepner) Wayne, IL- Ripline and Rosalut NHF are no strangers to success at the Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse National Championships. In 2014, Ripline claimed the 6-year-old championship while Rosalut NHF took home top honors in the 4-year-old division. In their 2015 return [...]
The beautiful show grounds at the historic Lamplight Equestrian Center, St Charles, Illinois, are bustling with dressage horses and riders from across the country. Many of the future dressage stars in the United States will be on display over the next several days: running alongside the Markel/USEF Young and Developing [...]
America’s top young and developing dressage horses have made their way to the beautiful Lamplight Equestrian Center in St. Charles, Illinois to begin their quest at being crowned best in the nation. You can watch it all live and archived on the USEF Network, including the USEF National Dressage Championships [...]
Seems like America’s heartland is breeding some great young Dressage talent and we’re not just talking horses. 25-year-old Adam Steffens is returning to The Lamplight Equestrian Center in St Charles, Illinois, not far from his home state of Minnesota where he got his start taking dressage lessons at age 9. [...]
Angela Jackson has a busy week ahead and she’s embracing her packed schedule with her trademark good cheer and gusto. “I'm so thrilled that I have been invited again to attend the Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Championships,” Angela says. “I want to say a big thank you to the [...]
Lisa Wilcox waited until Gallant Reflection HU was a 6-year-old to begin his competitive career, and it looks like the strategy worked. Photo - Lisa Wilcox and Gallant Reflection HU, 2015, (Photo: Susan J. Stickle) Qualifying for the finals was their goal which they achieved early in 2015 in Florida [...]
Loxahatchee, FL – USDF Gold, Silver, and Bronze medalist Heidi Degele has always set lofty goals for herself and her dressage mounts, and is now seeing those goals achieved with her ten-year-old American Warmblood gelding Lakota HD. Degele and Lakota HD have officially received their invitation to compete in the [...]
It doesn't get any more American Bred than Leatherdale Farms when it comes to the Markel National Young Horse Championships. Deep in the heartland of the USA, Leatherdale Farms and their midwestern rider 32-year-old Mike Suchanek are bringing three horses in August to Lamplight Equestrian Center, in only his second [...]
Last years’ winner of the Four-Year-Old Division at the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Championships are a year older, a year wiser, and ready for the trip from Malibu, California to St Charles, Illinois. His rider, 25-year-old Carly Taylor-Smith has had a great season leading with the American bred Oldenburg gelding [...]
In 2012, Dr. Cesar Parra made his first trip to the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Illinois for the Markel/USEF National Dressage Young Horse and Developing Horse Championships with just one horse, Simply Nymphenburg winning the Six-Year-Old Reserve Championship. He couldn’t help but wonder why it took him so long to [...]
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