Riding Disciplines
Welcome to Riding Disciplines which covers every English and Western riding style! The English riding covers Dressage, a ballet on horseback, Driving which features both the beautiful horses and the carriages they pull, Foxhunting, Eventing, Jumping, Saddle Seat, and even the sport of Polo.
The Western riding category includes Pleasure, Reining and all Rodeo events involving a horse, so look for Barrel Racing, Bronc Riding, Chuck Wagon Racing, Cutting, Pole Bending and Roping.
Want to know the date of your favorite horse show or rodeo? Don’t miss it! Dates and locations are included in the in both the Calendar of Events for English Riding and the Calendar of Events for Western Riding. Are we missing a category or event? Please use the useful feedback link and let us know!
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Kassidy Dennison is becoming a giant name in a relatively small world of sports: Barrel Racing.
Dennison, who is the first Navajo barrel racer to qualify for the 2014 National Finals Rodeo, is a five-time Indian World Champion All Around Cowgirl and, in 2011, she became the first Native woman to earn her spot on the Classic Equine Brand team.
And now, on the first day of Native American Heritage Month, November 1, Dennison will add another top mention to her list of achievements. The City of Gallup, New Mexico has proclaimed it “Kassidy Dennison Day.”
“Thank you to the City of Gallup— Mayor Jackie McKinney, City Councilors Linda Garcia, Allan Landavazo, Yogash Kumar and Cecil Garcia, for honoring my accomplishments by proclaiming November 1st–Kassidy Dennison Day! Dennison said in a news release.I” am grateful to be an ambassador of The City of Gallup, the surrounding communities, The Navajo Nation and the State of New Mexico.”
Read more: Navajo Barrel Racer Is Saluted With ‘Kassidy Dennison Day’ in New Mexico
Reining competition is open to all breeds of horses. Though the American Quarter Horses dominate the field, American Paint Horses, Arabians, Morgans and Appaloosas are among some of the breeds seen at reining shows world-wide.
Appaloosas have competed successfully in the sport for many years and have made their presence known winning many classes and earning worthwhile purses and prizes. In 1986, Gunsmokes Skeeter became the National Reining Horse Association’s (NRHA) all-time leading Appaloosa money earner. Barbara Mazziotta’s 1983 mare (Boss Nowata Star x Mr Gunsmokes Doll) was shown exclusively by Terry Thompson to win $30,174. During the 2011 National Reining Breeders Classic, Frank Marley’s Some Kinda Shine (Shine Of A Kind x Precious Lady D) topped that mark with NRHA Professional Matt Mills aboard. The Appaloosa stallion racked up more than $30,517 in NRHA LTE.
Read more: Reining: Boemil Twin Robotop - the only Appaloosa in the Individual Finals
by Heather Wallace for Equine Info Exchange
Boyd Martin has accomplished something that no other rider in North America has done in the last 10 years, sweeping three of four FEI divisions in one international event. A record was broken and history made, at the 16th-annual Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event held May 10-13, 2018 in Allentown, New Jersey.
Each spring the triathletes of the equestrian world compete in the lush green fields of the Horse Park of New Jersey at Stone Tavern in Monmouth County, New Jersey. This year Jersey Fresh is a qualifying event for the FEI World Equestrian Games, which will be held September 11-23rd in Mill Spring, North Carolina at the Tryon International Equestrian Center.
Riders from the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, Brazil, and Switzerland enjoyed the spring weather while competing in two days of Dressage, one day of Cross Country and one day of Show Jumping.
This year, JFI3D featured some new features, including a record-breaking 150 competitors in the CIC3* division; 10 new Cross-Country jumps; and new footing in the arenas.
Read more: Boyd Martin Sets Record at Jersey Fresh International Three Day Event
