Success Stories by Discipline

Eventing

Eventing is the equestrian version of triathlon, requiring excellence in dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. These competitions provide a challenging test of discipline, ability, and sportsmanship.

Four in Hand

Thoroughbred Racing

Thoroughbred horses are bred to run. Careful nutritional management can enable them to perform at their best.

Competitive Driving Event

Dressage

A dressage horse must be powerful, balanced, and supple in its gaits, while possessing an even temperament and trainability.

Driving

A driving horse must be fit, brave, and steady. Whether a draft horse or pony, pulling a carriage or sulky, these equine athletes require fuel to perform.

Breeding/Sales

Endurance

Endurance riding has many levels of appeal: competitive and challenging athletic equestrian endeavor, recreational activity, or a unique way to observe the land. Endurance riders recognize the prime importance of finishing the event on a sound and healthy horse.

Show Jumping

A horse that jumps competitively needs both the physical ability and a suitable temperament to perform under challenging conditions.

Single Driving

Reining

To rein a horse is not only to guide him, but also to control his every movement. The best reined horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance and dictated to completely.

Andalusian Showing

The Andalusian horse is a noble figure with a proud history. Developed in Spain, Andalusian horses compete in dressage and other events around the world.

Pony

The pony is the petite powerhouse of the equine world. Whether jumping or driving, ponies sometimes require special management and dietary control.

Hunter

A hunter horse jumps with style and precision, combining strength and elegance in their performance.

Harness Racing

Harness racing has a strong international following. Trotters and pacers must be solid, well-built horses with good dispositions.

Sport Horse

A sport horse is an equine athlete, bred and built to excel in a variety of equestrian events.

Thoroughbred Breeding/Sales

Saddlebred

The high-stepping, elegant Saddlebred is an ideal show horse: beautiful and graceful, but also an intense athletic competitor. American Saddlebreds compete in four major divisions in the show ring: Five-Gaited, Three-Gaited, Fine Harness and Pleasure.

Standardbred Racing

Roping

Barrel Racing

Barrel racing is a timed rodeo event in which horses and riders complete a pattern around barrels placed in a triangle. The physical and mental condition of the horse and the rider’s horsemanship determine success.

Racing

Quarter Horse Racing

The Quarter Horse was developed to excel at sprinting. While the breed today displays remarkable versatility in a number of other equestrian pursuits, those roots remain strong.

Steeplechase/Point-to-Point Racing

Steeplechase combines horse racing and jumping in a demanding, fast-paced equine event.

Western Halter

Halter horses display conformation ideal for their use, emphasizing form to function; in Western horses, factors such as fitness and muscling rely on solid nutritional management.

Quarter Horse Breeding/Sales

Team Penning

Team penning and ranch sorting are horse activities based on Western ranch skills. Riders work together to quickly separate cattle into pens, demonstrating skill and horsemanship.

Warmblood Breeding/Sales