http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/pressreleases.phpThe IHSA provides collegiate riders of all skills the opportunity to compete individually and as teams in equestrian competition. It was founded on the principle that any college student should be able to participate in horse shows regardless of his or her riding ability or financial status.Fri, 24 May 2013 02:00:38 -0500en-ushttp://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=7846http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=7846Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500Fairfield, CT – May 14, 2013 – Only twice in the 40-year history of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships have two hunter seat teams tied for the Collegiate Cup overall high point title:  1980, when Southern Seminary College tied with SUNY Stony Brook, and 1989, when Colby-Sawyer College tied with Pennsylvania State University.  Add 2013 to that short list.http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=7791http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=7791Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500Fairfield, CT- April 28, 2013 – In 1973 there were no cell phones, home computers, smart cars or internet but there were a determined handful of college coaches and teams who met in good-natured competition for what became the first annual Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships. This May 2-5, the Equine Arena of the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg will host the 40th celebration of what are now the oldest and largest collegiate equestrian national championships in America, bringing together more than two dozen teams and 400 individual riders who qualified through regional and zone finals for the privilege of competing as college riding's best of the best.http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=7782http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=7782Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500Fairfield, CT - April 23, 2013 – The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) is among the four finalists for the 2013 Equine Industry Vision Award. Sponsored by Zoetis (formerly Pfizer Animal Health), the award is intended to recognize innovation, leadership and service. Judges praised this year's record number of nominees, hailing from nine states, Canada and New Zealand, as outstanding examples of these qualities.http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=7231http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=7231Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600Fairfield, CT—December 5, 2012—Stride for stride, solid horse sense leads to scholarly achievement.  For the second time in two years, the Rhodes Trust has awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association college equestrian athlete to pursue post-graduate study at Oxford University.            This year’s recipient is IHSA hunter seat rider, Rachel Kolb, of Los Ranchos, NM, who is in her second year as president of the Stanford Equestrian Team, and co-terminal year at Stanford (CA) University (i.http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6973http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6973Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500Fairfield, CT—August 6, 2012- Just in time for the start of a new school semester, the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) announced the launch Friday, August 3, of its revamped website at: www.ihsainc.com“We are updating the design and navigation to make things simpler and fresher.  This new site will also be much more mobile-friendly,” says 2012 IHSA Oregon State national champion team assistant western coach, Carrie Hertel.http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6737http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6737Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500Fairfield, ConnecticutMay 11, 2012 Never before in its 39-year history had an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association hunter seat team coach won two IHSA National Championships for two different colleges or universities. But that was before Mary Drueding. Drueding, already selected by the IHSA nominating committee to receive its Lifetime Achievement Award, demonstrated an irrefutable argument in defense of her coaching excellence and expertise as her St.http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6700http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6700Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500Fairfield, CTApril 26, 2012The Show and Sponsorship Committees of the 2012 IHSA National Championships, May 3-6, at the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, are honored to announce their new Intercollegiate Horse Show Association partnerships as well as renewed allegiance from an established family of supporters.We have been gaining new sponsors almost daily. Its been busy, said Naomi Blumenthal, who serves as IHSA National Treasurer and on its Sponsorships Committee.http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6665http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6665Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500Fairfield, CT--April 13, 2012What do Thoroughbred yearlings and college students have in common? Heart.The story behind the first Community Service Project by an Equestrian Team to be recognized by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association with an IHSA Service Award is all about heart, hope, and horsemanship. The Gettysburg College IHSA team has been rallying behind a herd of young Thoroughbreds seized in January by the Adams County (PA) Society for the Protection of Animals (SPCA) after they were discovered abandoned to freeze or starve to death in a field.http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6604http://www.phelpsmediagroup.com/viewarticle.php?id=6604Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500Fairfield, ConnecticutApril 2, 2012 The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) is proud to announce that the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) embraced its role as official sponsor for the IHSA Western Semi-Finals, leading up to the 2012 IHSA National Championships, May 3-6, at the Hunt Horse Complex of the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The rapidly expanding support of the Western Semi-Finals by the NRHA has enabled our riders to enjoy a greatly enhanced program, said IHSA national treasurer, Naomi Blumenthal, who also credited Ohio State University IHSA Western team coach and IHSA Associate National Steward/Director at Large, Ollie Griffith, with negotiating the agreement.