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McLain Ward Wins a Record Fifth FTI Grand Prix and World Cup Qualifier at Hampton Classic Horse Show

by Classic Communications | 9/8/2010 2:29:00 PM

Shawn McMillen (McLain Ward and Sapphire repeated history at the Hampton Classic Horse Show by winning the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and FEI World Cup Qualifier. ) Bridgehampton, NY - McLain Ward of Brewster, NY, repeated history at the Hampton Classic Horse Show by winning the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and FEI World Cup Qualifier for the second straight year and adding to the record he already holds with his fifth win overall. Ward's win on Sapphire, his two-time Olympic Team Gold-medal horse,...

Molly Braswell Wins 2010 ASPCA Maclay Southeast Regional Championship aboard El Campeons Danish

by Lauren Fisher for Phelps Media Group | 9/8/2010 1:35:00 PM

Flashpoint Photography (Molly Braswell and El Campeons Danish won the 2010 ASPCA Maclay Southeast Region 3 Championship.) Green Cove Springs, FL - Seventeen-year-old Molly Braswell, of Ocala, FL, celebrated her birthday this weekend with an exciting victory in the ASPCA Maclay Southeast Regional Championship. Competing at the 2010 North Florida Hunter Jumper Association's Labor Day Horse Show in Green Cove Springs, FL, Braswell topped 44 competitors to earn the Region 3 title for the 2010...

Holden Named the 2010 Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Champion

by Marion Maybank | 9/8/2010 9:38:00 AM

Jordan Koepke Photography (Holden was named Best Young Horse - East and overall winner of the Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Championship.) The Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Championship could not have asked for better conditions on either coast. The week began with the famed sunny skies and breezes that Southern California is known for at the Showpark All Seasons Horse Show at the Del Mar Horse Park. There 13 contestants showed up to prove who is the best of...

Tickets to Syracuse Show Jumping Competitions Raise Money for Local Not-For-Profit

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. | 9/8/2010 9:17:00 AM

Syracuse, NY - The Syracuse Invitational and Oncenter Complex are proud to announce that tickets are now on sale for the 2010 Tournament which features the 127th National Horse Show. One of the nation’s premiere international equestrian competitions, the Sporthorse Tournament will feature the top-ranked U.S. riders and international competitors who will all vie for the FEI World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse and the Sporthorse Cup, as seen on Animal Planet. In addition, the finest junior riders in...

Hampton Green Farm to Host Dressage 4 Kids Fundraiser at Region 2 Championships

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. | 9/8/2010 9:14:00 AM

Traverse City, MI - Horse Sports by the Bay is pleased to announce that Hampton Green Farm, known nation-wide for their dedication to dressage and to the development of the PRE Horse for Dressage in America, will be hosting a Dressage 4 Kids Fundraiser and exhibitor party during the Great American Insurance Group/Region 2 Dressage Championships on Saturday, September 11. The Regional Championships are being held from September 9-12 at Flintfields Horse Park in Traverse City, MI, which is home...

Hats Off to Danielle Cooper for Winning the Carolex Show Jumping Derby at Hampton Classic Horse Show

by Classic Communications | 9/8/2010 9:10:00 AM

Bridgehampton, NY - Danielle Cooper, 19, of Oyster Bay Cove, NY, and Kosta captured the $25,000 Carolex Show Jumping Derby at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Sunday morning. The top 30 horses from Friday's $10,000 Sotheby's International Realty Welcome Stake qualified for the Derby. A total of 11 horse-and-rider combinations made it to the jump-off, but only the top three negotiated double clears. Tori Corts went first on Ultimo Van Ter Moude and set the pace with a clear round in a time of...

February 3-6, 2011 - Equine Affaire: Fairplex, Pomona, CA

by Jill Eldridge | 9/8/2010 9:03:00 AM

Equine Affaire, the premiere equine exposition and equestrian gathering in North America, will return to Fairplex on February 3-6, 2011, with another grand "celebration of the horse." The event’s renowned educational program will include nearly 150 clinics, seminars and demonstrations by many of the foremost names in the horse industry including general trainers John Lyons, Chris Cox, Craig Cameron, Julie Goodnight, Richard Winters and Linda Tellington-Jones, as well as discipline-specific...

TheHorseStudio.com Invitation to New & Established Fine Artists & Associated Art and Craftsmen, Photographers

by Nikki Brazier | 9/8/2010 9:00:00 AM

TheHorseStudio.com is searching for talented fine artists, both new and established, who have works in print in equestrian and equine art. All disciplines of equestrian pursuit are of interest. While TheHorseStudio.com is well known for purchasing and stocking in house, the largest selection of equestrian related DVD and book titles available online, it looks forward to enlarging its broad base of other departments too. "We have included an art and collectibles department at our 'International...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 9/7/2010 4:39:00 PM

Hillary Dobbs and Marengo (Jon Kassel/Hampton Classic Photo) Driving The second of two Mandatory Outings for the drivers on the Short List for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games was held Wednesday-Friday at Cedar Lane Farm in Oldwick, NJ. The informal competition format included dressage, a shortened version of the marathon and a challenging cones course. Tucker Johnson, Chester Weber, Jim Fairclough, Josh Rector and David Saunders participated in the Outing which was overseen by US Driving...

ASHA 2010 Youth Scholarship Recipients and Junior Judging Winners Recognized at World's Championship Horse Show, Scavenger Hunt Winners Announced

by Brice Carr | 9/7/2010 4:32:00 PM

ASHA Board First Vice President Vicki Gillenwater (left) and President Judy Werner (right) present t (Photo by Brice Carr, American Saddlebred Horse Association) Louisville, KY - At the 2010 Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS), held every August in conjunction with the Kentucky State Fair, the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) recognized its 2010 ASHA Youth Scholarship recipients, as well as the winners of the ASHA Junior Judging Contest, in center ring of...