Washington, D.C. - The 2014 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) continued on Thursday with the first day of classes for the Junior Hunters and several International Jumper and Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper classes at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The show continues through Sunday, October 26, with much more exciting action throughout the weekend, including Friday night’s $25,000 Puissance, presented by The Boeing Company, and Saturday night’s $125,000 President’s Cup...

Spencer Smith (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, Pa. - After a full day of competition at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show the Pessoa/US Hunter Seat Medal Finals presented by Randolph College came to a historic conclusion, as Spencer Smith topped the field of 241 competitors to claim the 2014 National Title and in doing so became the first male rider to do so in 12 years. Smith (Wellington, Fla.) was among the 25 competitors to come back for a work-off and then in the final five rider test that...

2014 Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals presented by Randolph College Work-Off Order 41 Carly Hoft 227 Kelsie Brittan 98 Lizzie Van Der Walde 87 Victoria Colvin 112 Vivian Yowan 134 Katherine Strauss 31 Kelli Cruciotti 56 Hayley Iannotti 95 Hunter Holloway 214 Lucy Deslauriers 67 Kennedy Knapic 211 Kai Devoglaer 148 Emma Waldfogel 229 Madison Sellman 152 Emma Wujek 12 Caitlin Boyle 49 Sophie Simpson 123 Tj O'mara 100 Coco Fath 172 Katherine Bundy 189 Spencer Smith 74 Ashton...

2014 Pessoa/US Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals presented by Randolph College Standby List After 200 Riders (in numerical order) Halie Robinson Caitlin Boyle Kelli Cruciotti Carly Hoft Sophie Simpson Hayley Iannotti McKayala Langmeier Kennedy Knapic Ashton Alexander Tori Colvin Hunter Holloway Lizzie Van Der Walde Coco Fath Victoria Press Vivian Yowan TJ O’Mara Katherine Strauss Emma Waldfogel Emma Wujek Michael Hughes Ailish Cunniffe Robert Leckie Katherine Bundy Ali Trischler Spencer...

2014 Pessoa/US Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals presented by Randolph College After 150 Riders (in numerical order) Halie Robinson Caitlin Boyle Kelli Cruciotti Carly Hoft Lolly McLellan Destry Spielberg Sophie Simpson Mitchell Endicott Hayley Iannotti McKayala Langmeier Kennedy Knapic Ashton Alexander Tori Colvin Hunter Holloway Lizzie Van Der Walde Coco Fath Victoria Press Bailey Brasington Vivian Yowan Madison Goetzman TJ O’Mara Katherine Strauss Emma Waldfogel Megan MacPherson

2014 Pessoa/US Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals presented by Randolph College After 100 Riders Halie Robinson Caitlin Boyle Morgan Dickerson Morgan Ward Kelli Cruciotti Carly Hoft Emily Sutherland Samantha Wight Tyler Raftery Lolly McLellan Destry Spielberg Yasmin Rizvi Sophie Simpson Mitchell Endicott Ransome Rombeuer Hayley Iannotti McKayala Langmeier Kennedy Knapic Ashton Alexander Rhian Murphy Tori Colvin Hunter Holloway Lizzie Van Der Walde Coco Fath

Lexington, Ky. – This weekend the West coast dressage community will descend upon Epona Farms as it hosts the second USEF/USET Foundation Dressage Pipeline Clinic. This clinic, which is made possible through a gift from USET Foundation Trustee, Betsy Juliano and Havensafe Farm, will be held October 11-12, hosted by Michael Fowler's Epona Farm in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The clinic will showcase the U.S. dressage pipeline of athletes and horses with the USEF Dressage Coaches, including...

Jan Ebeling and Santo Domingo (Jennifer M. Keeler) Burbank, Calif. - After four days, six rings, and nearly 1500 rides scheduled to come down centerline, final championship titles were awarded Sunday and the competition officially entered the record books as the largest edition in the 47-year history of the Annual California Dressage Society (CDS) Championship Show, held in conjunction with the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 7 Dressage Championships, September 25 - 28, 2014 in...

Roxanne Trunnell & Nice Touch (SusanJStickle.com) Caen, France - Roxanne Trunnell and Rebecca Hart brought FEI World Para-Dressage Championship competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to a close with their Freestyle Tests. The La Prairie Racecourse hosted the final tests of the championships as the top third of competitors from Grade 1a, 1b, II, III, and IV looked to ascend the medal podium. Grade 1a rider Trunnell (Rowlett, Tx.) was making her final competitive...

Manuel Torres and Cinderella top the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix presented by Zoetis (©ESI Photography) Culpeper, Va. - The clock didn’t strike midnight on Cinderella and Manuel Torres at HITS Culpeper this weekend. The eight-year old Westphalian mare carried Torres (Leesburg, Virginia) to top honors in the $40,000 Grand Prix presented by Zoetis. With only a handful of grand prix in her repertoire, Cinderella picked up her second high-performance blue on Sunday. “She’s peaking...