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Harold Chopping and Basje Win $40,000 HITS Grand Prix at Culpeper

by HITS, Inc. | 7/6/2015 10:23:48 AM

(c) ESI Photography Harold Chopping and Basje, owned by Kendra Bullington, took first place in Sunday's $40,000 HITS Grand Prix at the HITS Culpeper Showday National at Commonwealth Park. Culpeper, Virginia - July 6, 2015 : Harold Chopping and Basje took first place in Sunday's $40,000 HITS Grand Prix at the HITS Culpeper Showday National at Commonwealth Park. Chopping, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, who placed second in Saturday's $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix on a different mount,...

Audrey Coulter Beats the Best in $280,000 Adequan® Grand Prix CSI 4* and $84,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/24/2014 7:23:52 AM

Audrey Coulter and Acorte (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) concluded its seventh week of competition on Sunday with a fantastic line-up of international show jumping and back-to-back wins for 21-year-old Audrey Coulter (USA) of San Francisco, CA. The day kicked off with the $280,000 Adequan® Grand Prix CSI 4* with a win for Coulter and Acorte. The pair beat out the world's number one and two ranked riders, Scott Brash and Ben...

Abigail McArdle and Cosma 20 Win $34,000 G&C Farm 1.45m

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/21/2014 8:36:11 PM

Abigail McArdle and Cosma 20 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Friday's competition at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival featured a $34,000 G&C Farm 1.45m speed class with a win for 19-year-old Abigail McArdle (USA) aboard Cosma 20. In the hunter rings, Kyle Owens swept the youngest division of the Adult Amateur Hunters with his horses Voila and Messick. Sponsored by Adequan®, FTI WEF week seven runs February 19-23, 2014. The week will feature the $280,000 Adequan® Grand...

Shane Sweetnam and Cyklon 1083 Speed to Victory in $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/19/2014 9:35:40 PM

Shane Sweetnam and Cyklon 1083 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) began its seventh week of competition on Wednesday with a win for Shane Sweetnam (IRL) and Cyklon 1083 in the $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. Sponsored by Adequan®, FTI WEF week seven runs February 19-23, 2014. The week will feature the $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 7 on...

Alexander Zetterman and Cafino Win $34,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic

by Lauren Fischer for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/16/2014 2:54:26 AM

Alexander Zetterman and Cafino (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Saturday's competition at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) featured a $34,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic, held on the beautiful derby field at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), with a win for 24-year-old Alexander Zetterman (SWE) aboard Cafino. Twenty-eight entries showed over the Richard Jeffery (GBR) designed course with five clear rounds to jump-off....

Frances Land and Vieanne Victorious in $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m Speed

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/24/2014 11:11:40 PM

Frances Land and Vieanne (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Frances Land (USA) and Vieanne proved themselves with a win against many of the world's best in Friday's $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m speed class during week three of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). An FEI World Ranking competition, the pair held a significant lead through most of the class, jumping clear and fast to top second place finishers Daniel Bluman (COL) and Apardi, with Ben Maher (GBR) and...

Shane Sweetnam and Cyklon 1083 Win $34,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Speed at FTI WEF 3

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/22/2014 11:21:25 PM

Shane Sweetnam and Cyklon 1083 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) began its third week of competition, sponsored by Fidelity Investments®, on Wednesday, January 22, with a win for Shane Sweetnam (IRL) and Spy Coast Farm LLC's Cyklon 1083 in the $34,000 G&C Farm 1.45m FEI world ranking class. Week three continues through Sunday, January 26. The week will feature the $34,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 3 on Thursday,...

McLain Ward and Zander Triumph in $33,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 5

by Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/8/2013 9:26:41 AM

McLain Ward and Zander (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Week five of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Thursday with a victory for McLain Ward (USA) and Zander in the $33,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 5. The duo won over Great Britain's Ben Maher riding Quiet Easy 4 and Peter Wylde (USA) aboard Lewin 5. Week five of the FTI WEF circuit, sponsored by Adequan®, runs February 6-10. The week will feature the the $82,000 Adequan® CSI 2*...

Flaming Star and Charlie Jacobs Top $33,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 4

by Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/31/2013 10:59:10 PM

Charlie Jacobs and Flaming Star. (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Week four of the2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Thursday with a win for Charlie Jacobs and CMJ Sporthorse, LLC's Flaming Star in the $33,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 4. In a 23-horse jump-off, Jacobs and Flaming Star topped an all-star field with second place honors going to Conor Swail (IRL) riding Lansdowne and third place awarded to Brianne Goutal (USA) aboard Nice de...

Ben Maher Earns One-Two Finish with Tackeray and Quiet Easy 4 in $32,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Classic

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/23/2012 8:34:56 AM

Quiet Easy 4 and Ben Maher (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Great Britain's Ben Maher finished first and second in today's $32,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Classic aboard his horses Tackeray and Quiet Easy 4, both owned by Mrs. Emma Phillips. Held as a Rolex FEI world ranking competition, the class was the feature event on Wednesday as the seventh week of the 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) got underway. Sponsored by Fidelity Investments® , week seven will host the...