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Kimberly Herslow and Rosmarin Sweep FEI CDI1* at Global Dressage Festival 7

by Carly Weilminster for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/22/2015 8:29:55 PM

Kimberly Herslow and Rosmarin (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - Kimberly Herslow (USA) and Rosmarin swept the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival Week 7 FEI CDI1* competition presented by Mission Control, handily winning all three classes in the Small Tour. The pair won the FEI Intermediaire 1 Freestyle CDI1* today with a 75.525%. Ayden Uhlir (USA) aboard Sjapoer finished in second with a 71.350%, and Tina Irwin (CAN) and Fancy That placed third receiving a 71.100%. Competition will...

Jessica Springsteen and Davendy S Victorious In $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m Speed at WEF

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/20/2015 8:30:25 PM

Jessica Springsteen and Davendy S (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Jessica Springsteen (USA) and Stone Hill Farm's Davendy S jumped to victory in the $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m speed class on Friday afternoon at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Jumping in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), Springsteen jumped the fastest clear round out of 73 entries to beat out Andrew Ramsay (USA) and Welfare (2nd) and Lillie Keenan (USA) with Balance...

Victoria Colvin Makes History in Palm Beach

by USHJA | 2/15/2015 9:51:41 AM

Wellington, Fla. - For the fourth consecutive year, Victoria Colvin starred under the lights of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center's International Ring and claimed top honors in the $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular. She's the first rider in the event's 19-year history to claim victory four times. Colvin guided Betsee Parker's Ovation to an impressive third straight victory with 179.41 points, earning the top scores in each of the two rounds....

Kevin Babington and Mark Q Take the $34,000 FEI Thursday Prix

by HITS E-News | 2/13/2015 9:04:16 AM

Kevin Babington and Mark Q take the $34,000 FEI Thursday Prix at HITS Ocala CSIO4* (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Day two of international competition in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium at HITS Ocala CSIO4* continued with the $34,000 FEI Thursday Prix, a qualifying opportunity for the $150,000 Ocala Grand Prix on Sunday, February 15. Excitement for the Friday’s Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ was in the air as Kevin Babington of the Irish Show Jumping Team, and Mark Q, co-owned with...

Georgina Bloomberg and Lilli Win $127,000 Adequan® Grand Prix CSI 3*

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/25/2015 7:54:47 AM

Georgina Bloomberg and Lilli (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Georgina Bloomberg guided Gotham Enterprizes LLC's 11-year-old Brandenburg mare, Lilli (Lefevre x Diamir), to the big win in Saturday night's $127,000 Adequan® Grand Prix CSI 3* at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL. In a five-horse, all-American jump-off, Bloomberg topped the class over Laura Chapot and ISHD Dual Star (2nd), Wilton Porter with Diamonte Darco (3rd), Schuyler Riley and Dobra de...

McLain Ward and HH Ashley Win 1.45m Speed at WEF

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/14/2015 8:09:51 PM

McLain Ward and HH Ashley (SportFot) Wellington, Fla. - The 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) kicked off its second week of competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, with a win for two-time Olympic gold medalist, McLain Ward (USA), and Double H Farm's HH Ashley. The pair was fast and clear to top the $8,000 1.45m speed class over Laura Chapot (USA) and Quointreau Un Prince. Luc Musette of Belgium is the course designer in the International...

United States Para-Dressage Athletes Dominate at the 2015 Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*

by Lindsay Y. McCall | 1/10/2015 1:43:52 PM

U.S. Riders Dominate Four out of the Five Para-Dressage Grades. U.S. Riders (Left to right ) Derrick Perkins, Dale Dedrick, Roxanne Trunnell, Elliie Brimmer, Angela Peavy, Rebecca Hart, MAry Jordan, and Sydney Collier(Lindsay Y. McCall) Wellington, Fla. - The 2015 Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3* commenced with 13 horse and rider combinations showcasing the Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Test. Para-Dressage athletes from Grades Ia, Ib, II, III, and IV, competed in the Van Kampen Arena at...

The Grille Fashion Cuisine to Host American Equestrians Got Talent Auditions Starting Jan. 7

by Mary Adelaide Brakenridge | 1/2/2015 4:57:09 PM

The Grille (Steven Michael King/Jeroboam Media) Wellington, FL – The Grille Fashion Cuisine, one of Wellington’s finest restaurants, will play host to all nine auditions for American Equestrians Got Talent, the new competition making its debut in Wellington in 2015. Juan Gando, The Grille’s owner and manager, has stepped up to support the exciting contest organized by Robert Dover to raise funds for USEF High Performance Dressage programs through the USET Foundation....

Davidson Jumps To The Top at Galway Downs

by Phoenix Enterprises PR | 11/1/2014 11:19:56 PM

Temecula, Calif. - ith no jumping faults on the cross-country course and the second-fastest time of the day on Copper Beech, Buck Davidson put himself in position to win the CCI3* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event for the second consecutive year. Davidson won the CCI3* in 2013 on Petite Flower. Davidson and Copper Beech will take a score of 50.00 into the final show jumping phase. Barbara Crabo rode Eveready II to the day’s fastest time to climb from fifth place to second...

Wednesday A Banner Day for Betsee Parker, Scott Stewart and Hunt Tosh

by Emily Riden for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 10/29/2014 10:34:36 PM

Lexington, Ky. - As the National Horse Show awarded its professional hunter championships Wednesday, there was one name repeated with almost every presentation: Dr. Betsee Parker. Parker, of Middleburg, Virginia, is the owner of Casanova, Cold Harbor, Lucador and the lessee of A Million Reasons. The four horses constituted four of the five championship winning mounts Wednesday at the Kentucky Horse Park. Scott Stewart and Lucador earned the 2014 Grand Hunter Championship with a clean sweep of...