Lexington, Ky. - Jay Land of Alpharetta, GA has been named the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for January. Land earned the award by having top finishes during the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival with his mount Napal. Land leads the series after January with 175 points narrowly ahead of Adrienne Sternlicht with 170 points and Ali Wolff with 160 points. Land's daughter, Frances, just earned the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month award in November after winning the...

Tracey Mack-Gorin and Seville in their winning presentation (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Tracey Mack-Gorin and Seville jumped their way to the Adult Amateur 18-35 Hunter Section A division championship Friday morning at the FTI WEF. Mack-Gorin rode Seville, owned by Isabelle Caccamise, to second, fifth, and first places over fences before finishing second in the under saddle class. The reserve champion for the division was Stephanie Bulger and her own Mariano. The pair won two over fences...

Auburn, Ala. - It was a match that lived up to its billing. Perennial NCEA and SEC forces Georgia and Auburn met as the No.1 and No.2 ranked teams in the country respectively. Georgia brought a 3-0 record into the Auburn Horse Center to face an Auburn team that looked a little shaky in an earlier loss to South Carolina. Though Georgia riders were awarded the Most Outstanding Player Award (MOP) in all four disciplines, the scrappy and talented Tigers jumped to an early lead, let it slip, then...

Adult amateur rider Krista Nordgren (South Portland, ME) & "Schando" will be competing this weekend for a national title at the inaugural US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan. (Photo courtesy of Krista Nordgren) Lexington, Ky. - Final entries are in and horse vans have already begun arriving at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY for the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, the first national head-to-head competition of its kind showcasing riders and horses competing for...

Frances Land and Vienne (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Lexington, Ky. - The Chansonette Farm $15,000 Amateur-Owner Jumper class was the first jumper event of the day, where Frances Land of Alpharetta, GA, managed to best a five horse jump-off with Vieanne. Despite adding not one but two strides down the final line, the pair's quick pace and turns to the other obstacles proved uncatchable with a time of 35.428 seconds. The 19-year-old sophomore at Emory University commented, "For the jump-off I...

Boyd Martin and Trading Aces (Libby Law Photography) Boekelo, The Netherlands – Competition at the Military Boekelo CCIO3* came to a close Sunday with two riders of the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team contesting the show jumping phase. While there were clear rounds, rails were coming down throughout the day over Jos Brinkman’s course. Boyd Martin and Trading Aces were the top finishers for the U.S in the field of 64 combinations that moved on to the final phase of competition. Martin...

Harrisburg, Pa. – The team from Zone 5 hoped to defend their championship title from last year and they did just that Friday night in the 2013 Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships. Not far behind, Zone 2 claimed the Silver medal and Zone 1 took the Bronze. Held during the 68th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show, the championships follow a modified Nations Cup format. Teams jumped the same course twice with one drop score permitted from each round. Alan...

Well fall is under way and I am trying to clear a little writer’s block. The last shows of the year are winding down. We are headed for the last ones in our area the last two weekends of the month. Fall is time to evaluate progress and prepare for next season. Some of us set goals for training, some for clinics, some for next year’s show season. We look at our feeding programs, exercise programs, breeding programs and whatever else we are running. I always find myself thinking ahead...

Lexington, KY - The United States heads to Topolcianky, Slovakia, this week to secure a podium finish at the 2013 FEI World Driving Championships for Pairs. The U.S. will be represented by three talented drivers at the bi-annual championship, which in 2013 is hosted at the National Stud Farm Topolcianky and runs August 28-September 1. All three members of the U.S. team were part of the fourth-place effort at CAIO Riesenbeck at the beginning of August. Misdee Wrigley-Miller (Lakewood Ranch, FL)...

Reed Kessler and Soraya l'Obstination (Global Champions Tour) 2012 US Olympian and history-maker Reed Kessler was determined to shake off Friday's second place finish, and knowing the young 19 year old's competitive drive, Saturday was an opportunity to beat Friday's winner Patrice Delaveau and land a Longines Global Champions Tour winning title. Reed was aboard her new mare Soraya l'Obstination and won with an impressive time of 55.99 seconds; almost a whole second faster then...