Marie Hecart and Myself de Breve (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - France's Marie Hecart and Myself de Breve were the winners in Saturday night's $372,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI-W 5*, presented by Fidelity Investments®, at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival. Earning her first five-star victory as well as her first major Saturday night win in Wellington, Hecart topped a roster of major competition, including Olympic gold medalists Ben Maher (GBR) and Eric Lamaze (CAN)....

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...

Parker, Colo. - The Western Dressage Association® of America (WDAA) celebrated another exciting landmark in its journey, hosting its second Western Dressage World Championship Show Nov. 1-2 in Tulsa, Oklahoma! The weekend was captivating as the two-day event experienced 350 percent growth from last year and filled four arenas with more than 430 scheduled rides featuring all aspects of the discipline. Riders came from 21 states, four Canadian provinces and two overseas countries and...

Lexington, Ky. - Patti Blackmore (Louisiana, Mo., Region 4) placed third at last year's Finals in the First Level Adult Amateur division, and this year she improved upon that performance to claim the Second Level Adult Amateur Championship aboard her own Hanoverian gelding Rubico (by Rotspon). As the only combination to break seventy percent, they earned a decisive win with a total score of 71.905%. "I breathed a sigh of relief after our counter canter portion of the test," laughed...

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...

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...

Lexington, Ky. – The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team is off to a solid start at the Military Boekelo CCIO3* following the first day of dressage as competition got underway in Boekelo, The Netherlands. Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill by Night (Libby Law Photography) Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp (East Sussex, UK) and Fernhill by Night had a lovely test in front of the judging panel of Anne-Mette Binder (DEN), Christoph Hess (GER), and Angela Tucker (GBR) to receive a score of 47.90. She and...

William Whitaker and Upper Class (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta - Competition continued at the Spruce Meadows 'Masters' with two great competitions for show jumping on the Friday schedule. William Whitaker (GBR) became the fifth rider in the Whitaker family to record a victory at the Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament. He and Upper Class were the fastest of three double clears to win the $210,000 Tourmaline Cup 1.60m. The $125,000 ATCO Electric...

Kyle King and Quigley (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta - In the largest starting field in memory for the ATCO Electric 'Circuit' Six Bar competition, 23 horses and riders attempted one of the most popular events at the Spruce Meadows 'Masters'. Excelling through five rounds of competition, the final two riders settled for a tie for first place when both had a refusal at the final jump in a row, an imposing vertical standing at 2.14m, which would have been a...

The 2014 FEI World Team and Individual for Four-in-Hands Driving Championship, held as part of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, got underway with 23 drivers performing their dressage tests. The U.S. sent two drivers before the Ground Jury of Klaus Christ (GER), Andrew Counsell (GBR), Anne-Marie Turbe (FRA), Joaquin Medina (ESP), and Pia Skar (DEN). Both Misdee Wrigley Miller and Lisa Stroud are making their Four-in-Hand World Championship debut this week and did not disappoint in the...