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Holly Orlando and Eclypse Earn Grand Hunter Champion at Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, Peter Lutz Wins $3,000 Open Jumper 1.30m on Home Turf

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/13/2015 7:29:09 PM

Holly Orlando and Eclypse (The Book LLC) North Salem, NY – May 13, 2015 – The second week of competition at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows got underway today with the presentation of Grand Hunter Champion to Holly Orlando of Wellington, FL, and her own Eclypse. On The Grand Prix Field, Peter Lutz of Katonah, NY, kicked off Open Jumper competition with a win in the $3,000 1.30m aboard Adorose for Libertas, LLC. The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows are in the second week of...

Jumping for Joy...And Money!

by Germantown Charity Horse Show | 5/13/2015 10:31:32 AM

Germantown, Tenn. - June 2-6 at the Germantown Charity Horse Show the jumpers will be out in full force to win big bucks. Every night of the week starting at 5:00 PM there will be fierce competition for money culminating in the $25,000 Grand Prix on Saturday. The pros will be here to jump as high and fast as necessary to take home the prize money so generously donated by our sponsors. On Tuesday the week starts with the $5000.00 Hunter/Jumper Versatility Challenge. There are two rounds to this...

Follow the Foal: Toschufro TT Dressage at Devon 2015

by Ginny Simon for Dressage at Devon | 5/12/2015 2:43:47 PM

Toschufro TT (Jason Bannister) Devon, PA – Each year, Dressage at Devon (DAD) selects a foal to follow on its path to the Breed Show at DAD where hundreds of colts and fillies show each year. Each foal is the product of careful breeding and watchful tending as they, hopefully, grow into champions. This year, we will follow Toschufro TT (Totilas x Baba x Don Schufro), an inquisitive, leggy, bay colt with a white star, born on January 1, 2015. Breeding “For my first breeding ever, I...

Olympic Veterans and Other Stars Set for Inaugural Split Rock Jumping Tour: An International Roster of Champions Will Light Up Lexington, May 22-24

by Marty Bauman | 5/11/2015 5:08:16 PM

Lexington, KY - May 11, 2015 - There’s a new buzz around Lexington, KY, “the Horse Capital of the World,” as anticipation builds for next week’s debut of the new Split Rock Jumping Tour. The vision of veteran show jumper Derek Braun is about to come to fruition. Promising an ‘unparalleled show jumping experience’ for riders, spectators, and sponsors, the Split Rock Jumping Tour will deliver two revolutionary sporting events at Split Rock Farm, The Lexington...

Pacific Cup CVI Hosts Great Weekend of Competition

by Pacific Cup CVI | 5/11/2015 4:16:46 PM

The Woodside Vaulters "Woodside of Oz" Squad (Jerry Yang) Hollister, Calif. - The third annual Pacific Cup CVI took place at the lovely Gilroy Gaits in Hollister, Calif. As in the past years, the Pacific Cup CVI offered competition at all levels, 1*, 2*, and 3*, as well as Children's, Juniors, and Seniors. This year there was an especially large entry in the beginning levels, and the Junior events, drawing vaulters and horses from around the U.S. and Canada (New Jersey, Texas, Colorado,...

Mclain Ward and HH Azur Clean Up in $50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix, presented by The Kincade Group, Victoria Colvin and Ovation Add Old Salem Farm Grand Junior Hunter Champion to Their Trophy Case

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/10/2015 9:36:43 PM

Mclain Ward and HH Azur (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. – The first week of competition at The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows wrapped on Sunday with Mclain Ward and Double H Farm's HH Azur besting 39 contenders in the $50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix, presented by The Kincade Group. Also highlighting the final day of competition, Victoria Colvin and Ovation scored the Grand Junior Hunter Championship for the first time in Colvin's career at Old Salem Farm. The Old Salem Farm...

Luifer Larrazabal and Atlodetto FZ Capture Inaugural $25,000 Under 25 Grand Prix Win at Kentucky Spring Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group Inc. International | 5/10/2015 8:59:51 PM

Luifer Larrazabal and Atlodetto FZ (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, KY –The $25,000 Under 25 Grand Prix saw a start list of 33 horse and rider combinations gather at the Rolex Stadium for the pilot event on the final day of the Kentucky Spring Horse Show. It was Luifer Larrazabal of Venezuela who dashed for the cash Sunday afternoon, winning the majority of the purse with recent mount, Atlodetto FZ. The 22-year-old consistently showed throughout the Wellington and Ocala...

Brown Finishes Fifth at Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event with USEF Land Rover Competition Grant Recipient Happenstance

by USEF Communications Department | 5/10/2015 2:48:20 PM

Matt Brown and Happenstance (Shannon Brinkman) Allentown, N.J . - The Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event concluded Sunday with CCI3* and CCI2* competitors completing the show jumping phase of competition. Buck Davidson and Carl and Cassandra Segal’s Ballynoe Castle RM held the lead all three days to take home the three-star title with a final score of 41.6. Michael Pollard and Cyrano Z also led the field through all three phases of two-star competition, winning with a score of 36....

Aaron Vale and Quidam’s Good Luck Dash to Victory in $85,000 Mary Rena Murphy Grand Prix at Kentucky Spring Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group Inc. International | 5/9/2015 11:53:09 PM

Aaron Vale and Quidam's Good Luck (Kendall Bierer/Phleps Media Group) Lexington, KY – Capturing the first place finish was no easy feat during Saturday night’s $85,000 Mary Rena Murphy Grand Prix, sponsored by Audi of Lexington. Forty-four starters contended for the lion’s share of the earnings in the FEI CSI2* event, but when nine qualified for the jump-off, it came down to the wire. Besting the clock and the short course was Aaron Vale aboard Quidam’s Good Luck,...

Victoria Colvin Claims $5,000 Equitation Challenge, presented by EquiFit, Inc. at Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, Matti Fisher and As You Wish Claim Grand Amateur-Owner Hunter Champion, Quentin Judge Races to Win $15,000 Old Salem Farm Speed Derby

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/9/2015 10:41:02 PM

Victoria Colvin and Clearway (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. – Equitation riders took their turn in the limelight at The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows today, where Victoria Colvin was crowned winner of the $5,000 Equitation Challenge, presented by EquiFit, inc. She and Betsee Parker's Clearway were the best of 27 entries with scores of 90 and 92 for a 182 total and the win. In the hunter rings, Matti Fisher and Candia Fisher's As You Wish were Grand Amateur-Owner Hunter...