Flashpoint Photography (Molly Braswell and El Campeons Danish won the 2010 ASPCA Maclay Southeast Region 3 Championship.) Green Cove Springs, FL - Seventeen-year-old Molly Braswell, of Ocala, FL, celebrated her birthday this weekend with an exciting victory in the ASPCA Maclay Southeast Regional Championship. Competing at the 2010 North Florida Hunter Jumper Association's Labor Day Horse Show in Green Cove Springs, FL, Braswell topped 44 competitors to earn the Region 3 title for the 2010...

Syracuse, NY - The Syracuse Invitational and Oncenter Complex are proud to announce that tickets are now on sale for the 2010 Tournament which features the 127th National Horse Show. One of the nation’s premiere international equestrian competitions, the Sporthorse Tournament will feature the top-ranked U.S. riders and international competitors who will all vie for the FEI World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse and the Sporthorse Cup, as seen on Animal Planet. In addition, the finest junior riders in...

Traverse City, MI - Horse Sports by the Bay is pleased to announce that Hampton Green Farm, known nation-wide for their dedication to dressage and to the development of the PRE Horse for Dressage in America, will be hosting a Dressage 4 Kids Fundraiser and exhibitor party during the Great American Insurance Group/Region 2 Dressage Championships on Saturday, September 11. The Regional Championships are being held from September 9-12 at Flintfields Horse Park in Traverse City, MI, which is home...

Bridgehampton, NY - Danielle Cooper, 19, of Oyster Bay Cove, NY, and Kosta captured the $25,000 Carolex Show Jumping Derby at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Sunday morning. The top 30 horses from Friday's $10,000 Sotheby's International Realty Welcome Stake qualified for the Derby. A total of 11 horse-and-rider combinations made it to the jump-off, but only the top three negotiated double clears. Tori Corts went first on Ultimo Van Ter Moude and set the pace with a clear round in a time of...

Equine Affaire, the premiere equine exposition and equestrian gathering in North America, will return to Fairplex on February 3-6, 2011, with another grand "celebration of the horse." The event’s renowned educational program will include nearly 150 clinics, seminars and demonstrations by many of the foremost names in the horse industry including general trainers John Lyons, Chris Cox, Craig Cameron, Julie Goodnight, Richard Winters and Linda Tellington-Jones, as well as discipline-specific...

Hillary Dobbs and Marengo (Jon Kassel/Hampton Classic Photo) Driving The second of two Mandatory Outings for the drivers on the Short List for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games was held Wednesday-Friday at Cedar Lane Farm in Oldwick, NJ. The informal competition format included dressage, a shortened version of the marathon and a challenging cones course. Tucker Johnson, Chester Weber, Jim Fairclough, Josh Rector and David Saunders participated in the Outing which was overseen by US Driving...

Lexington, KY - Support of equine athletes and their human counterparts isn’t new to Kentucky Equine Research (KER). The global equine nutrition research and consulting company showed its commitment again when the U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced on September 2 that KER is the Official Sponsor of the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. "Our Para-Equestrian Dressage Team is deeply appreciative of the commitment by KER," said Kathy Meyer,...

Bridgehampton, NY - Olympic Gold medalist Leslie Howard, of Darien, CT, rode Jeans Glove Varnel to victory in the $15,000 Speed Derby amidst the gray clouds and sporadic downpours, Friday morning at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. The threat of Hurricane Earl kept the attendance to a minimum with only 18 deciding to participate. David Tromp was the first to go on Renoir Du Buisson, owned by Beyaert Farm. They had a clear round in a time of 84.705 seconds and set the standard for the class. The...

Loxahatchee, FL - The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center (VTRC) hosted the first Vinceremos Volunteer Roundup last Friday on August 28, 2010. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. and was attended by over 60 current and interested volunteers. In addition to a new volunteer sign up station, the Vinceremos Volunteer Roundup gave volunteers the opportunity to meet the new barn manager, play some minute-to-win-it barn games, and win prizes. Everyone enjoyed the games, and the while the carrot toss...

Bridgehampton, NY - Mario Deslauriers, of New York, NY, found his way to the top of the class in the $50,000 Spy Cost Farm Grand Prix Qualifier CSI**** at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Thursday riding Urico, owned by Jane Clark. "I had a great class," said Deslauriers. "My horse went great. He jumped beautifully and I was in a good spot to go last in the jump-off, so I knew exactly what I had to do to bring it home and everything worked out." Six made it to the jump-off out of the 50...