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...

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...

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...

Bridgehampton, NY - Samantha Schaefer captured top honors in the $10,000 Sam Edelman Equitation Championship at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Thursday. The 17-year-old student from Westminster, MD, received the highest score of 182 points riding Pioneer, owned by Heritage Farm. "It's a big deal to win here," said Schaefer. "I rode in the class last year on a young horse and made it into the Top 10, but this is really great." Schaefer has only shown Pioneer three times at the suggestion of...

Lexington, KY - Internationally-renowned fashion designer Reem Acra will be a presenting sponsor of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The Games will feature world championships in eight equestrian sports at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park September 25-October 10. Reem Acra will be the presenting sponsor of the Eventing World Championships, as well as the presenting sponsor of the Champions Club, the most exclusive offering of the event’s hospitality program. Reem Acra designs will be...

ESI Photography (Todd Minikus and Little Annie in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the Winston National.) Saugerties, NY - The road to the Pfizer Million made its final stop at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, VA, with top contenders earning big wins along the way. During the Winston National, Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, FL, and his mare, Little Annie, owned by Todd Minikus, Ltd., took home the first-place honors in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix presented by...

Saugerties, NY - HITS, Inc., is pleased to announced that Equestrian Life will be an Official Media Partner for the first-ever Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix, offering free, live streaming coverage of the historic class on Sunday, September 12, 2010 to viewers worldwide. Equestrian Life will be onsite at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, NY, with its state-of-the-art, high-definition cameras capturing all the action from the Pfizer Million and streaming it live on its award-winning website. For...

Bridgehampton, NY - Competitors at the Hampton Classic Horse Show continued to enjoy sunny skies on Wednesday morning as an ample field of 73 lined up for the $7,500 Wölffer Estate Open Jumper (1.35m) class. Several tried, but only one tasted sweet victory and that was Shane Sweetnam riding Belle Bleu S, owned by Spy Coast Farm, LLC. "It was a very fast class," said Sweetnam. "I knew the way it had been the last couple of days that you had to be going as quick as you could to be able to win the...

Bridgehampton, NY-September 1, 2010-Two-time Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward rode to top honors in the $7,500 Open Jumper class at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Wednesday afternoon riding Rothchild, owned by Sagamore Farms. Some of the younger horses in the field of 40 had a tough time on the course, but Ward and Rothchild have been in this ring before. "He performed well here last year so I knew he knew this field," said Ward. "I basically kind of stuck to the plan. Everything...

Lexington, Kentucky - The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA), with the support of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), is proud to present the Saturday evening classes from the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show available as video on demand. Users can visit www.ashalive.net or www.usefnetwork.com/ashalive to view the finals, as well as results, judges cards and a photo gallery of all things World’s Championship Horse Show in 2010. During the week of the...