George Williams and Don Bailey will return to Traverse City to compete at the Dressage by the Bay Fa (Photo © 2010 Diana Hadsall) Traverse City, MI - September 1, 2010 - Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc. is pleased to announce that the orders of go and ride times are now posted online for the Dressage by the Bay Fall Classic and 2010 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 2 Dressage Championships. Ride times can be found by visiting https://www.horseshowsbythebay....

Darragh Kenny on Looping Star (Shawn McMillen Photography/Hampton Classic) Bridgehampton, NY--August 31, 2010- Darragh Kenny 22, of County Offaly, Ireland, had the "luck of the Irish" on his side winning both jumper classes in the Grand Prix ring at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Tuesday. Kenny won the Brown Harris Stevens Open Jumper (1.40m) FEI Table A class riding Looping Star and the Newsday Open Jumper class (1.35m) earlier in the day on Bazooka de Muze. Both horses are owned by Missy...

WESTPORT, CT - August 31, 2010 - The Board of Directors of The EQUUS Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce the award of its 2010 grants to 60 charitable organizations that use the horse to benefit the public; promote the horse's health and welfare; and advance the equestrian sport. The EQUUS Foundation is dedicated to securing homes and useful lives for horses, enhancing the lives of people who benefit from horses, and educating the public on the significant impact horses have in our every...

SBS Farms' Jersey Boy and Jennifer Alfano in the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (Chicago H (Photos © 2010 Lindsay McCall/PMG) Buffalo, NY - August 31, 2010 - SBS Farm's talented chestnut gelding Jersey Boy and rider Jennifer Alfano defended their title at the second annual $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (Chicago Hunter Derby) Presented by CN on Saturday, August 29, at Annali Farm in Antioch, IL. Winning the class for the second year in a row, Jersey Boy and Alfano finished...

HITS' Holly Bachor and Joe Calcagno, alongside Mike McCormick, presented the awards to Tracy Fenney (© ESI Photography) SAUGERTIES, NY (August 31, 2010) -- Tracy Fenney and MTM Centano, owned by MTM Farm, captured Sunday's $40,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, to highlight the Constitution Classic at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. Fenney of Flower Mound, Texas and MTM Centano were one of 25 horse-and-rider combinations to ride the course designed by Doug...

Jessica Van Brocklin and Second Hand News in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby at HITS Culpeper (© ESI Photography) CULPEPER, VA (August 30, 2010)-- It was the same old story for Second Hand News and Jessica Van Brocklin as they secured the top prize for the consecutive second week in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby at the Constitution Classic at HITS Commonwealth Park, in Culpeper, Virginia. Van Brocklin shows in the Amateur-Owner Hunters under the tutelage of trainer Pam Baker and got the...

Jersey Boy and Jennifer Alfano (Photo © 2010 Lindsay McCall for PMG) Chicago, Illinois -August 29, 2010- Equestrians and spectators could not have asked for a better afternoon for the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (Chicago Hunter Derby) Presented By Canadian National (CN). The Chicago Hunter Derby vintage hunt course was set upon the beautifully landscaped steeplechase course in-field of Annali Farm in Antioch, IL. Today's festivities included a children's horseless horse show, a...

Abigail Hopkins and One Hot Pepper (Photo Credit: Anne Gittins) Halifax, MA -August 29, 2010- The area's top equitation riders converged on the Fieldstone Equestrian & Show Facility in Halifax, MA, for the 2010 Massachusetts Hunter Jumper (MHJ) Finals. The MHJ Finals, which concluded the Fieldstone Summer Showcase, saw over 300 riders compete for top honors in the MHJ Short Stirrup Medal Final, MHJ-Mini Medal Final, MHJ Adult Mini-Medal Final, MHJ Children's Pony Medal Final, MHJ Children's...

Bridgehampton, NY-August 29, 2010- Peter Leone of Greenwich, CT, crossed the wire in the nick of time to win the $20,000 Nicolock Time Challenge on Nevval De La Batia, owned by Margaret Bopp, in a time of 65.516 seconds on Opening Day at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. Sloan Coles and Annie 66 just missed with a time of 66.095. Olympic Gold Medalist Leslie Howard and Jeans Glove Varnel were third with 67.100 seconds. As the first rider of the day, Howard set the pace, but not for long. Coles...

Halifax, MA -August 27, 2010- Gregory Price and Mariano became derby royalty following their win in the $10,000 3'3" Open Hunter Derby on the fourth day of competition at the Fieldstone Summer Showcase. The Summer Showcase, which runs August 24-29, features top-notch equestrian competition, great prize money, and nightly parties. The schedule for this year's Summer Showcase is highlighted by the $35,000 Grand Prix, which will be held on Fieldstone's pristine, all grass Grand Prix field on...