Photo by ESI Photography (Peter Leone and Nerval de la Batia win their first Grand Prix of the season at HITS Culpeper.) Peter Leone and Nerval de la Batia, owned by the Beaupre Group, are on the road to the Pfizer Million as they took home the victory in Sunday's $40,000 EMO Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, to highlight the Commonwealth National. "It means a lot to me to come here and kick-off the season," said Leone of Greenwich, CT, who competed in his first of eight needed...

Viola Scott’s Magnum Chic Dream created a “most special weekend” at the 2010 National Reining Breeders Classic in Katy, TX. During the open finals, Gilberto Leal’s Stop Like A Dream and National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Professional Jordan Larson of Aubrey, TX, earned nearly $66,000 to push the sire’s offspring earnings over one million dollars. With these unofficial earnings, Magnum Chic Dream is NRHA’s 19th Million Dollar Sire. Viola Scott and her husband, Jack, were in Katy to enjoy...

Photo Courtesy Highlife Farms (Jessica Twiggs stands with her new horse Highlife’s Dakarai.) Highlife Farms successful Warmblood auction, held recently at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, FL, proved to be a successful night that has many new horse owners rejoicing. The auction was hosted by Highlife Farms, owned by Kenny and Joan Sims, one of the country’s most prominent breeding farms and home to world-class sport horses. The auction gave horse owners a chance to buy...

Phillip Dutton and Woodburn (Shannon Brinkman) Dressage The Kentucky Cup CDI3*, which served as the dressage Test Event for the Alltech World Equestrian Games, kicked off a week of international competition at the Kentucky Horse Park. Tina Konyot and her big black stallion Calecto V were the stars of the week, winning both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle. In the Grand Prix Konyot finished on a score of 70.638%, Belinda Trussell and Bonny Bonnello both of Canada joined her on the podium....

Photo by Stock Image Services (Beezie Madden and Danny Boy) Lexington, KY - Beezie Madden, of Cazenovia, NY, showed why she's one of the best show jumpers in the world in tonight's $60,000 Kentucky Cup Grand Prix at the Kentucky Horse Park. She guided Danny Boy to a jump-off time of 38.37 seconds to defeat the three other riders who qualified for the deciding round. Canadian international star Beth Underhill, of King Township, Ontario, grabbed second place on Top Gun (39.56), and Laura Teodori,...

Phillip Dutton and Woodburn (Shannon Brinkman) Lexington, KY - William Fox-Pitt put in a foot-perfect show jumping round to complete a weekend during which Cool Mountain exceed expectation and made his first CCI4* a winning one at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone. Riding for Great Britain, Fox-Pitt was the man to catch all weekend and finished on his dressage score of 42.8. But Rolex Kentucky had always eluded him so his flawless round in the Johnson Stadium at the...

The roster of horses at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bridgestone, reads a bit like this, “16-hand Thoroughbred gelding, 17-hand Thoroughbred-cross, 17.1-hand Irish Sport Horse, 17-hand Selle Francais, 16.3-hand Oldenburg, 16.1-hand Holsteiner, etc.” It paints a picture of a sport dominated by Thoroughbreds, Sport Horses, and Warmbloods. But one Half-Arabian gelding is also making his mark in the top levels of three-day eventing. Technically he is an...

As the sun set over the Kentucky Horse Park last night seven horses danced their way through the freestyle test for the Kentucky Cup CDI3*. Rain in the early part of the day had given way to a colorful sunset that made for a beautiful setting for the 2,000 plus spectators that came out. Tina Konyot and her big black horse Calecto V put on an exciting show as they piaffed and pirouetted to a modern music mix featuring songs such as “Lets Get Loud” by Jennifer Lopez, “Crazy in...

Today was a good day. Even if with cold temperatures and rain in the morning. Today was a good day. Three Americans sit at the top of the Rolex Three-Day leader board. The sun came out. The freestyle for the Kentucky Cup CDI3* is set to take place soon. And oh yeah, I had a lovely chat with Jonathan “Jock” Paget this afternoon. For those of you not familiar with one of New Zealand’s top riders, Jock and Frances Stead’s Clifton Promise are making their debut at the 4 star level here at the Rolex...

Mandiba and Karen O'Connor (Shannon Brinkman ) Lexington, KY – The first half of the field in the 2010 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone took to the dressage ring today under the looming threat of rain. It never really materialized but it was a sharp reminder that the glorious weather of the past weeks is coming to a close. Rolex and a little bit of rain has become a tradition. Of the first group, Olympic veteran and three-time winner, Karen O’Connor was the best of the...