Olympic Champions Eric Lamaze and Hickstead. Photo: Cealy Tetley, www.tetleyphoto.com. Verona, Italy – Hickstead, the horse that Canada’s Eric Lamaze rode to the Individual Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, has died at the age of 15. Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Hickstead were competing in the World Cup Grand Prix in Verona, Italy, on Sunday, November 6. Upon completion of their round, the pair were walking out of the arena when Hickstead collapsed and died. An autopsy...

James Alliston of Great Britain and Jumbo’s Jake put on a masterful display of cross-country riding to move in to the lead in the CCI3* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event, with a score of 45.4. Alliston, who lives in Castro Valley, Calif., finished faultlessly aboard India McEvoy’s 13-year-old Irish Sporthorse, taking over the top spot after dressage leaders Buck Davidson and Ballynoe Castle RM suffered a refusal at fence 23, the PRO Water Complex, and second-placed...

They say it never rains in Southern California, but the heavens opened up on the CCI3* competitors at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. Still, the conditions didn’t prevent Buck Davidson, on Carl and Cassie Segal’s Ballynoe Castle RM, from taking the lead in dressage, scoring 41.8. “’Reggie’ was fantastic,” said Davidson, of Ocala, Fla. “He just keeps showing up. I just couldn’t be happier with him—he just steps up and does...

It was an epic adventure in Mexico for the United States Equestrian Federation's Dressage, Eventing and Jumping Teams. They won a record 10 medals across the three disciplines and cemented a solid foundation for the 2012 Olympic Games. Bookended by double Gold medalists Steffen Peters, who rode the Hlavacek's Weltino's Magic to record scores in the dressage ring at the Guadalajara Country Club, and Christine McCrea, who jumped five immaculate rounds on Windsor Show Stables'...

Temecula, CA - Max McManamy, on Project Runway, and Amber Levine, on Oz Poof Of Purchase, rode to a perfectly tied score (at 47.8 penalties) and grabbed the lead in the first half of the CCI2* today at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. The pair topped the 15 horses competing today; another 14 compete tomorrow. The two CC1* divisions also performed their dressage tests today. Barbara Crabo leads the classic-format CCI1*, scoring 50.3 penalties on Over Easy, and Sara Mittleider...

Kate Foy and Irina Shavlik. Photo: Howard Schatzberg. Shelburne, VT —The 2011 American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) Youth of the Year Contest took place at this year's Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show™, held October 8-15 at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. It is with great enthusiasm that AMHA honors Kate Foy of Kingston, New Hampshire, and Louisville, Kentucky, as its 2011 Youth of the Year winner, and Irina Shavlik of White Bear...

SAUGERTIES, NY – HITS, Inc. is pleased to announce that the complete prize list for the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit has been mailed and is now available on-line at HitsShows.com, featuring class listings, schedules, and entry blanks. Kicking off HITS’ winter competition on the East Coast, show jumping action at all levels will get underway at Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida on January 18. New this year to HITS Ocala is an added week of A-rated competition, bringing the circuit to...

Christine McCrea and Romantovich Take One. Photo: Shannon Brinkman. GUADALAJARA, Mexico - In a sport of inches it came down to 7/100ths of a second. Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, NY) had led the 2011 Pan American Games since Wednesday, and when she landed over the last fence in the second round of the day it seemed Individual Gold was secure with her fifth clear round of the Games. Until the clock stopped. She and Coral Reef Via Volo finished with a time of 66.07, just over the time allowed of 66...

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Temecula, CA - In only it's second year, the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event, part of the Professional Riders Organization's PRO Tour Series to be conducted in Temecula, California November 3 - 6, 2011, is quickly becoming the place to be. The Professional Riders Organization announced today that fifteen horses will be shipped on Air Horse One, H.E. Tex Sutton Forwarding's Boeing 727 from three locations on the east coast of the United States to compete at the Galway...