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Competition Underway for Three Divisions at 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

by Kathleen Landwehr & Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/22/2018 7:11:00 PM

USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship Wayne, Ill. - Heather Blitz and Praestemarkens Quatero won the FEI Prix St. Georges Test with a score of 72.853% to kick off the first day of competition at the 2018 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. Blitz and (Wellington, Fla.) and her nine-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding performed a lovely test to take the early lead in the USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship. Jennifer Baumert (Wellington, Fla.) and Handsome, Betsy...

Day Three of 2018 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Collecting Gaits Farm Crowns Tosh and Bit of Love Champions of Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship Presented by Noelle Wolf Stables, LLC; Medium Green Hunter Pony Championships Presented by Sallee Horse Vans, Large Green Hunter Pony Championship Presented by Triple Crown Feed, and Pony Jumper National Championships Get Underway

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/9/2018 11:05:00 PM

Takacs and Galianna Take the Lead in the Medium Green Hunter Pony Championship Presented by Sallee Horse Vans on Day Three of 2018 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Collecting Gaits Farm Samantha Takacs and Galianna (Photo by Shawn McMillen Photography) Thirteen-year-old Samantha Takacs (Oldwick, N.J.) and Galianna, Kim Wolf’s nine-year-old German Riding Pony mare, lead the Medium Green Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans following the first two phases at the 2018 USEF...

Weniger and Robertson Continue Podium Presence with USDF North American Dressage Freestyle Championship Titles

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/5/2018 11:23:00 PM

North Salem, N.Y. - Familiar names graced the NAYC podium during the USDF North American Dressage Freestyle Championships at the Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships presented by Gotham North. The United States’s Anna Weniger and Don Derrick topped the Young Rider division with a score of 74.22% and Canada’s Chase Robertson and Winsome earned gold in the Junior division. USDF North American Young Rider Dressage Freestyle Championship Anna Weniger and Don Derrick (...

Farish, Pielet and Stephenson Claim Individual Golds in USHJA North American Show Jumping Championships at the Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships

by Jump Media | 8/5/2018 11:17:00 PM

Daisy Farish and Great White ( SEL Photography ) Daisy Farish didn’t have much room for error when she cantered back into the ring for the final round of the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) North American Young Rider Show Jumping Individual Championship. One rail, and she’d drop out of the medals. But Farish rose to the occasion, piloting Great White to their second faultless round of the day to claim individual gold in the finale of the Adequan®/FEI North...

Daisy Farish and Style Claim Overall Grand Champion 3’6” at USEF Junior Hunter National Championship – East Coast

by Jump Media/US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/1/2018 5:20:00 PM

Saugerties, N.Y. – Daisy Farish and Style were crowned Overall Grand Champions in the 3’6” section of the 2018 USEF Junior Hunter National Championship – East Coast with a final score of 261.3 on Tuesday, July 31, at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, N.Y. Nicole Dorwart and Cupido Z were named Overall Grand Champions in the 3'3" section with a final score of 258.1. Farish (Versailles, Ky.) impressed in all three phases of competition where a classic and handy round...

NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team Charged by Podium Energy Heading into FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO5* Aachen

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/18/2018 3:45:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The NetJets U.S. Show Jumping Team continues its preparation for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 when four shortlisted athletes compete in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup CSIO5*, part of the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen, on Thursday, July 19. Known as one of the most competitive and electrifying events around the circuit, Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland has given Margie Engle, Laura Kraut, Beezie Madden, and Devin Ryan the opportunity to add its...

The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team Ready for FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ The Netherlands

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 6/20/2018 5:02:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team aims for a top placing in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup The Netherlands, the team’s first European Nations Cup of the season. Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover will lead the team of Olivia LaGoy-Weltz and Lonoir, Adrienne Lyle and Salvino, Kasey Perry-Glass and Goerklintgaards Dublet, and Steffen Peters and Rosamunde at CHIO Rotterdam, June 21-23. The team combinations, along with individual U.S. competitors Shelly Francis and...

NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team Set to Compete in Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Poland

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 6/16/2018 1:41:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The NetJets U.S. Show Jumping Team is set to compete in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Poland this Sunday, June 17, at the Lotto CSIO Sopot. Following the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Canada, where the U.S. secured a spot for the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final, U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland will lead the team of Jamie Barge and Luebbo, Margie Engle and Royce, Lillie Keenan and Super Sox, Devin Ryan and Eddie Blue, and reserve rider...

U.S. Show Jumping Development Team Ready to Shine in FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO3* Lisbon

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/31/2018 5:24:00 PM

Lexington, Ky . – The U.S. Show Jumping Development Team is primed to compete in Friday’s FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO3* Lisbon with the help of Chef d’Equipe Anne Kursinski. The team of Taylor Alexander and Ryanair de Riverland, Zazou Hoffman and Samson II, Alise Oken and Hitchcock VD Broekkant, and Andrew Ramsay and California 62 prepared for the Nations Cup by competing at CSI2* Madrid, Spain, from May 18-20. The U.S. will compete sixth in the order of 12 teams. Meet...

U.S. Show Jumping Team Begins 2018 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Season at CSIO5* Ocala

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 2/16/2018 3:19:00 PM

Ocala, Fla. – The U.S. Show Jumping Team returns to action this week, taking on six countries in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ CSIO5* on Sunday, February 18 at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Fla. U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’ Equipe Robert Ridland will lead the team of Lauren Hough and Ohlala, Laura Kraut and Confu, Beezie Madden and Darry Lou, and McLain Ward and HH Callas as they compete for a strong start in the North American standings. The U.S. Show Jumping Team will...