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Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy Capture $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals Victory at Bluegrass Festival Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/19/2012 5:00:20 AM

Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy captured the $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals Championship at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show. (Kendall Bierer/PMG) Lexington, KY - It was a night that will be well remembered, and a win well deserved. The Rolex Stadium was packed at the Kentucky Horse Park as the Handy Round brought the 2012 $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals to a close during the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show. One of the industry's most successful hunter...

Paige Johnson Continues to Dominate High Amateur-Owner Jumpers at Kentucky Summer Classic

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/3/2012 9:21:05 PM

Paige Johnson and Amagedon 3 won the High Amateur-Owner Jumpers at the Kentucky Summer Classic. (Kendall Bierer/PMG) Lexington, KY - August 3, 2012 - Although storm clouds hung sullenly over the Kentucky Horse Park this afternoon, the amateur and junior jumper riders were not deterred as they tackled their respective courses to vie for the top honors in the Rolex Stadium. Paige Johnson topped today's High Amateur-Owner Jumpers with Amagedon 3. Megan Nusz slid into the second place finish...

Roenick and Tetreault Win Dressage Young Rider and Junior Freestyle Championships

by Jennifer Wood | 7/22/2012 12:20:34 AM

Lexington, KY - As the day continued on Saturday for the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC), more gold medalists were crowned. Brandi Roenick and Weltino's Magic had the highest score to capture the Dressage Young Rider Freestyle Championship, while Canadian rider Laurence Blais Tetreault and Pissaro were gold medalists in the junior division. The dressage is sponsored by Platinum Performance and the United States...

Kilian McGrath and Abigail McArdle Triumph for Show Jumping Young Rider and Junior Gold Medals

by Jennifer Wood | 7/21/2012 11:21:09 PM

Abigail McArdle (Zone 5) aboard Cosma 20 take the Gold medal in the Junior Individual Show Jumping (Sportfot) Lexington, KY - The show jumpers and reiners finished today by naming two new individual gold medalists each at the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC), which conclude tomorrow at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Kilian McGrath and Abigail McArdle took gold in the Young Rider and Junior Show Jumping divisions...

Laura Kraut and Cedric Win $25,000 ESP Spring 2 Grand Prix

by Equestrian Sport Productions | 4/17/2012 11:20:00 AM

Laura Kraut and Cedric (ManciniPhotos) Wellington, FL - Equestrian Sport Productions LLC (ESP) hosted its second of five weeks of the Spring Series horse shows at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) this week with the ESP Spring 2 Horse Show. With a full line-up of 'AA' hunter and four-star jumper competition, the show ran on April 11-15, 2012, and featured a $25,000 Grand Prix and $10,000 Welcome Stake. The ESP Spring Series circuit will continue on April 18-22,...

South Carolina's Kimberly McCormack Takes Over Fences, Baylor's Taylor Brown Wins Flat at WEF Collegiate Equitation Challenge

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/11/2012 8:53:51 AM

Laura Chapot and Bradberry Victorious in $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m Speed Challenge, Bruce Duchossois and Just Fred Capture the Camping World Adult Amateur Hunter 51 & Over Championship Kimberly McCormack and Chalan (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - The third annual FTI WEF Collegiate Equitation Challenge was held on Friday evening in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Riders representing 16 National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) varsity...

Mandatory Outing for the 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Set to Begin

by Joanie Morris | 8/25/2011 9:00:43 AM

Lexington, KY - The journey to the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico makes its next eventing stop in Richland, Michigan. Fourteen of the 15 horses currently short-listed by the USEF head to the Midwest to contest their Mandatory Outing at the Richland Park CIC and Horse Trials August 25-28. The Pan American Games will be contested at the CCI2* level in 2011, which gives many riders who have never before represented the United States the chance to ride on the Land Rover U.S....

It's a Wrap! The Week That Was the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships Presented by Gotham North

by Erica Larson for USEF | 7/31/2011 6:36:20 PM

Lexington, KY - After a week of intense heat and one suspenseful afternoon of strong thunderstorms, the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North wrapped up today under sunny skies at the Kentucky Horse Park. The competition in all five disciplines - dressage, endurance, eventing, reining, and show jumping - was intense, and the approximately 250 riders from six countries showed that they had come to win. Endurance Riders on the first-ever...

2011 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships: Full of Surprises

by L.A. Pomeroy | 5/21/2011 10:12:00 AM

Lexington, KY — May in Kentucky was all about the catch-ride. One ride. One horse. One shot at history. At Louisville, it meant a late-replacement jockey, John Velazquez, would win his first Kentucky Derby with Animal Kingdom. At Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park that same weekend, it meant students facing their own last-minute leg-ups, with just minutes to assess a horse before entering the Alltech Arena and their date with destiny at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association...

Pennsylvania National Horse Show Crowns Ward, Garofalo Torres, Kenny, and Pony Hunters and Junior Hunter Champions in First Few Days

by By Classic Communications | 10/15/2009 12:30:00 PM

McLain Ward and Miss Liberty 7 Wind Their Way to The Winners Circle McLain Ward showed the crowd that he deserves his many accolades, as he piloted Miss Liberty 7 to a perfectly planned and executed round to win the $10,000 Gem Twist Sprint Gambler's Choice at the 64th Pennsylvania National Horse Show. The Gambler's Choice competition is very different from the standard style of classes offered at horse shows. In the Gambler's Choice, the course designer places fences around the...