Mollie Kowalchik and Uccello Traverse City, MI - When Mollie Kowalchik walked into the Grand Prix Arena at Horse Shows by the Bay yesterday for the first time, she never dreamed that she would conclude the day with her first two major equitation wins in her young riding career. The 16-year-old Loveland, Ohio native captured top honors in both featured equitation classes by winning the USEF Talent Search Medal and the WIHS Jumper Phase. Aboard her 11-year-old warmblood Uccello, Kowalchik...

Boyd Martin and Remington XXV (Photo by Shannon Brinkman) Lexington, KY - Competition at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone officially got underway Thursday in the Rolex Stadium, with the first half of the order performing their dressage. With 28 combinations riding in front of the Ground Jury composed of Nick Burton (GBR), Michel Asseray (FRA) and Anne-Mette Binder (DEN). Boyd Martin and Henley House Stables' Remington XXV jumped out to the early lead and head the...

Lexington, KY - International reining competition in the U.S. kick-offs in April and will include four senior CRIs and two CRI-Ys for Junior and Young Riders. Beginning in Katy, TX with the National Reining Breeders Classic (NRBC) CRI2* on April 20, the country's top riders next travel to Lexington, KY for the Ariat Kentucky Reining Cup CRI3*. Running concurrently with the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone at the Kentucky Horse Park, April 26-28, this competition will...

Tampa, FL - The 2012 Tampa Equestrian Series is pleased to announce that it has added new hunter and jumper divisions to the lineup for the two-week horse show. Thanks to popular demand by this year's exhibitors, the Tampa Equestrian Series has added Performance Working Hunter 3'6-3'9"and Performance Working Hunter 3'3"divisions, as well as Low Adult and Low Children's Jumper divisions. The Tampa Equestrian Series is scheduled for March 28 - April 7, 2012, at the Bob Thomas...

Tampa, FL - The prize list for the 2012 Tampa Equestrian Series is now available online by visiting www.stadiumjumping.com . Stadium Jumping, Inc., one of the nation's leading horse show production companies, will be hosting the two week equestrian event at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, FL. The Tampa Equestrian Series also features the 40th Annual $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational presented by G & C Farm, held under the lights at...

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...

Burbank, CA – As summer heat sweeps the rest of the nation, West Coast dressage riders will keep their cool this weekend with a party atmosphere during this year's Cool August Nights show, to be held August 25-28, 2011, at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, CA. Featuring the popular Cornerstone Open and Amateur Championships Sponsored by Markel Insurance, the actual competition will nevertheless be hot as horses and riders who have pursued qualifying scores at all levels...

Culpepper, VA — The upcoming HITS Culpeper July Show Series offers two of the four remaining Culpeper stops on the road to the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix and the all-new Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final, the richest classes in the world. The Showday National will kick off the series July 6–10, followed by the Cavalier Classic July 13–17 for two consecutive weeks of show jumping at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. Entries for these July shows must be...

Wellington, FL - January 24, 2011 - The second week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) continued successfully at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. In addition to 12 rings of hunter, jumper, and equitation competition, there was plenty happening on the grounds. Here are upcoming events at the FTI WEF: Exhibitor Party at the White Horse Tavern, sponsored by Equine Couture/Tuff Rider- Friday, January 28 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Pick up your ticket at the stabling office or in...

Kent Farrington & Up Chiqui. (Flashpoint Photography©) Green Cove Springs, FL - January 15, 2011 – Only the United Nations could compare to this week’s global gathering of delegates for the FEI World Cup Qualifier with 28 of the world’s best equine athletes looking to garner points towards a spot in the finals, held April 27 through May 1 in Lipzieg, Germany. Kent Farrington, who divides his residence between Greenwich, CT, in the summer and Wellington, FL, during the winter, partnered with...