Wellington, FL - February 14, 2011 - The fifth week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) has concluded at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, and another week of fantastic competition was held. The FTI WEF hosts the best that the sports of show jumping, hunters and equitation have to offer in 12 rings of competition. $150,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix presented by Spy Coast Farm An exciting jump-off topped off a fantastic class on Saturday evening in the $150,000 FEI World...

Chester Weber is congratulated by Her Majesty The Queen after winning the CAI3*-H4 (Photo courtesy of Risto Aaltonen) Windsor, Great Britain – Chester Weber made quite a statement at his first competition abroad in 2015, earning an impressive victory in the CAI3*-H4 World Cup Qualifier at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. In his usual fashion, Weber had a wonderful dressage test, winning the phase with a score of 36.22. He had a solid performance in the marathon phase, completing the first...

Estes Park, CO - With his 2012 Brentina Cup winner Lombardo LHF, Brian Hafner (Penngrove, CA) won two Grand Prix classes at the Paragon CDI3* over the weekend. On Friday, he won the FEI Grand Prix with a score of 66.745%. He continued to earn top results on Sunday in the FEI Grand Prix Musical Freestyle, winning with a 68.800%. Hafner also won the Prix St. Gorerge on Friday with California Chablis and finished second in both the Intermediare I and Intermediare I Freestyle classes. The...

Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe’s premier charity horse show-jumping event and the first Grand Prix in New Mexico, the Grand Prix de Santa Fe, announced today that it is cancelling its 2011 event, scheduled for June. The Board of Directors of the Grand Prix de Santa Fe continues to pursue a permanent, new and larger venue and title sponsor with the goal of resuming the charity horse show event in 2012. In 2010, the Grand Prix de Santa Fe lost its title sponsor and venue host, Las Campanas Santa Fe, due...

Daytona Beach, FL - Pfizer Animal Health and American Horse Publications are proud to announce that a winner has been selected to receive the 2011 Equine Industry Vision Award. Sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health, the award is intended to recognize innovation, leadership and service. All of the 13 nominees this year were outstanding examples of these qualities. The Equine Industry Vision Award Committee reviewed the nominations and narrowed the list of nominees to four finalists. The committee...

Jennifer Alfano will show Jersey Boy during the Carole and Jim Looke Family Fund $50,000 USHJA Inter (Photo By: Shawn McMillen.) Katy, TX - The Spring Gathering Charity Horse Show is just around the corner, and the top horse and rider combinations are preparing to travel to this incredible horse show where they will compete for $250,000 in total prize money. The hunter divisions alone will be awarding an unprecedented $150,000 in prize money to the winning combinations during the weeklong...

Oklahoma City, OK – Two of the nation’s top NRHA Processionals are coming to Colorado for the 2011 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Regional Clinic Series May 21-22. NRHA Professionals Randy Paul and Tracer Gilson will once again share their expertise to benefit Reiners of all ages and experience levels at Skyline Ranch in Carbondale, CO. NRHA Professional Randy Paul reached one of the industry’s great milestones by becoming a Million Dollar Rider in 2008. Paul has had a long and...

Colorado Springs, CO - CoSport, the authorized ticket reseller and official hospitality package provider of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), announced today the timeline for the launch of ticket sales for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Ticket sales will begin on March 15 - the 500 day countdown to the Opening Ceremony - and pre-registration is currently open for U.S. residents at www.cosport.com . The first phase of ticket sales will be handled exclusively through an online request process,...

Olympian John Pearce has been a familiar face during the Colorado Summer Circuit. (Horse and Ryder) Parker, CO — A thrilling summer at The Colorado Horse Park will be highlighted with nearly $1 million in cash and prizes up for grabs during the inaugural edition of the expanded Colorado Summer Circuit, June 8-July 24, 2011. For 20 years this circuit has attracted some of the continent’s best hunter and jumper competitors, and this year it expands to six weeks. Riders will find more than just...

Lexington, Kentucky - The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA), in partnership with its Saddle Seat Sponsor, Morehead State University (MSU), will offer its first saddle seat horse shows February 5-6. The weekend will be planned so that two saddle seat shows can be offered on two consecutive days. All levels and ages of IEA saddle seat riders will be invited to compete. Any IEA saddle seat teams and riders may attend as the show will be open to riders from any region or zone in the...