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Test Event for the 2008 Olympics Successful in Hong Kong

by Joanie Morris | 8/14/2007 11:14:00 AM

From an FEI Press Release by Malina Gueorguiev Hong Kong, China - Following Sunday’s cross-country, the top three riders—Frank Ostholt, Dirk Schrade and Shane Rose—suffered no change in the standings as a result of Monday’s jumping test at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Germany’s Ostholt and After the Battle finished on their dressage score of 53.4 and won the Good Luck Beijing – HKSAR 10th Anniversary Cup Eventing Competition. Another German, Schrade (GER) on Grand Amour was second (54....

Team USA’s Cara Raether and Ublesco Finish Eighth, Lead Americans in Individual Show Jumping at XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro

by By Brian Sosby | 7/29/2007 6:37:00 PM

Diana DeRosa (Florida's Cara Raehter and Ublesco led the American effort on the final day of the Pan American Games, finishing eighth in show jumping.) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—The last of the three equestrian disciplines contested at the XV Pan American Games – show jumping – wrapped up at Deodoro Military Complex outside of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The final results were cause for celebration for Canada and Brazil. Team USA’s Cara Raether and Ublesco finished in eighth place, the highest spot...

Penny Brennan and Japan Capture $7,500 South Shore Equine Clinic Welcome Stake at Fieldstone Summer Showcase I

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/14/2013 10:11:30 PM

Penny Brennan guided Japan to the winning time of 38.170 seconds during the $7,500 South Shore Equine Welcome Stake at the Fieldstone Summer Showcase I (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Halifax, MA - It was only three short weeks ago that Penny Brennan was released from the hospital for a severe case of pneumonia, but no one would have known as she raced Japan to the top of the leader board during the $7,500 South Shore Equine Welcome Stake. Brennan and Japan posted the blazing time of 38.170...

Tinker With Guns and Fappani Are Shootout Champions

by NRHA | 12/2/2011 1:37:53 PM

Oklahoma City, OK – The $100,000-added National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Open World Championship Shootout presented by Equine Sports Medicine brought some of the best reining horses in the world to the NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Thursday, December 1. Last year’s champion rider Andrea Fappani had three mounts in this year’s Shootout and was victorious on Rancho Oso Rio LLC’s...

Benjamin and Geisler Star in Kentucky Cup Vaulting Climax

by By Classic Communications | 8/3/2009 9:59:00 AM

Lexington, KY—The Mt. Eden Vaulters, of Saratoga, CA, finished the Kentucky Cup Vaulting on Sunday the way they started it on Thursday—by sweeping the first-placed awards. In the CVI2*, Megan Benjamin won the women’s division, Kenny Geisler won the men’s division and the Mt. Eden Sun Team won the team division. The Kentucky Cup is the vaulting test event for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, to be held September 25 to October 10, 2010. The World Championships...

Madison Goetzmann Tops $5,000 Equitation Challenge at Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows

by Jump Media | 5/14/2016 11:59:52 PM

Madison Goetzmann and Play It Again (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. - Madison Goetzmann, 16, of Skaneateles, NY, rode to victory in the $5,000 Equitation Challenge aboard West Hill's Play It Again on Saturday at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, running May 10-15 and May 17-22 at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. Highlighting Saturday’s hunter competition, Kelly Tropin of New York, NY, piloted her own Chablis to Grand Amateur-Owner Hunter Champion, while Penny Brennan flew to a...

Kirk Webby Wins $25,000 Swan Lake Fall Festival Grand Prix

by Phelps Media Group | 8/31/2015 3:58:11 PM

Kirk Webby and Brando Du Rouet (Emily Riden/Phelps Media Group) Littlestown, Pa. - The win in Saturday evening's $25,000 Swan Lake Fall Festival Grand Prix all came down to the wire - and at the wire it all came down to just over a second in time. It was the last pair in the ring, Kirk Webby and Brando Du Rouet, who won the race against the clock to claim the victory in an exciting finish to the highlight event at the Swan Lake Fall Festival. In addition to Webby and Brando Du Rouet, four...

Stewart Tough To Beat In The Hampton Classic Hunter Ring

by Hampton Classic Horse Show | 8/27/2015 2:33:44 PM

Scott Stewart rode Lucador to win the Regular Conformation Hunter Championship at the 40th annual Hampton Classic. (McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. -- As has been true for the last several years, Scott Stewart was the man to beat in the Anne Aspinall Ring, home of the hunters at the 40th annual Hampton Classic. Horses he rode or trained won two championships and three reserve championships. The 2015 Hampton Classic professional hunter champions were: Huntland First Year Green:...

Nearly 40 Entries Received for the NRHA Open World Championship Shootout

by NRHA | 11/21/2011 10:00:10 AM

Oklahoma City, OK – Nearly 40 entries have been received for the $100,000-added National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Open World Championship Shootout presented by Equine Sports Medicine. The Shootout is scheduled for Thursday, December 1 at the NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show with opening ceremonies beginning at 7:15 p.m. It is this year’s largest added money NRHA-approved (Category 1) class in the world. 2010 Shootout Champion and...

This Week in International Disciplines - July 12, 2011

by USEF Communications Department | 7/12/2011 3:17:22 PM

Dressage At the CDI Falsterbo in Sweden, Catherine Haddad-Staller and Winyamaro finished fifth in both the Grand Prix class and the Grand Prix Freestyle class with scores of 68.255% and 71.375%, respectively. In the Agria Rider Challenge - Lag, Haddad-Staller finished third with rides on Charleston, Efendi, and Mainau scoring 60.307%, 66.228%, and 64.518%, respectively. Please visit https://falsterbohorseshow.se/se/tavlingar/equipe-start-resultat---dressage/ for complete results. Eventing At...