Lexington, KY - Boyd Martin carried the torch for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team on the final day of the Boekelo CCI3*. Riding Otis Barbotiere and Remington XXV, Martin (West Grove, PA) produced two top 35 results in his first attempt at the Dutch premiere CCI3*. Boyd Martin and Otis Barbotiere (StockImageServices.com) Jumping first on Remington XXV, owned by Henley House Stables, Martin had rails at fence seven and the first element of the combination at 11 adding eight faults. They...

Gladstone, NJ- Fourteen-year-old Lillie Keenan, of New York, NY, was a front runner today in the first two rounds of competition for the 2011 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals-East. Held at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ, the Talent Search Finals celebrate a momentous 30th anniversary this year. With Finals held each year on the east and west coasts, this program has produced some of the country’s top jumping riders, including McLain Ward,...

Tracy Fenney on course in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. Fenney and MTM Farm’s MTM Centano picked up a win and the first qualifying opportunity for the 2012 $1 Million Grand Prix. ESI Photography. CULPEPER, VA – After posting a top-20 finish in the 2011 Pfizer Million, Tracy Fenney of Flower Mound, TX, wasted no time in preparing for next year’s $1 Million Grand Prix. On Sunday, she and MTM Farm’s MTM Centano rode to victory in the...

Morgan Geller and Fabricio. Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. Upper Marlboro, MD – The 2011 Capital Challenge Horse Show began competition this morning at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. The Show Place Arena hosted competitors for opening day of The North American Equitation Championship Weekend, presented by BigEq.com, with many exciting wins for the country’s top young riders. Competition continues through October 9 with a full schedule of hunter, jumper...

Bob Cacchione (far left), recipient of the 2010 EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award at the USEF Annual Meeting. Photo: Geoff Bugbee for USEF. Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and The EQUUS Foundation will honor the hard work and dedication of equestrians with the presentation of the third annual EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award to be presented during the Pegasus Awards at the USEF Annual Meeting in January 2012. In 2009, USEF and the EQUUS Foundation united to...

Lexington, KY - On Saturday afternoon at the L.A. International Jumping Festival (Sep 21-25), a crowd gathered on LAEC's grass Cricket Field to watch the Show Jumping phase of the demanding and prestigious Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals West. When all was said and done, Demi Stiegler (Robin Stiegler and Archie Cox, trainers) led the victory gallop as champion of the 41-entry field. Demi Stiegler. Photo by Flying Horse Photography. "It was amazing!" Stiegler said...

Hampton Falls, NH - World class equestrian competition, elegant luncheons, children's games, aerial entertainment, fine automobiles, and shopping for locally crafted and uncommon specialty items were all part of the 2011 Fidelity InvestmentsJumper ClassicPresented by Porsche last week (September 14-18). Held on the show grounds of the Silver Oak Equestrian Center in Hampton Falls, NH, the event was named one of the Top 25 Horse Shows in North America by the North American Riders Group in...

Wellington, FL - The 2011 ASPCA Maclay Regional Championships continued this past weekend with competitors for Regions 5, 6, 7 and 8 vying for the top honors in their respective regional competitions. On September 18, 2011, talented horse and rider combinations began competing to place in the top 60% of their classes, earning the top combinations an invitation to the prestigious finals held in Lexington, KY, for the Alltech National Horse Show. Taking home the blue ribbon prize and winning...

SAUGERTIES, NY – On a beautiful and sunny Friday morning, 30 qualified riders took to the Strongid® C 2X Grand Prix Stadium at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, NY to compete for the Marshall & Sterling Adult Working Hunter Championship. In the end, Lindsay Lynch and Bethany Greskovich’s Brother Bear stood in the winner’s circle to accept the honors. Lynch, of Medford, New Jersey, was one of 30 competitors who competed in the Adult Hunter Division over courses designed...

Temecula, Calif.— The Galway Downs International Three-Day Event, on Nov. 3-6, is the season-long goal for West coast riders competing at the preliminary and training levels. And it’s not just because Galway Downs offers the only classic-format preliminary three-day event on the West Coast, along with one of the West Coast’s two training-level three-day events. Ever since Galway Downs began in 1999, the preliminary three-day event has been an important part of it, and then...