Lars Petersen and Mariett (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - Lars Petersen (DEN) and Mariett, a 1998 Danish Warmblood mare, topped the FEI Grand Prix CDI W class sponsored by the U.S. P.R.E. Association on the first day of competition during Week 3 of the 2015 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). The duo scored a 73.220% to take the win, followed closely by Jose Daniel Martin Dockx (ESP) aboard the beautiful P.R.E. stallion Grandioso, scoring a 72.360%, and Shelly Francis (USA) and...

Andy Kocher and Land Rebel sail over the CWD oxer on their way to the win Saturday night (A&S Photography) Pensacola, Fla. - Andrew Kocher of Lake St. Louis, Missouri has had a very successful run during Week II of the Gulf Coast Winter Classics in Pensacola. After scoring a trifecta win in Friday's $5,000 HorseFlight Open Welcome class, he went on to win the $25,000 Nutrena Grand Prix with his own Land Rebel under the lights in the covered arena on Saturday night. "The course looked...

Laura Kraut and Cedric win the 2015 $125,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. Palm Beach, Fla. - The third time was the charm today for Laura Kraut and Cedric, owned by Cherry Knoll Farm. Kraut has competed in the prestigious $125,000 Trump Invitational since it began three years ago, but she kicked off 2015 with an outstanding win at Mar-a-Lago, fighting to the finish with a nail-biting jump-off. For Kraut, a ticket to the jump-off was all she was hoping for, having...

Lexington, Ky. - The USEF Eventing High Performance Committee has approved the addition of Elinor MacPhail, of Bluemont, Va., to the 2015 Eventing 25 Program. MacPhail had applied to be part of the 2015 program by the deadline but due to an administrative error her application was not originally received by the Talent Advisory Group. To see a full list of the 15 riders that have been selected for the Eventing 25 Program for the 2015 season click here .

Seventeen-year-old Spencer Smith headed into the 2014 fall season looking to produce strong results in the U.S.’s most prestigious equitation finals. The Wellington, Fla., native did just that as he earned the 2014 Pessoa/US Hunter Seat Medal Finals victory at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show and finished fifth in the ASPCA Maclay Final at the National Horse Show to earn the Wilson Dennehy Equitation Trophy. Additionally, he competed in the finals at the Platinum Performance/USEF Show...

Temecula, Calif. - They may have traveled the farthest to get here, but Boyd Martin and Buck Davidson are making the most of their trip west by tying for the lead after dressage in the CCI3* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. Their score of 44.4, on Trading Aces and Copper Beech, gives them a slight cushion over Maya Black, who stands in third with a 47.6 on Doesn’t Play Fair. Martin, of Cochranville, Pa., joked, “I watched Buck’s test and thought, ‘Was I...

Upper Marlboro, Md. – The Capital Challenge Horse Show held three major equitation finals on Sunday of Equitation Weekend, presented by Bigeq.com. Victoria Colvin of Loxahatchee, FL, riding Clearway, repeated victory in the Private Tutoring Services North American Junior Equitation Championships. In the Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS) National Children’s Medal Finals, Hayley Iannotti riding Quasa Granda was victorious. Eleanor Hellman and Nigel took the win in the North...

Stamford, England - Hannah Sue Burnett (The Plains Va.) has elected to withdraw Jacqueline Mars’ Harbour Pilot from further competition at the 2014 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. The Karen E. Stives High Performance Eventing Grant recipients had a brilliant round over Captain Mark Philips’ cross country track on Saturday to rise to 7th place on the strength of clear jumping and an efficient round that saw them only collect 13.2 time faults. Due to concern over a minor injury,...

The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team entered the d’Ornano Stadium for the final round of the FEI World Team Jumping Championships, held as part of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, determined to earn a podium finish for the United States, and they did just that, securing the Bronze medal. On a day when luck often eluded the Americans over Frédéric Cottier’s 13-obstacle track, the team of world-class riders, bookended by two championship stalwarts,...

The Bronze medal winning U.S. Team (SusanJStickle.com) Caen, France - The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team entered the d’Ornano Stadium for the final round of the FEI World Team Jumping Championships, held as part of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, determined to earn a podium finish for the United States, and they did just that, securing the Bronze medal. On a day when luck often eluded the Americans over Frédéric Cottier’s 13-obstacle track, the team...