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Land Rover Renews Role as the "Official Vehicle" of the United States Equestrian Federation

by USEF Communications Department | 4/14/2011 11:43:25 AM

Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos were part of the Land Rover/U.S. Eventing Team in 2010 (Shannon Brinkman/USEF) Lexington, KY - Land Rover North America and The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced today that they have extended their successful relationship through 2012. Land Rover, the leader in world-class Sport Utility Vehicles, has signed on for an additional two years as the official vehicle sponsor of the USEF, as well as the 2011 U.S. Eventing Team. "Land Rover vehicles are...

Intercollegiate Dressage Association’s 2011 National Championship

by Lanier Cordell | 4/8/2011 11:19:00 AM

Newberry, FL - Riders from more than 20 colleges and universities throughout the United States will converge at the Canterbury Equestrian Show Place in Newberry, FL, to compete at the Intercollegiate Dressage Association’s 9th annual National Championship. More than 100 riders will compete April 30 and May 1 as part of a 4-member team or as individuals in each of the IDA’s four divisions: introductory, lower training, upper training and first level. The IDA is comprised of 680...

FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week Ten Wrap-Up: March 16-20, 2011

by Equestrian Sport Productions | 3/21/2011 3:41:00 PM

Wellington, FL - The tenth week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) has come to a close at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. The FTI WEF hosts the best that the sports of show jumping, hunters, and equitation have to offer in 12 rings of competition. In addition to competition, the FTI WEF hosts many exciting activities. See what you can do in the upcoming weeks! What You Should Know for Week 10 of the FTI WEF $500,000 FTI Consulting Finale Grand Prix - Saturday, March 26...

FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week Nine Wrap-Up

by Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC | 3/17/2011 11:43:00 AM

Wellington, FL The ninth week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) has come to a close at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Saturday Night Lights at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival brought a crowd of more than 4,200 spectators to watch Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa and Let's Fly jump to victory in the $231,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI 4*-W Presented by Bainbridge Companies. Pessoa earned the winning cut of prize money after an exciting jump-off of many of the top horses...

Desert Circuit II in Review

by HITS Media | 2/9/2011 10:09:00 AM

Thermal, CA - February 8, 2011 - Rich Fellers of Wilsonville, OR, put an exclamation point on Desert Circuit II when he rode Harry and Mollie Chapman's McGuinness to the blue ribbon in Sunday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, CA. Winning Sunday's feature class was icing on the cake for Fellers who, less than 24 hours earlier, captured Saturday night’s $50,000 Strongid C 2X CSI-W Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal...

FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week Four Wrap-Up

by Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC | 2/7/2011 10:09:00 AM

Wellington, FL - February 7, 2011 - The fourth week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) has concluded at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, and it brought thousand of people to enjoy the best that the sports of show jumping, hunters, and equitation have to offer in 12 rings of competition. $78,000 Adequan Grand Prix, CSI 2* In Sunday's $78,000 Adequan Grand Prix, CSI 2*, Laura Kraut (USA) and Happy Hill Farm's Cedric jumped to victory over 48 starters in a talent-packed...

Fun, Food and Friends...The 2010 USEF Annual Meeting Kicks-Off

by Brian Sosby | 1/14/2011 9:45:11 AM

January is time for new beginnings. A fresh start. It's also the time each year when the administrators, movers-and-shakers, the USEF general membership and the media gather together for a long weekend of meetings, discussions, debates and several of the year's most anticipated galas. It's known as the USEF Annual Meeting, and it's now underway in Louisville, KY. As is tradition, Wednesday night serves as the Welcome Reception where everyone has a chance to party before the real...

Brannigan and Slusher Top Galway Downs International Three-Day Event

by From Del Mar Eventing | 11/10/2010 3:30:00 PM

Temecula, CA — Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda (46.0) jumped faultlessly throughout the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event to top the inaugural CCI3* and then return to West Grove, Pa., with the winner’s check of $7,000. She edged Alexandra Slusher on Last Call (49.2) and James Alliston on Jumbo’s Jake (55.8). This was the first time an FEI-sanctioned CCI3* had ever been held west of the Mississippi River in North America, and five East Coast riders—including Brannigan—flew their horses...

Samantha Perry and Ramazotti Are Victorious in North American League Children's Hunter Finals

by Classic Communications | 10/22/2010 12:00:00 PM

Samantha Perry and Ramazotti (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, Penn. - Samantha Perry and Ramazotti sailed through both rounds of the $10,000 North American League (NAL) Children's Hunter Finals at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show topping the score board with a 162 combined score. A single point separated each of the three top finishers. In her first year visiting the NAL Finals, Perry, 18, of Dublin, Ohio, and Ramazotti bested a field of 30 competitors, who qualified for the year-end Finals....

Gallop in the Glen Wraps Up with Big Wins for David Jennings and Blake Roberts

by Robbi Meisel | 10/14/2010 10:42:00 AM

Blake Roberts & Dream Machine (Photo by ©Flashpoint Photography) New Market, TN—October 13, 2010- When it comes to happy endings none could compare to the finale of the 2010 Gallop in the Glen with a blaze of Smoky Mountain fall colors for the backdrop and the brilliant display of equine talents, such as local favorite Blake Roberts of Knoxville, TN riding Dream Machine to the overall victory in the $25,000 ICON Sporthorse Challenge Cup and David Jennings of Shaker Heights, OH with Marcus...