Princeton, N.J. - It was a sunny, brisk fall day for the last Grand Prix of the season at Princeton Show Jumping. Twenty four horses and riders took on Olaf Petersen Jr.'s challenging track. The course was technical and a test of adjustability. Faults came throughout the course for all but Paige Source and Batacuda, Laura Chapot and Quointreau Un Prince, Devin Ryan and Orientales, and Peter Lutz and Carneyhaugh Manx. Paige was first to return and put the pressue on the rest with a quick...

Misdee Wrigley Miller (Picsofyou.com) Lexington, Ky. - The last USEF National Combined Driving Champions of 2014 were crowned during the final day at the Kentucky Classic CDE as drivers guided their horses and ponies through Richard Nicoll's 20-obstacle cones course at the Kentucky Horse Park. USEF National Pairs Championship Misdee Wrigley Miller (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) earned her second USEF National Pairs Championship title. Maneuvering her pair through the course with a single ball down...

Leslie Berndl and Uminco (Janos and Zoltan Varaljai) Izsak, Hungary – The U.S. sent two drivers down centerline on Thursday to kick off the FEI World Driving Championships for Singles in Izsak, Hungary, with both competitors standing within the top 25 after the first day of competition. Before the Ground Jury of Pierre Cazas, József Borka, Reiner Wannenwetsch, Diana Brownlee, and Sarah Mullins, Leslie Berndl drove Uminco through nervousness to stand sixth, while Donna Crookston...

Lexington, Ky. - After two days of tests, Sydney Hutchins found herself leading the victory gallop of the 2014 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals West at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Savannah Dukes finished in second, with Mitchell Endicott in third and Sydney Hutchins and Sorcerer (McCool) Michael Williamson in fourth. After a demanding Flat Phase where USEF Talent Search Final judges Ronnie Beard and DiAnn Langer worked the...

Birmingham, Ala. - The third season of Southeastern Conference equestrian begins on Friday when a pair of SEC squads open their campaigns. Auburn travels to UT-Martin for an 11 a.m. ET contest, while South Carolina visits Kansas State at 2 p.m. ET. Texas A&M opens its 2014-15 season on September 25 when it plays host to UT-Martin, while Georgia begins on October 3 by traveling to South Carolina. Each of the four equestrian programs of the SEC are among the nation’s top-10 teams,...

Hannah Sure Burnett & Harbour Pilot (Libby Law Photography) Lexington, Ky. - A tough cross country course at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials at Burghley House, Stamford in Lincolnshire, England yielded no finishes under optimum time Saturday and led to a shuffling at the top of the leaderboard. Four U.S. horses and riders set out onto the course. Three of them are in the top 25 heading into the jumping phase of competition on Sunday. Hannah Sue Burnett (The Plains Va.) and Jacqueline...

Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' (SusanJStickle.com) Caen, France - Team and Individual Championship jumping competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games continued Wednesday in the d’Ornano Stadium as 150 horse-and-rider combinations went to task in the Individual Qualifier and Team Competition. On a day where Frédéric Cottier’s 13-obstacle track caused a great shake-up of the leaderboard, the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team climbed one place in the...

The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team heads into this week’s World Championships at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian looking to secure Team and Individual honors. The Americans have enjoyed an extremely successful latter half of the summer jumping in Europe, producing Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup victories at CSIO5*s Hickstead, Gijon, and Dublin, as well earning a second-place finish in the Mercedes-Benz FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* Aachen. Lucy Davis, Kent Farrington, Beezie Madden,...

The Hermes U.S. Show Jumping Team (SusanJStickle.com) Caen, France - The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team heads into this week’s World Championships at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian looking to secure Team and Individual honors. The Americans have enjoyed an extremely successful latter half of the summer jumping in Europe, producing Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup victories at CSIO5*s Hickstead, Gijon, and Dublin, as well earning a second-place finish in the Mercedes-Benz FEI Nations...

Kevin Babington and Shorapur (Shawn McMillen) Bridgehampton, N.Y .- Kevin Babington of Ireland guided the young mare Shorapur to the fastest fault-free jump-off time (39.16 seconds) to claim the $250,000 Hampton Classic Grand Prix, presented by Land Rover, in an exciting climax to the 39th Annual Hampton Classic. Brianne Goutal of New York City rode Nice De Prissy to second place (0 faults/40.34 seconds), and Richie Moloney of Ireland rode Freestyle De Muze to third place, with 4 faults in 44....