Michael Hughes won the 2014 Sam Edelman Equitation Championship Bridgehampton, N.Y. - The Hampton Classic Horse Show will host the $10,000 Sam Edelman Equitation Championship in the Classic's famed Grand Prix Ring on Saturday, August 29. In recent years, the Championship was held on Thursday, and this year's move to Saturday will put the nation's leading equitation riders on center stage in front of a large weekend crowd. "The Sam Edelman Equitation Championship has always been a...

Lexington, Ky. - Another day of competition at the US Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans saw two more championship titles decided on Friday. Emma Kurtz and Truly Yours collected Medium Green Hunter Pony honors, while Augusta Iwasaki and Kingston were named the Large Green Hunter Pony Champions. Both championship divisions completed the Over Fences phase on Friday, earning the final 50% for their overall score, after receiving 25% from both the Model and Under Saddle phases...

Jimmy Torano and Lion Hearted won the $5,000 NEHJA Performance Stake Hunter Derby, presented by Eastern Hay, during the fifth week of the Vermont Summer Festival. (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vermont – Jimmy Torano of Wellington, FL, claimed the blue ribbon in the $5,000 NEHJA Performance Stake Hunter Derby, presented by Eastern Hay, aboard Lion Hearted on Thursday, July 30, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The Vermont Summer Festival runs for six...

Sydney Shulman and Venice (Phelps Media) Lexington, KY - July 25, 2015 - Saturday night at the Kentucky Horse Park ushered in hundreds of spectators for Hats Off Day and one of Sydney Shulman's biggest career grand prix wins. The 20-year-old and her mount Venice bested a field of 36 horse-and-rider combinations to win the $50,000 Rood and Riddle Kentucky Grand Prix at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. "I've had a really good couple of weeks," Shulman said. "I won the Ox Ridge [Hunt Club]...

Kelley Farmer and Mindful Parker, CO - July 10, 2015 - The Colorado Horse Park's Summer in the Rockies V hosted a fantastic day of hunter competition Friday. The $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby saw twenty-four competitors compete over two rounds with a one-two finish for Kelley Farmer. The $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby took place with a victory for Paul Rohrbach. The $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby was held in the Derby Field, which included unique obstacles such as a...

Abigail McArdle of USA riding Cosma 20 © Spruce Meadows Media Services Calgary, AB, Canada – July 9, 2015 – The 2015 Spruce Meadows Summer Series began its final week of competition, the ‘Pan American’ Tournament CSI 5*, presented by Rolex, with wins for Pablo Barrios (VEN) and Abigail McArdle (USA) on Thursday. The ‘Pan American’ Tournament continues with world-class show jumping through Sunday, July 12. Pablo Barrios led the victory gallop in the $34,000...

McLain Ward and HH Azur © Spruce Meadows Media Services Calgary, AB, Canada – July 4, 2015 – The stars aligned for McLain Ward (USA) and HH Azur to earn a major victory in Saturday’s $400,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Spruce Meadows. There are not many major competitions left in the world that Ward has not won, but he will now have his name etched in history in one of the sport’s most prestigious events aboard a rising young star. For the momentous win, Ward...

Kent Farrington and Uceko © Spruce Meadows Media Services Calgary, AB, Canada – July 3, 2015 – The ‘North American’ Tournament at Spruce Meadows continued on Friday with two feature competitions hosted in the International Ring and a win for USA’s Kent Farrington and RCG Farm’s Uceko in the highlight $50,000 Lafarge Cup 1.50m. Also competing on Friday, Mario Deslauriers took a big win in the $34,000 Pepsi Challenge 1.45m riding Lisa Deslauriers’ Scout...

Hayley Barnhill and Zephire (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 3, 2015 - Hayley Barnhill has competed at the Flintfields Horse Park for four years, riding to the top of the ranks, but always falling just shy of the first place finish. Friday afternoon, that all changed during the opening week of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festval. Barnhill posted the only double clear ride of the $25,000 Antares Welcome Stake with Zephire, owned by Barnhill Enterprises, LLC, riding to...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the Short List for the 2015 FEI World Vaulting Championships for Juniors, including Individual, Pas-de-deux and Squad. The U.S. will send the top three individual females and one alternate, the top three individual males, two Pas-de-deux and one Squad of six vaulters plus two alternates to the championships taking place August 5-9, 2015 in Ermelo, The Netherlands. The following athletes have been named to the...