Prix des States Podium (Al Cook) Harrisburg, Pa. - Prior to the start of the final Individual round of competition at the 2014 Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championship, Prix des States medals were awarded and the 2013 Zone 5 Championship banner was raised. On Friday night, Zone 4 clinched Team Gold as Zone 2 edged Zone 5 to Silver in an exciting jump-off. Read about Friday night’s competition here . The Zone 4, led by Chef d’Equipe Kim Land, earned Gold on a score...

Hayley Waters and Qurint helped Zone 4 win Gold (Al Cook) Harrisburg, Pa. - It was an exciting evening performance at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show as Zone 4 won the gold medal tonight in the $15,000 Randolph College/USEF Prix de States Team Championship at the Farm Show Complex. The USEF Prix Des States Team Championship is run as a modified Nation's Cup format. Each team member jumps two rounds, with the best three scores counting for the team total. The team with the lowest score...

Top juniors from around the country will be vying for podium finishes this week in Harrisburg (Al Cook) Harrisburg, Pa. - Junior jumpers from throughout the U.S. have traveled to the Pennsylvania National Horse Show eyeing Team and Individual podium finishes in the 2014 Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships held October 9-11. Competition gets underway Thursday with the Speed Leg of competition, and continues Friday as Team medals are decided following two rounds of Nations...

Waco, Texas. - The National Collegiate Equestrian Association on Tuesday announced its September Riders of the Month, as determined by the NCEA selection committee and honoring standout performances from the opening month of collegiate equestrian. Equitation Over Fences Rider of the Month: Elizabeth Solomon, New Mexico State • Posted a 2-0 record in Equitation Over Fences for the month of September, with both victories coming on the road. • In her win against her opponent from then-No....

Upper Marlboro, Md. - The Capital Challenge Horse Show, presented by The Gochman Family, concluded with another day of fantastic hunter competition. Junior and Children's riders were featured in the Show Place Arena and the outdoor ring, and six championships were presented. Lili Hymowitz and Tiffani won the Grand Junior Hunter Championship, while Savanah Stuart and Andover were named Grand Children's Hunter Champions. The Capital Challenge Horse Show hosts the premier hunter...

Upper Marlboro, Md. – Ponies ruled Saturday at The Capital Challenge Horse Show, presented by The Gochman Family. Kurtz (14) of Hudson, Ohio., rode to the top of the Pony Hunters on David Gochman's Valor. They were the Large Pony Hunter champions, and with two firsts, two seconds, and a fourth under saddle, and received the Grand Pony Hunter Championship, sponsored by Ali Sweetnam and Sweet Oak Farm. They were awarded the VanderMoore Designs Trophy, donated by VanderMoore Designs....

Daisy Farish and Lisalba (The Book LLC) Gladstone, N.J. - The 2014 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East kicked-off Saturday with the first two phases of competition at the USET Foundation Headquarters. The field of 55 juniors and young riders began the day under grey, rainy skies demonstrating their proficiency on the flat and returned in the afternoon to perform over gymnastics course designed by Judges Laura Kraut and Jimmy Torano. At the end of the first day of...

Gladstone, N.J. - A strong fields of 57 top junior and young riders have traveled to Gladstone, N.J., this week for the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East. Laura Kraut and Jimmy Torano will serve as judges and course designers for the four-phase competition held at the USET Foundation Headquarters, October 3-5. Competition officially gets underway Saturday morning with Phase I, Flatwork. Competitors will then return to the Dick and Jane Brown Arena later in the...

Fair Hill, MD - The Dutta Corporation, a leading international horse transportation company and title sponsor of The Fair Hill International, is generously donating a special prize for the winner of this year's Three-Star Championship. For the second year in a row, the winning horse-rider combination of the Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International CCI*** will receive FREE round trip air transportation to any European three-star event of their choosing. The Dutta Corporation is the Official...

Unionville, Pa. - Maya Black and Doesn't Play Fair stormed around Mike Etherington-Smith's CIC3* cross-country course to clinch the win at Plantation Field International Horse Trials in fairytale fashion. Maya Black and Doesn't Play Fair (Amy Dragoo) Both new to this level, Black and Doesn't Play Fair completed their first Advanced at Pine Top in February and have racked up impressive placings ever since, most notably a fifth-place finish at Bromont CCI3* in June. Now they add a win...