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Manuel Torres Guides Cinderella to Second Grand Prix Win

by HITS Horse Shows | 8/18/2014 4:43:38 PM

Manuel Torres and Cinderella top the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix presented by Zoetis (©ESI Photography) Culpeper, Va. - The clock didn’t strike midnight on Cinderella and Manuel Torres at HITS Culpeper this weekend. The eight-year old Westphalian mare carried Torres (Leesburg, Virginia) to top honors in the $40,000 Grand Prix presented by Zoetis. With only a handful of grand prix in her repertoire, Cinderella picked up her second high-performance blue on Sunday. “She’s peaking...

Amy Millar is Heroic in Hayes Co.’s $50,000 CSI2* Zucarlos Grand Prix

by Starting Gate Communications | 8/17/2014 9:16:34 PM

Amy Millar guides her new mount, Heros, to victory (Ben Radvanyi Photography) Orangeville, Ontario – Amy Millar of Perth, ON, emerged victorious in the $50,000 CSI2* Zucarlos Grand Prix held Saturday evening, August 16, as part of the CSI2* Orangeville Show Jumping Tournament in Orangeville, ON. Produced by Hayes Co., the $50,000 CSI2* Zucarlos Grand Prix, presented by Kubota Canada and Stewart’s Equipment and televised on Rogers, was the featured event of the CSI2* Orangeville Show...

Smitten Wins Small Green Hunter Championship at Pony Finals

by USEF Communications Department | 8/7/2014 8:13:22 AM

Sophia Calamari and Smitten (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, Ky. - Sophia Calamari (New Milford, Pa.) won the Small Green Hunter Pony Championship Wednesday at the US Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans with her own Smitten, completing the competition with a phenomenal overall score of 1011.50. She and the six-year-old Welsh pony cross-bred gelding garnered second place in the Over Fences phase with a score of 249.75, while on Tuesday they earned 260.00 in the Model...

Juan Pablo Gaspar and Puetras So What Prove Perfect in SJHOF Junior Jumper Classic at Kentucky Summer Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/28/2014 11:01:19 AM

Juan Pablo Gaspar and Puetras So What (Rebecca Walton/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - The South American contingent has had a strong showing during the Kentucky Summer Horse Show, and Sunday was no exception. Mexico's Juan Pablo Gaspar proved that speed is the name of the game when he took home top honors in the $7,500 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior Jumper Classic, sponsored by Sleepy P Ranch. Gaspar and his new mount Puetras So What were faultless over the jump-off track with a two...

Anna Cardelfe and Dollar Van't Eigenlo DH Earn High Amateur-Owner Jumper Win at Kentucky Summer Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/26/2014 11:20:39 AM

Anna Cardelfe and Dollar Van't Eigenlo DH (Rebecca Walton/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - Rising talent took center stage today at the Kentucky Horse Park as the High Junior and Amateur-Owner Jumpers competed in the Rolex Stadium during the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. Anna Cardelfe proved that a new partnership can be just as successful as a veteran pairing when she won the High Amateur-Owner Jumpers aboard Dollar Van't Eigenlo DH. Meanwhile in the High Junior Jumpers, it was Meredith...

Overall Grand Championship Goes to Alexander and Cafe de Colombia at West Coast Jr. Hunter National Championship

by USEF Communications Department | 7/25/2014 4:34:49 PM

Ashton Alexander & Cafe de Colombia (Captured Moments Photography) Lexington, Ky. – The best junior riders attended the 2014 US Junior Hunter National Championship West Coast July 21-22 in hopes of being crowned the Overall Grand Champion. Over two days of tough competition at the Del Mar Horsepark in Del Mar, Calif., riders competed in three phases: Classic Round, Under Saddle, and Handy Hunter. The Under Saddle phase counts for 20% of the rider's overall score, while both the...

Squad and Alternates for Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Head to Great Meadow for Preparation Event

by Helen Murray | 7/24/2014 5:50:31 PM

The Plains, Va. - Great Meadow is set to host elite eventing combinations July 26th and 27th as the Squad for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and alternates take part in their official Preparation Event. The U.S. combinations will be joined Canadian horses and riders as they too will use the weekend to fine tune performances in the lead up to Normandy. Dressage will take place Saturday morning, with all combinations coming back in the evening to...

Wall-to-Wall Live Stream of the National Horse Show Coming in October

by Andrew Minnick | 7/22/2014 4:29:24 PM

Lexington, Ky. - From October 28 through November 2 USEF Network will present wall-to-wall live streaming coverage of the 2014 National Horse Show from the Kentucky Horse Park's Alltech Arena in Lexington, Ky. USEF Network coverage will include live streaming and on-demand video of all classes at the National Horse Show. Highlights of the 2014 show will include a feature Grand Prix, a new U-25 Jumper Championship, and the ASPCA Maclay National Championship. The ASPCA Maclay is one of...

Kent Farrington Wins Prize of Europe at CHIO Aachen

by CHIO Aachen Press | 7/16/2014 2:32:22 PM

Kent Farrington with Willow (standing in for Voyeur) at the Prize Giving. Aachen, Germany - What a spectacular round: Kent Farrington won the Turkish Airlines-Prize of Europe. The 33-year-old literally flew to victory with his 12-year-old KWPN gelding Voyeur – very much in keeping with the new Top Level Sponsor. The scoreboard showed the unbelievable time of 47.82 seconds as the US-American crossed the finish line of the 410-metre long jump-off course with its eight obstacles. 17 horses...

Ebeling Withdraws Rafalca from CDI4* Aachen and Contention for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team

by USEF Communications Department | 7/13/2014 6:21:45 AM

Jan Ebeling and Rafalca (Provided by Ebeling) Lexington, Ky. - Jan Ebeling has withdrawn Beth Meyer, Ann Romney, and Amy Ebeling’s Rafalca from the CDI4* Aachen and contention for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team. Ebeling (Moorpark, Calif.) decided that the welfare of the 17-year-old Oldenburg mare was paramount and that it would be in the best interest of World Cup and 2012 Olympic Games veteran to retire from competition. “With mixed emotions, we...