Kent Farrington and Zidane (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Lexington, KY - Capturing a ribbon was no easy task during today's $20,000 Bluegrass Classic at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show. Forty-two entries gathered at the Rolex Stadium to compete in the 1.45m Open Jumper event, but when 23 qualified for the tiebreaker the results came down to a foot race. Besting the clock and the course was Kent Farrington aboard Zidane, breaking the beam at 38.879 to take home the winning prize. Ramiro...

Del Mar, CA – The highlight class of the 2013 Del mar National Horse Show’s Hunter/Jumper week was held Saturday night and it was Duncan McFarlane & Mr. Whoopy that came out on top. A field of 33 horses attempted the first round course of the $100,000 Grand Prix of Del Mar, but it was challenging one that caused a lot of rails down, a couple of on-course retirements, and plenty of time faults. Only four horses managed to go double clear over the course and set-up an intense...

Mary McCormick, vaulting on Palatine at the 2013 Mozart Memorial Classic in Somis, CA (Kate Revell/VaultingPhotos.com) Somis, CA - To commemorate Mozart, the world famous vaulting horse, vaulters from all of California gathered for competition at the Mozart Memorial Vaulting Classic over the weekend. With a healthy turnout of top champion vaulters including Mary Garrett, Alicen Divita, Emily Rose, and Emily Hogye the competition showcased high quality and intense performances. Mary McCormick...

Lexington, KY - $25,000 Grand Prix classes took place in Princeton, NJ and Lexinton, VA over the weekend. Laure Chapot and Ian Silitch won them respectively. In Princeton, Chapot bested a field of 26 on Mary Chapot's Shooting Star to in the victory. In Lexington, Ian Silitch rode Gaston Family Investments LLC,'s Vanita to the win over 16 other horses. Kaitlin Campbell winished in 2nd and 3rd aboard her own Rocky W and Rachel Kennedy's Grand Pleasure respectively.

After only 2 clear rounds in today's World Cup Class, the USA's Beezie Madden strolls through a careful jump off and snatches the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2013. Steve Guerdat, the only other clear, was first to go in the jump off and made a costly mistake, rolling two poles... leaving things open for a steady clear from Beezie. She spoke to Rupert Bell after the victory:

Listen to Rupert Bell's commentary from the jump off for the Rolex World Cup final title between Swiss Olympic Champion Steve Guerdat and American Bezzie Madden in Gothenberg.

Gothenburg, Sweden - Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, NY) and Simon won the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final at the Scandinavum Arena. This is the second consecutive victory for the United States in the Rolex/FEI World Cup Final. Simon is a 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Abigail Wexner. More news and photos to follow.

Shane Smith & Shepherd Star (Shannon Brinkman) Lexington, KY For the second time in three years, Shane Brown won the World Championship Freestyle Reining tonight at the Kentucky Horse Park. He rode Shepherd Star to the title, receiving 228 points from the three judges. Brown’s score put him just 1 point ahead of three riders who tied for second with a score of 227—Aaron Ralston on Blue Taris Glo, Drake Johnson on Sonic Chic Dream, and Pete Kyle on A Ruf Gal. The winners split a...

Bezzie Madden took the opening speed class at the Rolex/FEI World Cup finals in Gothenberg, Sweden Thursday. Riding Simon, she won by half a second ahead of Pius Schwizer with Sweden's Rolf Goran Begtsoon in 3rd Madden spoke to Rupert Bell after her win

Katy, TX - On Friday, April 19th, Jordan Larson and Luga Quarter Horses, LLC Custom Cash Advance earned a score of 228.5 to take the National Reining Breeders Classic Open Classic Challenge and in the process earned CRI3* and USEF Open 1 class wins. Their score as one point better than runner up Andrea Frappani and Star for the Chicks. When asked about the horsem, a 7 year old Stallion, Larson said “He’s the brokest thing, rides like a machine and he makes me look good. He is a...