Susan Hutchison and Viedento (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Parker, Colo. - The $50,000 Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix resumed at 8 a.m. sharp on Sunday morning. Seven horse and rider combinations had yet to finish their jump off round due to thundershowers that temporarily postponed events at Summer in the Rockies at the Colorado Horse Park on Saturday in the early evening. Marina Azevedo built a track worthy of the prize money and the horse and rider combinations stepped up to the plate....

Laura Chapot and Quointreau Un Prince (The Book LLC) Lake Placid, N.Y. - Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, NJ, and Quointreau Un Prince won the $100,000 Woodlea Farms Adirondack Grand Prix Saturday to culminate the inaugural Adirondack Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables. Chapot was one of four entries from the starting field of 19 to reach the jump-off by riding without penalty over the 16-jump, first-round course designed by Pierre Jolicoeur. Julie Welles went first over the...

Todd Minikus and Babalou 41 (The Book LLC) Lake Placid, N.Y. - Todd Minikus of Wellington, FL, rode Babalou 41 to victory in the $75,000 I Love New York Grand Prix Sunday to culminate the 2014 I Love New York Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables. Minikus earned the win as the only one from the starting field of 24 to successfully complete the first-round course designed by Show Jumping Hall of Famer Steve Stephens. He became the first rider since Charlie Jacobs in 2009 to win the I Love...

Laura Linback and HH Dauphin (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Wayne, Ill. - It was an electrifying final day of competition today at the Lamplight Equestrian Center as the Showplace Spring Spectacular Series wrapped up with the $40,000 Weathertech Grand Prix. It came down to a two-horse jump-off, but Kelsey Thatcher and Athena rode to the win, leading the week's final victory gallop. Alan Wade built a technical track for the final day of competition, and with the nation's top riders ready to...

John Pearce and Chianto (Phelps Media Group) Parker, Colo. - It was a true battle to the finish in the $30,000 McElvain Energy Grand Prix at Summer in the Rockies III, with rider after rider fighting to lay claim to the top prize. Spectators were on the edge of their seats as they shouted the names of their favorites and anxiously waited for the times to flash on the scoreboard in the Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix Arena. As the last to go, and having already seen his lead with Johnny B...

Go With The Gold, a sweepstakes program offered by Merial, Ltd., is launching this month in equine retail stores across the country, giving horse owners the opportunity to win a trip to Las Vegas and attend one of two premier equine events. Purchasers of ZIMECTERIN® Gold (ivermectin/praziquantel) can enter the drawing via a code provided at checkout. Customers can also enter by texting GOLD to 38470. They’ll receive a link to a video to watch on their phone, after which a sweepstakes...

Wayne, Ill. - The final day of Showplace Productions' Spring Spectacular II included the second day of the Amateur-Owner and Amateur Adult Hunter divisions at the Lamplight Equestrian Center. The reputation of Chicago as the windy city was certainly true today, but it proved to be perfect riding weather. Amateur-Owner Hunters Off of Saturday's competition in the Amateur-Owner Hunters, Nicole Hiehle of Dublin, OH, riding Lovely Charity and Alliy Moyer of Carmel, IN, riding Carlson, each...

Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Parker, Colo. - Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick have done it again at Summer in the Rockies. These two won the $5,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame High Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Classic last week, and they returned to the Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix Arena this Sunday to do the same. They are both fierce competitors, making their pairing a dynamite combination. With years less experience than most other riders who showed against...

Tracy Fenney rode MTM Timon to the $30,000 Nutrena Grand Prix victory on the final day of the Showplace Spring Spectacular II (Phelps Media Group) Wayne, Ill. - Silence fell on the crowd at the Showplace Spring Spectacular II as Texan Tracy Fenney raced around the jump-off track aboard MTM Centano. A rub down the double-combination of the final line had spectators on the edge of their seats, but the rail stayed in its cups as Fenney dashed across the final oxer in 31.456 seconds to win the...

Janet Hischer and Cutler (Phelps Media Group) Parker, Colo. - Janet Hischer decided to change up her summer plans and come to the Colorado Horse Park this year, and it's already paying off. She and Cutler blazed through a speedy jump-off round in 39.935 seconds and took home first place in the $2,500 Open Jumper 1.30/1.40m on Friday morning in the Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix Arena. The first to make the jump-off was Nicki Wilcox on J.E.S. Quito, sixth in the order, who ticked a...