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Morgan, Cross, Schneider, and Zubek Maintain Leads at USEF Driving National Championships

by Leah Oliveto | 3/21/2015 6:02:10 PM

Miranda Cadwell (Pics of You) Ocala, Fla. – United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Driving National Championship competition continued today with the marathon phase at Live Oak International CDE. Drivers across four championship divisions demonstrated their mettle through seven hazards on the marathon track designed by Gabor Fintha (HUN). In what was a hotly contested phase, the leaders from day one’s dressage phase were able to secure their spots on the top of the championship...

Steffen Peters' World Cup Quest Off to a Great Start on First Day of Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 3/21/2015 5:04:19 PM

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 win the Grand Prix at the Capistrano Dressage International CDI (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - The world was watching as thousands tuned in to CDP Live's wildly-popular online video streaming service to see two incredibly impressive fields of Grand Prix and Prix St. Georges competitors fight it out for top marks on the first day of competition at California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, being held...

Sunny Drescher and Sting Shine in HITS Equitation Championship at HITS Ocala

by HITS E-News | 3/21/2015 12:51:19 PM

Sunny Drescher and Sting on their way to a HITS Equitation Championship win at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - It was a picturesque evening under the lights of the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium for the return of the HITS Equitation Championship. High school senior Sunny Drescher, of Hinesburg, Vermont, and her own Sting proved that determination and drive pay off, moving up five spots from the 2014 event, to take home the blue ribbon and top honors. After ten weeks of qualifying...

Lucy Deslauriers Leads From Start To Finish in George H. Morris Excellence In Equitation at WEF

by Equestrian Sport Productions | 3/21/2015 10:27:15 AM

The riders of the 2015 George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship, presented by Alessandro Albanese (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week eleven of the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) continued on Friday with Lucy Deslauriers taking top honors in the George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship, presented by Alessandro Albanese in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Ali Tritschler followed in second, T.J O'Mara was...

Order of Go for Great American $1 Million Grand Prix at HITS Ocala Released

by HITS E-News | 3/20/2015 5:12:45 PM

Ocala, Fla. - HITS, Inc. is pleased to share the official Great American $1 Million Grand Order of Go for the second jewel in the HITS Triple Crown of Show Jumping. On Monday, March 23 at 6pm, World Cup champions, Olympic Gold Medalists and Grand Prix heroes will converge in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium at HITS Post Time Farm for a chance at the richest purse in show jumping and world-wide fame. HITS will livestream the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix on USEF Network . offering...

Eric Lamaze Scores Fifth Victory in 2015 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/20/2015 11:14:10 AM

Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Eric Lamaze (CAN) secured an incredible fifth victory in the Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on Thursday. Lamaze began the 12-week circuit by winning four Challenge Cup classes in a row. He won in weeks one and two with Artisan Farms LLC and Torrey Pines Stable's Rosana du Park. He then topped weeks three and four with Artisan Farms LLC's Fine Lady 5. In the eleventh week of...

The Excitement Begins at Live Oak International with Yellowframe FEI Driven Dressage

by JRPR News | 3/20/2015 1:51:27 AM

Ocala, Fla. - Beautiful horses and beautifully appointed drivers opened the first day of competition at the Live Oak International with the Yellowframe Farm FEI Driven Dressage classes for Single, Pair, and Four-in-Hand horses and ponies. Chester Weber starts the 2015 Live Oak International competition off with a win in the FEI Four-in-Hand dressage phase, scoring 33.44 (Photo courtesy of www.PicsofYou.com) Appearing for the first time as a new father at his family’s annual driving and...

Morgan, Cross, Schneider, and Zubek Lead After Dressage Phase of USEF Driving National Championships

by Leah Oliveto | 3/19/2015 6:06:19 PM

Ocala, Fla. – The bucolic Live Oak Plantation set the backdrop for a morning of combined driving dressage as the 2015 USEF Driving National Championships for Single Pony, Pair Pony, Pony Teams, and Pair Horse divisions got underway. USEF Single Pony Driving National Championship Tracey Morgan (Beallsville, Md.) was first in the ring and presented a performance that could not be bested, scoring 43.84. Morgan and her own Fuego 88, a 14-year-old German Riding Pony gelding, executed a solid...

Morgan, Cross, Schneider, and Zubek Lead After Dressage Phase of USEF Driving National Championships

by Leah Oliveto | 3/19/2015 6:05:31 PM

Ocala, Fla. – The bucolic Live Oak Plantation set the backdrop for a morning of combined driving dressage as the 2015 USEF Driving National Championships for Single Pony, Pair Pony, Pony Teams, and Pair Horse divisions got underway. USEF Single Pony Driving National Championship Tracey Morgan (Beallsville, Md.) was first in the ring and presented a performance that could not be bested, scoring 43.84. Morgan and her own Fuego 88, a 14-year-old German Riding Pony gelding, executed a solid...

Top Drivers Seek National Championship Titles at Live Oak International CDE

by USEF Communications Department | 3/18/2015 10:17:24 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The first combined driving National Championship titles of the year will be decided this weekend at the Live Oak International CDE. Taking place March 19-22 at Live Oak Plantation in Ocala, Fla., the event will see United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Champions crowned across four divisions: Single Pony, Pair Pony, Pony Teams, and Pair Horses. With multiple National Champions returning to defend their titles, the weekend will prove to be an exciting...