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Springsteen's Rockin' Rio Raises Record $1.5 Million for USET Foundation

by Edited, Phelps Media Group | 1/25/2016 8:14:33 AM

Wellington, Fla - On Friday, Jan. 22, the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Games benefit, Rockin' Rio, at Louisburg Farm in Wellington, Florida. With more than 600 guests in attendance, Rockin' Rio featured honorary chairs Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen. The celebratory evening included award presentations, an elegant dinner, a surprise performance by Springsteen and a lively auction, which helped raise more than $1.5 million dollars...

Todd Minikus and Quality Girl Race to Win in $86,000 Marshall & Sterling Grand Prix CSI 2* at Winter Equestrian Festival

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/24/2016 1:03:10 PM

Todd Minikus and Quality Girl (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The first "Saturday Night Lights" grand prix competition of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival was an exciting one as fans who braved the chilly and blustery weather were treated to a fast jump-off and winning ride from Todd Minikus (USA) on the Quality Group's Quality Girl. They finished four seconds faster than second place finishers, Samuel Parot (CHI) on Atlantis. Richie Moloney (IRL) placed third with Carrabis Z. Week two of...

Juan Manuel Luzardo and Stan Win the Inaugural Longines FEI World Cup Jumping, Valle de Bravo, presented by Scappino

by Jackie McFarland, EqSol for Valle de Bravo | 1/24/2016 10:01:23 AM

Juan Manuel Luzardo and Stan (Anwar Esquivel Photo) Valle de Bravo, Mexico – History was made this week as Valle de Bravo hosted the biggest FEI event in Latin America. With 175 horses, 81 international riders and 14 countries represented in this CSI4*, the competition reached new heights south of the border. In the inaugural Longines FEI World Cup Jumping qualifier, twenty-eight horse and rider combinations galloped through the Longines arch at the entrance to the arena attempting to...

Rodrigo Lambre and Charielle are on Fire! The pair takes home another blue on Day Two of Valle de Bravo CSI4*

by Edited EqSol | 1/22/2016 10:58:57 AM

Valle de Bravo, Mexico – January 21, 2016 – Valle de Bravo CSI4* offered three classes in the main arena on a picture perfect Thursday. The final class of the day, the FEI 1.45m Longines Ranking class, was the qualifier for Saturday's highlight event, the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping, Valle de Bravo, presented by Scappino. Three out of thirty-seven horses negotiated Guilherme Jorge's track without fault and once again Brazil's Rodrigo Lambre and the quick Argentinian...

Welcome to Valle de Bravo CSI4* - Maurer and Lambre win on Day One

by Edited EqSol | 1/21/2016 9:24:03 AM

Valle de Bravo, Mexico – January 20, 2016 – The newly minted North American League Longines FEI World Cup qualifying season continues in 2016 in Mexico. With ten events complete, four remain before the Finals this March in Gothenburg. The first of those four is also the first ever FEI World Cup Qualifying event produced in Mexico. Welcome to Valle de Bravo CSI4*. Patricio Pasquel and Carnival. Photo by Anwar Esquivel/EqSol Setting Latin American records right from the start, 81...

USET Foundation Awards Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant to Jenny Caras

by Phelps Media Group | 1/6/2016 4:59:26 PM

Gladstone, N.J. - The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded the 2016 Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant to eventing rider Jenny Caras of Cartersville, Georgia. Jenny Caras and Fernhill Fortitude at 2015 Fair Hill. (Shannon Brinkman) The Amanda Pirie Warrington Grant is awarded through the USET Foundation Amanda Pirie Warrington Fund. In 2015, 19-year-old Caras, with her talented mount Fernhill Fortitude, took the eventing world by storm as one of...

American Equestrians Got Talent Auditions Move to White Horse Fashion Cuisine

by Annan Hepner | 12/30/2015 11:48:23 AM

Wellington, FL – December 18, 2015 - American Equestrians Got Talent, an entertaining fundraiser to benefit USEF High Performance Programs that showcases equestrians’ non-horsey talents, is excited to announce that all weekly auditions during the 2016 season have been moved to White Horse Fashion Cuisine at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Every audition is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. For reservations, please call White Horse Fashion Cuisine...

California Dreaming Productions Expands 2016 CDI Series to Four Olympic Dressage Qualifying Competitions

by Yellow Horse Marketing for California Dreaming Productions | 12/20/2015 9:22:24 AM

Olympic fever is building as some of the nation’s top dressage riders and horses begin their quests to earn a spot on the U.S. Dressage Team for this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In response to this excitement as well as overwhelming demand from exhibitors and enthusiasts at all levels of the sport for more opportunities to compete at showcase dressage events on the West Coast, the renowned organizing team of California Dreaming Productions has announced dates...

HITS Holiday Series - Ocala Holiday Classic Round-Up

by HITS Horse Shows | 12/15/2015 4:54:12 PM

Ocala, Fla. - Show jumping competition returned to HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, this past Wednesday for the inaugural HITS Holiday Series. In preparation for the ten-week HITS Ocala Winter Circuit, which begins January 19, 2016, the Holiday Series offers riders two additional weeks of winter show opportunities in the heart of the Horse Capital of the World. Andrew Kocher and Uppie De Lis on their way to a $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix win at HITS Holiday Classic in Ocala, Florida. (ESI...

Vinios and Graves Maintain Overall Leads after Two Days of Competition at U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp.

by USEF Communications Department | 12/10/2015 5:29:50 PM

Wellington, Fla. –National Championship competition continued today at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival grounds in the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp. In The Dutta Corp./USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship, Jane Karol and Sunshine Tour won the FEI Intermediaire I Test, but overnight division leaders Christina Vinios and Folkestone OLD maintained their position atop the leaderboard coming in a close second. Laura Graves and Verdades...