The Big 12 Champion Baylor Bears The Baylor equestrian team took home its first Big 12 championship since 2010 with an 11-8 win over Kansas State in the finals Saturday at Turning Point Ranch in Springtown. Baylor fell 3-2 in fences, but tied in the reining event to trail just 5-4 at the halfway point. But, the Bears took a convincing 4-1 win in flat to take an 8-6 lead. With horsemanship remaining, Baylor needed two points for the win, and the Bears’ Mary Brown and Charlotte Green took...

Aurora, Colo. - The Arabian Horse Association’s (AHA) Board of Directors (BOD), at their March 2015 Board Meeting, passed a motion that requires mandatory DNA testing for all horses competing in the Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Halter Futurity classes at Canadian and U.S. Nationals; as well as all horses competing in the Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Performance Futurity and Maturity classes at U.S. Nationals, in 2015. Half-Arabian horses entered in the aforementioned classes must have the...

Aurora, Colo. - As of March 19, 2015 the contract between the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) and Hochstetler Technologies regarding the maintenance, marketing efforts and support for the Arabian Horse DataSource™ Application, used on mobile devices, was mutually dissolved. The DataSource application itself will no longer be supported or maintained and can no longer be purchased through the Apple App Store. Those who have already purchased the DataSource application will still have access...

Dorothy Douglas & S&L Elite (Tricia Booker Photography) Houston, Texas. - Dorothy Douglas knew what she had to do. She went fourth in the first round, was the first to post a clear round and was the first to return in the six-horse jump-off during the $30,000 Walter Oil & Gas Grand Prix. "It feels like for those 42 seconds I actually knew what I was doing!" said Douglas, whose winning jump-off time couldn't be caught. The class was the featured event on March 28 during Week II...

James Alliston and Tivoli jump double-clear on cross country to win the CIC3* at Galway Down. (Captured Moment Photography) Temecula, Calif. - The hot and dry California temperatures did not stand in the way of competitors in the CIC3* Adequan USEA Gold Cup division at Galway Downs in Temecula, California. Event organizer Robert Kellerhouse and his crew spent countless hourswatering and dragging the cross-country courses to ensure the footing was safe and rideable for all competitors. Ian...

Jennie Petterson, chair of the equestrian studies division and western instructor at William Woods University Fulton, Mo. - The Western Club at William Woods University will host its semi-annual Fun Show April 4, starting at 9 a.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Nell Tekampe of Richmond, Illinois, will judge the show. Manager of Woodstock Ranch and owner of Nell Tekampe Performance Horses, she is a world champion trainer of all-around performance horses. The slate of classes will...

Fritz and Claudine Kundrun with U.S. Dressage Chef d'Equipe Robert Dover. Photo by Alexandra Lynch. Wellington, FL - Top U.S. dressage riders and owners gathered with United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation trustees Wednesday evening at the Global Dressage Festival pavilion for a champagne toast to celebrate the establishment of "The Dressage Challenge" and to recognize Claudine and Fritz Kundrun for their generosity. The Dressage Challenge is an exciting new fundraising effort launched...

Wellington, Fla.- The 2015 Stillpoint Farm FEI Nations Cup began on Wednesday at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival with Small Tour combinations performing the FEI Prix St. Georges Test and Big Tour pairs riding the FEI Grand Prix Test. A total of 28 Small Tour combinations went down the centerline and an additional seven Big Tour competitors closed out the evening session, with the latter earning a 1.5% bonus to contribute to their team scores. After the first day of the Nations Cup, the USA...

Adrienne Iverson and Fandango HX sail to a $25,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix win at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - On Monday, March 23, the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium will host the iconic Great American $1 Million Grand Prix, but first, Hunters had their day in the sun for the $25,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix. Spectators remained on the edge of their seats as it all came down to the last round of the day when Fandango HX, owned by Redfield Farms, piloted by Adrienne Iverson of Toronto,...

Andre Thieme in first place, Margie Goldstein-Engle in third place, and Cian O’Connor in second plae (JRPR) Ocala, Fla. - Andre Thieme and Conthendrix bested a class of 40 combinations with a time of 42.70 seconds to win the $34,000 Hollow Creek Farm Winning Round, the last class at the 2015 Live Oak International. The top ten riders of the highly competitive Winning Round class were invited back to the jump-off— with any penalties reset to zero. The top two riders, Andre Thieme and Cian...