Fritzens, Austria - U.S. riders kicked off both Big Tour and Small Tour competition on Friday at CDI4* Fritzens with strong performances in the Grand Prix and Prix St. Georges Tests. Four members of the Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team, Laura Graves, Shelly Francis, and Caroline Roffman, and Lisa Wilcox secured top results for the United States in the Grand Prix for the Special to qualify to contest Sunday’s Grand Prix Special, while Steffen...

Amanda Flint riding Newlight VDL (David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vt. - Amanda Flint of Long Valley, N.J., took the top two spots to dominate the $10,000 Open Welcome, presented by Manchester Designer Outlets, held Thursday, July 3, at the Vermont Summer Festival. The six-week equestrian competition runs through August 10 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, Vt.. A total of four horses advanced to the jump-off over the track set by Irish course designer Alan Wade. Two of those horses...

Lexington, Ky. - The best junior riders from across the country prepare to compete for top honors in the 2014 US Junior Hunter National Championships. The championships will take place on both the East and West Coasts, with the riders separated into 15 & Under and 16-17 divisions, as well as Small Junior Hunter and Large Junior Hunter. This year the new 3'3" Junior Hunters will also be offered as a combined division. The riders will compete in three phases: Classic Round, Under Saddle,...

Laura Chapot and Bradberry (The Book LLC) Lake Placid, N.Y. - Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, NJ, won both the $5,000 Hollow Brook Wealth Management 1.40m Speed Stake and the $1,500 Lake Placid Summit Resort & Suites 1.35m Jumper Class Wednesday at the 2014 I Love New York Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables. Chapot topped a field of 27 horses and won the one-round 1.40m Speed Stake by finishing in the fastest time of 54.665 seconds on Bradberry. She also placed third in the class...

Will Connell (teamgb.com) Lexington, Ky. - United States Equestrian Federation Chief Executive Officer Chris Welton announced today the culmination of an expansive search for the USEF Director of Sport Programs by naming Will Connell to the post. From 2003 to present, Connell served as the British Equestrian Federation Performance Director with responsibility for the coordination and delivery of the UK Sport-funded World Class Program for disciplines of eventing, dressage, jumping, and...

Nicolas Pizarro Suarez of MEX riding Colasko (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta – The ‘Canada One’ Tournament at Spruce Meadows concluded on Sunday with a win for Mexico’s Nicolas Pizarro Suarez and Colasko in the $125,000 Imperial Challenge 1.55m in the Meadows on the Green. Will Simpson (USA) and Geledimar were victorious in the $33,500 West Canadian Cup 1.50m earlier in the day. Cristina Larangeiro of Portugal was the course designer for Sunday’s...

Jeff Welles and Prem Dollar Boy winning the $75,000 Devoucoux Grand Prix at the Lake Placid Horse Show (The Book LLC) Lake Placid, N.Y. - Jeff Welles, won the $75,000 Devoucoux Grand Prix of Lake Placid Sunday at the 45th annual Lake Placid Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables. Riding Prem Dollar Boy, an 11-year-old French-bred gelding owned by Mary-Kate Olsen, Welles was one of 5 entries from the starting field of 27 to qualify for the jump-off by completing the 15-jump, first-round...

Darragh Kenny of IRL riding Alpha VDL (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta – The ‘Canada One’ Tournament at Spruce Meadows continued on Saturday featuring the $33,500 McDaniel & Associates Cup 1.55m with a win for Ireland’s Darragh Kenny and Alpha VDL. The small margin of six one-thousandths of a second separated Kenny from second place finisher Kirsten Coe (USA) aboard Czardas 30. The $8,000 Francis Family Cup 1.45m was also held in the Chinook Ring in...

Kent Farrington & Willow (Stefano Grasso/LGCT) Port Hercule, Monaco - As the sun sank towards the horizon at beautiful Port Hercule, Monaco, the afternoon’s hotly contested CSI5* Prix SMB Le Casino was won by the USA’s Kent Farrington with Willow, who clinched the win from last to go in the jump-off, ahead of Pius Schwizer (SUI) and Anisette de Lassus in 2nd, and a thrilled Ali Yousef al Rumaihi (QAT) with Gunder in 3rd, in front of a vocal crowd and packed VIP suite. The first...

The "Vintorious" team with Chef d'Equipe Vinton Karrasch and Clay Riddell, Chief Executive Officer, Paramount Resources (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta – The Spruce Meadows Summer Series continues this week with the 'Canada One' Tournament CSI 4*, which runs through Sunday, June 29 and features the $125,000 Imperial Challenge 1.55m. Opening competitions on Wednesday featured junior and amateur riders in Prix des Nations events at five different heights, giving them...