Brett Burlington and Anders Wictor L (Phelps Media Group) Lexington, KY - July 26, 2015 - Fresh off a successful week at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC), rising star Brett Burlington returned to the Rolex Stadium ready to give it her all during Sunday's $25,000 Under 25 Grand Prix at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. Out of 24 horse-and-rider combinations that attempted the Alan Wade-designed course, Burlington and Anders Wictor L were one of only three...

Molly Sewell and EL Raymond (Phelps Media Group) Lexington, KY - July 26, 2015 - When it comes to winning the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show, Molly Sewell and EL Raymond are two-for-two. The pair won the class last year at the Kentucky Horse Park, and they returned on Sunday to do it again this year. "He never lets me down. I think we've been in the top four of every derby that we've ever done - usually winning because that's what Raymond does,"...

David Beisel and Call Me Hannes (Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, Mich. - The four-week Great Lakes Equestrian Festival came to a close on a high note with the $50,000 Great Lakes Grand Prix, presented by The Peninsula Group at Morgan Stanley. Enthusiasts, friends, owners and community members gathered to watch the great sport of show jumping at Flintfields Horse Park. David Beisel, from Goshen, Ohio and Call Me Hannes, a huge gray Holsteiner gelding, owned by Harlow Investments, LLC of...

Peter Pletcher and Luxe (Elaine Wessel/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 25, 2015 - Talent was in no short supply Saturday at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival IV as riders from all corners of the country vied for the top spot and the major claim of the $25,000 pot in the USHJA International Hunter Derby, generously sponsored by the Gochman Family. The premier hunter event of the four-week series brought 23 entrants to the Grand Prix Ring after a quick transition from the morning's...

Sydney Shulman and Venice (Phelps Media) Lexington, KY - July 25, 2015 - Saturday night at the Kentucky Horse Park ushered in hundreds of spectators for Hats Off Day and one of Sydney Shulman's biggest career grand prix wins. The 20-year-old and her mount Venice bested a field of 36 horse-and-rider combinations to win the $50,000 Rood and Riddle Kentucky Grand Prix at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. "I've had a really good couple of weeks," Shulman said. "I won the Ox Ridge [Hunt Club]...

(c) ESI Photography Ashton Alexander and Quinta Bella, owned by Signe Otsby, earned the highest score in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson IV on Saturday. SAUGERTIES, New York - July 22, 2015 - Ashton Alexander and Quinta Bella, owned by Signe Otsby, took first place in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson IV. Alexander and Quinta Bella earned the highest score in Round 1, a 90, and came back in Round 2 to earn an 89, for a total of 179 in Saturday’s...

Wish List and Kaitlyn Van Konynenburg (c) CapturedMomentPhoto.com July 22, 2015 - Del Mar, CA - Over the previous two days, when the horse show grounds are usually quiet in anticipation of the next show, the green grass of the Del Mar Horse Park Grand Prix Field was dressed in flower boxes, walls, stone rolltops and white poles, setting the stage for the 2015 U.S. Junior Hunter National Championship - West Coast. After a Classic Round on Monday, and an Under Saddle and a Handy Round on Tuesday,...

Hunter Holloway and VDL Bravo S (c) Flying Horse Photography Parker, CO - July 21, 2015 - The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) wrapped up its Summer in the Rockies horse show series this week with Summer in the Rockies VI. Hunter Holloway claimed victory in the $60,000 Official Lodging & Restaurant Partners Grand Prix aboard Virginia T Bartholomay's VDL Bravo S. The course was designed by Anderson Lima. In a five-horse jump-off, Holloway and VDL Bravo S jumped the faster of two double clear...

Mark Bluman and Cumulet ©LizCrawleyPhotography Mill Spring, NC - July 19, 2015 - Mark Bluman of Lexington, KY, finished the final day of the Tryon Summer Series at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) with a win aboard Cumulet, owned by Stransky's Mission Farms, Inc, in the $15,000 Under 25 Grand Prix. The duo finished in 44.632 seconds to beat out David Blake of Wellington, FL, aboard Baron, who stopped the clock at 46.038 seconds. Hayley Iannotti of Wellington, FL, and Carlos G...

(c) ESI Photography Laura Chapot and Quointreau Un Prince, owned by Chapot and McLain Ward, go clear over a Vetera® XP Vaccines jump in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix Friday at HITS-on-the-Hudson IV. Saugerties, New York - July 18, 2015 - Laura Chapot and Quointreau Un Prince won Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, going last in a six-horse jump off and clipping the time of second-place finisher Ronan McGuigan and Capall Zidane. “I didn't get to see Ronan, but I know whenever...