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Penny Brennan and Sun Tzu Steal the Show Winning $25,000 Fieldstone Grand Prix

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/18/2013 11:25:32 PM

Penny Brennan and Sun Tzu (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Halifax, MA - The long-awaited $25,000 Fieldstone Grand Prix was hot with competition this afternoon for the fourth day of the Fieldstone Spring Festival. It came down to eight horses in the jump-off, vying for the coveted first place finish. Penny Brennan and Sun Tzu proved victorious, blazing the way from the start of the jump-off with one of only four double-clear efforts. She was the pathfinder with a time of only 46.036 seconds....

Fieldstone Spring Festival Kicks Off With Competitive First Day of Show Jumping Competition

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/16/2013 9:42:51 AM

Kristen Bumpus and Cupid (Phelps Media Group) Halifax, MA - The first day of the Fieldstone Spring Festival welcomed the top riders in the nation to the new and improved Fieldstone Show Park. After an overhaul, the Fieldstone Show Park kicked off the first day of the weeklong show with thrilling hunter and jumper competition. David Oliynyk rode to the top of the 1.15m Jumpers, while Kristen Bumpus piloted Cupid to the top of the ranks during the 1.25m Schooling Jumpers as she tackled the course...

Katie Dinan Wins High Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic at Old Salem Kerkorian takes Medium

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/13/2013 6:38:49 AM

Katie Dinan and Vancouver (The Book LLC) North Salem, NY - After a week of final exams at Harvard University, Katie Dinan came to Old Salem Farm ready to get back on her horse and in the ring. She and her trusty partner of five years, Vancouver, galloped to victory on the grass Grand Prix Field in the $10,000 High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic. She and Vancouver, a 15-year-old gelding by Voltaire II, beat a list of 33 competitors and five in the jump-off after they finished in the fastest...

Grand Champions Reign in Old Salem Hunter Divisions

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/13/2013 5:46:34 AM

Lillie Keenan and Parkland (The Book LLC) North Salem, NY - The Grand Junior Hunter Champion was Parkland, owned by Jennifer Gates and ridden by Lillie Keenan. The pair was champion in the Small Junior Hunters and placed fifth, second, and second over fences and won the under saddle. The reserve champion in the Small Junior Hunter division was Wonderland, ridden by Morgan Ward for John Skinner. Keenan was also named Best Junior Rider on a Horse. Keenan has been paired with Parkland since the...

Fast Kent Farrington Wins $20,000 Bluegrass Classic with Zidane at Kentucky Spring Horse Show

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/11/2013 1:22:40 PM

Kent Farrington and Zidane (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Lexington, KY - Capturing a ribbon was no easy task during today's $20,000 Bluegrass Classic at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show. Forty-two entries gathered at the Rolex Stadium to compete in the 1.45m Open Jumper event, but when 23 qualified for the tiebreaker the results came down to a foot race. Besting the clock and the course was Kent Farrington aboard Zidane, breaking the beam at 38.879 to take home the winning prize. Ramiro...

Historic Collegiate Cup Tie at 2013 IHSA National Championships

by LA Pomeroy | 5/6/2013 10:50:57 AM

(l-r) St Lawrence Univ, Skidmore College, and Stanford Univ (LA Pomeroy) Harrsiburg, PA - "Sharing is better than losing to her," joked Mary Drueding, coach of defending Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Collegiate Cup team, St. Lawrence University, about good friend and even better rival, coach Cindy Ford, whose Skidmore College team turned up the heat in the homestretch like true Thoroughbreds on the first Saturday in May and brought the 2013 Collegiate Cup at the 40th annual IHSA...

Announcing the 2013 U.S. National Para-Dressage Training Symposium "A Team Approach"

by USPEA and USEF | 4/22/2013 10:27:32 AM

Lyman, ME - Join the USPEA for a four day Para-Dressage Training Symposium. World-class trainers and practitioners will be at Carlisle Academy for an educational and interactive program packed with information and training for para-dressage riders, trainers and coaches. The Training symposium is presented in two parts, with a theme of "A Team Approach." Train the Trainer Workshop~ May 29 - 30 Para Rider Symposium ~ May 30 - June 1 This is a U.S. Para-Equestrian Association sanctioned event and...

McLain Ward Will Return to Devon to Defend His Open Jumper Title at the Devon Horse Show

by Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, Inc. | 4/18/2013 9:28:30 AM

Devon, PA - Two time Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward will defend his Leading Open Jumper Rider title at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, which runs May 23 to June 2. Ward of Brewster, N.Y., has entered last year’s Devon Open Jumper Champion Antares F, the horse he rode in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Ward also won last year’s $100,000 Wells Fargo Grand Prix of Devon on Antares F, a class he has won six times in the last 10 years. Devon benefits Bryn Mawr Hospital,...

NCEA Announces 2013 All-America Class

by Cory Burkarth (University of South Carolina) for NCEA | 4/8/2013 11:57:01 AM

Coloumbia, SC – The National Collegiate Equestrian Association has selected its 2013 All-America class, it was announced today. The NCEA also announced its Second-Team All America class and the All-America Honorable Mention squad. NCEA FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA Equitation Over Fences: Samantha Schaefer (Baylor), Carly Anthony (Georgia), Elizabeth Benson (Auburn), Olivia Dorey (Georgia). Equitation on the Flat: Samantha Schaefer (Baylor), Carly Anthony (Georgia), Meredith Finch (Kansas...

Michael Hughes Takes Consecutive Victories in Jumpers For Final Day of Tampa Bay Classic

by Emily Riden for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 4/1/2013 2:05:47 AM

Micheal Hughes, pictured aboard Zammetje, led the victory gallop in both the NAL Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic and the SJHOF High Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic Sunday in Tampa (Emily Riden) Tampa, FL - Michael Hughes sped to victory in the North American League (NAL) Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic, and he kept right on cruising. Hughes immediately followed up his NAL win Sunday with a blue ribbon in the Show Jumping Hall of Fame High (SJHOF) Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic under the lights of...