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Kathy Kusner to be Inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame

by By Kim Seewald, World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame | 3/24/2005 9:00:00 AM

Olympic equestrian Kathy Kusner will join NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe and Track and Field legend Louis Zamperini for the 2005 Class of Inductees into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. These three world-class athletes will be enshrined into this unique Hall of Fame for utilizing their platform of sports to make positive changes in the world. Watts in South Central Los Angeles, is a low-income community where there is a strong presence of drug activity and gang violence. Unfortunately,...

Coveted R.W. Mutch Trophy Awarded To Winter Equestrian Festival Equitation Championship Winner

by By Phelps Media Group | 1/20/2005 10:05:18 AM

Entering its sixth year of competition, the Winter Equestrian Festival Equitation Championship for the R.W. Mutch Trophy is a showcase for the season’s top young riders. This year’s championship will be held during the CSIO**** United States – CN Finale on Saturday, March 12, 2005. The competition takes place in the afternoon as the featured event in the Grand Hunter Ring. The R. W. Mutch Educational Foundation sponsors the R. W. Equitation Classic. The trophy is named for Ronnie Mutch, a...

USA's Peter Lutz Pilots Robin De Ponthual to Victory in Las Vegas

by Esther Hahn/FEI | 11/16/2015 10:34:12 AM

By Esther Hahn An enthusiastic crowd in Las Vegas cheered each rider who entered the arena at the South Point Hotel and Casino, but it was the American Peter Lutz and Robin de Ponthual that claimed the final winning praise by beating a field of 30 to claim the $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League qualifier at CSI3* Las Vegas National. Peter Lutz (USA) and Robin de Ponthual claim victory of the $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League...

Rodrigo Pessoa and Citizenguard Cadjanine Z Capture $280,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI-W 4*, Presented by The Bainbridge Companies

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/9/2014 9:45:48 AM

Rodrigo Pessoa and Citizenguard Cadjanine Z (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa jumped to victory with Citizenguard Cadjanine Z in Saturday night’s $280,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI-W 4*, presented by The Bainbridge Companies, at the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) in Wellington, FL. The class featured a roster of the world’s top riders and saw a win for the legendary show jumper and his promising new mount ahead of three...

Kent Farrington and Dynamo Win $100,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix CSI 2* at The Mar-a-Lago Club

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/7/2013 2:44:40 PM

The competition field at The Mar-a-Lago Club on the Intracoastal Waterway. (Sportfot) Palm Beach, FL - The first ever $100,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix CSI 2* debuted to rave reviews on Sunday, January 6, at the beautiful Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL. With some of the world's top show jumpers competing on the lawn of Donald Trump's scenic estate overlooking South Florida's Intracoastal Waterway, U.S. rider Kent Farrington jumped to victory in the inaugural class aboard...

Here’s the Thing About Riding: Eight Takeaways from the 2021 USEF Robert Dover Horsemastership Clinic Week

by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Communications Department | 1/12/2021 4:45:00 PM

Allison Nemeth and Tiko. Photo: Annan Hepner/Phelps Media Group Wellington, Fla. – Twenty of America’s top young dressage athletes had the opportunity to work with former U.S. Dressage Technical Advisor and Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover and other prominent coaches as part of the 2021 USEF Robert Dover Horsemastership Clinic Week (RDHCW). This year’s program took place at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Fla., January 7-10. With a lifetime of...

IHSA Nationals 2016 Kentucky: The Four Most Exciting Days in College Riding

by IHSA | 5/13/2016 11:47:48 AM

Fairfield, Conn. – To watch Tufts University senior Chase Boggio ride is to see the next generation of greatness in the making. The 2016 USEF Cacchione Cup champion opened his week at the Kentucky Horse Park for the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) National Championships with a win in Individual Open Fences and never stopped his chase for the most prestigious individual college riding title in North America until the last stride of a last work-off Shakespearean in its...

The Longines FEI World Cup™ Trophy - It's the Only One They All Want

by Louise Parkes | 3/16/2016 3:01:04 PM

If there is one trophy in the sport of Jumping that every athlete wants to win, it’s the Longines FEI World Cup™ which has been raised in triumph by the world’s greatest stars. And if there is one Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat raises the trophy in triumph after victory at the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2015 Final in Las Vegas (USA) last April. Guerdat will defend the title at the 2016 Final in Gothenburg (SWE) next week. (FEI/Arnd Bronkhorst) place where riders would most...

Furusiyya 2016 Season Gets Underway with a Double-Header

by Louise Parkes | 2/16/2016 12:17:13 PM

There is an Olympic ring to the new Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2016 season which gets off to a flying start this week with legs in Al Ain (UAE) on Thursday 18 and Ocala (USA) on Friday 19 February. Team Belgium topped the podium at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final in Barcelona (ESP) last season. The excitement begins all over again this week with the first two qualifiers of the 2016 Furusiyya series taking place at Al Ain (UAE) and Ocala (USA). (FEI/Dirk Caremans) Just...

Andrew Kocher Claims Double Victory in Both the $75,000 Holiday Inn of Parker Grand Prix and $20,000 Ariat Open Welcome Stake

by Cat Allen for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 6/30/2015 11:09:37 AM

Andrew Kocher and Casino Royal (c) Flying Horse Photography Parker, CO - June 30, 2015 - Colorado Horse Park's (CHP) Mid-Summer Show concluded this past weekend in Parker, CO. It was an exciting week of competition, which included the $75,000 Holiday Inn of Parker Grand Prix and a $20,000 Open Welcome Stake sponsored by Ariat. The $75,000 Holiday Inn of Parker Grand Prix had 20 participants, eight of which laid down clear rounds, which made for an exciting jump-off for spectators and riders...