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Final Champions Are Crowned on Day Four of the California Dressage Society Championships

by Yellow Horse Marketing for the California Dressage Society | 9/22/2013 9:22:03 PM

Rachel Wade and "Cambria" won the CDS Horse of the Year title for Open Training Level on the final day of competition at the CDS Championship Show(Jennifer M. Keeler) Racho Murieta, CA - A final group of champions' names was written in the history books on Sunday as the California Dressage Society Championship Show came to a close in Rancho Murieta, CA, with a roster full of new Great American/USDF and CDS Horse of the Year titles presented throughout the afternoon. The final day of...

Angel Karolyi Speeds to Victory in $15,000 Open Jumper Classic in Aiken

by Starting Gate Communication | 9/16/2013 5:04:38 PM

Angel Karolyi of Venezuela rode S-Acorada Donaldson to victory in the $15,000 Open Jumper Classic on Saturday, September 14, at the Aiken Fall Festival II in Aiken, South Carolina (David Mullinix) Aiken, SC – Venezuela’s Angel Karolyi put in an impressive performance to claim victory in dramatic fashion in the $15,000 Open Jumper Classic on Saturday, September 14, at the Aiken Fall Festival II in Aiken, South Carolina. Nine of 15 horse and rider combinations would advance through...

Sunny Drescher Wins National PHA Junior Medal Final During HITS Championship Weekend at HITS Saugerties

by HITS E-News | 9/7/2013 10:53:24 PM

Saugerties, NY - Sunny Drescher of Hinesburg, Vermont put on a dominating performance in the National PHA Junior Medal Final at HITS Saugerties this weekend. Piloting her own Sting, a seven-year-old Westfalen gelding, to the top score of 86 in the first round, Drescher led the class from start to finish, mastering the test and clinching the blue ribbon. The National PHA Junior Medal Final highlighted the Friday of HITS Championship Weekend at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York and...

Toon Earns Hunt Ltd. Amateur-Owner Hunter Title At The Hampton Classic

by Classic Communications | 9/1/2013 11:03:55 AM

Invincible and Ellen Toon won the Hunt Ltd. Amateur-Owner Hunter Championship at the Hampton Classic. (Shawn McMillen) Bridgehampton, NY - For the fourth consecutive year, Ellen Toon, of So. Salem, N.Y., rode Invincible to win the Hunt Ltd. Amateur-Owner Hunter Championship at the 38th Hampton Classic. Invincible was also the show's Grand Amateur-Owner Hunter Champion. "He's always just fabulous" in the Hampton Classic's Anne Aspinall Hunter Ring, said Toon. "He loves the grass in...

Ashlee Bond & Chela L-S Take the Win at the Grand Prix of Huntington Beach

by West Palms Event Managment | 8/11/2013 9:09:01 AM

Ashlee Bond and Chela L-S (McCool) Huntington Beach, CA - The fourth event in the $260,000 GGT Grand Prix Series drew a great crowd, and the riders did not disappoint with 4 clear rounds moving into the jump off. Ashlee Bond and Chela L-S took the win with a fast double clear, capturing the blue ribbon and moving into third in the current GGT Series standings. "Chela L-S is a hot, but careful horse and it's so fun to gallup around with her and let her take the fences as they come. It was a...

Lisa Goldman and Centurion B Ride to the $5,000 Welcome Stake Victory at Equifest II

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/1/2013 9:17:05 PM

Lisa Goldman and Centurion B rode to the top of the Equifest II Welcome Stake this afternoon as they captured the victory in 35.029 seconds (Kendall Bierer/PMG) Wayne, IL - The Grand Prix Ring was alive with excitement as Lisa Goldman and Centurion 3 rode to the top of Equifest II's $5,000 1.40m Welcome Stake victory. Eager spectators gathered at the Lamplight Equestrian Center to watch the country's top riders compete during the $5,000 1.40m Welcome Stake, and the riders left nothing...

Victoria Colvin Wins USHJA International Hunter Derby at I Love New York Horse Show

by Classic Communications | 7/8/2013 8:32:28 AM

Victoria Colvin on Inclusive (The Book, LLC) Lake Placid, NY - Victoria Colvin of Loxahatchee, FL rode Betsee Parker's Inclusive to the win in the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Presented by Eastern Hay & Purina Animal Nutrition at the 36th annual I Love New York Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC. This marks the second straight year that Colvin and Inclusive have taken the title. Colvin and Inclusive dominated the competition, winning both the first round with a...

Scott Stewart and Concept Win Grand Hunter Championship at Lake Placid Horse Show

by Classic Communications | 6/28/2013 3:24:18 PM

Scott Stewart and Concept are honored as Grand Hunter Champions by Lake Placid Horse Show Chairman Richard Feldman (The Book LLC) Lake Placid, NY - While rain forced cancellation of the featured jumper classes Friday at the 44th annual Lake Placid Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC, many of the hunter classes ran as scheduled. Classes in the Richard M. Feldman Grand Prix Field were called off in order to preserve the field for the weekend's Classics and Grand Prix. After...

The Lake Placid Horse Shows Return June 25-July 7

by Classic Communications | 3/29/2013 12:54:04 PM

Lake Placid, NY – The 44th annual Lake Placid Horse Shows will be returning to the quaint village of Lake Placid, NY, June 25-July 7, 2013 with non-stop equestrian action! Located in the beautiful Adirondack Mountain region, the nationally regarded two-week horse show series presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC will host all levels of competition ranging from young children on ponies to grand prix competitors and Olympic medalists, all competing for over $535,000 in prizes. “We work...

Without Question and Madison Arani Leave No Doubt in Pine Hollow Low Children's Hunter 2'6" Division

by Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/11/2013 7:48:40 AM

Without Question and Madison Arani (Anne Gittins Photography) Wellington, FL - Madison Arani, of Dover, MA, piloted Without Question to tricolor honors during the final day of competition for week nine of the FTI WEF. The pair was champion of the Pine Hollow Low Children's Hunter 2'6" Division after placing first over fences on day one followed by second place finishes under saddle and over fences day two. Reserve honors went to Sweet Addiction, owned by Sarah Sturges and ridden by...