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U.S. Jumping Team Earns Bronze at 2015 Pan American Games

by USEF Communications Department | 7/23/2015 7:23:17 PM

Caledon, Ont. – The final team medals in equestrian competition at the 2015 Pan American Games were decided this afternoon with the U.S. team taking the Team Bronze medal. The Nations Cup proved extremely competitive over both rounds of competition with clear rounds coming at a premium. The team comprised of Georgina Bloomberg, Kent Farrington, Lauren Hough, and McLain Ward finished on a total of 12 faults. The home nation of Canada won Team Gold on seven faults and Argentina took home...

HITS Culpeper in Review

by By the HITS Media Team | 7/29/2010 11:55:00 AM

Photo by ESI Photography (Tracy Fenney was the star of the show at HITS Culpeper winning the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby and the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix. ) The road to the Pfizer Million passed right through the heart of Virginia's horse country for the HITS Culpeper July horse shows and saw two major contenders in the race for the top prize in the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix pull off a pair of big wins at HITS Commonwealth Park, in Culpeper, VA. Aaron Vale got the party started during the...

Desert Circuit V Week in Review: Top Hunter Rider John French Wins Another $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby

by By the HITS Media Team | 3/11/2010 10:53:00 AM

John French entered last week’s $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby as a heavy favorite, and during the popular two-round classic, he showed exactly why when he captured the top two places in the class to conclude a fabulous week during Desert Circuit V at the HITS Desert Horse Park, in Thermal, CA. French, from Gilroy, CA, took the top placing aboard Lisa Martinez-Bates' Brego and was also second aboard Yellow Dog, LLC's Crown Affair en route to collecting $5,000 in prize money for the afternoon....

Week One Wrap-up from the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by Brian Sosby and USEF Staff | 10/1/2010 2:38:00 PM

U.S. Team Supporters Look On at the Games. (Photo by Shannon Brinkman for USEF.) Lexington, KY - Week One of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games proved to be an exciting and action-packed experience for the thousands of fans who witnessed the international competition firsthand. The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, welcomed visitors beginning Saturday, September 25. ENDURANCE The 100-mile endurance race was the first competition to award medals. More than 110 horses from 30 nations...

UPDATE: USEF Names Nominated Entry for Adequan US Reining Team for Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by Joanie Morris | 8/30/2010 9:12:00 AM

Lexington, KY - The USEF has named the following horse/rider combinations to the nominated entry for the Adequan US Reining Team for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in ranked order: Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner Shawn Flarida/41/Springfield, OH/RC Fancy Step/6/Quarter Horse/Stallion/ Buffalo Ranch Tom McCutcheon/43/Aubrey, TX/Gunners Special Nite/6/Quarter Horse/Stallion/Turnabout Ranch Craig Schmersal/37/Overbrook, OK/Boom Shernic/6/Quarter Horse/Stallion/The Boom Shernic...

Notable Saddlebred Trainer Bret Day Conducts Open Training Clinic

by By Brice Carr | 3/9/2009 11:21:00 AM

On Saturday, February 28, the Penn-Ohio Futurity offered an opportunity to learn training tips from accomplished horseman Bret Day, of Grey Ridge Farm in Versailles, KY. The training clinic was held at Champions Center in Springfield, OH. Day is well known in the Saddlebred community, partly for his involvement with the United Professional Horsemen’s Association (UPHA). Notable horses trained by Bret Day include WC Bono, WC Mahvelous Guy, WC Hallelujah Chorus, WC Go Big Blue and many other...

Isabelle Leibler Wins FEI Pony Class and American Shetland Pony Club Award

by By Johnny Robb | 2/5/2009 11:40:00 AM

Isabelle Leibler and her German Sport Pony, Going West, won the FEI Pony Individual class at the ESP Wellington Dressage Show recently, and the pair also rode away with special recognition from the American Shetland Pony Club (ASPC). Leibler, who trains with Lars Petersen, won the class with a score of 63.474%. Leibler, who just started in the FEI division, purchased her pony five years ago in Europe. Her mother, Rene Leibler, said she believes ponies are ideal for children in dressage. “On...

Grand Prix de Santa Fe Announces 2007 Donations and 2008 Plans

by By Phyllis Gonzales | 1/24/2008 1:31:00 PM

Grand Prix de Santa Fe, Santa Fe’s most prestigious horse show, is pleased to announce the donation of $35,000 in net proceeds from its 2007 annual show-jumping event to New Mexico social service and equestrian non-profit organizations. Beneficiaries include Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico, New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project, Silver Bullet Productions, Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust, Santa Fe Pro Musica’s Youth Programs, The Horse Shelter and Rancho Corazon Riders....

70.567% Earns Wlosinski Second Level Freestyle Crown

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 11/9/2014 3:44:36 AM

Lexington, Ky. - Starting off the day were competitors showing off their Second Level Freestyles, and in the Adult Amateur division, crowd favorite and hometown girl Cariann Wlosinski (Lexington, Ky., Region 2) earned the unanimous win with 70.567%. A full-time middle school teacher who "teaches by day and rides by night," Wlosinski attended the inaugural Finals last November and was "determined to try to get back here this year." She danced to a Beatles medley aboard her own Oldenburg mare...

The Boy Wonder is Super Hero in Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame

by Esther Morgan | 10/25/2010 11:02:00 AM

Al Cook (Kristin Glover and The Boy Wonder winning the $15,000 Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame (SJHF) Amateur Owner Jumper Classic.) Harrisburg, PA - Kristin Glover of Richmond, VA, and The Boy Wonder won the $15,000 Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame (SJHF) Amateur Owner Jumper Classic in a two-horse jump-off. The event was the culmination of the year-long Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior/Amateur Owner Classic series. A total of 24 horses started on the challenging course and only two...