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Junior and Young Rider Team Medals Awarded at 2023 Gotham North FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships Presented by USHJA

by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian | 8/11/2023 11:00:00 PM

Traverse City, Mich. – Athletes at the 2023 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships presented by USHJA rode for medals and team pride on Friday as the team competition for Juniors and Young Riders concluded. The team from Zone 7 emerged victorious in the Junior division, while Canada won Young Riders gold. Laurel Walker and Armani, Ava Myers and Chico P, Tessa Downey and Isabelle. ©Matt Turer/US Equestrian Juniors Team Championship The leaderboard for the Juniors...

Making of a Champion: Mai Baum

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 5/17/2023 4:21:00 PM

It takes years and a full team effort to develop a horse to the top level of equestrian sport— with riders, owners, grooms, coaches, and many more focusing on giving a horse the best chance at success. This process was true for Mai Baum, known as Lexus, on his road to winning the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS Equestrian™ CCI5*-L with Tamie Smith in the irons. Smith remembered seeing Lexus, a 2006 German Sport Horse gelding owned by Alexandra...

Todd Minikus and Quality Girl Capture $216,000 Tryon Estates Grand Prix CSI 4* at Tryon Summer IV

by Tryon International Equestrian Center | 7/24/2016 2:52:10 AM

Mill Spring, NC - July 23, 2016 - Todd Minikus (USA) and Quality Girl rode to victory in the $216,000 Tryon Estates Grand Prix CSI 4* at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC), taking the final tour around the jump-off course and finishing as the only pair to earn a double clear effort on the night. Minikus and Quality Girl crossed through the timers in 41.093 seconds to secure the win, while Marilyn Little (USA) and Clearwater collected second place, finishing the track in 41.473 seconds...

SmartPak Sponsored Rider Laura Chapot Stacks the Leaderboard in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix

by HITS Horse Shows | 6/11/2016 7:23:33 PM

Saugerties, N.Y. - The Order of Go in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson III, was packed with talented riders known for bringing their A-game to the Grand Prix field, including the world’s number one leading rider, Mclain Ward. Laura Chapot and Quointreau Un Prince on their way to a $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) After a virtual clean sweep in the Open Jumper division week I, winning the Brook Ledge Open Welcome and SmartPak Grand Prix, as well as...

McLain Ward Takes Tina la Boheme to the Top in $130,000 Empire State CSI3* Grand Prix, presented by The Kincade Group, at Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows

by Jump Media LLC | 5/23/2016 10:56:07 AM

McLain Ward and Tina la Boheme (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. – McLain Ward of Brewster, NY, and Tina la Boheme scored an impressive victory in the $130,000 Empire State CSI3* Grand Prix, presented by The Kincade Group, on Sunday to close out two weeks of competition at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows held at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. Collecting first and third-place ribbons, Ward topped a field of 39 over courses built by Alan Wade (IRL). Ward and Friday’s grand...

Team USA Wins Another CPEDI3* in Wellington and Dominates Competition

by edited Lindsay Y. McCall | 1/25/2016 12:37:01 PM

Wellington, FL- January 24, 2016 - Team USA and individuals once again dominated the competition at Week Two of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) $10,000 CPEDI3*. This week's U.S. team led by Chef d' Equipe Kai Team USA. Photo by Lindsay Y. McCall Handt included riders Roxanne Trunnell and NTEC Royal Dancer (Grade Ia), Rebecca Hart and Schroeter's Romani (Grade II), Angela Peavy and Lancelot Warrior (Grade III), and Margaret Mcintosh and Rio Rio (Grade Ia). Despite...

Inspirational Adult Amateurs and Olympians are the Highlight of Second Championship Day of US Dressage Finals Presented By Adequan®

by Jennifer M. Keeler, Yellow Horse Marketing | 11/8/2015 10:27:21 AM

Earlier this week, things weren’t looking good for Catalina Sherwood as she pursued her dream of riding at the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, a unique national head-to-head competition for adult amateur and open riders of all levels being held November 5-8, 2015 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. After a long van ride from Tucson, Ariz., her eight-year-old RPSI mare Razmitaz wasn’t her usual self. “She wasn’t feeling well when she came off the...

Schuyler Riley and Dobra De Porceyo Triumph in $127,000 Ariat® Grand Prix at Tryon Summer 2

by Tyron International | 7/5/2015 1:13:10 AM

Schuyler Riley and Dobra De Porceyo : ©BarryKosterPhotography & ©ErikOlsenPhotography Mill Spring, NC - July 4, 2015 - Schulyer Riley (USA) and Dobra De Porceyo captured the biggest win of the duo's career together in the $127,000 Ariat® Grand Prix FEI CSI 3* under the lights in the George H. Morris Arena in the Tryon Stadium at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). Riley and Dobra De Porceyo stopped the jump-off timers in 45.129 seconds as the only double-clear round of the...

Summer in the Rockies III Wrap-Up: Big Wins for Kelli Cruciotti, Andrew Kocher, & Courtney Calcagnini

by Cat Allen for Jennifer Wood Media | 6/23/2015 8:05:51 AM

Kelli Cruciotti and Zidante Parker, Colo. - June 23, 2015 - Colorado Horse Park's (CHP) Summer in the Rockies III concluded this past weekend in Parker, CO. It was a full week of competition including the $50,000 Griffis Residential Grand Prix, $20,000 Open Welcome Stake, $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby and $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby. The $50,000 Griffis Residential Grand Prix saw 22 participants contest the impressive course, designed by Hector Loyola. The class only saw...

Giavanna Rinaldi and G.P.S. Brilliant Disguise Win $10,000 SJHOF High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic Concluding Spring Spectacular II

by Kendall Bierer | 6/14/2015 10:25:13 PM

Giavanna Rinaldi and G.P.S. Brilliant Disguise win the $10,000 SJHOF High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic, presented by Upper Echelon Academy at the Spring Spectacular II. Wayne, IL - June 14, 2015 - The final day of the Showplace Spring Spectacular II opened to grey skies and remnants of rain remaining from the previous night's storms, but that did not stop the strong jumper competition as the Junior and Amateur-Owner Jumpers took the limelight in the Grand Prix Ring at the Lamplight...