Andy Kocher and his own Heliante clear the Budweiser oxer on their way to the win in Sunday's $35,000 Budweiser Grand Prix (Alison Hartwell) Gulfport, Miss. - Twenty seven horse and rider teams tackled Sunday's $35,000 Budweiser Grand Prix course, designed by Manuel Esparza of Mexico City, Mexico in front of delighted crowds. Esparza is a top international course designer whose resume includes his position as an Assistant Designer for the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, Sydney 2000,...

Gabriella & Sarah Young (Alison Hartwell) Gulfport, Miss. - The USHJA $2,500 National Hunter Derby, presented by Tucci saw 45 horse and rider teams compete for the win in the Main Hunter Arena Friday afternoon. The competition was steep and the handy round challenged the riders with a natural trot fence which seemed to determine the win for the class. Gabriella, owned by Lulu Davis and ridden by Sarah Young of Spring Hill, Kansas won the class with a combined score of 181. Second place was...

Wellington, Fla. - A week of unprecedented success for the U.S. at CSIO Wellington came to a close on Sunday with Todd Minikus claiming victory in the CSIO4* Grand Prix presented by Lugano Diamonds and the U.S. Teams completing a clean sweep of FEI Nations Cups presented by Hollow Creek Farm. Minikus (Wellington, Fla.) and his partner from the United States’ winning effort in the FEI Nations Cup presented by Kingsland Equestrian, Babalou 41, charged to the head of the field in...

Rich Fellers and Flexible, owned my Harry and Mollie Chapman won Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Rich Fellers and Flexible, owned by Harry and Mollie Chapman, won Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, topping a field of 44 contenders at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California. Fifteen horses made the jump-off and nine went double-clear. John Pearce, of Bermuda Dunes, California, and Chianto, owned by Forest View Farm, Inc., went second...

Todd Minikus and Babalou 41 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - A week of unprecedented success for the U.S. at CSIO Wellington came to a close on Sunday with Todd Minikus claiming victory in the CSIO4* Grand Prix presented by Lugano Diamonds and the U.S. Teams completing a clean sweep of FEI Nations Cups presented by Hollow Creek Farm. Minikus (Wellington, Fla.) and his partner from the United States’ winning effort in the FEI Nations Cup presented by Kingsland Equestrian, Babalou 41, charged...

Victoria Colvin and Cafino (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Seventeen-year-old Victoria Colvin (USA) and newly acquired mount Cafino, owned by Take The High Road LLC, topped the $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Classic today riding clear through the jump-off in 35.57 seconds to take the win. Laura Kraut (USA) and Nouvelle were close behind completing the jump-off course in 36.085 seconds for second and Andrew Ramsay (USA) and Winn Winn crossed the timers in 36.101 seconds to take third. Colvin, coming...

Perfect blue skies made way for blue ribbons for Kocher and Carolina Suarez' Ufarno in the $15,000 Horseflight Open Welcome at the Gulf Coast Winter Classic Week IV (Allison Hartwell) Gulfport, Miss. - Friday's feature jumper competition, the $15,000 Horseflight Open Welcome saw thirty-three horse and rider teams compete on the world class grass turf grand prix field at the Gulf Coast Winter Classic Circuit in Gulfport, Mississippi. Manual Esparza of Mexico City, Mexico designed the 1.40...

Kris Killam and Mandy Killam's Black Diamond win Thursday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Kris Killam, of Naples, Florida, won Thursday night’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix riding his wife Mandy Killam’s 13-year-old Selle Français gelding, Black Diamond. Killam topped a field of 32 with several riders showing on multiple horses. Ten moved on to the jump-off. Andre Thieme, of Germany, was the first to attempt the short course and set...

Chloe Reid and Athena (USEF Archive) Wellington, Fla. – The United States got off to a strong start in FEI Nations Cup presented by Hollow Creek Farm competition as both the Young Rider and Junior Rider Teams lead their respective divisions following the first round. The first rotation in round one of Child Rider Nations Cup had just gotten underway when torrential rain rolled in and competition was called off for the remainder of the day. The Child Riders will complete their first round...

Lexington, Ky. - The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been named to represent the United States in FEI Nations Cup competitions during CSIO Wellington on February 28, 2015. Young Rider Team The United States has drawn second in the order of four teams and will be represented by the following combinations in the FEI Young Riders Nations Cup presented by Hollow Creek Farm: Shawn Casady (Harriman, Tenn.) and Cavallo Farms, LLC’s Twister Twister is a 2000 Belgian Warmblood...