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Richie Moloney Wins Hollow Brook Associates 1.45m Jumper Class at 34th Annual Intercat Inc. I Love New York Horse Show

by Marty Bauman/Classic Communications | 7/8/2011 3:00:00 PM

Lake Placid, NY — Richie Moloney of Ireland swept the top two places in the Hollow Brook Associates 1.45m Jumper Class Friday at the 34th annual Intercat, Inc. I Love New York Horse Show. Moloney, runner-up in Sunday’s $75,000 Mirror Lake Inn Grand Prix of Lake Placid, rode clean on two mounts, Slieveanorra and Ahorn Van De Zuuthoeve, over the nine-jump power portion of the course at the North Elba Showgrounds. Midway through the class, he took the lead on Ahorn Van De Zuuthoeve...

Greer Hindle has Spectacular Day at Horse Shows by the Bay

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/8/2011 11:45:31 AM

Greer Hindle and Freedom (Photo by Katie Anich/PMG). Traverse City, MI - Junior and Amateur riders could not ask for a better start to a busy weekend of competition, as there were just a few small clouds in the sky at Horse Shows by the Bay today in beautiful Traverse City, MI. Amateur-owner hunters started the day off in the R.L. Polk main hunter ring, and the WIHS Hunter Phase concluded the day with nearly a dozen entries. Greer Hindle had a spectacular day in nearly every ring, from...

Alltech Unites with the Normandy 2014 Organizing Committee to Make the FEI World Equestrian Games a Success

by Susanna Elliott/Alltech | 7/8/2011 11:26:38 AM

Laurent Beauvais, chairman of the Basse-Normandie Regional Council and of the Normandy 2014 Organizing Committee, and Dr. Pearse Lyons, president of Alltech, celebrating the announcement of Alltech as the title sponsor of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ (Photo by MC Chantrait). Caen, France – Laurent Beauvais, chairman of the Basse-Normandie Regional Council and Normandy 2014 Organizing Committee, and Alltech president Dr. Pearse Lyons today announced that Alltech will be the...

Julia Fowler Scores Top Call in Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search at Brandywine Valley Summer Series

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/8/2011 11:19:59 AM

Julia Fowler and Sierra win Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search at the Brandywine Valley Summer Series (Photo by Rebecca Walton/PMG). Devon, PA - The weather was sunny and warm for the first part of the Brandywine Valley Summer Series, presented by Taylor Harris Insurance Services, at the Devon Show Grounds. Junior riders had the opportunity to showcase their skills during the Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) Equitation and the Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search before the...

FEI Nations Cup Jumping Gets Back Underway at CSIO5* Flasterbo

by USEF Communications Department | 7/7/2011 3:15:14 PM

Charlie Jayne and Athena. Photo by Sophie Durieux. Lexington, KY - FEI Nations Cup Jumping gets back underway tomorrow at CSIO5* Falsterbo. After a month's hiatus, the world's top show jumping teams will return to the ring in Sweden. The U.S. has drawn the first position of the nine teams for their Chef d'Equipe George Morris. Charlie Jayne will lead things off for the U.S. with The London Group's Athena. This pair has jumped in the Nations Cups in La Baule, Rome, and St. Gallen...

A Full Schedule for Peter Pletcher and All Hunter Riders on Day Two of Horse Shows by the Bay

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/7/2011 2:37:43 PM

Peter Pletcher and Copperfield Credit (photo by Katie Anich/PMG). Traverse City, MI - Sun and a light breeze set the stage for a wonderful day for the hunters at Horse Shows by the Bay today. It was very busy in the R.L. Polk Family Main Hunter Ring, with over ninety rounds to be seen. As the professional hunter divisions came to a close this afternoon, several championship ribbons were presented, with Peter Pletcher of Magnolia, TX, Kelley Farmer of Keswick, VA, and Erynn Ballard of Hornby, OT...

Power and Speed on Display in Grand Prix Ring at Horse Shows by the Bay

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/7/2011 1:00:41 PM

Ashley Charpentier and Buttercup (Photo by Robyn Keyster/PMG). Traverse City, MI - Another beautiful day greeted riders and their horses on the second day of the multi-series Horse Shows by the Bay equestrian festival in Traverse City, MI. In the Grand Prix Ring at Flintfields Horse Park this afternoon, jumpers excited fans with a series of power and speed classes. Ashley Charpentier rode Buttercup to a first place finish in the High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper class, while Kenzie Donovan...

Green Hunter Circuit Championship Goes to Rock On and Moshi at Brandywine Valley Summer Series

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/7/2011 12:58:00 PM

Sandy Ferrell with Moshi and Louise Serio with Rock On earned the joint Green Hunter Circuit Championship at the Brandywine Valley Summer Series (Photo by Rebecca Walton/PMG). Devon, PA - The beautiful weather continued at the prestigious Devon Show Grounds for the first annual Brandywine Valley Summer Series, presented by Taylor Harris Insurance Services. The professional hunter divisions wrapped up their second day of competition, and it was Louise Serio and Sandy Ferrell that rose to the top...

Todd Minikus Wins $30,000 Intercat Inc. Open Jumper Classic at 34th Annual Intercat Inc. I Love New York Horse Show

by Marty Bauman/Classic Communications | 7/7/2011 12:53:31 PM

Lake Placid, NY — Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, FL won the $30,000 Intercat, Inc. Open Jumper Classic, Thursday’s highlight at the 34th annual Intercat, Inc. I Love New York Horse Show. Minikus was one of 11 entries from the starting field of 40 to reach the tiebreaking jump-off with a fault-free ride over the 16-jump, first-round course at the North Elba Showgrounds. Fifth to return for the seven-jump tiebreaker, he was the first to go clean, finishing in 34.410 seconds on...

Emma Schauder Scores Victory at the Vermont Summer Festival

by Jennifer Ward/Starting Gate Communications | 7/7/2011 11:59:45 AM

Emma Schauder won the WIHS Equitation Classic on Thursday, July 7, at the Vermont Summer Festival horse show in East Dorset, VT (David Mullinix Photography). East Dorset, VT — Emma Schauder of Greenwich, CT, won the WIHS Equitation Classic on Thursday, July 7, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The six-week equestrian competition is running at Harold Beebe Farm from July 6 through August 14, 2011. Schauder, 16, won both the hunter and jumper phases of competition...