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Hannah Isop and Red Ryder Lead the Way in $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by The Gochman Family, Quentin Judge and HH Dark De La Hart Win $20,000 Speed Derby of North Salem, presented by Miller Motorcars

by Lindsay Brock for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/16/2015 8:09:54 PM

Hannah Isop and Red Ryder (The Book LLC) North Salem, NY – May 16, 2015 – Hannah Isop of Pawling, NY, won her first-ever hunter derby at The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows today in the $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by The Gochman Family aboard Tracy Freels' Red Ryder. Highlighting the action from The Grand Prix Field, Quentin Judge and Double H Farm's HH Dark De La Hart took blue in their second speed derby of the two-week circuit, the $20,000 Speed...

USEF Land Rover Competition Grant Recipient Matt Brown Ready for 2015 Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event CCI3*

by USEF Communications Department | 5/6/2015 5:20:09 PM

Matt Brown and Happenstance (Shannon Brinkman Photography) Allentown, N.J. – The focus of the U.S. eventing scene will be on the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event , the final U.S. Selection Trial for the 2015 Pan American Games, this weekend as top American combinations descend upon the Horse Park of New Jersey. In three-star competition, a field of 23 lines up for the CCI3* division, with another 23 combinations compete in the CIC3*. The CCI2* will host 43 up-and-coming...

Ashker and Dutton Top Americans After Day One of Dressage at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover

by Leah Oliveto | 4/23/2015 5:42:54 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Competition began today at the 37th Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover at the Kentucky Horse Park. Day one of dressage saw thirty-eight of the 75 starters enter Rolex Stadium to perform the 2009 FEI CCI4* Test A in front of the ground jury of Dr. Ernst Topp (GER), Angela Tucker (GBR), and Wayne Quarles (USA). The U.S. contingent landed seven combinations in the top ten, including Laine Ashker and Anthony Patch in second and Phillip Dutton and Fernhill...

Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Riders To Visit Patients at Kentucky Children's Hospital

by Classic Communications | 4/6/2015 10:44:25 AM

Lyn Symansky, Jonathan Holling, Lyndsey Jordan, Buck Davidson and Jennie Brannigan during their visit to the Kentucky Children's Hospital in 2014 (Michelle Dunn) Lexington, Ky. - Four riders representing the Professional Riders Organization (PRO) who are in town to compete in the 2015 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Land Rover, and one rider that will be competing in the Kentucky Reining Cup, will be making a special trip to Kentucky Children's Hospital in Lexington on Tuesday,...

Rosamunde Posts Impressive Score in Freestyle Debut

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 3/30/2015 11:41:27 AM

Steffen Peters guided Rosamunde to her first Grand Prix Freestyle win at the Festival of the Horse CDI (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - Even though Steffen Peters' young star Rosamunde performed a Grand Prix Freestyle for the first time on Saturday, she looked like a seasoned veteran on her way to earning the unanimous win under all five FEI judges with an impressive final score of 77.750% at California Dreaming Productions' Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J/U-25 in San Juan...

Schut-Kery & Sanceo Win II Freestyle

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 3/23/2015 1:34:35 PM

Intermediaire I Freestyle winners Sabine Schut-Kery & Sanceo. (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - After a fifth-place finish in Friday's hard-fought Prix St. Georges class, Sabine Schut-Kery and Alice Womble-Heightman's bay Hanoverian stallion Sanceo (San Remo x Rivera by Ramiro's Son II) returned to winning form in the Intermediaire I Freestyle on a score of 73.950%. Despite this being the first time Schut-Kery had performed the new freestyle (which was created with...

Steffen Peters Punches Ticket to Vegas on Final Day of Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 3/23/2015 9:05:06 AM

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - Steffen Peters successfully punched his ticket to return to the site of his 2009 World Cup glory by winning the CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle with Legolas 92 in an exciting conclusion to California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, held March 19 - 22 in San Juan Capistrano, Cal. Peters' new personal-best score of 80.925% aboard Four Winds Farm's Westphalian gelding...

I1 Freestyle and Paralympic Qualifications Highlight Final Day of Global Dressage Festival Week 1

by Carly Weilminster for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/11/2015 7:56:37 PM

Gabriella Stumpf and Finally Love (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - Gabriela Stumpf (AUT) and Finally Love performed a lovely test to take the win with a score of 69.927% in the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) FEI Intermediaire 1 Freestyle presented by MTICA Farm. Mary Bahniuk-Lauritsen (USA) and Wench De Jeu followed in second scoring a 68.675% and Jill Irving and Dio Mio finished in third with a total score of 68.625%. Stumpf, who has been partnered with the eight-year-old...

Big and Small Tour Dressage Combinations Enjoy Successful USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions

by USEF Communications Department | 11/25/2014 4:08:18 PM

Lexington, Ky. - Nineteen promising dressage athletes took part in USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions over two weeks in November. As Big and Small Tour combinations worked with USEF Chef d’Equipe/ Technical Advisor Robert Dover at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, N.J., November 3-4 and at Epona Farms in Thousand Oaks, Calif., November 12-13. "These back-to-back sessions were a huge boost to my certainty that America is growing infinitely in its depth of top,...

Big and Small Tour Dressage Combinations Enjoy Successful USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions

by USEF Communications Department | 11/18/2014 1:51:23 PM

Lexington, Ky. - Nineteen promising dressage athletes took part in USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions over two weeks in November. As Big and Small Tour combinations worked with USEF Chef d’Equipe/ Technical Advisor Robert Dover at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, N.J., November 3-4 and at Epona Farms in Thousand Oaks, Calif., November 12-13. "These back-to-back sessions were a huge boost to my certainty that America is growing infinitely in its depth of top,...