Tina Konyot and Calecto V (MA Brakenridge/PSdressage.com) Lyon, France - The highly anticipated 2014 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final got underway Saturday afternoon at the Lyon Eurexpo. As 17 of the world’s best horse-and-rider combinations performed the FEI Grand Prix Test before the Ground Jury of Eduard de Wolff van Westerrode, Dr. Jean-Michel Roudier, Thomas Lang, Dr. Evi Eisenhardt, Gary Rockwell, Jacques van Daele, and Leif Tornblad. The U.S. combinations of Tina Konyot with...

Lexington, Ky. - The Show Jumping Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony on Saturday April 5 during the $200,000 American Invitational, presented by G&C Farm, at its new location at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, home of the Miami Dolphins NFL team. The three honored as the Hall of Fame's newest inductees were Steve Stephens, Seamus Brady, and Daniel Marks, VMD, making a total of 81 horses, riders and officials who have been inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame since it was...

2013 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event winner Andrew Nicholson and Quimbo (David Toczko) Lexington, Ky. - Entries have poured in at a record pace for the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Land Rover, April 24-27, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Entries have been filed for a record 82 horses, exceeding the previous record of 73 that were entered in 2012 in anticipation of the London Olympic Games. Among the entries filed to compete in the only four-star Eventing...

Molly Ashe Cawley and Kennzo (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Molly Ashe-Cawley of Newtown, CT, rode Kennzo to the top of the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby on the final Sunday afternoon at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival. Kennzo and Ashe-Cawley's win wrapped up the last week of the FTI WEF, presented by FTI Consulting, after 12 weeks of top-notch competition. The hunter derby consisted of two rounds over fences over two days of competition, with the top 25 being called...

Wellington, Fla. - Adrienne Lyle (USA) and Wizard finished the first day of competition for the final week of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) with a win in the FEI Grand Prix CDI 5* presented by Diamante Farms. The pair earned a personal best score for the grand prix with a 74.160%. Lyle was also presented with the Champion Equine Insurance Dressage Style Award and a crystal horse from Swarovski for her win in the FEI Grand Prix 5* with Wizard, a 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding...

Temecula,Calif. - Canadian Olympians Hawley Bennett-Awad and Gin ‘N Juice, winners of the CIC3* at the Galway Downs International Horse Trials in 2013, will be aiming to win two in a row on March 28-30 at the Temecula Downs Event Center. Bennett-Awad, 36, has based her training operations at Kingsway Farm, across the street from Temecula Downs, for a decade. It was there that she met Gin ‘N Juice, who was bred by the Kingsway Farm owners, Terry and Linda Paine. “She caught my...

Lexington, Ky. – The Adequan Global Dressage Festival 10 sponsored by Today’s Equestrian & GF Enterprise LLC plays host to a CPEDI3* March 12-16. A total of 20 riders from Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. will compete in Team, Individual, and Freestyle tests in their respective grades in front of the judging panel of Kjell Myhre (NOR), Marc Urban (BEL), and Kristi Wysocki (USA) at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla. The CPEDI3* will also serve as a...

Lexington, Ky. - The Show Jumping Hall of Fame is proud to announce the three new inductees that will be honored at the $200,000 American Invitational, presented by G&C Farm. Honored with induction are Steve Stephens, Seamus Brady, and Daniel Marks, VMD. The ceremony will take place on the night of Saturday April 5, 2014 during the international competition at its new location at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, home of the Miami Dolphins NFL team. Induction into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame is...

Lexington, Ky. - In the lead-up to the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games a Preparation Event will be held for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team at Great Meadow in The Plains, Va. July 26-27. United States-based eventing combinations named to the Squad or as alternates will demonstrate their continued preparation, soundness, and ability by competing at the event. Great Meadow has hosted CCI2* events in the past in addition to running the International and the Virginia Gold Cup, polo and...

Lexington, KY - The United States Federation's International Discipline Council has approved the recommendation of Silvio Mazzoni as the Eventing Show Jumping Coach for the Land Silvio Mazzoni (Photo Courtesy of Silvio Mazzoni) Rover U.S. Eventing Team. Mazzoni will work to evaluate and improve the show jumping skills of training-listed riders and the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team. Following a successful spring season by listed riders and strong performances at the2014 Rolex Kentucky...