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The Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Wins Title at the 2017 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships Sponsored by Deloitte

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/16/2017 8:09:00 PM

Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Mill Spring, N.C. - The 2017 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte continued Saturday with competitors performing their respective FEI Individual Tests, the second of three tests in the National Championships and the remaining test in the team competition. The Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team comprised of Katie Jackson (Austin, Texas), Michele Bandinu (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Angela “Annie”...

Sweat & Where is Fingers When You Need Him

by Will Connell | 7/26/2016 11:00:45 PM

Meet the Beast.... The Beast is a very bad beastie as it has “done a leg” and gone on sit down strike a) right in front of our container and b) on the main horse walk in to the stables. To be more accurate, the Beast can easily be repaired if a) the AWOL driver could be found and b) the driver was given accreditation so he / she / it could access the venue and remove the Beast. I just hope that we are not contributing to the day rate for the Beast to be away from his / her Cave of...

Strauss Wins First Competition of $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship

by Kathleen Landwehr | 10/29/2015 1:10:41 AM

Lexington, Ky. – The inaugural $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship presented by the Porter Family, the Jacobs Family, the Jobs Family, & the Keenan Family got underway Wednesday night in the Alltech Arena with the $15,000 Faults Converted competition. Katherine Strauss rode a fast, masterful round on All In to win the first of the three competitions that make up the championship. Katherine Strauss and All In (Shawn McMillen Photography) Seventeen-year-old Strauss...

Charlise Casas Takes Charge, Vanessa Mannix Makes Her Mark, Liza Finsness Nails U25

by Classic Communications | 10/11/2015 10:54:49 AM

Charlise Casas and Alaika (SEL Photography) Lexington, Ky. - On a clear and cool Fall morning, the action in The Rock Jumping Field kicked off with the $7,500 UltrOZ™ Low Junior-Amateur/Owner Final, followed by the $7,500 Brook Ledge Horse Transportation High Junior/Amateur Final. Later, the afternoon show jumping commenced with the $15,000 El Milagro U25 Cup at noon, then the $100,000 CSI3* Grand Prix, presented by Split Rock Farm, rounded out the inaugural Bourbon International CSI3* on...

Peters Scores 80.825% in Grand Prix Freestyle at Mid-Winter Dressage CDI-W To Move to Top of NAL World Cup Rankings

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 2/23/2015 1:46:55 PM

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 accept congratulations from the ground jury for their big win in the Grand Prix Freestyle at the Mid-Winter Dressage CDI-W. (Terri Miller) Burbank, Calif. - The much-anticipated inaugural West Coast qualifying competition for this year's Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final came to a resounding conclusion on the final day of California Dreaming Productions' Mid-Winter Dressage Fair CDI-W/Y/J/U-25 in Burbank as U.S. Dressage Team veterans Steffen Peters...

Ben Maher takes top honours in the Prix du Qatar at GCT Paris

by GCT Press Office | 7/5/2014 7:56:29 AM

Ben Maher & Aristo Z (Stefano Grasso/LGCT) Paris, France - Friday evening’s feature class of the Longines Global Champions Tour Paris Eiffel Jumping presented by Gucci, the Prix du Qatar, was won by Ben Maher (GBR) and Aristo Z from the most difficult position in the draw, first to go in the jump-off. Second went to a very happy Abdelkebir Ouaddar (MAR) and Quickly de Kreisker, and third to Harrie Smolders (NED) and Don VHP Z. Uliano Vezzani’s first round design was a technical...

Ben Maher and Cella Master $125,000 Fidelity Investments® Grand Prix CSI 3*

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/26/2014 8:57:30 AM

Ben Maher and Cella (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - he world's best battled it out at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Saturday night with a one-two finish for Great Britain in the $125,000 Fidelity investments® Grand Prix CSI 3* at the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). Ben Maher and Scott Brash, the top two ranked riders in the world, finished on top of an impressive field of horses and riders in an exciting ten-horse jump-off. Maher, the...

HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013: Spotlight on Andrew Nicholson at Kentucky

by Kate Green, FEI Communications | 4/23/2013 1:01:56 PM

Lausanne (SUI) - Andrew Nicholson, pictured here en route to victory at Les Etoiles de Pau CCI 4* (FRA) with Nereo, heads into the third leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013 - the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event - as series leader and still at the top of the HSBC Rankings. (Photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) All eyes will be on Andrew Nicholson (NZL) this weekend as he heads for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA) on 25-28 April to try to extend his lead in the HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013...

Western Pleasure Junior Exhibitor 12 & 13

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/10/2011 10:18:25 PM

17 in the class and nobody threw a shoe!!! Yay!! 1 EV Santa Fe Special and Mallory Stacy 2 HyLee’s Fanflaire and Sara Heidenreich 3 T-Towne Talk About Me and Ashley Wingate 4 Intrepid Rock Festival and Melissa Monty 5 Cobridge El Dorado and Alexandra Spratt 6 Park Place Dominion and Ada Johnson 7 Harlington’s D’artagnon and Aidan Lorenson 8 Hi Bridge Regal Night and Paige Crowley 9 Bold Jangles and Emma Pedersen 10 Cingate Jack Flash and Lauren Osborne

RHSF Welcomes Celebrities for a Fourth Year

by Reining Horse Sports Foundation | 11/4/2010 11:39:00 AM

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – November 2, 2010 – Since 2007, the Reining Horse Sports Foundation (RHSF) has produced a unique, entertaining event sponsored by 4R Performance Horses to help the children from the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Oklahoma – the 4R Performance Horses Celebrity Slide. The location is Oklahoma City; the venue is the NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show; and the date is Friday, December 3. The following celebrities are taking time from their busy...