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Alexander Zetterman Wins $50,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Final

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/23/2014 8:51:06 PM

Alexander Zetterman and Flecu (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week eleven of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Artisan Farms LLC, concluded on Sunday with jumper action on the grass derby field at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Sweden's Alexander Zetterman and Flecu topped the $50,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Series Final. Victoria Colvin of Loxahatchee, FL, was the winner of the series overall. Great...

Eiken Sato and Egano van het Slogenhof Win $84,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/9/2014 9:20:33 PM

Eiken Sato and Egano van het Slogenhof (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week nine of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by The Bainbridge Companies, concluded on Sunday with a win for Japan's Eiken Sato and Egano van het Slogenhof in the $84,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic showing at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. Alan Wade (IRL) finished the week out with a tough course for 59 entries in the 1.50m...

Frances Land and Vieanne Victorious in $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m Speed

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/24/2014 11:11:40 PM

Frances Land and Vieanne (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Frances Land (USA) and Vieanne proved themselves with a win against many of the world's best in Friday's $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m speed class during week three of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). An FEI World Ranking competition, the pair held a significant lead through most of the class, jumping clear and fast to top second place finishers Daniel Bluman (COL) and Apardi, with Ben Maher (GBR) and...

Adrienne Sternlicht and Quidam MB Win First Class of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/8/2014 4:41:02 PM

Adrienne Sternlicht and Quidam MB (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla - Equestrian Sport Productions hosted the first day of competition for the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) on Wednesday with a full schedule of hunter, jumper and equitation competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, Fla. The day kicked off with a win in the International Arena for 20-year-old Adrienne Sternlicht (USA) of Greenwich, Conn., riding Quidam MB in the...

Davidson Claims CCI3* At Galway Downs International Three-Day Event with Petite Flower

by Galway Downs Press | 11/4/2013 10:20:21 AM

Buck Davidson and Petite Flower, winners of the CCI3* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. (Amy McCool photo) Temecula, Calif. - Almost nothing about the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event worked out like Buck Davidson expected. Except that he came here from Pennsylvania to win the CCI3*, and he did, on Petite Flower, scoring 59.2 penalties. Jolie Wentworth rode GoodKnight to second place (59.7) and Liz Halliday-Sharp rode HHS Cooley to third place (61.6). Davidson also...

Emma Kurtz Tops WIHS Pony Equitation Finals; Rosia and Wittig Win Regional Finals

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 10/28/2013 12:04:25 PM

Emma Kurtz and True Love (Shawn McMillen Photography) Washington, D.C. - Young riders competed in the WIHS Pony Equitation Finals at the Washington International Horse Show Sunday afternoon with a win going to 13-year-old Emma Kurtz of Hudson, OH, riding True Love. Trained by Amanda Lyerly and Mike Rheinheimer, Kurtz scored an 86 over fences and moved from second to first with her ride in the work-off under saddle to take the lead. She was presented The Jane Marshall Dillon Memorial Perpetual...

Peters, Herslow, and Wagner Take First Steps Toward Dressage National Titles

by Eileen Schnettler and Helen Murray | 10/9/2013 8:13:26 PM

Lexington, Ky. - Three division of National Championship competition at the 2013 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp got underway Wednesday in the Kentucky Horse Park's Rolex Stadium. In the Dutta Corp/USEF Grand Prix National Championship, Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 have seized a sizable lead following an impressive test in the afternoon session, while Kim Herslow and Rosmarin head the field in the Dutta Corp/USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National...

Ashley Foster and Leena L In Perfect Form to Capture the ASPCA Maclay Regional Finals at Southeast Medal Finals

by Carrie Wirth for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 9/23/2013 11:04:12 AM

Barbara Ann Merryman, Ashley Foster and Haley Waters (Randi Muster) Jacksonville, FL - The highly- anticipated ASPCA Maclay Regionals were held on the final day of the 2013 Southeast Medal Finals at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. Ashley Foster of Brookeville, MD executed Allen Rheinheimer's course flawlessly aboard Leena L, owned by KMW Ponies LLC, to take home the coveted prize out of a total of 39 riders. Her life-long friend, Haley Waters earned the second place prize with an...

Brittini Raflowitz Cleans Up Chicago With $7,500 Cavalor High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic Victory at Equifest I

by Ashley N. Williams for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/28/2013 11:00:55 PM

Brittini Raflowitz cleaned up Chicago on the final day of Equifest I with the $7,500 Cavalor High Junior/Amateur-Owner victory aboard Zacca Zoeloe, riding to the second place with KT Undercover (Ashley N. Williams) Wayne, IL - The final day of Equifest I opened to cloudless skies and strong jumper competition as the Junior and Amateur-Owner Jumpers took the spotlight in the Grand Prix Arena at the Lamplight Equestrian Center. Brittini Raflowitz rode to her fourth major win of the week, this...

Pablo Barrios and Zara Leandra Launch to Lead in $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic at Kentucky Summer Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/26/2013 8:56:13 AM

Pablo Barrios and Zara Leandra (Phelps Media Group, Inc. International) Lexington, KY - The top riders in the country gathered to compete for the winning prize in tonight's $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic, but in the 15-horse jump-off only the fastest and most accurate would have the chance at the prize money. Venezuela's Pablo Barrios and Zara Leandra scored the lion's share of the cash after making a mad dash across the finish line in a scorching 43.662 seconds for the win. The...