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Lisa Goldman and Morocco Victorious in $10,000 Welcome Stake Sponsored by Adequan at Showplace Fall Classic Championship

by Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group | 9/10/2015 1:52:31 PM

Lisa Goldman and Morocco win the $10,000 Open Welcome Stake, sponsored by Adequan, during the Showplace Fall Classic Championship. (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Wayne, Ill. - More than two seconds separated the top three finishers in the $10,000 Open Welcome Stake, sponsored by Adequan, at the Showplace Fall Classic Championship on Thursday. The lead continued to change hands throughout the 13-horse jump-off, with each consecutive rider gaining speed in an attempt to find their way to the...

Heather Caristo-Williams and Pablo Barrios Tie For First in the $34,000 FEI HITS Jumper Classic at HITS Saugerties

by HITS Horse Shows | 9/8/2015 11:21:03 AM

Heather Caristo-Williams and Evening Star on their way to a $34,000 FEI HITS Jumper Classic win at HITS Saugerties. (ESI Photography) SAUGERTIES, N.Y . - Internationally ranked competition continued at HITS Saugerties Friday with the $34,000 FEI HITS Jumper Classic, the only qualifying class of the week for Sunday’s Canadian Pacific $1 Million Grand Prix FEI CSI-5*. Spectators were on the edge of their seats down to the end when Pablo Barrios of Wellington, Florida, and his own Antares,...

Laura Chapot Takes Day One of HITS Championship FEI Competition; Wins $34,000 FEI Saugerties Jumper Classic

by HITS Horse Shows | 9/4/2015 4:04:33 PM

Laura Chapot and Quointreau Un Prince dominate day one of FEI competition at the HITS Championship winning the $34,000 Saugerties Jumper Classic. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - It was a beautiful Wednesday in Saugerties, New York for the first afternoon of FEI-ranked competition. Starting the week off on the right foot, Laura Chapot, of Neshanic Station, New Jersey, and Quointreau Un Prince, co-owned with McLain Ward, swept through the $34,000 FEI Saugerties Jumper Classic course for...

Gallagher Grabs $20,000 Royalton Farms Jumper Challenge At Hampton Classic

by Hampton Classic Horse Show | 8/26/2015 10:17:31 AM

Lorcan Gallagher of Ireland guided Esquina Van Klapscheut to the top of the $20,000 Royalton Farms Jumper Challenge at the Hampton Classic. (McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Lorcan Gallagher of Ireland rode Esquina Van Klapscheut to an unbeatable jump-off time that claimed the $20,000 Royalton Farms Jumper Challenge on the first afternoon of show jumping at the 40th annual Hampton Classic. Gallagher's time of 32.07 seconds was more than a second faster than Todd Minikus on Paratrooper...

Gallagher Grabs $20,000 Royalton Farms Jumper Challenge At Hampton Classic

by Hampton Classic Horse Show | 8/25/2015 10:05:20 AM

Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Lorcan Gallagher of Ireland rode Esquina Van Klapscheut to an unbeatable jump-off time that claimed the $20,000 Royalton Farms Jumper Challenge on the first afternoon of show jumping at the 40th annual Hampton Classic. Gallagher's time of 32.07 seconds was more than a second faster than Todd Minikus on Paratrooper (33.13 seconds) and Wilton Porter on Patriot (33.87 seconds). Lorcan Gallagher of Ireland and Esquina Van Klapscheut (McMillen photo) Minikus, a U.S. team...

Alexa Lowe-Wiseman Takes Blue in $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix at Vermont Summer Festival

by Jump Media | 8/8/2015 5:51:30 PM

Alexa Lowe-Wiseman and Ami Du Houssoit on their way to victory in the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix on August 8, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vermont – Alexa Lowe-Wiseman of Upperville, VA, boasted the only double-clear performance of the day to win the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix aboard Ami Du Houssoit on Saturday, August 8, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The...

Twofold Triumph for California's Own Susan Hutchison

by Blenheim EquiSports | 6/15/2015 12:59:55 AM

Susie Hutchison and Ziedento June 14, 2015 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - It was a 'Susie Hutch' Sunday at the Blenheim June Classic II. As the only double clean in the $30,000 June Classic Grand Prix, presented by Michael & Kenzie 1911, Susie Hutchison and Ziedento led the victory gallop. Earlier in the afternoon she was the fastest in the jump-off on SIG Firecracker for the win in the $7,500 CashCall Mortgage Futurity. From the hilltop VIP tent to the grassy knoll, there was a...

Nation's Top Riders Set to Ride in Land Rover Great Meadow International Presented by Adequan® Last Stop for Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Before Pan American Games

by The Land Rover Great Meadow International | 6/4/2015 10:28:49 AM

(c)Rich Kessler Photography The Plains, Virginia - June 03, 2015 -Many of the nation's best event riders have confirmed their entries and will be making their way to Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia to compete at the Land Rover Great Meadow International presented by Adequan® on June 19-21. In addition to the $30,000 CIC3* competition, the international event will host the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for its final preparation trial prior to the 2015 Pan American Games which will...

Andres Rodriguez Rides to Victory in the $40,000 Hollow Creek Farm Grand Prix

by Split Rock Jumping Tour | 5/22/2015 9:45:30 PM

Lexington, KY - May 22, 2015 - On a beautiful Friday in May, The Split Rock Jumping Tour hosted its inaugural evening event on The Rock Jumping Field, the $40,000 Hollow Creek Farm CSI3* Grand Prix. An international field of twenty-four horse and rider combinations representing Argentina, Venezuela, Canada, Australia, Guatemala, Russia, Germany, New Zealand, Chile, Ireland and the United States competed over Brazilian Guilherme Jorge's course. Eight returned for the jump-off. Andres...

Kelli Cruciotti Wins Platinum Performance USEF Talent Search 2* at Kentucky Summer Horse Show

by Lauren Baker for Phelps Media Group Inc. International | 5/8/2015 10:09:20 PM

Kelli Cruciotti and Monterrey won the Platinum Performance USEF Talent Search at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show (Lauren Baker/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - Kelli Cruciotti is a three-year veteran in the Platinum Performance USEF Talent Search, and today's blue-ribbon performance further proved her excellence in the equitation ring. The Talent Search classes showcase equitation basics over fences and on the flat, reinforcing the principle that form follows function. The class plays an...