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Chester Weber Wins in Style in Windsor at the Land Rover CAI3*

by Royal Windsor Horse Show | 5/18/2014 2:58:08 PM

Chester Weber in the marathon on Saturday (From the @Windsorhorse on Twitter) This article was originally published at www.rwhs.co.uk/ Windsor, England - Chester Weber from Florida, USA took the top spot in the fiercely contested horse four-in-hand class at Royal Windsor after an edge-of-the seat final phase. Weber, who last competed – and won – here with a horse pair in 1996, posted a smooth and accurate dressage test with his perfectly-matched bay KWPNs, earning him the early lead...

Segal, Selleck Win Split Open Jumper 1.30m Class at Old Salem

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/14/2014 9:35:45 PM

Hannah Selleck and Bauer (The Book LLC) Old Salem, N.Y. - With 91 entries, Wednesday's $3,000 Open Jumper 1.30m class awarded a full set of ribbons and prize money to two lists of horses and riders. The two winners of the sections were Zelda, ridden by Sarah Segal, and Bauer, ridden by Hannah Selleck. Segal and Zelda were double clear in 31.179 seconds, while Selleck and Bauer were just behind in 31.249 seconds. Second place in Section A with a time of 33.212 seconds was Palmyra Partners...

Darragh Kenny Rides to Another Victory in 1.40m Jumpers

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/8/2014 4:42:06 PM

Darragh Kenny and SIEC Ledgepoint (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y . - In the $5,000 Open Jumper 1.40m at Old Salem on Thursday, it was another win for Darragh Kenny (IRL), this time riding Gabriela Mershad's SIEC Ledgepoint. To ensure that the grass Grand Prix Field is as good as it can be for the duration of the horse shows, classes were moved to the sand ring today in the rainy weather. Winning the $5,000 Open Jumper 1.40m class for the second day in a row was Darragh Kenny. He rode...

Karl Cook Wins Grand Prix of Del Mar

by Andrew Minnick | 5/5/2014 12:08:53 PM

Karl Cook & Jonkheer Z (Osteen/From the Del Mar National Horse Show Facebook page) Del Mar, Calif. – Thirty horses tried to clear the $100,000 Grand Prix of Del Mar course on Saturday night, only two were able to do it. Designer Leopoldo Palacios lined up a set of obstacles with enough variety that one little misstep turned otherwise fnatastic rides into efforts of 4 faults or more. Nineteen from the field of thirty had tried to jump those obstacles before Lane Clarke & Charlotte...

Fantastic Win for McLain Ward in Front of a Full House in Antwerp

by Global Champions Tour | 4/26/2014 7:28:52 PM

McLain Ward & Rothchild (Stefano Grasso/LGCT) Antwerp, Belgium - McLain Ward (USA) and Rothchild blasted to the top of the new season ranking winning the Longines Global Champions Tour of Antwerp Grand Prix in front of a buzzing, sell-out crowd this evening. Second place went to LGCT fan favourite Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (SWE) with Casall ASK and third to a thrilled Constant van Paesschen (BEL) with Citizenguard Toscan de Sainte. The first leg of the prestigious LGCT series was a truly...

Konyot and Parra Produce Determined Efforts in Grand Prix at 2014 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final

by Helen Murray | 4/19/2014 5:30:27 PM

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...

Alexander Zetterman and Canora Fly to Victory in $10,000 G&C Farm Speed Stake

by Lauren Fischer for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/1/2014 8:40:47 AM

Alexander Zetterman and Canora in their winning presentation (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - G&C Farm's $10,000 Speed Stake was held on Friday with a win for Sweden's Alexander Zetterman and Canora. Steve Stephens set a difficult track for Friday's competitors that yielded four clear rounds out of 22 entries. Zetterman was the first entry to clear the course with Canora in a time of 67.11 seconds that would hold on for the win. Last to go, Ian Millar (CAN) and The Baranus...

Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team Draws Sixth in Quest for Sixth Victory in Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup presented by G&C Farm at CSIO4* Wellington

by Helen Murray | 2/27/2014 3:20:38 PM

Brianne Goutal and Nice de Prissey (Shawn McMillen Photography) Wellington, Fla. - The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team heads into the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup presented by G&C Farm looking to repeat its victory from last year and secure its sixth win in its home Nations Cup. A total of 12 teams are set to go head-to-head on Friday evening at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center during the feature of CSIO4* Wellington, held in conjunction with the FTI Consulting Winter...

Santiago Diaz and Tizimin LS Top $50,000 Equestrian Sotheby's Jumper Derby

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/16/2014 9:39:59 PM

Santiago Diaz and Tizimin LS (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla . - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) concluded its sixth week of competition, sponsored by Salamander Hotels & Resorts, with action on both sides of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Sunday. On the beautiful grass field at The Stadium at PBIEC, 25-year-old Santiago Diaz of Colombia earned the biggest win of his career riding Tizimin LS in the $50,000 Equestrian Sotheby's Jumper...

Alexander Zetterman and Cafino Win $34,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic

by Lauren Fischer for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/16/2014 2:54:26 AM

Alexander Zetterman and Cafino (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Saturday's competition at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) featured a $34,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic, held on the beautiful derby field at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), with a win for 24-year-old Alexander Zetterman (SWE) aboard Cafino. Twenty-eight entries showed over the Richard Jeffery (GBR) designed course with five clear rounds to jump-off....