Wellington, Fla. - The NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team secured top honors at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla. in their first team outing of the 2021 season. The team, led by Chef d'Equipe Robert Ridland, featured two strong rounds from Jessica Springsteen (Colts Neck, N.J.) aboard Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, a 15-year-old Belgian Warmblood stallion owned by Stone Hill Farm; Bliss Heers (Las Vegas, N.V.) and...

Le Mans, France – The U.S. vaulters put forth their best efforts at the 2016 FEI World Vaulting Championships for Seniors August 18-21, in Le Mans, France. Displaying fascinating creativity and talent, 13 U.S. vaulters competed for titles in the Individual Female, Individual Male, Pas de Deux, and Squad Championships. In a competition stacked with top-notch vaulters, the U.S. squad placed 6th with an overall score of 7.297, the highest-ranking of the U.S. contingency. “This was a...

Daniel Deusser (GER) and Clintop 2 (LGCT/Stefano Grasso) Miami - Daniel Deusser (GER) stole the show in today’s prestigious American Invitational CSI5* feature class with his beautiful bay gelding, the 13 year old Clintop 2. The exhilarating jump-off saw the top three riders cross the line all within sixth tenths of a second of each other, and all three clearing the field a full two seconds ahead of everyone else. As the sun began to set behind the iconic Miami Beach skyline, 47 of the...

Gothenburg, Sweden – The 2016 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final got underway at the Gothenburg Horse Show as a field of 35 athlete-and-horse combinations from 18 nations contested the speed leg of this three-round competition. Using the faults-converted format, the round tested the speed and agility of the combinations over Santiago Varela Ullastres’ 13-obstacle track. The U.S. contingent of eight combinations had some unlucky moments that prevented higher positions on the...

Lexington, Ky. – Bruce “Buck” Davidson Jr. and Sydney Hagaman held on to their first place positions, following the show jumping phase, to secure the USEF One-Star Eventing National Championships as part of the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge. Davidson led the victory gallop with Legion Kat as they claimed the USEF One-Star Eventing National Championship for the Richard Collins Trophy on an overall score of 41.50. Hagaman and Diablo Tejano secured the...

Angel Karolyi and Venus place first in the $100,000 Sullivan GMC Truck Grand Prix Sunday, March 15, 2015, at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Angel Karolyi has had two Sunday Grand Prix victories in a row at HITS Ocala. Karolyi and Venus, owned by Raylyn Farms, Inc., topped a highly competitive field of 46 entries including Margie Engle, Kevin Babington, Aaron Vale and Peter Leone, to name just a few, for the win in the $100,000 Sullivan GMC Truck Grand Prix, presented by the Great...

Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze (CAN) is now three for three in the Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Held each Thursday throughout the 12 weeks of WEF competition, Lamaze won the first two classes aboard Rosana du Park and scored his third victory in Thursday's $34,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 3 riding Fine Lady 5. He rides both horses for Artisan Farms LLC....

Lexington, Ky. - The top young horses from across the country displayed their qualities in hopes of claiming a title at the 2014 Sallie B. Wheeler/US National Hunter Breeding Championship. Judges Linda Andrisani and Daniel Robertshaw traveled to both coasts to assess the entrants. The Championship began on August 27th at the Showpark All Seasons Summer Tournament in Del Mar, Calif., then moved east on August 30th to the historic Warrenton Horse Show in Warrenton, Va. For the eighth time in the...

Todd Minikus (Tom Von Kap-Herr) Bromont, Canada - The 2014 International Bromont’s final event, the World Cup Qualifier, ended with American riders dominatin, as they took seven of the top ten places, including the Top 5. Victory for Todd Minikus Designed for testing both the technical and athletic abilities of participating riders, the course created by Venezualian Leopoldo Palacios, comprised 13 obstacles for 16 efforts in a time allowed of 93 seconds. Only five pairs entered...

McLain Ward and HH Ashley were the top pair in Friday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix presented by Zoetis at HITS Saugerties (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - McLain Ward was wearing his poker face Friday at HITS Saugerties and gambled his way to win the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix presented by Zoetis on new mount, HH Ashley. Second to go in a five-horse jump-off, Ward chased down speedster Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, Florida, who posted an immediate Great American Time to Beat at 37.15...