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Zine Dine Zips to Welcome Stake Victory at Pin Oak

by Lynn Walsh for Pin Oak | 3/26/2014 10:09:24 PM

Hailey Henderson and Zine Dine (Shawn McMillen Photography) Katy, Texas. - After posting the first clear round in the $10,000 Quanta Services Welcome Jumper Stake this afternoon, Hailey Henderson looked around and then quickly trotted back to the in-gate. “I didn’t really think I was going to go in the jump-off, so I had to refresh my memory for the jump-off track,” she said laughing. “So, I only had a brief idea of what it was. I had to make sure it really was it....

NCEA Announces 2013-14 All-Americans

by Cory Burkarth for NCEA | 3/25/2014 3:06:05 PM

University of South Carolina star junior Katherine Schmidt was named a 1st team All American in Equitation on the Flat and Equitation over Fences. Waco, Texas. - The National Collegiate Equestrian Association has selected its 2013-14 All-America class, it was announced Tuesday. The NCEA also announced its Second-Team All-America class and the All-America Honorable Mention squad. The NCEA National Championship will take place April 17-19 at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas. It marks the...

Weber Wins 11th USEF National Four-in-Hand Championship at Live Oak International

by Kathleen Landwehr | 3/23/2014 5:30:33 PM

Chester Weber takes his victory lap after winning his 11th USEF National Four-in-Hand Championship (Picsofyou.com) Ocala, Fla. – The competition came to a close Sunday afternoon for the drivers in the FEI Four-in-Hand division sponsored by Seminole Wellness at Live Oak International. Held in conjunction with the USEF National Four-in-Hand Championship, the division’s results were decided following the cones phase. After meeting the challenge put forth by the 720-meter 19-obstacle...

Bennett-Awad and Gin ‘N Juice Aim For Repeat At Galway Downs

by Phoenix Enterprises PR | 3/20/2014 11:23:11 PM

Temecula,Calif. - Canadian Olympians Hawley Bennett-Awad and Gin ‘N Juice, winners of the CIC3* at the Galway Downs International Horse Trials in 2013, will be aiming to win two in a row on March 28-30 at the Temecula Downs Event Center. Bennett-Awad, 36, has based her training operations at Kingsway Farm, across the street from Temecula Downs, for a decade. It was there that she met Gin ‘N Juice, who was bred by the Kingsway Farm owners, Terry and Linda Paine. “She caught my...

U.S. Para-Dressage Athletes Take Home Multiple Blue Ribbons and WEG Qualifying Scores at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*

by Lindsay Y. McCall for United States Para-Equestrian Association | 3/17/2014 3:55:08 PM

USA Para-Dressage Team at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3* March 15, 2014. (Left to Right: Mary Jordan (Grade IV), Angelea Peavy (Grade III), Rebecca Hart (Grade II), Chef D'Equipe Kai Handt, and Roxanne Trunnell (Grade Ia). (Lindsay McCall) Wellington, Fla. - Over three days, March 14-16, 2014, para-dressage athletes from the U.S. and Canada vied for multiple accolades at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival 10 CPEDI3* in Wellington, Florida. For the United States riders this...

Kent Farrington and Voyeur Triumph in $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 9

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/8/2014 5:11:16 AM

Kent Farrington and Voyeur (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla . - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) hosted a full schedule of international show jumping at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Friday with several feature competitions during the day and night. The morning kicked off with the remaining jump-off competitors from Thursday's $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 9 and a victory for Kent Farrington (USA) and Voyeur. A $34,000...

Wilhelm Genn & Happy Z win the $50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix in Gulfport

by Classic Company | 3/3/2014 9:32:10 PM

Wilhelm Genn and Happy Z win the $50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix! (Flashpoint Photography) Gulfport, Miss. - Only three first rounds emerged clean. As a matter fact, it took five rounds to get a clean round, and it was Wilhelm Genn in the irons of his own Happy Z who showed the crowd it could be done, setting the time to beat at 89.328 seconds. "Allen built a really good course and introduced a couple of new elements; big, bold oxers with bushes in the middle, some wider jumps that really stood...

Susan Dutta and Currency DC Are Best in FEI Grand Prix Freestyle CDI 3* at AGDF

by Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media | 2/23/2014 5:00:25 PM

Susan Dutta and Currency DC (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - CDI 3* competition wrapped up on Sunday afternoon at the seventh week of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). After a full week of CDIO and CDI 3* competition, the FEI Intermediaire-1 Freestyle, presented by Peacock Ridge, crowned its winner Sunday morning. Competition concluded for the week with the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, presented by Stillpoint Farm. Competition for AGDF 8 will resume on February 28 for the...

Chris Ewanouski and Carlos 455 Untouchable at Wellington Turf Tour 1.40m Grand Prix at Deeridge Farms

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 2/21/2014 8:29:31 PM

Chris Ewanouski and Carlos 455 Wellington, Fla. - Out of 50 contenders, Chris Ewanouski rode Carlos 455 to Wellington Turf Tour 1.40m Grand Prix victory at Deeridge Farms today. It came down to a difference of 2/10ths of a second, but Ewanouski set the standard high with his time of 33.367 seconds in an 18-horse jump off. Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa snatched second place aboard HH Let's Fly, while Jeffery Welles rode to the third place with Antaris S. Jeffery Welles and Bilion set the pace...

Pin Oak Continues its Legacy of Giving

by Pin Oak Charity Horse Show | 2/20/2014 10:39:04 AM

Pin Oak Sponsors, Exhibitors, Volunteers and Texas Chidlren's dignitaries gathered to mark the new Pin Oak commitment to Texas Children's Hospital, pictured: Randal Holstead, Sloan Hopson, Lane McCool, Bo Hopson, Kakhi McCool, and Mia Holstead, Back Row: John Scales, VP of Deveopment and Marketing at Texas Children's, Mark Wallace - CEO of Texas Children's, Lynn Walsh - President of the Pin Oak Charity HorseShow, Mary Jones - Charity Liaison of the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, and Dr. Al...