Christina Firestone and Wilhelmus S Win 1.30-1.35m Class (Shannon Bower/Phelps Media Group) Wellington, Fla. - The Ridge at Wellington's Turf Tour visited Tonkawa Farms to kick off the ninth week of competition. The sun shined all day over the gorgeous polo fields on the private estate. Manicured hedges bordered the property and created a tranquil setting for the horses and riders to enjoy beautiful courses designed by Nick Granat in the main ring and Michel Ismalum in the second ring. Many...

Raeford, N.C. - The 2nd Annual Cloud 11 ~ Gavilan North LLC Carolina International is pleased to announce that four of America’s Eventing legends will be honored at the Evening on the Red Carpet, Saturday, March 21st. David O’Connor, J. Michael Plumb, Lefreda Williams and Jimmy Wofford will be celebrated for their profound effect on the sport of Eventing and recognized as Icons of the Sport. “We are very excited to again host a weekend of world-class competition at the second...

Aurora, Colo. - – The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) is excited to announce the return of the Arabian & Half-Arabian Youth National Championship Horse Show to State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, Okla. for 2016-2018. The 2016 show runs from July 23-30. Over the years, State Fair Park has evolved into the 21st Century horse show destination and one of the largest and busiest event facilities in the country. The park ensures OKC maintains its status as the ‘Horse Show Capital of the...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce that the 2016 Eventing 18 Program outline and application are now available. The Eventing 18 Program is the beginning of the athlete pipeline and aims to build a foundation of future horsemen and women that will hopefully go on to represent the United States. Selection into the program will be based on talent, competitiveness, commitment, and potential. Applicants must compete at the Preliminary level or above...

Gabriella & Sarah Young (Alison Hartwell) Gulfport, Miss. - The USHJA $2,500 National Hunter Derby, presented by Tucci saw 45 horse and rider teams compete for the win in the Main Hunter Arena Friday afternoon. The competition was steep and the handy round challenged the riders with a natural trot fence which seemed to determine the win for the class. Gabriella, owned by Lulu Davis and ridden by Sarah Young of Spring Hill, Kansas won the class with a combined score of 181. Second place was...

Perfect blue skies made way for blue ribbons for Kocher and Carolina Suarez' Ufarno in the $15,000 Horseflight Open Welcome at the Gulf Coast Winter Classic Week IV (Allison Hartwell) Gulfport, Miss. - Friday's feature jumper competition, the $15,000 Horseflight Open Welcome saw thirty-three horse and rider teams compete on the world class grass turf grand prix field at the Gulf Coast Winter Classic Circuit in Gulfport, Mississippi. Manual Esparza of Mexico City, Mexico designed the 1.40...

Sophie Transou and Wonder Street Win the $1,500 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix at HITS Ocala Saturday, February 21, 2015 (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Juniors and amateurs had the opportunity to jump the same course used in the Devoucoux Hunter Prix, set at 3’. Forty horses jumped the first round course in the Platinum Performance Hunter Prix with scores ranging from 75 to 87 returning for the second round. Sophie Transou, from Tallahassee, Florida, riding her own Wonder Street,...

Harold Chopping and Caramo win the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix Saturday, February 21, 2015, at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Hunters took over the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium on Saturday for the $5,000 Devoucoux Prix and the $1,500 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix. In the Devoucoux Hunter Prix, with is open to Juniors, Amateurs and Professionals, Harold Chopping of Southern Pines, North Carolina, riding Caroline Russell Howe’s Caramo had the high score of 87 in round one...

Thermal, Calif. - Topping a field of 62 riders, Will Simpson once again took home a blue ribbon from the HITS Grand Prix Ring, winning Sunday’s $30,000 SmartPak Grand Prix – his eighth Grand Prix victory this circuit – aboard The Dude, owned by Monarch International. Will Simpson and The Dude, owned by Monarch International, win the $30,000 SmartPak Grand Prix Sunday, February 22, at HITS Thermal (ESI Photography) Topping nine other horses that made it to the jump-off, and...

Allyssa Hecht and Calvatos Z, owned by Neaulani Farms, won the $10,000 Jr. A-O Jumper Classic High at HITS Thermal on Sunday, February 22, 2015 (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Allyssa Hecht and Calvatos Z won Sunday's $10,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic – High at HITS Thermal. Hecht won the class, and $3,000, on Neaulani Farms’ Calvatos Z, in a two-horse jump-off over Gerardo Pasquel on his Big Red. Federico Fernandez Senderos rounded out the top three on his Pyrenes...