The final shows have been posted and the 2009 Performance Horse Registry’s (PHR) Silver Stirrup Award winners have been announced. One of the Hunter winners include Krishna Buyalos’s beautiful two-year-old filly, Outstanding. This bay filly is by Popeye K and out of Delilah. She was bred in California by Leslie Nelson. She is the winner of the Hunter Breeding Award. The Anglo-Trakehner gelding Unbelievable (Zarr x Rhapsody II) took home the award for the best Green Working Hunter. The Jumper...

Lexington, VA – Chester Weber of Ocala, Florida bested a field of five international drivers to win the CAI-B Oak Hill, October 8-9. Weber was named the USEF National Four-In-Hand Champion for 2005, and won his third consecutive Vanderbilt Trophy from the USET Foundation. Reserve Champion was James Fairclough of Newton, New Jersey. "As someone who thinks you make your own luck, I feel that this third straight championship is clear evidence that team work and a sound plan make the dream...

Tish Quirk ((l-r, top to bottom) Nicole Simpson, Joie Gatlin, Richard Spooner and Gabriella Salick.) Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to present the four West Coast show jumpers who will represent the nation during the 2005 FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final in Las Vegas, April 20-24. They are: Nicole Simpson of Thousand Oaks, California, Joie Gatlin of San Juan Capistrano, California, Richard Spooner of Burbank, California, and Gabriella Salick of...

Brentwood, TN - James Robert Greene passed away on September 27, 2012 peacefully at the age of 83. Preceded in death by his beloved wife, Janet Jordan Greene and daughter Betsy Greene Wohrley. He is survived by his children SuSu Greene Raymond and Cynthia Greene McNutt and grandchildren Emily Jordan Raymond, Catherine Austin Raymond, Kelsey Jordan McNutt, Ashley Himmelreich and Joshua Wohrley. Mr. Greene graduated from Western Military Academy, Franklin & Marshall College and Washington...

Jumping The final Grand Prix of the HITS Ocala show season resulted in a resounding win by Kent Farrington, who ended up finishing first and second and with three horses in the top five. Farrington stormed to the win in the $100,000 DeLuca Toyota Tundra Grand Prix, presented by Great American Insurance Group on Top Gun to give himself a clear victory over his second-placed horse: Uceko. Both flashy grey horses jumped two clear rounds for Farrington, Top Gun was faster by more than a second....

Jumping Two familiar names jumped to the top of the $50,000 Strongid C 2X Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health which served as the first of four FEI World Cup Qualifiers at Thermal in California. Rolex/FEI World Cup veterans (they were second in 2008), Rich Fellers and Flexible got back to business and won narrowly over Richard Spooner and Cristallo. Amateur Rider Karl Cook and Uno de Laubry were third. These three combinations were the only short course clears out of the field of 27 -...

Lexington, KY - Honors for the best in U.S. sport horse owners, breeders and sires were presented at the Performance Horse Registry’s (PHR) Annual Silver Stirrup Awards during the first of many celebrations hosted at the 2011 United States Equestrian Federation’s Annual Meeting held at the Downtown Hyatt in Lexington from January 19-23. Also on Thursday, the inaugural American Performance Horse Awards and the USEF/ Rood & Riddle Thoroughbred Horses in Sport Awards were also bestowed. Attendants...

Gladstone, NJ - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the following horse/rider combinations to represent the U.S. at the CSIO4* Buenos Aires, November 9-14, 2010. The four horse/rider combinations were selected based on their ranking on the October 1, 2010 Rolex/USEF Ranking List. Michelle Grubb will serve as Chef d'Equipe. The following horse/rider combinations have been named: Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner John McConnell/50/Lemitar, NM/Katie...

SportFot. (McLain Ward.) Hampton Falls, NH - The nation's number one athlete in the sport of equestrian show jumping, McLain Ward, is making his next Grand Prix destination the Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. On Sunday, September 19, Ward will compete in the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix just seven days after capturing the largest purse in the history of the sport of show jumping, the Pfizer $1 Million held in Saugerties, NY. The formidable duo of...

Olympic Gold medalist Will Simpson will be giving a clinic on jump-offs on Tuesday, March 9, at 3:30 p.m. Take this advantage to learn from one of the greatest riders the strategies to get the clear round in the least amount of time. The cost of the clinic is $100, and auditors are welcome for free. The clinic will be held in the International Arena. Simpson has been active on the Grand Prix circuit in California for almost two decades, highlights include wining six Grand Prix events (on both...