Photo by Lauren Fisher/PMG (Lisa Goldman and Morocco won the $10,000 SJHOF High Junior/AO Jumper Classic.) It was a fantastic day for 21-year-old Denise Wilson of Oconomowoc, WI, and Blue Gate Farm LLC's Life is Life 15 when the pair raced to victory in Saturday afternoon's $30,000 Showplace Productions Grand Prix. Held in the beautiful Grand Prix Ring at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, IL, the grand prix was the first of three in the 2010 Showplace Spring Spectacular Horse Show...

Lexington, KY - U.S. Drivers Chester Weber and Tucker Johnson prepared for September's World Championships with solid performances at the prestigious CHIO Chester Weber's Second Place Team (Andres Steindl) Aachen today in Aachen, Germany. Weber and Tucker sit in second and fourth individually after the marathon and lie second, on a score of 296.81, less than a point behind The Netherlands (296.23), in the team portion of the competition. Weber, from Ocala, FL, has a two-day score of 144.64...

Sarah Hamilton from strategic communications consulting firm Kivvit gave a presentation on social media to kick off Friday’s Workshop Sessions. She reviewed the basics, different platforms, strengths and weaknesses of social media, and best practices. Hamilton concluded by fielding questions from the audience for a thoroughly informative session. Social media is a communication tool “Social media is just one tool in a larger communications and marketing external relations plan that...

Hickstead, Great Britain – The NetJets U.S. Jumping Team finished in fifth place overall at the 2023 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Great Britain CSIO5* at the Royal International Horse Show, completing on a final team score of 31. Great Britain took the top podium position on a score of four over two rounds, while Ireland finished in second on 12 faults, and France in third on 16 total faults. “We always strive to hit the podium but sometimes it does not happen and today was...

Omaha, Neb. – It was an exciting conclusion of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final presented Havensafe Farm with Saturday’s FEI Grand Prix Freestyle. The U.S. combinations put on strong performances in front of a suportive home crowd. Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper were the highest-placed U.S. pair in fourth place, while Anna Buffini and FRH Davinia la Douce were sixth and Alice Tarjan and Serenade MF were ninth. "This was a very strong championship for our three combinations...

Kimberly Palmer and Romeo (US Equestrian) Omaha, Neb. – The two U.S. vaulters at the 2023 Burlington Capital FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final completed their first day of competition on Thursday in the Technical Tests, with Kimmy Palmer finishing in fourth place in the Individual Female Technical Test and Daniel Janes earning sixth place in the Individual Male Technical Test. Palmer (Half Moon Bay, Calif.) is one of the top-ranked individual female vaulters in the world and makes her...

Herning, Denmark – Adrienne Lyle and Salvino impressed in their FEI Grand Prix Freestyle under the lights at Stutteri ASK Stadium this evening, producing an 83.704 percent to take sixth place overall in the extremely competitive final competition for dressage combinations this week at the ECCO FEI World Championships Herning 2022. Charlotte Fry (GBR) took the gold aboard Glamourdale with a score of 90.654 percent, while Catherine Laudrup-Dufour (DEN) and Vamos Amigos earned silver on a 89....

Madrid, Spain – The U.S. Jumping Team concluded a two-week tour of Europe with a sixth-place finish in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Madrid CSIO3*, finishing the event with a final overall score of 16 faults. The team was led by Chef d’Equipe Anne Kursinski over the course of their two-week stay, with their first appearance coming at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Portugal last week before traveling to Madrid to contest the competition this week at the Club de Campo Villa Madrid...

Lexington, Ky. – The NetJets U.S. Jumping Team finished third in their first team event of the season after a strong effort in the $150,000 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* in Wellington, Fla. The team, comprised of Natalie Dean and Chance Ste Hermelle, Lillie Keenan and Argan de Beliard, Tanner Korotkin and Volo’s Diamond, and Spencer Smith and Quibelle, completed the competition on a final team total of 12 faults after two rounds of competition, which featured eleven...

Lexington, Va. – A strong field of combinations gathered at the Virginia Horse Center from October 29-31 to compete for two USEF CCI2*-L Eventing National Championship titles. Caroline Martin and Galwaybay Blake claimed the overall title in the USEF CCI2*-L Eventing National Championship and the Richard Collins Trophy. Megan Loughnane and Flamenco Ping were the top finishers in the USEF CCI2*-L Junior/Young Rider Eventing National Championship for the Harry T. Peters Trophy. USEF CCI2*-L...