James Fairclough wins Marathon - Credit Tom von Kap-herr Bromont, Quebec - June 21, 2015 - American driver James Fairclough is still leading the FEI2* Horse Four-In-Hand Division after the marathon phase at the Bromont International Driving, held June 19 to 21, 2015. After the dressage phase on Friday, James Fairclough was in first place with a total of 55.21 penalty points, ahead of Kentucky's Misdee Wrigley-Miller, who incurred a total of 57.78 penalty points. The spread widened Saturday...

Salzhausen, Germany – An influnetial cross-country day took place at Luhmühlen CCI4* presented by DHL on Saturday, with USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen rising to the occasion. The pair had a fantastic round over Captain Mark Phillips’ cross-country course to finish with no jumping penalties and was only one second over the optimumtime to add four-tenths of a penalty point to their dressage score. Montgomery (Tetbury, England) and...

Achleiten, Austria - The U.S. Dressage Pan American Games European Squad was dominant in their final Observation Event at CDI Achleiten in Austria. With Squad combinations competing in both the big and small tours, the U.S. swept the top four placings in both small tour classes, won the Grand Prix for Freestyle and Grand Prix Freestyle, and took top placings in the Grand Prix for Special and Grand Prix Special. Success for the U.S. began on Friday in the Grand Prix for Freestyle with Steffen...

Lauren Kieffer and Veronica (Libby Law Photography) Pau, France - The Ground Jury of Jane Tolley, Eric Lieby, and Polly Ann Huntington saw 34 horse and rider combinations head down centerline during the first phase of competition at the Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*. After the dressage, Germany’s Ingrid Klimke with Horseware Hale Bob and Great Britain’s William Fox-Pitt with Parklane Hawk stand tied atop the leaderboard on 39.3 but the Americans have slotted two combinations into...

Matt Brown and Happenstance (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Elkton, Md. - Competition officially kicked off at the 2014 The Dutta Corp Fair Hill International with the first half of CCI2* competitors completing their dressage test, while the first rotation of CCI3* combinations headed down centerline to close out the afternoon session. Matt Brown (Petaluma, Calif.) and Mary McKee’s Happenstance proved unbeatable on the first day of the dressage to cruise into the early lead in the CCI2* and the...

(Selena Frederick) Del Mar, Calif. - West Palms Events' final show of the season, the Del Mar International Horse Show, kicks off Wednesday, October 15 and runs through Sunday, October 26. The Del Mar Fairgrounds, a premier equestrian venue in Del Mar, Calif., is home to this world class show jumping event, hosting multiple season finals and the exciting Villas at Rancho Valencia World Cup Grand Prix of Del Mar! During the Del Mar International Horse Show, some exciting classes to watch...

Tyler, Texas - Friday's cross country at the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by VTO Saddlery proved extremely influential as the leaderboard of 2014 USEF National Open Horse Trial Championship experienced a great shake-up. With the quickest trip of the day over Capt. Mark Phillips' impressive track, Lainey Ashker and Anthony Patch flew to the head of the field. Lainey Ashker and Anthony Patch (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Ashker (Richmond, Va.) and her own 15-year-old...

Jacob Arnold and Hotspur's Red Rowl (Janos and Zoltan Varaljai) Izsak, Hungary – The United States will head out on the marathon at the FEI World Driving Championships in ninth place, after posting a team score of 101.57 in the dressage. On Friday, Jacob Arnold and Hotspur’s Red Rowl rounded the U.S. effort in the first phase with a top-40 performance. Arnold (Snow Camp, Fla.) and John C. Merritt and Karen K. Chandor's 10-year-old Morgan gelding, Hotspur’s Red Rowl, earned...

Lainey Ashker and Anthony Patch won the National Title in 2013 (Leslie Threlkeld/USEA) Tyler, Texas - Eventers from across the United States will descend upon the Texas Rose Horse Park to contest Beginner Novice through Advanced level competition at the Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships presented by VTO Saddlery held September 25-28, including a field of 12 talented combinations looking to earn top honors in the 2014 USEF National Open Horse Trial Championship held as part of the...

New York, N.Y . – The Central Park Horse Show (CPHS), presented by Rolex and produced by The Chronicle of the Horse, hosted its third day of competition in New York City’s iconic Central Park on Saturday featuring an evening of beautiful dressage competition and special performances from some of the world’s best horses and riders. The CPHS concludes on Sunday, September 21. Isabell Werth and El Santo NRW in their winning presentation with Mark and Katherine Bellissimo, Tammany...