Freddie Vazquez rode CR Moet to the Performance 3'6" Hunter Championship (Phelps Media Group, inc. International) Wayne, Ill. - The professional hunter divisions wrapped up as unseasonably cold weather moved into the Chicago area at the Showplace Fall Classic Championship at Lamplight Equestrian Center. Show manager Patrick Boyle makes the highly anticipated fall championship a favorite of many exhibitors with fantastic awards, beautiful courses and a most memorable medal finals day. The show...

Lauren Hough and Ohlala (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta - Weather conditions were markedly improved for today's opening competition of the Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament. While originally scheduled to start yesterday, snowfall, downed trees, and power outages pushed the start of all competition to Thursday at the 'Masters', the first instance of a complete day's reschedule of competition in the 39-year history of Spruce Meadows tournaments. There...

The first day of dressage began on Thursday for the FEI World Team and Individual Eventing Championship at the Le Pin National Stud in Le Pin-au-Haras, France. The Ground Jury made up of Gillian Rolton (AUS), James Alain (FRA), and Ernst Topp (GER) saw 46 combinations perform their dressage tests, three of whom were representing the U.S. Phillip Dutton and Trading Aces had the best score of the day for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team, with Buck Davidson and Ballynoe Castle RM and Sinead...

Caen, France - Nations took the next steps in earning Para-Dressage Team medals, as riders also had their first opportunity to claim Individual medals at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Wednesday at the La Prairie Racecourse. Grade III and 1b combinations went to task throughout the day, as the U.S. was represented by Angela Peavy and Sydney Collier. Angela Peavy and Ozzy Cooper (SusanJStickle.com) In the Grade III Championship, Peavy (Avon, Conn.), competing as an Individual,...

The United States closed out the Dressage Team Championship at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Friday with exemplary performances by a World Championship rookie and a decorated team veteran in the d'Ornano Stadium. Laura Graves and Steffen Peters produced impressive tests before the Ground Jury of Stephen Clarke, Elizabeth McMullen, Isabelle Judet, Susan Hoevenaars, Francis Verbeek, Dietrich Plewa, and Liselotte Fore to lead the U.S. to a fourth-place finish on a score of 222....

The United States kicked off the Para-Dressage Championship at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games with impressive efforts on Monday in the Grade III and Grade 1b Team Tests at the La Prairie Racecourse. Annie Peavy got the day started for the U.S. in Grade III competition under grey, drizzly skies during the morning session, while Sydney Collier closed out the rain soaked day with her Grade 1b Test. Collier (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Victoria Dugan’s Willi Wesley were the first team...

Caen, France - The United States kicked off the Para-Dressage Championship at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games with impressive efforts on Monday in the Grade III and Grade 1b Team Tests at the La Prairie Racecourse. Annie Peavy got the day started for the U.S. in Grade III competition under grey, drizzly skies during the morning session, while Sydney Collier closed out the rain soaked day with her Grade 1b Test. Sydney Collier and Willi Wesley (SusanJStickle.com) Collier (Ann Arbor,...

Blueberry Hill (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, Ky. - The US Hunter Pony Championships presented by Sallee Horse Vans, held as part of the US Pony Finals, came to a close on Saturday under intermittently rainy skies at the Kentucky Horse Park. Regular Medium Hunter Ponies went to task in the Walnut Ring in their Over Fences phase to determine the 2014 Champion. Taylor St. Jacques and Finders-Keepers emerged victorious on Saturday afternoon but it was Thursday’s champion, Blueberry...

McLain Ward and Dulien Van De Smeets fly to a win (©ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - When McLain Ward climbed down from the tack of Dulien Van De Smeets after winning the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix presented by Zoetis, he didn’t look for congratulations, but marched straight to the mare’s owner, his godmother. Susie Heller stood clutching a winner’s trophy and was scooped up by Ward’s embrace. Every win is special, but this was divinely special. This week marked the...

Team medals at the 2014 NAJYRC (SusanJStickle.com) Lexington, Ky. – The 2014 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) saw five days of exciting competition for its 40th anniversary. Taking place at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., from July 15-20, 211 riders from Canada, the Dominican Republic, , Mexico, and the United States across four disciplines demonstrated how far their hard work had gotten them. Historic wins...