For Fantoms Pleasure, ridden by Wilhelm Genn. Owned by Karola Giebmanns (Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 15, 2015 - Week III of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival kicked off at glorious Flintfields Horse Park just outside of Traverse City, Michigan where yellow daffodils and other summer bloomers contrasted a deep blue clear sky. It was the ideal setting to compete show jumpers in the Grand Prix Arena. The quintessential sportsman, Wilhelm Genn ended the day on a high note,...

Lexington, Ky. – Dressage riders kicked off the 2015 Adequan/ FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) with the team competition of the USDF/Platinum Performance North American Junior and Young Rider Dressage Championship in the Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park. The returning champions, Region 7 Young Riders, proved to be untouchable as they clinched the 2015 Young Rider Team Dressage title for a third year in a row....

Rebecca Hart and Schroeter's Romani concluded their European Tour with the first, second and third place finishes during the Hartpury Festival of Dressage. Photo By: Kevin Sparrow Hartpury, England - July 15, 2015 - Rebecca Hart and Schroeter's Romani continue to succeed on their whirlwind European tour, proving nothing will stand in their way on the road to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The duo gave it their all to finish third Friday in the Grade II Freestyle at the CPEDI3*...

McLain Ward and Rothchild competing for the United States at Barcelona (Herve Bonnaud) Halifax, MA - July 15, 2015 - The Silver Oak Jumper Tournament, presented by the Davis McCullough Foundation, is less than a month away now and the list of top riders continues to grow for this year's show. The Tournament lifts off on August 12th and runs through the 14th at the Fieldstone Show Park, just 28 miles south of Boston. The show runs Wednesday through Sunday with jumping classes every day. The...

Lexington, Ky. - Tuesday evening's Opening Ceremonies marked the exciting start of the 2015 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC). The Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that 222 entries are set to compete in the championships, which run July 14-19 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Tuesday's dressage horse inspection (SusanJStickle.com) Of the 76 riders set to compete in the USDF/Platinum Performance North...

Caledon, Ont. - The United States Dressage Team bids a fond farewell to the Pan American Games as they depart the Caledon Equestrian Park with Team Gold medals, an Individual Gold medal for Steffen Peters and Legolas 92, an Individual Silver medal for Laura Graves and Verdades, and a 2016 Olympic Games berth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The week was marked by team success, invaluable experience, and ambitious optimism about the future. Individual Medalists at the Pan American Games...

Steffen Peters (USA) and Legolas 92 (c) StockImageServices.com Caledon, Ont. - July 14, 2015 - Steffen Peters (San Diego, Calif.) with Four Winds Farm's Legolas 92 have won the Gold Individual medal, Laura Graves (Plymouth, Fla.) and her own Verdades take home the Silver Individual medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. More news and photos to follow.

A Hunter on course at the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show (Blowing Charity Horse Show Foundation) Final preparations are underway for the arrival of 500 horses and 2,000 riders, trainers, owners and attendants at the 92nd Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show. The action begins at 8AM on July 21 with the first of two shows held from July 21 to 26 and the second from July 29 to August 2. Begun in 1923 along a dirt road on Green Hill in Blowing Rock, this iconic horse show has been held each summer...

(c) ESI Photography Melissa Rudershausen and her Charmeur Ask won first place in Sunday's $40,000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix at the HITS Culpeper Cavalier Classic. Culpepper, Virginia - July 14, 2015 - Melisssa Rudershausen and her Charmeur Ask won first place in Sunday's $40,000 HITS Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix at the HITS Culpeper Cavalier Classic. Rudershausen, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, went fourth in the 10 horse jump-off, taking first after the lead changed hands...

Christian Heineking and AJE Cluny (Flying Horse LTD) Parker, CO - July 12, 2015 - The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) saw a large turnout under clear skies overlooking the Rocky Mountains during the $100,000 Nutrena® Grand Prix Sunday. The class saw twenty-five riders contest the course set in the Coors Family Grand Prix Ring, which was designed by Danny Foster of Canada. Out of six entries that advanced, the jump-off only saw two clear rounds, the fastest of which belonged to Christian Heineking...