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Steffen Peters' World Cup Quest Off to a Great Start on First Day of Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 3/21/2015 5:04:19 PM

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 win the Grand Prix at the Capistrano Dressage International CDI (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - The world was watching as thousands tuned in to CDP Live's wildly-popular online video streaming service to see two incredibly impressive fields of Grand Prix and Prix St. Georges competitors fight it out for top marks on the first day of competition at California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, being held...

Sunny Drescher and Sting Shine in HITS Equitation Championship at HITS Ocala

by HITS E-News | 3/21/2015 12:51:19 PM

Sunny Drescher and Sting on their way to a HITS Equitation Championship win at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - It was a picturesque evening under the lights of the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium for the return of the HITS Equitation Championship. High school senior Sunny Drescher, of Hinesburg, Vermont, and her own Sting proved that determination and drive pay off, moving up five spots from the 2014 event, to take home the blue ribbon and top honors. After ten weeks of qualifying...

Peter Wylde Returns to The Ridge at Wellington to Win $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby for Second Consecutive Year

by Phelps Media Group | 3/21/2015 11:11:11 AM

Peter Wylde and Candor 15 (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Wellington, Fla. - It was déjà vu during the second annual Hunter Derby Days at The Ridge at Wellington Turf Tour. Peter Wylde has racked up an impressive list of accolades - including winning Olympic gold - but last year he attempted his first USHJA International Hunter derby, and won with Smoking Gun. Today, Wylde returned to the turf at The Ridge Farm to ride Candor 15 to first place finish in the $15,000 USHJA...

Lucy Deslauriers Leads From Start To Finish in George H. Morris Excellence In Equitation at WEF

by Equestrian Sport Productions | 3/21/2015 10:27:15 AM

The riders of the 2015 George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship, presented by Alessandro Albanese (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week eleven of the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) continued on Friday with Lucy Deslauriers taking top honors in the George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship, presented by Alessandro Albanese in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Ali Tritschler followed in second, T.J O'Mara was...

Phillip Dutton and I’m Sew Ready Lead the Way into Carolina International CIC3* Cross-Country

by Caroline Culbertson - USEA Staff | 3/21/2015 9:22:53 AM

Phillip Dutton and I’m Sew Ready show jumped clean to keep their lead in the CIC3* at the Cloud 11 – Gavilan North, LLC. Carolina International CIC and Horse Trials, part of the Adequan USEA Gold Cup/PRO Tour Series, and Kristen Bond couldn’t have been happier about it – even if she had been the one riding. “I was so nervous today watching them go; I was way more nervous than if I was riding!” said Kristen, who normally has the ride on “Jackson”...

Piergiorgio Bucci and Heartbreaker vd Achteroe Win $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m Speed at WEF

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/21/2015 5:29:18 AM

Piergiorgio Bucci and Heartbreaker vd Achteroe (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Olaf Petersen Jr. of Germany set the 1.45m speed course on Friday with 42 entries and 12 clear rounds. Bucci and SPCS's Heartbreaker vd Achteroe had the winning time of 64.15 seconds. They beat out Laura Chapot and Quointreau un Prince, owned by Chapot and McLain Ward, who finished second in 65.19 seconds. Sweetnam and Spy Coast Farm LLC's Beluga clocked in at 66.54 seconds to place third. Eric Lamaze (CAN)...

Order of Go for Great American $1 Million Grand Prix at HITS Ocala Released

by HITS E-News | 3/20/2015 5:12:45 PM

Ocala, Fla. - HITS, Inc. is pleased to share the official Great American $1 Million Grand Order of Go for the second jewel in the HITS Triple Crown of Show Jumping. On Monday, March 23 at 6pm, World Cup champions, Olympic Gold Medalists and Grand Prix heroes will converge in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium at HITS Post Time Farm for a chance at the richest purse in show jumping and world-wide fame. HITS will livestream the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix on USEF Network . offering...

Eric Lamaze Scores Fifth Victory in 2015 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/20/2015 11:14:10 AM

Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Eric Lamaze (CAN) secured an incredible fifth victory in the Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on Thursday. Lamaze began the 12-week circuit by winning four Challenge Cup classes in a row. He won in weeks one and two with Artisan Farms LLC and Torrey Pines Stable's Rosana du Park. He then topped weeks three and four with Artisan Farms LLC's Fine Lady 5. In the eleventh week of...

The Excitement Begins at Live Oak International with Yellowframe FEI Driven Dressage

by JRPR News | 3/20/2015 1:51:27 AM

Ocala, Fla. - Beautiful horses and beautifully appointed drivers opened the first day of competition at the Live Oak International with the Yellowframe Farm FEI Driven Dressage classes for Single, Pair, and Four-in-Hand horses and ponies. Chester Weber starts the 2015 Live Oak International competition off with a win in the FEI Four-in-Hand dressage phase, scoring 33.44 (Photo courtesy of www.PicsofYou.com) Appearing for the first time as a new father at his family’s annual driving and...

Phillip Dutton and I’m Sew Ready Weave a Winning Test in the Carolina International CIC3*/Adequan USEA Gold Cup Division

by Caroline Culbertson for USEA | 3/19/2015 9:48:15 PM

Phillip and I'm Sew Ready (USEA/Caroline Culbertson photo) When you’re as good as Phillip Dutton, being asked to ride very nice horses for other people isn’t particularly unusual. But Phillip doesn’t take it for granted, especially after a day as successful as today at the Cloud Eleven - Gavilan North Carolina International in Southern Pines, N.C., where he leads a field of 52 horses in the CIC3*/Adequan USEA Gold Cup qualifier. Phillip rode Kristen Bond’s mount...