Leslie Miller and Cinderella Man - EQUUS Best Performance Competition Winner and Performance 3'3" Hunter Champion. Buffalo, N.Y. - The much-anticipated Buffalo International Horse Show is finally underway and the competition has brought an impressive field of horse and rider combinations. With comfortable temperatures and eager competitors, it was a perfect setting to kick off the week. Offering a wide array of classes for all experience levels, the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center was already...

Julie Welles and Twan (Emily Riden/Phelps Media Group) North Salem, N.Y. - The 2014 edition of the American Gold Cup CSI4*-W kicked off today at Old Salem Farm, and from the perfectly manicured jump field to the phenomenal weather and the equally phenomenal competition, there was no place better to be horse showing today - particularly if you were Julie Welles or Shane Sweetnam. Welles and Sweetnam each rode away with victories in the $8,000 Danbury Porsche Audi 1.40m Open Jumpers. With over...

On the final day of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the FEI World Team and Individual for Four-in-Hands Driving Championship started the cones phase bright and early at La Prairie Racecourse to determine the medalists on Sunday. Clean rounds were hard to come by over Richard Nicoll’s 20-obstacle cones course, with only nine of the 43 drivers adding no penalties to their scores following the marathon phase. Chester Weber had an excellent final day of competition, driving his...

The FEI World Individual Jumping Championship came to a conclusion on the final day of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in the d’Ornano Stadium with the highly anticipated Final Four competition. The U.S. closed out the 2014 Games on a high note as Beezie Madden claimed Individual Bronze. Additionally, her partner at these Championships, Cortes ‘C’, earned the Best Horse title following four rounds of impeccable jumping on Sunday afternoon. “I thought it was a...

Lexington, Ky. - Each year a grant of $1,000 is awarded to a Junior Hunter Finals competitor. The grant is for educational purposes, and this year it goes Emily Von Urff of West Chester, Pa. Emily competed at the US Junior Hunter Championships East Coast in the newly added 3’3” Junior Hunter division with her own horse, Defying Gravity. The grant is awarded to the applicant who constructs the best essay detailing how their competitive experience has affected them, and what it would...

Tammy Provost and Kim Calamos' Kallisto (Chicago Equestrian) Antionch, Ill. - The $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby is the highlight of the 2014 Chicago Hunter Derby at Annali-Brookwood Farm, showcasing top horses and riders from across the country while raising funds for charities. The Chicago Hunter Derby is a unique stand-alone event, currently offering more prize money than any other competition of it’s kind. The derby weekend is also one of the few derbies held in a grass...

Todd Minikus and Quality Girl claim the Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - They’ve been second and third in the money before, but today Todd Minikus (Loxahatchee, Fla.) and Quality Girl galloped triumphantly to a Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix win. With the weather on the side of spectator and exhibitor – clear, breezy and comfortable – Minikus was both ecstatic and thankful. “As athletes we appreciate the opportunity and support from...

Caen, France – On the final day of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the FEI World Team and Individual for Four-in-Hands Driving Championship started the cones phase bright and early at La Prairie Racecourse to determine the medalists on Sunday. Clean rounds were hard to come by over Richard Nicoll’s 20-obstacle cones course, with only nine of the 43 drivers adding no penalties to their scores following the marathon phase. Chester Weber had an excellent final day of...

Beezie Madden (SusanJStickle.com) Caen, France - The FEI World Individual Jumping Championship came to a conclusion on the final day of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in the d’Ornano Stadium with the highly anticipated Final Four competition. The U.S. closed out the 2014 Games on a high note as Beezie Madden claimed Individual Bronze. Additionally, her partner at these Championships, Cortes ‘C’, earned the Best Horse title following four rounds of impeccable...

Lexington, Ky. - The final day at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials at Burghley House, Stamford in Lincolnshire, England, wrapped up the event on Sunday with the show jumping phase of competition. Just Marilyn Little and RF Demeter (Libby Law Photography) two Americans were left in the competition, as Hannah Sue Burnett withdrew Jacqueline Mars’ Harbour Pilot due to concern over a minor injury. In consultation with the Team Veterinarian and Chef d'Equipe, it was decided that it was...