Robert Lee and El Grecco, owned by Brook Run Farm, won the bi-coastal $50,000 East Meets West Hunter Challenge, a qualifier for the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final in Saugerties this September (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla./Thermal, Calif - Geography proved no object when top HITS hunter riders from the East Coast and West Coast squared off in the $50,000 East Meets West Hunter Challenge Friday and Saturday at HITS Ocala and HITS Thermal. The Hunter Challenge was judged simultaneously...

South Carolina senior Alexa Anthony won both of her points on Friday as the top-ranked Gamecocks defeated No. 3 Baylor, 12-6. Blythewood, S.C. - No. 1 South Carolina made quick work of third-ranked Baylor on Friday, as the Gamecocks defeated the Bears, 12-6, at One Wood Farm in their final regular season meet. South Carolina's hunt seat team defeated the Bears, 6-3, while the western team also cruised to a 6-3 win. The Gamecocks never trailed Baylor on Friday. South Carolina finishes the...

Lexington, Ky. - The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been named to represent the United States in FEI Nations Cup competitions during CSIO Wellington on February 28, 2015. Young Rider Team The United States has drawn second in the order of four teams and will be represented by the following combinations in the FEI Young Riders Nations Cup presented by Hollow Creek Farm: Shawn Casady (Harriman, Tenn.) and Cavallo Farms, LLC’s Twister Twister is a 2000 Belgian Warmblood...

Cleverist and Natalie Jayne (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - On the final day of competition for WEF 7, Natalie Jayne, from Elgin, IL, rode Daisy Farish's pony, Cleverist, to championship honors in the Medium Pony Hunters. The pair won the two over fences classes on Saturday, as well as the first over fences class on Sunday and the under saddle. "Cleverist has been going great, and today the courses rode really nicely," trainer Patricia Griffith explained. Emma Kurtz piloted GC Ponies'...

Lexington, Ky. - Exciting head-to-head dressage competition got underway on Thursday at the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® in Lexington, KY, November 6 - 9, 2014. Nearly four hundred Adult Amateur and Open riders from Training Level to Grand Prix have come to the Kentucky Horse Park in their quests for national championship honors, and many of them made their final preparations today by competing in one of the multitude of open and warm-up USDF Dressage in the Bluegrass classes....

(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...

Tori Colvin and Don Juan (Al Cook) Harrisburg, Pa. – Team medals were on the line Friday evening at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show as eight teams and a further 32 individuals went to task for two rounds of jumping over a Michel Vaillancourt designed course in the 2014 Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championship. By way of nearly immaculate jumping Zone 4 earned Team Gold, as a jump-off between Zones 2 and 5 would be needed to determined Silver and Bronze. Led by Chef...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named five athletes to the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final. The culmination of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping series will take place October 9-12 at CSIO5* Barcelona. The following athletes have been named to the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final (in alphabetical order): Margie Engle (Wellington, Fla.) Kent Farrington...

Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' (SusanJStickle.com) Caen, France - The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team got off to a quick start in Team and Individual Championship competition at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Tuesday in the opening Speed Leg. Tidy jumping and efficient lines were the order of the day in the faults-converted class over Frédéric Cottier’s 14-obstacle track in the d’Ornano Stadium. The U.S. team of McLain Ward, Kent Farrington, Lucy Davis,...

Endurance- Race coverage begins at 12:55am ET Para-Equestrian - Competition starts at 2:30am ET Susan Treabess & Kamiakin ride at 2:39am ET Rebecca Hart & Schroeter’s Romani ride at 10:04am ET Roxanne Trunnelll & Nice Touch ride at 12:29am ET Eventing - Dressage begins at 3:30am ET Buck Davidson & Ballynoe Castle RM ride at 3:30am ET Sinead Halpin & Manoir de Carneville ride at 6:10am ET Phillip Dutton & Trading Aces ride at 8:00am ET Reining - 2nd Individual...