Lorenzo de Luca and Egano van het Slogenhof (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Italy's Lorenzo de Luca and Stephex Stables' Egano van het Slogenhof jumped to victory in the $35,000 Illustrated Properties 1.45m Classic on Friday during week seven of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival. WEF 7, sponsored by Suncast®, runs February 24-28, 2016. The week's remaining highlight classes include the $380,000 Suncast® Grand Prix CSI 5* on Saturday evening and the $86,000 Suncast® 1.50m...

Wellington, FL - February 20, 2016 - In the 20-year history of the WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular, one well-known name never made it on to the roster of winners until now. Scott Stewart, of Wellington, FL, showed in Catch Me and Scott Stewart. Photo by Sportfot. almost every year of the competition in his long running and decorated career as a top hunter rider, but the winning prize had eluded him. On Saturday night at the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), Stewart...

Steffen Peters and Rosamunde (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - Steffen Peters (USA) and Rosamunde, owned by Four Winds Farm, made an impressive jump to the top of the standings with a score of 75.380% in the FEI Grand Prix CDI 3*, presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty, at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). The CDI 3* Grand Prix competition started off the fifth week of AGDF, which is sponsored by Diamante Farms, at The Stadium at Palm Beach International Equestrian...

Doda de Miranda and AD Nouvelle Europe Z (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week five of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) began Wednesday morning at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, with a win for Brazil's Doda de Miranda and AD Nouvelle Europe Z in the $35,000 Douglas Elliman 1.45m Jumper Classic. WEF 5, sponsored by Fidelity Investments®, runs February 10-14, 2016. The week will feature the $380,000 Fidelity Investments® Grand Prix CSI...

Ocala, Fla. - Sunday jumpers of all ages and levels competed in the Grand Prix Ring to contend for the blue on courses set by Oscar Soberon, of Dallas, Texas, during Week II of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit. The classes were run under Table II.2.b with an immediate jump-off over some jumps not used in the first round, and some to be jumped in the opposite direction. Riders tried different techniques to achieve the fastest time, including leaving out strides in different lines, choosing to go...

Ocala, Fla. - Jumpers converged at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, on Sunday to compete for big money and big opportunities in the $50,000 Tuffrider/Equine Couture Grand Prix, $7,500 U-Dump Jr/A-O Jumper Classic and the $1,000 S.A. Comunale Adult Jumper Classic. Lisa Goldman and Morocco on their way to a $50,000 Tuffrider/Equine Couture Grand Prix (ESI Photography) $50,000 Tuffrider/Equine Couture Grand Prix Morocco and Lisa Goldman from Hawthorne Woods, Illinois, sped past the rest of...

French vaulters dominated the Male Individual, Italy’s Anna Cavallaro won the Female Individual and American sisters Cassidy and Kimberly Palmer headed the Pas-de-Deux combinations at the second leg of the FEI World Cup™ Vaulting 2015/2016 series in Paris, France tonight. It was an emotional evening on many levels as Male Individual title-holder, Nicolas Andreani, came out of retirement to compete in his home city at the invitation of the Organising Committee. And it was as if he...

Conor Swail and Viva Colombia (ManciniPhotos) Wellington, Fla. - In an exciting jump-off finale, Conor Swail (IRL) and Viva Colombia finished with top honors in the $212,000 Holiday & Horses Grand Prix CSI 4* presented by Palm Beach Sports Commission and Discover the Palm Beaches at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Swail and Viva Colombia bested the talented jump-off of eight competitors with a time of 37.922 seconds. Eugenio Garza (MEX) and Bariano finished just off the...

Conor Swail and Viva Colombia (SEL Photography) Lexington, Ky. - October 10, 2015 - On a tremendous Day Two at the Split Rock Jumping Tour's Bourbon International, Conor Swail made it two-for-two when he picked up the win in the $35,000 Amalaya CSI3* Speed Cup. Thirty-five horses vied for the top prize over a 1.45m course where not only speed was needed to go clean. FEI course designer Anthony D'Ambrosio set a technical track with some light jumps and stride options, and less than half...

Daniel Bluman and Conconcreto Believe (Josh Walker for The Chronicle of the Horse) New York, N.Y. - Show jumping returned to Wollman Rink as it played host to the third day of competition at the second-annual Rolex Central Park Horse Show with the $212,000 U.S. Open CSI 3* Grand Prix, presented by Rolex, on Friday evening. Colombia's Daniel Bluman has been waiting to win a coveted Rolex watch since the start of his career in show jumping, but the wait is over after he piloted Conconcreto...