Registered Paso Fino Lluvia del Norte (Zia) and her rider, Lynda Zimmerman, finished in First Place at the Endless Valley endurance ride Lexington, Ky., - July 9, 2015 - Registered Paso Fino Lluvia del Norte (Zia) and her rider, Lynda Zimmerman, finished in First Place at the Endless Valley endurance ride near Spring Green, WI, on Sat., July 4, in the 30-mile Limited Distance event. Technical trails covered the wooded hills and wound around and over grassy fields; it was a warm, humid day and...

Hunter Holloway was the big winner in the Junior Hunters at Summer in the Rockies IV (c) Flying Horse Photography Parker, CO - July 4, 2015 - Competition continued today at the Colorado Horse Park, and saw many spectators and riders alike sporting red, white, and blue in celebration of Independence Day. Many of the horses had different variations of red, white, and blue yarn added to their show braids, and made for a great way to spend a holiday, especially for Hunter Holloway, who rode...

Kent Farrington and Uceko © Spruce Meadows Media Services Calgary, AB, Canada – July 3, 2015 – The ‘North American’ Tournament at Spruce Meadows continued on Friday with two feature competitions hosted in the International Ring and a win for USA’s Kent Farrington and RCG Farm’s Uceko in the highlight $50,000 Lafarge Cup 1.50m. Also competing on Friday, Mario Deslauriers took a big win in the $34,000 Pepsi Challenge 1.45m riding Lisa Deslauriers’ Scout...

Armando Hassey and Cassino (c) Flying Horse Photography July 3, 2015 - Parker, CO - The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) continued its Summer in the Rockies series with highlights in the Coors Family Grand Prix Ring on Friday, including the Adequan® 1.40-1.45m Open Jumper class and the $1,000 Six/Seven-Year-Old Young Jumper Championship. The week's competition continues through Sunday, July 5. The ring saw an early start time with beautiful 60-degree, sunny weather, making for yet another...

Chenoa McElvain and Coco Colette (c) Flying Horse Photography July 2, 2015 - Parker, CO - The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) saw another sunny day of competition in its manicured rings overlooking the iconic Rocky Mountains on Thursday. Continuing competition for Summer in the Rockies IV, the $20,000 Colorado Horse Park Open Welcome Stake saw 29 entries contest a complex course designed by Marina Azevedo. Competition for the week continues through Sunday, July 5. The time allowed for the Welcome...

Theo Genn and Asirea Fortuna (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 2, 2015 - The Grand Prix ring is the stomping grounds of champions, as well as the beginning to many horses' international careers. For Theo Genn, the Grand Prix Ring at the Flintfields Horse Park ushered in the start to a fantastic first week of competition at the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival. The Ohio-native captured the 1-2 finish during the $3,000 1.40m Open Jumpers, riding Asirea Fortuna and...

Angel Karolyi and Venus ©BarryKosterPhotography. Mill Spring, NC - July 2, 2015 - The second day of FEI competition continued at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) with the $34,00 Suncast® 1.45m FEI Welcome. Venezuela's Angel Karolyi collected a big win aboard 2002 Dutch Warmblood mare, Venus, owned by Raylyn Farms. The duo bested a six-horse jump-off, tripping the timers in 40.341 seconds to secure Karolyi's first FEI win at TIEC this season. Kaitlin Campbell (USA) aboard...

David Beisel and Ammeretto win the $3,000 1.40m Open Jumpers (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 1, 2015 - Traverse City, one of the country's premier vacation destinations, boasts sugar-sand beaches, blue waters and, once a year, a four-week horse show series. Stadium Jumping, Inc., the equestrian production company that has taken over the reins at what was, for many years, Horse Shows by the Bay kicked off the much anticipated Great Lakes Equestrian Festival...

Rebecca Hart at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Photo (C) SusanJStickle.com Mulhouse, France - June 30, 2015 - Mulhouse CPEDI3* concluded on Sunday, June 21, 2015, with the Para-Equestrian Dressage Freestyle Tests. All three U.S. Para-Dressage athletes qualified for the exciting Freestyle Tests including Annie Peavy, Rebecca Hart, and Deborah Stanitski. The Mulhouse, France CPEDI3* was scheduled June 18-21, 2015 with the Team Test on Friday, June 19, followed by the Individual Test...

New Orleans, La. - The 2015 U.S. Saddle Seat Invitational concluded on Saturday, June 27 at Cascade Stables, Inc. in New Orleans, La., with the United States repeating their 2013 performance by sweeping the top podium positions in the competition. The U.S. took home Gold medals in both the Three-Gaited and Five-Gaited sections, and won the Individual Competition in both sections. U.S. Team Three- and Five-Gatied Sections Gold medalists (Erin DesNoyers) Athletes from the U.S., Canada, and South...