Traverse City, Mich. - July 20, 2014 - Amanda Derbyshire and Attack II left no prisoners during the $40,000 Grand Prix of the Great Lakes. Derbyshire had the luxury of going sixth of the seven competitors who had qualified for the jump-off in the featured jumper class, held during Horse Shows by the Bay Series III. Derbyshire was able to win the battle by leaving out a stride that second-placed Kim Farlinger hadn't. "I did five strides after the double, where most people did six, and I...

Gabriella Salick and Centuria 2 (Captured Moments Photography) Del Mar, Calif. - A host of talented equestrians came out to play on a crystal clear afternoon at the Showpark Summer Festival, closing out a busy week of competition. Twenty-seven entries vied for the top prize in the $30,000 Summer Festival Grand Prix, presented by Mary's Tack & Feed, on an intricate course designed by Venezuela's Leopoldo Palacios. Featuring a technical layout with many related distances that covered...

Lucy Davis & Barron Were Double Clear in Thursday's Nations Cup at CSIO5* Aachen (Shannon K. Brinkman Photography) Aachen, Germany. - The four members of Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team, all of them also on the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, impressed the capacity crowd attending the Mercedes-Benz FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* Aachen on Thursday with a hard fought second-place finish. Though they had a few missteps in the...

Devon, Pa. - Seventeen-year-old Caitlin Boyle of Hampshire, IL took the Dixon Ring at the Devon show grounds by storm maintaining the lead through each of the three rounds of the USHJA/Essex Classics Hunterdon Equitation Cup Classic. Boyle rode to the head of the pack of 59, scoring a 92 aboard Michaela Kennedy's 14-year-old Mecklenburg gelding, Loredo. This year's Hunterdon Cup, held during the East Coast U.S. National Junior Hunter Championships, saw a challenging 3'6" track which...

Caitin Boyle won the Equitation Championship Sponsored by Wisconsin Equine. (Andrew Ryback) Wayne, Ill. - Sunday at Showplace Productions' Spring Spectacular is always a day of fabulous award presentations, classics and hospitality everywhere on the grounds including mimosa's in the office as you check out, appetizers in the riders' lounge and of course, great food in the VIP section during the $40,000 Weathertech Grand Prix. An added highlight to the show this year was the...

Rebecca Hart and Schroeter's Romani on Tuesday (SusanJStickle.com) Gladstone, N.J. - The USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship continued on Wednesday with all 24 competitors performing their second tests of the week. Before the Ground Jury of Adrienne Pot, David Schmutz, and Kristi Wysocki, riders demonstrated the FEI Individual Tests in their respective grade to earn a further 40% of their championship score in the Dick and Jane Brown Arena at the historic USET Foundation...

Lisbon, Portugal - Friday afternoon and evening, Lisbon, Portugal, will play host to 10 countries vying for top honors at the Furusiyya Nations Cup CSIO3*. Led by Chef d’Equipe DiAnn Langer, the U.S. team hopes to leave a strong impression, with riders all under the age of 25, having their sights set on standing atop the podium. The competition will highlight the future of U.S. jumping as these young athletes come in with accomplished resumes. The U.S. team, comprised of Abigail McArdle,...

George Morris works Jacob Pope's mount through the cavaletti exercise Gladstone, N.J. - Day two of the 2014 George H. Morris Gladstone Program got underway at the USET Foundation's Headquarters at Hamilton Farms early Wednesday morning. Riders were expected to put their newly learned knowledge to the test, continuing their work on the flat in order to better prepare their mounts for the gymnastics session in the afternoon where they would face cavaletti, gymnastic work, and a liverpool....

Lexington, Ky. – A little over two months before the Opening Ceremonies take place at the 2014 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North, planning is well underway. Entry in Principle has closed with a record number of teams scheduled to compete in the five disciplines of dressage, endurance, eventing, jumping, and reining, totaling nine The NAJYRC will host nine championships for Juniors and Younger Riders in 2014 (Sportfot) championships...

Lexington, KY- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and its High Performance Dressage Committee have awarded training grants to six participants of the 2014 USEF Developing Dressage Program. The grants have been made possible by a generous gift from Akiko Yamazaki and Red Husky Foundation through the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation and donations from the USET Dressage Solid Gold “Prancing with the Stars” Fundraiser. These grant recipients were chosen following review of...