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Towell Tops RBC Capital Markets Cup at Spruce Meadows ‘National’, Presented by Rolex

by Jump Media | 6/11/2016 1:29:13 PM

Jack Hardin Towell Jr. and Lucifer V won the RBC Capital Markets Cup. (Spruce Meadows Media Services) Calgary, AB, Canada – Jack Hardin Towell Jr. of the United States and Lucifer V won the RBC Capital Markets Cup 1.50m on Friday at the Spruce Meadows ‘National’, presented by Rolex. Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Chacco Kid finished second, while Ben Asselin (CAN) was third on Plume de la Roque. Winning for the first time in the International Ring in her first trip to Spruce Meadows,...

Blue Ribbon in $25,000 Blue Rock Classic Grand Prix Goes to Cassie Kahle

by Phelps Media Group | 5/21/2016 9:28:40 PM

Cassie Kahle and Wallstreet swept the field in the $25,000 Blue Rock Classic Grand Prix at Swan Lake Horse Show. (Lauren Baker/PhelpsMediaGroup) Littlestown, Pa. - After accumulating blue ribbons in both the hunter and jumper rings during the first three days of the Blue Rock Classic, Cassie Kahle wasn't going to let Saturday's bad weather stop her winning streak. Despite the constant downpour, the rising talent piloted Wallstreet to victory in the $25,000 Blue Rock Classic Grand Prix....

Madison Goetzmann Tops $5,000 Equitation Challenge at Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows

by Jump Media | 5/14/2016 11:59:52 PM

Madison Goetzmann and Play It Again (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. - Madison Goetzmann, 16, of Skaneateles, NY, rode to victory in the $5,000 Equitation Challenge aboard West Hill's Play It Again on Saturday at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, running May 10-15 and May 17-22 at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. Highlighting Saturday’s hunter competition, Kelly Tropin of New York, NY, piloted her own Chablis to Grand Amateur-Owner Hunter Champion, while Penny Brennan flew to a...

Team USA Reigns at 2016 Stillpoint Farm FEI Nations' Cup CDIO 3* at AGDF

by Carly Weilminster | 4/1/2016 12:42:29 AM

Wellington, FL - March 31, 2016 - Team USA dominated the 2016 Stillpoint Farm FEI Nations' Cup CDIO 3* at Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), handily winning the competition with a total team score of 454.698. Canada Laura Graves and Verdades earned the highest score awarded in the FEI Grand Prix Special CDIO 3* presented by Stillpoint Farm. Copyright SusanJStickle.com. finished in second place with a total score of 428.708, while Spain rounded out the top three, collecting the...

Tiffany Foster and Victor Win $35,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 12

by Lauren Fisher and Callie Seaman for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/31/2016 7:06:02 PM

Tiffany Foster and Victor (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week twelve of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), sponsored by Rolex, continued on Thursday at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, with two featured FEI world ranking classes in the International Ring. Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Victor won the $35,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 12 in the afternoon, and Conor Swail (IRL) and Grafton took top honors in the $35,000 Illustrated...

Colombia’s Roberto Teran Beats a Field of the Very Best to Earn the Top Title in the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix at HITS Ocala

by HITS Horse Shows | 3/29/2016 11:07:09 AM

Roberto Teran and Woklahoma on their way to a Great American $1 Million Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Spectators filed into HITS Post Time Farm to witness a world-class line-up of national and international riders battle for the blue in the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix on Sunday, March 27. Just one week after the AIG $1 Million Grand Prix in Thermal, California, top-dollar competition returned to the Horse Capitol of the World in Ocala, Florida for the Great American...

Amateurs and North American Junior and Young Riders Compete in the $25,000 JR/A-O Jumper Classic in the Last Week of HITS Desert Circuit

by HITS Horse Shows | 3/24/2016 3:07:34 PM

Saree Kayne and W Zermie 13 on their way to a $25,000 JR./A-O Jumper Classic win at HITS Thermal. (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Junior and Amateur riders rode for the win and a piece of the prize money as they competed in Saturday morning’s $25,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic of HITS Desert Circuit VIII. Along with the purse, the equestrians who are between 13 and 21 years of age were also vying for points as Saturday morning’s class was a selection trial for the North...

Ocala Week VIII Weekend Jumper Round-Up Featuring the $50,000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix

by HITS Horse Shows | 3/15/2016 5:19:42 PM

Ocala, Fla. - As Grand Prix jumpers get ready for the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix on March 27, they competed on Sunday for blue-ribbon victories in Week VIII of the Ocala Winter Circuit. Tracey Fenney and MTM Reve Du Paradis on their way to a $50,000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix. (ESI Photograph) $50,000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix Patience, persistence, a positive attitude, and talent paid off for Tracey Fenny of Flower Mound, Texas, as she pulled off her first Grand Prix...

Haley Gassel Brings Home the Blue in the Ocala Week VIII $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix

by HITS Horse Shows | 3/12/2016 3:13:24 PM

Haley Gassel and Quite Dark 2 on their way to a $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Elite competition commenced during Week VIII of the Ocala Winter Circuit with the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix in Ocala Horse Properties Stadium. Twenty-three-year-old Hayley Gassel of Lenoir City, Tennessee, riding her own Quite Dark 2, with the expert guidance of trainer David Jennings, executed her plan perfectly to win against a jump-off field of 18 riders, capturing her first...

Shane Sweetnam and Cyklon 1083 Dash to Victory in $35,000 Douglas Elliman 1.45m Classic to Start WEF 9

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/10/2016 12:01:44 PM

Shane Sweetnam and Cyklon 1083 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week nine of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), sponsored by Douglas Elliman Real Estate, began Wednesday morning at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, with a win for Ireland's Shane Sweetnam and Cyklon 1083 in the $35,000 Douglas Elliman 1.45m Jumper Classic. WEF 9 runs March 9-13, 2016, featuring CSI 5* jumper and 'AA' rated hunter divisions. The week will feature the...