McLain Ward and HH Carlos Z (Rebecca Walont/PhelpsSports.com) Wellington, Fla. - The saying "if you build it, they will come," rang true on the opening day of the CP Wellington Masters, presented by Sovaro™. Deeridge Farms, owned by the Jacobs Family, opened up its private facility to an international field of horses and athletes for the inaugural event, which began with the $35,000 Welcome Stake. Forty-eight of the world's top athletes competed for the top honors, but it was the...

Lexington, Ky. – The inaugural $100,000 USEF U25 Show Jumping National Championship presented by the Porter Family, the Jacobs Family, the Jobs Family, & the Keenan Family got underway Wednesday night in the Alltech Arena with the $15,000 Faults Converted competition. Katherine Strauss rode a fast, masterful round on All In to win the first of the three competitions that make up the championship. Katherine Strauss and All In (Shawn McMillen Photography) Seventeen-year-old Strauss...

Gladstone, N.J. – Victoria (Tori) Colvin of Loxahatchee, Fla. led the 2015 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East from start to finish. With her signature grace under pressure, the young superstar revealed the innate equestrian intuition for which she is famous, besting the field of 61 to win the French Leave Memorial Perpetual Trophy. Earning the highest score in each of the four phases of competition, Colvin was crowned champion aboard Betsee Parker’s...

Gladstone, N.J. - The future stars of U.S. show jumping will be tested this weekend as 61 top junior and young riders meet for the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East taking place October 3-4. The event will be held at the United States Equestrian Team Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, N.J. Judges and course designers Candice King and Chrystine Tauber, both from Wellington, Fla., will put the field through an intense four-phase competition designed to prepare...

Laura Kraut and Nouvelle (Nacho Olano Photography) Barcelona, Spain – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team was in top form today as it secured a spot in the final round of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final for the first time in the season-closer’s three year history. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the team of Lucy Davis, Lauren Hough, Laura Kraut, and Beezie Madden finished the first round of the prestigious competition on nine faults, tying for fourth...

Beezie Madden, of Cazenovia, New York, and Abigail Wexner's Simon claim the CP $1 Million Grand Prix FEI CSI5*, presented by Wells Fargo on September 6, 2015 at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - Sunday at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York was anything but an average day of show jumping competition. Horse sport royalty descended on the Hudson Valley for the nation’s highest ranked class of the year, the Canadian Pacific $1 Million...

Chris Sorensen (second left) of Canada and Wriomf won the Equis Best Turned-Out Horse and Presenter Award at the Hampton Classic. (McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Cesar Hirsch wants the horse inspection required at all FEI-recognized show jumping competitions to be a big deal, so this year his Equis equestrian boutique began sponsoring an award for the Best Turned-Out Horse and Presenter. Canadian rider Chris Sorensen, with Wriomf, was named the winner of the first Equis Best Turned-Out...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that Neue Schule is now "The Official Bit of the USEF." Neue Schule's innovative, quality bits are the choice of many of the top riders in the world. "We could not think of a better partner, and look forward to Neue Schule's continued support of the USEF," says the USEF CEO Chris Welton. "Because of Neue Schule's attention to research, design, and craftsmanship in the construction of its products,...

Schuyler Riley and Dobra de Porceyo Bromont, Quebec - August 9, 2015 - Sunday marked the kick-off of the new Longines FEI World Cup Jumping - North American League, and with a limited number of events to earn points, riders were aiming for the top of the leader board. Eight horse and rider combinations advanced to the tiebreaker, but it was the final pair that took home the victory, as Schuyler Riley piloted Dobra de Porceyo to a speedy double clear in the CSI3* $100,000 event at International...

Kalispell, Mont. – Cross-country day for the CCI3* division was an influential one at The Event at Rebecca Farm. USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Kurt Martin and Delux Z were one of only three combinations to have a double-clear round over Ian Stark's track on Saturday, moving into second place. Martin (Middleburg, Va.) gave his own and Caroljean Martin’s 2005 Irish Sport Horse gelding an excellent ride in the horse's first attempt at the CCI3* level. Kurt Martin...