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Lillie Keenan and Vanhattan Ride to the Top of the Show Jumpers Hall of Fame Championship at the Alltech National Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 11/6/2011 7:20:23 AM

Lillie Keenan and Vanhattan won the $50,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Championship at the Alltech National Horse Show Photo, 128th edition. Photo: Shawn McMillen. Lexington, KY - This evening hosted an array of talented Junior and Amateur-Owner Jumper riders as they vied for the top honors at the Alltech National Horse Show, 128th Edition. The $50,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Championship put riders and horses to the test as the...

Dedication Crowned Pennsylvania National Grand Hunter Champion at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show

by Classic Communications | 10/20/2011 5:20:11 PM

Dedication Wins Pennsylvania National Grand Hunter Championship Left to Right, Rider: Scott Stewart, Richard Hornberger. (Al Cook Photo). Harrisburg, PA – Dedication, owned by Fashion Farm in Philadephia, PA, received the Hunter Divisions’ highest title by winning the Pennsylvania National Grand Hunter Championship, sponsored by Stephanie and Louise Riggio, at the 66th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show on Thursday. Dedication earned the Grand award with consistent performances...

Meg O’Mara and Sinatra IV Go for the Gold in Randolph College/USEF Junior Jumper Championships at Harrisburg

by Robyn Keyster/Phelps Media Group for USEF | 10/16/2011 8:42:11 AM

Meg O'Mara and Sinatra IV. Photo: Phelps Media Group. Harrisburg, PA – An action-packed junior weekend continued to wow the crowd at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show tonight, as Phase III of the Randolph College/USEF Individual Championships culminated in a triumph for junior jumper Meg O’Mara. Riding out of Romson, NJ, O’Mara and Sinatra IV had one of only two clear rounds of the evening, emerging victorious through a steady, controlled approach. Earning the silver medal...

Victoria Colvin Dominates Junior Hunter Championships at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show

by Classic Communications | 10/14/2011 11:41:36 AM

Large Junior Hunter—Riders 15 & Under Division Champion Way Cool. Left to Right: Scott Stewart, Victoria Colvin, Judy Klinefelter, Dr. Betsee Parker and Tim Bolton. (Al Cook Photo). Harrisburg, PA – Victoria Colvin of Loxahatchee, FL, dominated the Junior Hunter Division winning Championship and Reserve titles in the Small Junior Hunter Division 15 & Under and the Large Junior Hunter Division 15 & Under at the 66th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show on Friday. Colvin and...

Noah Buehler and Porsche Win North American League Pony Jumper Finals at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show

by Classic Communications | 10/13/2011 11:51:00 AM

Noah Buehler and Porsche Win the North American League Pony Jumper Finals. (Al Cook Photo). Harrisburg, PA – Noah Buehler of Wall, NJ, took top honors in the North American League (NAL) $5,000 Pony Jumper Finals at the 66th annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show on Thursday evening riding Porsche, his 11-year-old Quarter Horse. Buehler was the only rider out of the field of 16 that negotiated a clear round to win the class. Elizabeth Shaffer and Styled with Perfection managed to leave...

Report from the U.S. Dressage Training Camp for the 2011 Pan American Games

by USEF Communications Department | 10/8/2011 4:00:24 PM

Team USA. Photo: SusanJStickle.com. Four team members and two substitutes have spent the last few days training at Hope Greenfield's Sixteen Hands Farm in New Jersey under the guidance of Technical Advisor Anne Gribbons. Team members Heather Blitz on Paragon, Marisa Festerling on Big Tyme, Cesar Parra and Grandioso, and Steffen Peters on Weltino's Magic along with substitute riders Endel Ots and Toscano and Heather Mason on Warsteiner have been putting the finishing touches...

Zoie Nagelhout Leads After Gymnastics Phase of Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final - West

by LEG Up News for USEF | 9/24/2011 5:47:00 PM

Lexington, KY - The 2011 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final - West is well under way at the L.A. International Jumping Festival, September 21-25, in Burbank, CA. The flat phase, first of the four phases took place Thursday night. The judging team of noted judge Sue Ashe and her daughter, international jumper rider Molly Ashe, tested the riders on their mastery of the skills needed to properly prepare a jumper for flatwork, including a demonstration of haunches in and a...

Ladies Night! Coe Operates for a One-Two Victory

by EquestriSol for Blenheim EquiSports | 9/16/2011 11:00:46 AM

Kirsten Coe and Baronez pictured with (from left) Moti Ferder, Equ Lifestyle's Francisco Pasquel, Tomas Harlan, Melissa Brandes, Robert Ridland, Nathalie Cooper and RJ Brandes. CapturedMomentPhoto.com. San Juan Capistrano, CA – Twenty couples toured the track designed by Leopoldo Palacios in tonight's $50,000 World Cup Qualifying Grand Prix, presented by Equ Lifestyle Magazine in the Blenheim Farms Covered Arena. Of those twenty we saw four fault free trips, all ridden by talented...

Respectiful Dressage for Nev

by Boyd Martin | 9/2/2011 8:53:52 AM

Nev went in and did a pretty good test. I was very happy with the way he warmed up. He was really trying. In hindsight I might of warmed him up 10 minutes too long, as he was a little flat especially in the trot work. All of my dressage coaches (Bettina, Mark & Silva) said that I should of pushed him a bit more in the trot work. He finished on a 49, which left him in 12th on the first day. https://www.bdwp.co.uk/bur/11/ I felt pretty bad for my USA team mate Will Colman who had to withdraw...

Christina Kelly and Camirage Soar to $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix Victory at Bluegrass

by Heather Bellock for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/22/2011 7:44:37 AM

Christina Kelly and Camirage won the $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix Victory at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show (Photo: Heather Bellock/PMG). Lexington, KY - It was a beautiful and sunny afternoon at the Kentucky Horse Park as the final day of the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show commenced. Today, top jumper riders turned out to compete for the winning title in the $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix in the Rolex Stadium. Christina Kelly and Camirage stole the show after completing an...