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Wrigley-Miller Drives to Top Three Dressage Finish on Day One at Altenfelden

by Andrew Minnick | 6/22/2013 1:05:48 PM

Lexington, KY - With a score of 48.13 American Misdee Wrigley-Miller finished third, out of a field of thirty four, in the pairs dressage phase of the Altenfelden CAI-A2 on Friday. Her team of Carlos 663 & Beau finished behind Michael Freund of Germany (1st) and Zoltan Nyul of Hungary (2nd). Wrigley-Miller and her team were the twenty second pairs team on the Marathon course Saturday. Fellow American competitor Scott Dancer finished twethy fourth in the dressage and was twenty seventh on...

Classic Equine Equipment Seeks to Drive Charitable Donations through the "Little Bits Newsletter

by Classic Equine Equipment | 3/12/2012 11:43:29 AM

Each month Classic Equine Equipment will spotlight an equine charitable organization through their newsletter, "Little Bits," in an effort to increase awareness of those people and groups that give back to our hooved companions. Any "Little Bits" reader who submits to Classic Equine Equipment proof of donation to the organization within 30 days of newsletter publication will be matched at a rate of 25%. Classic Equine Equipment will donate a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $1,000 each month to...

2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival Competition Begins with Great Expectations

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/11/2012 5:00:00 PM

Cian O'Connor and Everything Capture First G&C Farm 1.45m Jumper Victory Wellington, FL - The FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) kicked off competition today with hunter/jumper classes in 10 rings. In the International Arena, Olympian Cian O'Connor (IRL) scored the first win of the season with Everything, owned by Abdulla Humaid Al Muhairi, in the G&C Farm 1.45m Jumpers. The first week of the FTI WEF runs through Sunday, January 15, and is sponsored by Surpass....

Four Year Old Pleasure Driving Geldings

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/12/2011 8:39:27 AM

1 Treble’s High End Piece and Kurt Hufferd (UNANIMOUS!!! Congrats!!) 2 CBMF Avenger and Ken Swanson 3 JW Major Impression and Bob Hughes 4 CRD Wealth Of Nations and Andy Marlett 5 Bacarrat’s Rhythmn & Blues and Gerry Rushton 6 Boxford Trumpcard and Steve DeBolt 7 CBMF Look Who’s Talking and Harry Sebring 8 Aerie’s Patton and Brian Hadley

Pleasure Driving Amateur Mares

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/10/2011 10:44:19 PM

1 CHMH Spice Town Girl and Tony Lee (LOVE LOVE LOVE this mare!!!) 2 Extreme Obssession and Danica Brisco 3 Kingsgrove French Elegance and Michele Kester

Pleasure Driving Amateur Gelding

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/10/2011 10:42:16 PM

1 Dragonsmeade Carnegiehall and Dan Kelley (UNANIMOUS!!!!!) 2 Sacred Path Indiana Jones and Nancy Hendrick 3 FRF Seattle Reign and Jared Gove 4 CBMF Audacious and Debra Hurst Walters 5 Locutus and Jodie Maunder Headley

The 2011 Ohio Buckeye Show

by ArabianHorsesGlobal.com | 6/6/2011 9:30:00 AM

Cathy Vecsey rode Mandaley Bay to roses in the Park ATR Championship. Ferrara Photography Inc. Columbus, Ohio - The first Ohio Buckeye Show was held in 1964. It lasted two days, featured 49 classes and was rife with horses bred by Al-Marah, Lewisfield and Cedardell Arabians. Al-Marah Laurie was the 1964 Buckeye Champion Halter Gelding, won the English Pleasure Championship with Bob Hart Sr. in the irons and the Western Pleasure JTR with Bob Hart Jr. Bob Jr. was 13 at the time. Arabian horses...

This Week in International Disciplines - April 13

by USEF Communications Department | 4/13/2011 2:27:00 PM

Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda (Pics of You Photo) Dressage At the Golden State Dressage Festival CDI3*, the competition was highlighted by a large field for the small tour classes. Carolyn Adams took top honors in the Intermediaire I with Witerprinz, scoring 68.474%. Mette Rosencrantz was second with Finally and Heidi Gaian rounded out the top three with Chicago. In the Prix St. Georges, Rosencrantz and Finally went one better and scored a victory over Brian Hafner on Lombardo LHF. Karen...

Week Two Wrap-Up

by Erica Larson for USEF, and USEF's Helen Murray, Le | 10/8/2010 10:03:00 AM

Lexington, KY - Week Two of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games is in the books and it has been one for the ages. It was an extremely busy week for competitors and spectators alike as six of the eight disciplines represented held competitions during the second week of the Games, with most days seeing at least two competitions going on at once. DRESSAGE Grand Prix Freestyle Simply put, it was the greatest night of dressage action in the history of the sport on American soil. For the...

Hillary Dobbs Claims $30,000 Battenkill Grand Prix in Vermont

by By Jennifer Ward | 7/22/2010 11:31:00 AM

Photo by David Mullinix (Hillary Dobbs and Marengo.) Hillary Dobbs of Sussex, NJ, and Marengo won the $30,000 Battenkill Grand Prix, presented by The Equinox Resort, on Sunday, July 18, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. Dobbs are Marengo are no strangers to the winner’s circle at the Vermont Summer Festival, having won two grand prix events in 2009. This year, the pair faced off against 23 other challengers. In the first round, a total of four horse-rider combinations were able...