Bridgehampton, NY-August 29, 2010- Peter Leone of Greenwich, CT, crossed the wire in the nick of time to win the $20,000 Nicolock Time Challenge on Nevval De La Batia, owned by Margaret Bopp, in a time of 65.516 seconds on Opening Day at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. Sloan Coles and Annie 66 just missed with a time of 66.095. Olympic Gold Medalist Leslie Howard and Jeans Glove Varnel were third with 67.100 seconds. As the first rider of the day, Howard set the pace, but not for long. Coles...

Attention junior riders interested in competing at the 2011 USEF National Junior Jumper Championships! The 2011 selection procedures and qualifying periods for this championship are now available on the USEF web site’s jumping discipline page: https://www.usef.org/Contentpage2.aspx?id=natjumping New for 2011, zones will be able to send a fifth horse/rider combination to compete as an individual. This fifth-ranked horse/rider combination will be the traveling replacement horse/rider combination...

Lexington, KY – Short listed Para-Equestrian athlete Holly Bergay has had to withdraw her horse from consideration for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Per the USEF Selection Procedure for the US Para-Equestrian Team, this horse rider combination has been replaced and Erin Alberda (Woodinville, WA) has moved up into the tenth spot on the ranking with Delectari. Ten horse/rider combinations will represent the United States in Para-Equestrian at the Kentucky Horse Park during the...

The summer weather is heating up and so is the competition in the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series. Lisa Goldman rode Morroco to lead the June standings and be named as the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for June. Goldman competes in the Series' East Conference Amateur-Owner division with her mount Morroco. The month of June was a huge success for the pair, as they swept first-place honors in Series classes held at the Showplace Spring Spectacular I,...

Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games spectators will have a variety of parking and transportation options, including hotel shuttles and on-site parking, for the 16 days of the event. With the recent availability of property adjacent to the Kentucky Horse Park, parking for 10,000 vehicles each day is now possible on-site. Parking will be $20 per vehicle with cash only accepted upon entry. A limited number of premium parking spaces near the spectator entry, with pass-out parking privileges, are...

Competition in the 2010 Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series continued steadily during the month of April. With classes in full swing in both the East and West Conferences, riders continued to earn points on the Series' overall standings. Following stand-out performances in the West Conference, rider Jasmine Wiggins was named the Rider of the Month for the month of April. Jasmine Wiggins of Canada competes in the Series' West Conference Junior division with her mount Little...

Competition in the 2010 Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series grew with intensity during the month of March. With classes still in full swing at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL, riders continued to earn points on the series' overall standings. One such rider is Reed Kessler of Armonk, NY, who competes in the Series' East Conference Junior division with her mount Ligist. With back-to-back first-place finishes with Ligist, Kessler earned 330 points,...

Tampa, FL —Competition in the 2010 Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series continued to grow more intense during the month of February. With classes still in full swing at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, riders continue to earn points on the series' overall standings. One such rider is Chloe Wormser of Northbrook, IL. Wormser, who competes in the Series' East Conference Amateur-Owner division with her mount Udiana, finished in second place in two of the...

Competition in the 2010 Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series started in January in Florida. With classes in full swing at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, riders are already earning big points on the series' overall standings. One such rider is Heather Hooker of Wellington, FL. Hooker, who competes in the Series' East Conference Junior division with her mount Perle, won two of the three Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series junior...

Gulch, the six-time Grade 1-winning son of Mr. Prospector, has moved to Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, KY, where he will permanently retire. The 25-year-old stallion has stood at William S. Farish’s Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, KY, since leaving racing in 1988. He was pensioned from stud duty just this year. Gulch (Mr. Prospector x Jameela, by Rambunctious) was owned and bred by Peter M. Brant and trained by Hall-of-Famers LeRoy Jolley and D. Wayne Lukas....