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Bright Start for TJ O'Mara in Equitation Divisions at Devon Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group | 5/26/2016 10:35:27 PM

TJ O'Mara and Kaskade (Lauren Baker/Phelps Media Group) Devon, Pa. - As the sun rose over the Dixon Oval, TJ O'Mara rode into the ring ready to make the most of his final junior season at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair. The rising talent did just that, riding away with his first blue ribbon in the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search. O'Mara was also awarded the Honey Craven Perpetual Memorial Trophy for delivering the highest-scoring round in the Talent Search....

McLain Ward Takes Tina la Boheme to the Top in $130,000 Empire State CSI3* Grand Prix, presented by The Kincade Group, at Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows

by Jump Media LLC | 5/23/2016 10:56:07 AM

McLain Ward and Tina la Boheme (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. – McLain Ward of Brewster, NY, and Tina la Boheme scored an impressive victory in the $130,000 Empire State CSI3* Grand Prix, presented by The Kincade Group, on Sunday to close out two weeks of competition at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows held at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. Collecting first and third-place ribbons, Ward topped a field of 39 over courses built by Alan Wade (IRL). Ward and Friday’s grand...

Andrew Ramsay and Winn Winn Conquer $50,000 Bluegrass Grand Prix to Wrap-Up Kentucky Spring Classic

by Phelps Media Group | 5/23/2016 9:54:17 AM

Andrew Ramsay and Winn Winn wrapped up the 2016 Kentucky Spring Classic with a win in the $50,000 Bluegrass Grand Prix. (Taylor Renner/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - The Kentucky Spring Classic, the second week of the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows series, concluded on Sunday with Andrew Ramsay taking home the blue ribbon in the finale event, the $50,000 Bluegrass Grand Prix, sponsored by Audi of Lexington, aboard a mount aptly named Winn Winn. Ramsay has consistently finished with top...

Rileigh Tibbott and Kahlua 7 Ride to Win in Blue Rock Classic's $5,000 SJHOF Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic

by Phelps Media Group | 5/23/2016 9:47:59 AM

Bailey Doloff and Diva (Lauren Baker/Phelps Media Group) Littlestown, Pa. - As the rain continued to fall over Swan Lake Horse Show, riders donned their white breeches and braved the elements to compete in Sunday's series of jumper classics. The day began with the $1,500 NAL/WIHS/M&S Child Classic, in which Bailey Doloff and Diva took and held an early lead with a jump-off time of 29.781 seconds. Aside from clocking the fastest time of the division, the duo's quick round was the...

Todd Minikus and Quality Girl Prevail in $35,000 Welcome Speed CSI3* at Kentucky Spring Classic

by Phelps Media Group | 5/18/2016 10:57:43 PM

Todd Minikus and Quality Girl won the $35,000 Welcome Speed CSI3* to kick-off the Kentucky Spring Classic. (Taylor Renner/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - Speed was the name of the game Wednesday afternoon as the Kentucky Spring Classic kicked off with the $35,000 Welcome Speed CSI3* in the Rolex Stadium with Todd Minikus (USA) and Quality Girl, owned by the Quality Group, racing around the speed course in a time of 65.530 seconds to take the top prize. Thirty-six horse and rider...

The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team Ready for CDIO3* Odense

by Kathleen Landwehr | 5/13/2016 4:30:28 PM

The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for CDIO3* Odense (Carly Muma) Lexington, Ky. - The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team has settled in at the Odense Horse Festival sponsored by Ecco taking place in Denmark, May 14-16. The team of Katherine Bateson-Chandler, Susan Dutta, Jennifer Hoffmann, and Beatrice Marienau will compete in the CDIO3* Nations Cup competition led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover. The U.S. will go last in the order of seven nations as they aim for a solid performance....

The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team Ready for CDIO3* Odense

by Kathleen Landwehr | 5/13/2016 4:00:18 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team has settled in at the Odense Horse Festival sponsored by Ecco taking place in Denmark, May 14-16. The team of Katherine Bateson-Chandler, Susan Dutta, Jennifer Hoffmann, and Beatrice Marienau will compete in the CDIO3* Nations Cup competition led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover. The U.S. will go last in the order of seven nations as they aim for a solid performance. The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for CDIO3* Odense (Carly Muma)...

IHSA Nationals 2016 Kentucky: The Four Most Exciting Days in College Riding

by IHSA | 5/13/2016 11:47:48 AM

Fairfield, Conn. – To watch Tufts University senior Chase Boggio ride is to see the next generation of greatness in the making. The 2016 USEF Cacchione Cup champion opened his week at the Kentucky Horse Park for the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) National Championships with a win in Individual Open Fences and never stopped his chase for the most prestigious individual college riding title in North America until the last stride of a last work-off Shakespearean in its...

USEF Dressage Observation & Strategic Training Sessions and USEF Developing Dressage Training Sessions Set Combinations up for Success in 2016

by Kathleen Landwehr | 5/10/2016 12:10:11 PM

Lexington, Ky. - Top dressage athletes have had a productive start to the 2016 competition season in part due to USEF Dressage Training Sessions. Robert Dover, the U.S. Dressage Technical Advisor/Chef d'Equipe, worked with combinations that were invited to participate in the USEF Dressage Observation & Strategic Winter/Spring Training Sessions, while USEF Developing Dressage Coach Debbie McDonald instructed combinations selected to take part in the USEF Developing Dressage Training...

Springer and Little Lead Americans following Dressage Phase at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover

by Kathleen Landwehr | 4/29/2016 10:01:18 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The dressage phase of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover (RK3DE) came to a close Friday with the remaining 37 competitors performing their dressage tests for the Ground Jury of Ernst Topp (GER), Sandy Phillips (GBR), and Andrew Bennie (NZL). Following the second day of dressage, seven U.S. combinations sit in the top 10 heading into the cross-country phase. Allison Springer and Arthur were the only other duo besides current leaders Michael Jung...