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Results from the Biltmore Challenge Endurance Ride

by Andrew Minnick | 5/6/2013 3:59:23 PM

Asheville, NC - Endurance riders gathered at the historic Biltmore Estate over the weekend for a ride around the grounds for 80km, 120km, and 160km. Below are the individual results of each division. 80 km Young Rider: Rae Shumate-Tysor riding Super Sonnic. Time 5:18:35 Senior: Amy Wallace Whelan riding Mahummad Shazam. Time 5:52:58 120km Young Rider: Sarah Jack riding FYF Dutch. Time 8:21:58 Senior: Jennifer Townes riding Best of Kin PW. Time 8:21:58 160km Senior: Nicki Meuten riding Not...

Hackney Horse Youth Medallion Finals Location Changed

by AHHS | 6/25/2012 9:41:34 AM

The American Hackney Horse Society Youth Medallion finals have been moved to the Mid America Mane Event Horse Show held at Springfield, Illinois on October 18 – 21, 2012. Any classes after the finals at Mane Event will qualify for the Youth Medallion finals in 2013. The UPHA/American Royal Horse Show will still offer the AHHS Youth Medallion classes which qualify exhibitors for the 2013 AHHS Youth Medallion Finals. There will be a breakfast (with NHS Good Hands and Pleasure Medallion...

Mid-Winter Dressage Fair & CDI-W - Day One

by Yellow Horse Marketing for Cornerstone Event Management | 2/25/2012 9:00:00 AM

Steffen Peters and "Legolas" made their international competition debut a winning one. (Jennifer M. Keeler) Burbank, CA - West Coast riders began their journeys toward qualification for the Olympic Games today in Burbank, CA as part of the Mid-Winter Dressage Fair CDI-W/Y/J. Contesting the FEI Grand Prix Test, a very competitive field of eleven international riders and horses impressed the FEI judges Jean-Michele Roudier (5* FRA), Linda Zang (5* USA), Cara Whitham (5* CAN), Eddy de Wolff (4*...

Ladies Western Pleasure Gelding

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/12/2011 8:51:29 AM

21 in the class!!! So many really nice horses that won’t get a ribbon in here!! I love a ladies class because they really bring out the fab outifts!!! 1 Intrepid Rock Festival and Kasey Monty (Soooooo pretty!!! Congratulations, Kasey!!!!) 2 Cavalli and Ling Fu Wylie (Gorgeous, Ling!!! Beautiful ride!!) 3 JW Sporting Victory and Jane Morrell 4 RBF Russian Roulette and Amy Bessey 5 Medowair Fire Dance and Hanna Welch 6 FCF Montego Bay and Judy Nason 7 UVM Opportunity and Chris Cassenti 8...

World Champion Walk Trot English Pleasure 11 & Under

by Janelle Schroeder | 10/12/2011 8:43:36 AM

12 little peanuts in here! Everyone had a clean class, good job! WC Harlan’s Star Material and Jaden Fire (WAY TO GO, Jaden!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations, Dawn, Kristen and Phil!!!!!!!) RWC Gradell’s Wild Reflection and Kira Gendjar (YAY, Kira!! Congrats, Amy!!!) 3 MEM Indecent Proposal and Megan Richards 4 Medomak French Invasion and Nicole Kaufman 5 Briar Oaks Armani and Victoria Walz 6 Queen’s Cocoa Puff and Ariella Silber 7 Marathon’s Electrafire and Arden Larsen (YAY,...

HITS Ocala Winter Circuit in Review: 30th Anniversary Season Finishes Strong, High-Performance Stars Race Towards the Pfizer Million, Ocala Riders Dominate Top-10 of Preliminary Diamond Mills Hunter Prix Rider Rankings, and Circuit Champs Enjoy Their Moment in the Sun

by HITS Media | 3/25/2011 3:01:00 PM

Kent Farrington and Top Gun. (ESI Photography© . ) Ocala, FL - The 30th Anniversary of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit could go down as the most memorable one ever. The eight-week Circuit was blessed with beautiful weather, stellar competition and record-breaking entries in both the Grand Prix and Devoucoux Hunter Prix, proving that qualifying for this year’s Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix and Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final has captured the hearts and minds of equestrians from...

10 Questions With... Boyd Martin!

by USEF Communications Department | 3/4/2011 10:51:00 AM

Boyd Martin on Rock on Rose. (Photo by Mike McNally) Lexington, KY - Welcome to the first of many features profiling various people in equestrian sport - athletes, trainers and more. The profiles will be published regularly in the United States Equestrian Federation’s Week in Review e-newsletter. Is there someone you would like to know more about? Email “10 Questions With” editor Stephanie Doyle at [email protected] . Then, stay tuned to USEF’s Facebook page ( www.facebook....

Equestrian Sport Productions' Second Annual 2011 FTI Great Charity Challenge Presented by Fidelity Investments® Sets Fundraising Goal of One Million Dollars to Benefit 32 Palm Beach Charities

by Heather Buchanan for Equestrian Sport Productions | 2/12/2011 5:26:00 PM

Wellington, Florida - February 12, 2011 - In only its second year the FTI Great Charity Challenge Presented by Fidelity Investments® has galloped out of the gates to become one of the largest fundraising events in Palm Beach County with a goal of one million dollars to benefit 32 Palm Beach charities at an exciting Pro-Am show jumping family event on Saturday Feb. 19th, 2011. To be held at the prestigious Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Florida which has recently...

Holder Holds on to USEF National Advanced Horse Trial Championship at Land Rover/USEA American Eventing Championship

by Joanie Morris | 9/12/2010 1:22:00 PM

Becky Holder and Courageous Comet (Joanie Morris/ USEF) Fairburn, GA – Becky Holder had a lot on the line when she entered the show jumping ring at the Land Rover/USEA American Eventing Championships with Courageous Comet. Not only was she the overnight leader after the first two phases on her dressage score, she also is on the USEF Short List for the Land Rover US Eventing Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and the Advanced Championship was also serving as the USEF National...

HITS Culpeper in Review

by By the HITS Media Team | 7/29/2010 11:55:00 AM

Photo by ESI Photography (Tracy Fenney was the star of the show at HITS Culpeper winning the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby and the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix. ) The road to the Pfizer Million passed right through the heart of Virginia's horse country for the HITS Culpeper July horse shows and saw two major contenders in the race for the top prize in the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix pull off a pair of big wins at HITS Commonwealth Park, in Culpeper, VA. Aaron Vale got the party started during the...