WACO, Texas – The National Collegiate Equestrian Association on Thursday announced its March Riders of the Month, recognizing outstanding performances from the final month of the 2013-14 collegiate equestrian season. Auburn’s Quincy Hayes was named the March Equitation Over Fences Rider of the Month. She went 4-0 in the month of March with 1 MVP honor, earned at the SEC Championship. She averaged a score of 82.5 throughout the month of March. She earned scores of 87 and 89 in the...

From www.okstate.com Waco, Texas. - he No. 3 Oklahoma State equestrian team won the Big 12 Championship for the third-straight year after defeating No. 6 Baylor, 10-9, at Willis Family Equestrian Center in Waco, Texas. It is the fourth conference title for the Cowgirls. Two judges score the events during the Big 12 Championships and the scores are combined for the rider’s official score. In the covered arena, the equitation over fences team picked up a big three points for the Cowgirls....

Frances Land and Vieanne are in the winner's circle (Flashpoint Photography) Conyers, Ga. - Frances Land of Alpharetta, Georgia and her own Vieanne, bested 22 horse and rider combinations when they turned in a double clean round Saturday night to claim the victory in the $45,000 EMO Grand Prix. Only five went clean in the class and qualified for the jump off. Bryn Sadler of Santa Fe, New Mexico riding Bon Giorno, owned by Showcase 81, LLC was the first to go clean in the class, beating the set...

Waco, Texas – The National Collegiate Equestrian Association on Friday announced its September Riders of the Month, recognizing outstanding performances from the first month of the 2013-14 collegiate equestrian season. South Carolina’s Katherine Schmidt was named the September Equitation Over Fences Rider of the Month. She has competed in two meets, boasting a 2-0 record in the event with one MVP honor. She posted an event-high score of 87 in a win vs. No. 5 Kansas State and then...

Wellington, FL - Coaches representing the four main governing bodies of collegiate riding will host seminars for the young riders at this year's College Preparatory Invitational (CPI) Horse Show. Reprentatives from the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA), American National Riding Commission (ANRC), Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA), and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), will all be on hand. Presenting its second annual event, the 2012 CPI will be held...

Bridgehampton, NY — After communicating with the National Weather Service and the Town of Southampton's head of emergency management monitoring Hurricane Irene, the Hampton Classic has announced that activities scheduled for its Opening Day on Sunday, August 28 will not be taking place. The Classic plans to re-schedule most competitions scheduled for Opening Day for other times later in the week. A revised time schedule will be posted on the Hampton Classic website (www.hamptonclassic....

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...

Chris Nelson and Inside Out in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix (Photo by © ESI Photography ) CULPEPER, VA (October 6, 2010) -- HITS, Inc. capped off an exciting and record-breaking season when its 35th week of show-jumping competition came to a close on Sunday, October 3 at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. The final week of horse shows for the 2010 HITS season was highlighted with a variety of special classes that had top-notch prize money for both jumper and hunter riders. Without a...

Shannon Brinkman (Steffen Peters and Ravel.) Lexington, KY - Simply put, it was the greatest night of dressage action in the history of the sport on American soil. It came down to a dashing Dutchman, a young English woman and the superstar American rider - all who continually broke and set records in a week that saw the world turn its attention to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY. For the Americans, it was a double-dose of new heights achieved in the sport. Steffen...

David Mullinix Photography (Hillary Dobbs of Sussex, NJ, riding Marengo won the $30,000 Manchester & The Mountains Grand Prix, Presented by Hand Motors, on Sunday, August 8) East Dorset, Vermont — Hillary Dobbs, 22, of Sussex, NJ, and her mount, Marengo, capped off week five at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT, by successfully defending their title in the $30,000 Manchester & The Mountains Grand Prix, Presented by Hand Motors, on Sunday, August 8. The win by Dobbs and Marengo...