McLain Ward and HH Azur won the Loro Piana Grand Prix (Stefano Secchi) Rome, Italy – McLain Ward and HH Azur outcompeted a field of 50 combinations, and went double-clear, to win the Loro Piana Grand Prix at CSIO5* Rome on Sunday. Only 13 combinations advanced to the jump-off, which included Americans Laura Kraut and Kent Farrington. Seven combinations, including Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) with Old Willow Farms, LLC’s Zeremonie, posted a clear first round over Uilano...

Rome, Italy – Members of the Short List for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team will compete this week in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup presented by Longines at CSIO5* Rome in Italy. The competition is a designated observation event that will help determine the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team will include Kent Farrington, Laura Kraut, Callan Solem, and McLain Ward. The U.S. has drawn second in the...

Rome, Italy – Members of the Short List for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team will compete this week in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup presented by Longines at CSIO5* Rome in Italy. The competition is a designated observation event that will help determine the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team will include Kent Farrington, Laura Kraut, Callan Solem, and McLain Ward. The U.S. has drawn second in the...

Compiegne, France – Competition at CDI Compiegne continued Friday for American athletes with the CDI3* Grand Prix Special and CDI-Y Team Test. In the CDI3*, Shelly Francis and Arlene “Tuny” Page, who are members of the Dressage Squad for European Observation Events , completed their weekend with the Grand Prix Special. Page and her own Woodstock elevated their performance, placing third. In the CDI-Y, Lauren Asher, Barbara “Bebe” Davis, and Kerrigan Gluch earned...

Riesenbeck, Germany – The U.S. driving contingent had a strong showing at CAIO4* Riesenbeck on July 30-August 1. Chester Weber finished fourth in a large field for the Four-in-Hand World Cup division, while the U.S. Pair Horse Team finished fifth, with each member having solid performances. Weber (Ocala, Fla.) began his weekend by driving his and Jane Clark’s KWPN geldings to second place in the dressage phase with a score of 42.94. On marathon day, he and his team were 12th in the...

Falsterbo, Sweden – The U.S. Dressage Team, under the guidance of Chef d’Equipe Betsy Steiner, had a day of solid performances at the first day of Nations Cup competition at CDIO5* Falsterbo. On Friday at the Falsterbo Horse Show presented by Longines, the U.S. combinations performed the Grand Prix Test, to sit fifth thus far in the Nations Cup. Catherine Haddad Staller and Mane Stream Hotmail (Rolf Stenberg / Rockmountain Studios) Susan Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) and Currency DC, Tim...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the following athletes have been named to Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team competing in FEI Nations Cup events at CSIO5* Falsterbo and CSIO5* Mannheim. Robert Ridland will serve as the Chef d'Equipe at both events. The following athletes will represent the U.S. in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* Falsterbo, July 9-12 in Falsterbo, Sweden: Heather Caristo-Williams (Saugerties, N.Y.) Kirsten Coe...

Rotterdam, The Netherlands & Hagen, Germany - United States dressage athletes continued to fare well in CDI3*, CDIU25, and CDIOY competition today at both Rotterdam in The Netherlands and Hagen in Germany. At Rotterdam, Shelly Francis and Patricia Stempel's Danilo received a score of 70.480% to garner eighth place in the CDI3* Grand Prix. Also in contention were Brian Hafner on Rebecca Hafner and his own Lombardo LHF, who placed in eleventh on a score of 66.229%, and Arlene Page and her...

Lexington, Ky . - The U.S. has drawn seventh in the order for Thursday’s Mercedes-Benz FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* Aachen, with four members of the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games set to jump for the United States in Nations Cup competition. The following four combinations will compose the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for CSIO5* Aachen’s Mercedes-Benz FEI Nations Cup: Lucy Davis (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Old Oak...

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the riders who will represent the U.S. in Nations Cup competition at CSIO5* Falsterbo and CSIO5* Gijon. The following riders are listed in alphabetical order: CSIO5* Falsterbo, Sweden, July 10-13 Ashlee Bond-Clarke (Hidden Hills, Calif.) Lucy Davis (Los Angeles, Calif.) Brianne Goutal (New York, N.Y.) Lauren Hough (Wellington, Fla.) Catherine Pasmore (Wellington, Fla.) Learn more about CSIO5* Falsterbo...