Olivia Dorey And Ali Baba B Win $5,000 NAL Low Jr/AO Jumper Final Presented By Ultroz Inc. (Al Cook - www.alcookphoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - Olivia Dorey, 23, from Sudbury.MA, and her horse Ali Baba B won the $5,000 North American League (NAL) Low Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Final a the 70th Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Dorey and Ali Baba B, a seven year old gelding, were one of six horse and rider combinations to go clear over the first course to advance to the jump off round. Many of the...

Douglas Boyd and Berkley III win the $1,500 1.30m Modified Jumpers at the Showplace Fall Classic Championship. (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Wayne, Ill. - The Showplace Fall Classic Championship welcomed an array of equestrians to the Lamplight Equestrian Center for the second day of showing on Wednesday. Douglas Boyd was one of the exhibitors to arrive for the subsequent day of classes, dominating the event with wins across the hunter and jumper divisions and concluding his winning...

The EQUUS Foundation was born from the belief that the bond between horses and humans is very powerful and the realization that the impact of horses multiplies ten-fold for those with special needs. Riding makes me feel free . . . Horses help people walk, talk, connect, focus, behave, and learn. Engaging with horses helps people learn the meaning of trust and the value of partnership. Horses encourage people to live life as productively and independently as possible. Raising the bar for the...

Karen Polle and With Wings leaped to the top of the $250,000 Hampton Classic Grand Prix, Presented by Longines. (McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Karen Polle said that being the fourth and final rider in the jump-off of the $250,000 Hampton Classic Grand Prix, Presented by Longines, wasn't the advantageous position it usually is--because none of the three riders before her had finished faultlessly. The grand prix provided an exciting climax to the 40th Annual Hampton Classic. "When you...

Wayne, Ill. – The 2015 Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Dressage National Championships got underway today at the Lamplight Equestrian Center with three preliminary tests: the USEF Four-Year-Old Test, the FEI Five-Year-Old Young Horse Preliminary Test, and the FEI Prix St. Georges Test. USEF Four-Year-Old Test Top-ranked Alice Tarjan (Frenchtown, N.J.) stole the show in the field of 13 as her own Danish Warmblood Tiko and Oldenburg Donatella M took first and second place,...

Emanuel Andrade and Clouwni (Kendall Bierer) Lexington, Ky. – Three months ago, 18-year-old Emanuel Andrade and recent mount Clouwni rode to the top of the $34,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic CSI3* during the Kentucky Spring Classic. Sunday, on the final day of the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show, Andrade mimicked his spring effort, riding to a 1-2 finish with Clouwni finishing at the pinnacle of the $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix leader board, and claiming second place with veteran...

Schuyler Riley and Dobra de Porceyo Bromont, Quebec - August 9, 2015 - Sunday marked the kick-off of the new Longines FEI World Cup Jumping - North American League, and with a limited number of events to earn points, riders were aiming for the top of the leader board. Eight horse and rider combinations advanced to the tiebreaker, but it was the final pair that took home the victory, as Schuyler Riley piloted Dobra de Porceyo to a speedy double clear in the CSI3* $100,000 event at International...

Peter Pletcher and Luxe (Elaine Wessel/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 25, 2015 - Talent was in no short supply Saturday at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival IV as riders from all corners of the country vied for the top spot and the major claim of the $25,000 pot in the USHJA International Hunter Derby, generously sponsored by the Gochman Family. The premier hunter event of the four-week series brought 23 entrants to the Grand Prix Ring after a quick transition from the morning's...

Mark Bluman and Cumulet ©LizCrawleyPhotography Mill Spring, NC - July 19, 2015 - Mark Bluman of Lexington, KY, finished the final day of the Tryon Summer Series at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) with a win aboard Cumulet, owned by Stransky's Mission Farms, Inc, in the $15,000 Under 25 Grand Prix. The duo finished in 44.632 seconds to beat out David Blake of Wellington, FL, aboard Baron, who stopped the clock at 46.038 seconds. Hayley Iannotti of Wellington, FL, and Carlos G...

Susie Hutchison and Ziedento June 14, 2015 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - It was a 'Susie Hutch' Sunday at the Blenheim June Classic II. As the only double clean in the $30,000 June Classic Grand Prix, presented by Michael & Kenzie 1911, Susie Hutchison and Ziedento led the victory gallop. Earlier in the afternoon she was the fastest in the jump-off on SIG Firecracker for the win in the $7,500 CashCall Mortgage Futurity. From the hilltop VIP tent to the grassy knoll, there was a...