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Delaney Flynn and Kelli Cruciotti In It to Win It in Junior Jumpers at Summer in the Rockies

by Lauren Buettner for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 6/16/2014 3:31:09 AM

Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Parker, Colo. - Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick have done it again at Summer in the Rockies. These two won the $5,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame High Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Classic last week, and they returned to the Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix Arena this Sunday to do the same. They are both fierce competitors, making their pairing a dynamite combination. With years less experience than most other riders who showed against...

Quality Girl Carries Todd Minikus to $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix Win in Saugerties

by HITS E-News | 6/6/2014 10:04:02 PM

Saugerties, N.Y. - Quality Girl is no stranger to clean rounds with Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, Florida and at the top of her game as of late. Highlighted by their Open Jumper success at Devon last weekend and Friday, winning the HITS $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix the 11-year-old Oldenburg mare continues to shine. Todd Minikus and Quality Girl were the top pair in Friday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix presented by Zoetis at HITS Saugerties (©ESI Photography) “She’s turning into a...

Scripted Takes Devon Grand Hunter Championship with Leading Hunter Rider Kelley Farmer

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/29/2014 1:00:20 AM

Devon, Pa. – The 2014 Devon Horse Show & Country Fair hosted its final day of professional hunter divisions on Wednesday and awarded Grand Hunter and Leading Rider awards for its 2014 competition. For the second year in a row, Kelley Farmer of Keswick, VA, was Devon's Leading Hunter Rider as well as the Leading Lady Rider in the High Performance division. She guided Glefke & Kensel LLC's Scripted to the Devon Grand Hunter Championship after taking top honors in the Green...

George H. Morris Gladstone Program Concludes Exemplary Week at USET Foundation’s Hamilton Farms

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group Inc. International | 5/25/2014 5:46:01 PM

Gladstone, N.J. – The final day of the George H. Morris Gladstone Program came to a conclusion today at the USET Foundation Headquarters at Hamilton Farms. Legendary horseman, George Morris, pushed the 10 riders to their fullest potential in the flat and gymnastics phases, being as forward as the seat he advocates. The riders were tested through training in classical dressage, as well as over a full course featuring a water jump, liverpool, airy verticals, and a dodgy triple combination....

Emilio and Bella Cramer Claim Back-to-Back Blues at Kentucky Spring Classic

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/16/2014 10:06:29 PM

Bella Cramer and Emilio (E.Riden/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - May 16, 2014 - Balancing school or a career with riding and showing is a feat familiar to many Amateur-Owner riders, and it is one that Bella Cramer is handling quite successfully. The High Point University upcoming sophomore and her own Emilio earned back-to-back blue ribbons in the Amateur-Owner 18-35 3'3" HuntersFriday at the Kentucky Spring Classic. Scores of 88 and 89 earned Cramer and Emilio the dual victories over...

Darragh Kenny Rides to Another Victory in 1.40m Jumpers

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/8/2014 4:42:06 PM

Darragh Kenny and SIEC Ledgepoint (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y . - In the $5,000 Open Jumper 1.40m at Old Salem on Thursday, it was another win for Darragh Kenny (IRL), this time riding Gabriela Mershad's SIEC Ledgepoint. To ensure that the grass Grand Prix Field is as good as it can be for the duration of the horse shows, classes were moved to the sand ring today in the rainy weather. Winning the $5,000 Open Jumper 1.40m class for the second day in a row was Darragh Kenny. He rode...

Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo Capture Victory in $200,000 American Invitational, Presented by G & C Farm, at Sun Life Stadium Miami

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 4/6/2014 8:37:10 AM

Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo (The Book LLC) Miami, Fla. - Saturday, history was made as the 42nd Gene Mische $200,000 American Invitational, presented by G&C Farm, found its new home at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, FL. The class has become a landmark of the showjumping world, and tonight was no exception as 29 horse and rider combinations gathered on the field to compete in a battle of the best. It was an electrifying night as spectators looked on to the stadium turf, but it was with...

Ben Maher Wins $50,000 CSI2*W at 2014 Live Oak International

by Live Oak International | 3/22/2014 11:27:15 PM

Ben Maher and Aristo Z. (PicsofYou.com) Ocala, Fla. - It only took 42.48 fault-free seconds for Ben Maher of Great Britain to prove why he is show jumping’s reigning Olympic Individual Gold medalist as he boldly negotiated Jane Clark’s Aristo Z over Leopoldo Palacio’s eight-fence jump-off and, in front of a full house of spectators at its John Deere stadium, clinched this year’s $50,000 CSI2*W at the 2014 Live Oak International in Ocala, FL. “It was a fantastic...

Kelley Farmer and Quotable Clinch Another Shapley's Grooming Products Regular Conformation Hunter Championship

by Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/6/2014 9:27:19 PM

Point Being and Quotable in their presentation with Ken and Selma Garber and Sally Stith-Burdette of Shapley's Grooming Products (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Kelley Farmer and Quotable continue to be a force to be reckoned with in the hunter ring after winning yet another Regular Conformation Hunter division champions at the FTI WEF. Farmer and Quotable swept the division, presented by Shapley's Grooming Products, after winning all six classes. Farmer was also reserve champion with Point...

Para-Dressage Athletes Prepare for Upcoming CPEDI3* at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival

by Lindsay McCall | 3/2/2014 2:20:42 PM

Ellie Brimmer and London Swing at AGDF in Wellington, FL. (Lindsay Y McCall) Wellington, Fla. - With only a few weeks left before the Adequan Global Dressage Festival 10 CPEDI3* scheduled March 12-16, 2014, para-dressage athletes have been working hard preparing their mounts for competition. Over two weekends February 20-23 and February 28- March 2, multiple para-equestrian riders showcased their new partnerships at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) 7 and 8 in Wellington and at the...