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Alexander Zetterman Wins $50,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Final

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/23/2014 8:51:06 PM

Alexander Zetterman and Flecu (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week eleven of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Artisan Farms LLC, concluded on Sunday with jumper action on the grass derby field at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Sweden's Alexander Zetterman and Flecu topped the $50,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Series Final. Victoria Colvin of Loxahatchee, FL, was the winner of the series overall. Great...

Victoria Colvin Captures Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Series

by Starting Gate Communications | 3/23/2014 6:32:59 PM

16-year-old Victoria Colvin riding Don Juan won the 2014 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Series at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Victoria Colvin emerged the winner of the fourth annual Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Series (AFYRGPS), presented by The Dutta Corp. in association with Guido Klatte. With four different competitions held throughout the 12-week FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL,...

Eiken Sato and Egano van het Slogenhof Win $84,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/9/2014 9:20:33 PM

Eiken Sato and Egano van het Slogenhof (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week nine of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by The Bainbridge Companies, concluded on Sunday with a win for Japan's Eiken Sato and Egano van het Slogenhof in the $84,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic showing at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. Alan Wade (IRL) finished the week out with a tough course for 59 entries in the 1.50m...

Shane Sweetnam and Samuel Parot Top $5,000 CSIO Welcome Stake Classes at FTI WEF

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/27/2014 9:02:17 AM

Shane Sweetnam and Solerina (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) kicked off its week of CSIO competition on Wednesday with a $5,000 Welcome Stake, held as two classes, with afternoon and evening sessions. The day session saw a win for Ireland's Shane Sweetnam aboard Solerina. The night session was won by Chile's Samuel Parot and Al Calypso. FTI WEF week eight, sponsored by G&C Farm, runs February 26-March 2, 2014, featuring...

Todd Minikus and Quality Girl, Tiffany Foster and Victor Earn Top Prizes in $34,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 3

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/24/2014 8:50:25 AM

Todd Minikus and Quality Girl (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week three of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Fidelity Investments®, continued on Thursday afternoon with a shared victory for Todd Minikus (USA) and Quality Girl and Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Victor in the $34,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 3. Held in a "California Split" due to the large number of entries, the competition awarded two sets of placings, each with $34,000...

Wilton Porter and Paloubet Top $25,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 1 at the 2014 FTI WEF

by Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/9/2014 11:09:51 PM

Wilton Porter and Paloubet (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - January 9, 2014 - The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, hosted its second day of competition for the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) on Thursday with a win for Wilton Porter (USA) and Sleepy P Ranch LLC's Paloubet in the $25,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 1. Week one of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival, sponsored by The Mar-a-Lago Club, runs...

Adrienne Sternlicht and Quidam MB Win First Class of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/8/2014 4:41:02 PM

Adrienne Sternlicht and Quidam MB (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla - Equestrian Sport Productions hosted the first day of competition for the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) on Wednesday with a full schedule of hunter, jumper and equitation competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, Fla. The day kicked off with a win in the International Arena for 20-year-old Adrienne Sternlicht (USA) of Greenwich, Conn., riding Quidam MB in the...

Riders Announced for $125,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix, Presented by Rolex

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 12/21/2013 9:41:28 AM

Wellington, Fla. - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) announces the following riders have been invited to the $125,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix, presented by Rolex, held at The Mar-a-Lago Club on Palm Beach Island on Sunday, January 5, 2014. The $125,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix, presented by Rolex, will showcase 36 of the world's top riders in an FEI world ranking competition. With these top riders, along with hundreds of spectators, it is sure to be one of the highlights of the...

Davidson Claims CCI3* At Galway Downs International Three-Day Event with Petite Flower

by Galway Downs Press | 11/4/2013 10:20:21 AM

Buck Davidson and Petite Flower, winners of the CCI3* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. (Amy McCool photo) Temecula, Calif. - Almost nothing about the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event worked out like Buck Davidson expected. Except that he came here from Pennsylvania to win the CCI3*, and he did, on Petite Flower, scoring 59.2 penalties. Jolie Wentworth rode GoodKnight to second place (59.7) and Liz Halliday-Sharp rode HHS Cooley to third place (61.6). Davidson also...

Emma Kurtz Tops WIHS Pony Equitation Finals; Rosia and Wittig Win Regional Finals

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 10/28/2013 12:04:25 PM

Emma Kurtz and True Love (Shawn McMillen Photography) Washington, D.C. - Young riders competed in the WIHS Pony Equitation Finals at the Washington International Horse Show Sunday afternoon with a win going to 13-year-old Emma Kurtz of Hudson, OH, riding True Love. Trained by Amanda Lyerly and Mike Rheinheimer, Kurtz scored an 86 over fences and moved from second to first with her ride in the work-off under saddle to take the lead. She was presented The Jane Marshall Dillon Memorial Perpetual...