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US Equestrian Announces U.S. Jumping Team for FEI Jumping Nations Cup Vejer de la Frontera CSIO3* & FEI Jumping Nations Cup Vilamoura CSIO3*

by U.S. Equestrian Communications Department | 10/18/2021 6:12:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes selected to represent the U.S. Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Vejer de la Frontera CSIO3* in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain from October 28-31, 2021, and FEI Jumping Nations Cup Vilamoura CSIO3* in Vilamoura, Portugal, from November 17-21, 2021. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Anne Kursinski at both competitions. The aim with these teams is to offer a competitive team experience for athlete/horse...

Tabitha Okitsu and Spoot De La Jourlais Sweep Three Phases to Earn Individual Gold in USEF National Pony Jumper Championship at 2017 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Collecting Gaits Farm

by Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/12/2017 11:56:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Tabitha Okitsu and Spoot De La Jourlais completed four perfect rounds to win the 2017 USEF National Pony Jumper Championship on Saturday. The championship, part of the USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm, saw 12 combinations advance to the final round. Tabitha Okitsu and Spoot De La Jourlais (Shawn McMillen Photography) Zone 10’s Okitsu (South Pasadena, Calif.) and her own 11-year-old Connemara/Arabian gelding entered the Alltech Arena on Saturday as...

Versatility Ruled at Gold Coast 5 as Blaine Mangione Toppped the Hunter Derby

by LEG Up News | 7/26/2013 3:24:35 PM

Blaine Mangione takes a break from the jumper ring to win the $1,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby (Bella Nova Pictures) Versatility was the name of the game as riders transitioned between the equitation, hunter, and jumper rings at Gold Coast 5 (July 19-21). Young professional Blaine Mangione, usually seen in the jumper arena, proved she could win the blue ribbon in $1,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby as well. “I was really shocked! I’m usually in the middle of the pack so I honestly...

Peters & Legolas 92 Earn 84% For Another Personal Best Score on Second Day of LA Winter Dressage CDI-W

by Yellow Horse Marketing for California Dreaming Productions | 1/31/2016 10:22:08 AM

In their first competition since December's USEF Festival of Champions, Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 earned yet another personal-best score in the CDI Grand Prix Freestyle test on the second day of the LA Winter Dressage CDI-W (Jennifer Keeler) Burbank, Calif. – Records continued to fall on the second day of California Dreaming Productions’ Los Angeles Winter Dressage CDI-W/Y/J/U-25 as Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 proved that the impressive marks they earned during...

Quentin Judge and HH Dark de la Hart Triumph in $34,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/27/2014 8:52:29 AM

Quentin Judge and HH Dark de la Hart (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week three of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Fidelity Investments®, concluded at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Sunday with a win for Quentin Judge (USA) and Double H Farm's HH Dark de la Hart in the $34,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic. FTI WEF will continue with its fourth week of competition, sponsored by Ariat®, on Wednesday,...

Ashley Holzer & Havanna 145 Take Ninth in FEI Grand Prix Freestyle at 2022 Longines FEI Dressage World Cup™ with Buffini and FRH Davinia La Douce Finishing 12th

by U.S. Equestrian Communications Department | 4/9/2022 6:06:00 PM

Leipzig, Germany – Seventeen of the world’s best athlete-and-horse dressage combinations put on a show on one of the sport’s biggest stages in front of an appreciative crowd, to conclude the 2022 FEI Dressage World Cup Final with the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle. Ashley Holzer (New York, N.Y.) and Havanna 145, a 2007 Hanoverian mare owned by Diane Fellows, and Anna Buffini (San Diego, Calif.) and her 2007 Hanoverian mare, FRH Davinia La Douce, both produced strong freestyle rides....

Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team Finishes Second in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* La Baule

by USEF Communications Department | 5/13/2016 1:50:50 PM

Lucy Davis and Barron (Eric Knoll) La Baule, France - The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team took the Silver medal in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* La Baule in France on Friday. Led by Chef d'Equipe Robert Ridland, the team of Lucy Davis, Margie Engle, Lauren Hough, and Todd Minikus put in solid rounds to finish on four faults. This performance sets an excellent tone for the summer as the event served as the first of four observation events for members of the Short List for the...

Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team Finishes Second in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* La Baule

by USEF Communications Department | 5/13/2016 1:48:27 PM

La Baule, France - The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team took the Silver medal in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* La Baule in France on Friday. Led by Chef d'Equipe Robert Ridland, the team of Lucy Davis, Margie Engle, Lauren Hough, and Todd Minikus put in solid rounds to finish on four faults. This performance sets an excellent tone for the summer as the event served as the first of four observation events for members of the Short List for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team...

2010 "Fiesta of the Spanish Horse" Cancer Research Benefit and Horse Show Begins May 5 at LA Equestrian Center

by By Joanne Asman | 4/1/2010 9:18:00 AM

Photo by Gary Pirnat (USC Mascot Traveler, owned by Joanne Asman.) The popular Fiesta of the Spanish Horse, an annual benefit and horse show to support cancer research, will be held May 5-9, 2010, at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. This year marks the 12th annual Fiesta of the Spanish Horse, a revered Southern California equestrian tradition that raises funds for cancer research organizations. It also plays an important role in integrating communities by honoring horses and people steeped in...

State-of-the-Art Footing Will be Installed at the Kentucky Horse Park

by By Cindy Rullman | 7/16/2008 10:59:00 AM

When the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games take place at the Kentucky Horse Park in 2010, horses and riders will compete on a new state-of-the-art surface, which is being installed by the German company who developed it. The Outdoor Stadium which is currently under construction at the Kentucky Horse Park will be ready to receive its new surface in January or February of 2009. Otto Sport–und Reitplatz GmbH is the developer and supplier of this 86,000-square-foot stadium surface, as well as two...