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Jennifer Alfano Sweeps First Day of Professional Hunters at Kentucky Spring Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/9/2012 8:52:40 PM

Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy scored two blue ribbons at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show in the High Performance Hunters, sweeping the first day of classes. (Kendall Bierer/PMG) Lexington, KY - Riders gathered at the Stonelea Ring to face the demanding hunter course as the first day of the Kentucky Spring Horse Show got underway. They were greeted with a brisk morning air, and a cloud filled sky, as the divisions commenced with top riders from across the nation competing for the winning honors...

Taylor Harris Insurance Unveils All New $200,000 Triple Crown Challenge

by Kenneth Kraus for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/7/2012 11:17:21 AM

President of Taylor Harris Insurance Services Michael Taylor. (Kenneth Kraus) Middleburg, VA - Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS) announced the debut of the all-new Taylor Harris Triple Crown Challenge. This unique challenge offers a spectacular $200,000 top prize for any show jumping rider that can put together back to back to back wins at three of the nation's most prestigious grand prix events. The three events included in the Taylor Harris Triple Crown Challenge are the $100,000...

The 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival Awards Circuit Championships

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 4/9/2012 9:10:49 AM

The overall L&L series winner, Alissa Kinsey and Jack Mitich, Director of Equestrian Sales & Services for World Development Group, title sponsor of the Series in 2012. Alissa was able to choose from a Saddle from Custom Saddlery or two European stall fronts from World Development Group. (Anne Gittins Photography) Wellington, FL - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) is proud to congratulate all of the Circuit Champions for the 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival. The 2012...

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Rules $32,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round 12

by Lauren Fisher and Shona Rosenblum for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/30/2012 9:25:00 AM

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Cantano (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Germany's Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum rode to an exciting one-two finish on Thursday afternoon in the $32,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round 12 at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Michaels-Beerbaum topped the class aboard Cantano and finished second riding Checkmate 4, both owned by Octavia Farms LLC. Other wins for the day went to Johannes Ehning and Cayenne 162 in the $32,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Classic and...

Alliston Gallops To The Lead at Galway Downs International Three-Day Event

by John Strassburger & Heather Bailey | 11/6/2011 8:33:28 AM

James Alliston of Great Britain and Jumbo’s Jake put on a masterful display of cross-country riding to move in to the lead in the CCI3* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event, with a score of 45.4. Alliston, who lives in Castro Valley, Calif., finished faultlessly aboard India McEvoy’s 13-year-old Irish Sporthorse, taking over the top spot after dressage leaders Buck Davidson and Ballynoe Castle RM suffered a refusal at fence 23, the PRO Water Complex, and second-placed...

Scott Stewart and Dedication Win Grand Champion Hunter Title at Alltech National Horse Show

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 11/3/2011 8:58:37 PM

Scott Stewart and Dedication won the Grand Champion Hunter Title at the Alltech National Horse Show, 128th Edition. Photo: Kendall Bierer/PMG. Lexington, KY - Today marked the second day of competition at the Alltech National Horse, 128th Edition, and it was the professional hunter divisions that took center stage this afternoon as they completed their under saddle and stake classes. Scott Stewart earned the highest honor of the day with his First Year Green Working Hunter mount, Dedication,...

Jumping Clear Rounds Win Individual Medals at 2011 Pan American Games

by Joanie Morris | 10/23/2011 7:00:42 PM

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Immaculate jumping won Individual eventing medals at the 2011 Pan American Games - and the top three horses were beautifully ridden over three days. Canadian Jessica Phoenix held onto her dressage lead, adding nothing to her winning score of 43.9 with Don Good's Pavarotti. She had the Team Gold medal-winning Americans chasing her all weekend, and after the last fence was jumped, she shared the medal podium with two of them. Hannah Burnett and Harbour Pilot won Silver...

Byyny, Lyman Set Pace in USEF National Eventing Championships

by Helen Murray | 10/15/2011 6:26:31 PM

Elkton, MD - Clear jumping and quick trips across the country were the name of the game Saturday at the 2011 Dansko Fair Hill International. The rain that plagued the first two days of competition was nowhere in sight as the sun shone over Derek di Grazia’s tracks. Heavy going resulted in time faults for many of the competitors and a shake-up on the leaderboard in both divisions. Jan Bynny and Kylie Lyman produced two of the quickest rounds of the day in the CCI3* and CCI2* to lead their...

77 Horses to Contest 2011 USEF National Eventing Championships at the Dansko Fair Hill International

by Helen Murray | 10/12/2011 7:11:31 PM

Elkton, MD--More than 100 horses, 77 of which were from the United States, were presented to the Ground Juries Wednesday afternoon at the Dansko Fair Hill International, where 45 horse-and-rider combinations will compete in the CCI3* and 62 in the CCI2*. Three horses were held for re-inspection: Tipperary Liadhnan, ridden by Thailand’s Nina Ligon, and King Billy, ridden by Laura VanderVliet, in the three-star; and Elizabeth Spencer’s Firewater in the two-star. Only Monte Carlo,...

Tracy Fenney Gets a Jump-Start on the 2012 $1 Million Grand Prix as Commonwealth Park Bids Farewell to a Busy 2011 Season

by HITS Media | 10/4/2011 7:00:14 AM

Tracy Fenney on course in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. Fenney and MTM Farm’s MTM Centano picked up a win and the first qualifying opportunity for the 2012 $1 Million Grand Prix. ESI Photography. CULPEPER, VA – After posting a top-20 finish in the 2011 Pfizer Million, Tracy Fenney of Flower Mound, TX, wasted no time in preparing for next year’s $1 Million Grand Prix. On Sunday, she and MTM Farm’s MTM Centano rode to victory in the...