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USEF Land Rover Competition Grant Recipient Brannigan and U.S. Contingent Ready for Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*

by Kathleen Landwehr | 10/22/2015 7:15:36 AM

Pau, France – A field of 49 competitors will vie for top honors at Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*, with competition running from October 22-25. USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda along with three other American combinations are up for the challenge of the renowned competition. Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda (Libby Law Photography) Brannigan (Kennett Square, Pa.) and Nina Gardner's Cambalda are in fine form for their Pau debut. The pair won The...

USEF Mourns the Passing of Lloyd Landkamer

by USEF Communications Department | 9/27/2015 1:15:46 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation is sad to report the passing of Lloyd Landkamer. Landkamer, 60, passed away peacefully at his home in Hamel, Minn. on Friday, September 25, after a valiant battle with cancer. Lloyd Landkamer (Geoff Oliver Bugbee) Landkamer was an integral force in the equestrian community for many years, with a vast list of accomplishments as a show secretary, show manager, and sport horse breeder. Landkamer, a USEF ‘R’ Technical...

Katherine Bundy Punches Ticket to Finals Winning Region Two ASPCA/NHSAA Maclay Regional Championships

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group | 9/12/2015 2:23:03 PM

Katherine Bundy and Levkoi (Rebecca Walton/PhelpsSports.com) North Salem, N.Y. - Every year, junior riders from around the country strive to earn points to qualify for the ASPCA/NHSAA Maclay Regional Championships. On Saturday, 37 of those young, qualified riders gathered at the American Gold Cup CSI4*-W to compete in the Region 2 ASPCA/NHSAA Maclay Regional Championships and to vie for their shot to ride at the esteemed ASPCA Maclay Horsemanship Championship Finals at the National Horse Show...

Jimmy Torano Goes 1-2 in $15,000 Hunter Derby Finale at Vermont Summer Festival

by Jump Media | 8/7/2015 1:48:49 PM

Jimmy Torano and Lion Hearted won the $15,000 NEHJA Performance Stake Hunter Derby, sponsored by Land Rover Experience, during the final week of the Vermont Summer Festival. (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vermont – Jimmy Torano of Wellington, FL, won the $15,000 NEHJA Performance Stake Hunter Derby, sponsored by Land Rover Experience, aboard Lion Hearted and finished second with Argentus on Thursday, August 6, at the Vermont Summer Festival. The Vermont Summer Festival...

USEF Names Combinations for CICO3* Aachen

by From the USEF Communications Department | 8/3/2015 5:45:03 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the combinations representing the United States at CICO3* Aachen, held in Aachen, Germany, August 12-14, 2015. The U.S. has been invited to send a team of three athlete-and-horse combinations. Per the USEF press release detailing the 2015 fall eventing grant recipients, the following combinations will compose the U.S. Team (listed in ranked order): Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pa.) and Thomas Tierney and Simon...

Olympian Lisa Jacquin Returns to Traverse City Winning $1,500 1.35m Open Jumpers With Chapel Z at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival

by Kendall Bierer | 7/9/2015 10:18:16 PM

Lisa Jacquin and Chapel Z Traverse City, MI - July 8, 2015 - Two-time Olympic Silver medalist Lisa Jacquin has been showing in Michigan for over two decades, racking up wins throughout the state. After taking a year away from the Flintfields Horse Park to recover from an injury, Jacquin returned to the venue to prove on the second day of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival that she is back in top form, winning the $1,500 1.35m Open Jumper victory with Chapel Z. Jacquin has known Karin Flint,...

Another Victory for Armando Hassey and Cassino in the $2,500 Adequan®1.40-1.45m Open Jumper at Summer in the Rockies IV

by Cat Allen | 7/3/2015 5:16:26 PM

Armando Hassey and Cassino (c) Flying Horse Photography July 3, 2015 - Parker, CO - The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) continued its Summer in the Rockies series with highlights in the Coors Family Grand Prix Ring on Friday, including the Adequan® 1.40-1.45m Open Jumper class and the $1,000 Six/Seven-Year-Old Young Jumper Championship. The week's competition continues through Sunday, July 5. The ring saw an early start time with beautiful 60-degree, sunny weather, making for yet another...

There's No Stopping Nassar; Nayel Nassar and Acita Win the $25,000 Markel Insurance Grand Prix

by Blenheim EquiSports | 6/5/2015 12:03:52 PM

Nayel Nassar and Acita June 5, 2015 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - The $25,000 Markel Insurance Grand Prix kicked off the Blenheim EquiSports show jumping summer season with a victory for Nayel Nassar and his young mare Acita. This is the second win with Acita and the third win for Nassar in the 2015 Markel Insurance Grand Prix Series. Twenty-six entries competed in this 1.40m class that also served as one of the qualifiers for the Zone 10 North American Young Rider Trials taking place this week...

Nation's Top Riders Set to Ride in Land Rover Great Meadow International Presented by Adequan® Last Stop for Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Before Pan American Games

by The Land Rover Great Meadow International | 6/4/2015 10:28:49 AM

(c)Rich Kessler Photography The Plains, Virginia - June 03, 2015 -Many of the nation's best event riders have confirmed their entries and will be making their way to Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia to compete at the Land Rover Great Meadow International presented by Adequan® on June 19-21. In addition to the $30,000 CIC3* competition, the international event will host the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for its final preparation trial prior to the 2015 Pan American Games which will...

Andres Rodriguez and Darlon Van Groenhove Conclude Kentucky Classic with $50,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. | 5/17/2015 10:05:41 PM

Andres Rodriguez and Darlon Van Groenhove win the $50,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix at the Kentucky Spring Classic (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, KY - May 17, 2015 - Andres Rodriguez left no door open during the Sunday finale of the Kentucky Spring Classic, riding his own Darlon Van Groenhove to the $50,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix winged victory in an untouchable 43.193 seconds. Ireland's Kevin Babington captured the second place just behind Rodriguez with Mark Q, while Todd...