Verden, Germany - Today, Endel Ots completed a successful showing at the FEI World Breeding Championships for Dressage Young Horses in the Five-Year-Old Final and Six-Year-Old Small Final. Competing against some of the best up-and-coming dressage talent in the world, Ots finished 11th in the Five-Year-Old Final with Lucky Strike and 11th in the Six-Year-Old Small Final with Samhitas. Endel Ots and Lucky Strike (Karl-Heinz Frieler) USEF Young Horse Coach, Christine Traurig, was ecstatic with the...

Julie Welles and Virginia W Z on their way to victory in the $30,000 Manchester & the Mountains Grand Prix on August 1 at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vermont – Julie Welles of Wellington, FL, was first, second and third in the $30,000 Manchester & the Mountains Grand Prix, winning aboard Virginia W Z on Saturday, August 1 at the 2015 Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The Vermont Summer Festival runs...

Lexington, Ky. - American horses and athletes departed the Caledon Equestrian Park in Ontario, Canada, having represented their country with great success at the 2015 Pan American Games. The United States entered the games needing to qualify two out of three equestrian disciplines for the 2016 Olympic Games. The pressure was on both the dressage and eventing teams to secure a berth at the Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Riding with heart and determination, the teams did not disappoint, and all...

(c) ESI Photography Jeffery Welles and Broken Heart, owned by Herbert Sambol, go clean over a HITS Endurance jump in the $75,000 AIG Grand Prix on Sunday at HITS-on-the-Hudson V. SAUGERTIES, New York - July 27, 2015 - Jeffery Welles and Broken Heart went fourth in a five-horse jump-off and shaved more than a second off the leading time to win Sunday’s $75,000 AIG Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson V. “He’s 9-years-old, but he’s very green,” said Welles, of...

Kaitlyn Van Konyenburg and Wish List (Captured Moment Photography) Del Mar, Calif. - The 2015 US Junior Hunter National Championship West Coast came to a close on Tuesday, following two days of competition at Del Mar Horse Park. More than 50 of the country’s top juniors headed to the championship to complete three phases in front of the judging panel of Bucky Reynolds, Scott Williamson, and Chris Wynne over Joe Lombardo-designed Classic Round and Handy Hunter courses, which both counted...

Hagen, Germany - The United States will be well represented by a strong contingent at the CDIO5* Hagen in Hagen, Germany, from July 8-12. Located in western Germany, Hagen hosts top international dressage competition in the big stadium at Hof Kasselmann. The 2015 event will be contested by four dynamic pairs from the U.S.: Shelly Francis and Patricia Stempel’s Doktor, Charlotte Jorst and Kastel Denmark’s Kastel’s Nintendo, Arlene Page and her own Woodstock, and Kathleen Raine...

Leslie Howard and Lennox Lewis 2 © Spruce Meadows Media Services Calgary, AB, Canada – July 5, 2015 – Spruce Meadows hosted the final day of competition in its ‘North American’ Tournament CSI 5* on Sunday with a win for USA’s Leslie Howard and Lennox Lewis 2 in the $210,000 Cenovus Energy Classic Derby. Earlier in the day, McLain Ward (USA) and HH Carlos Z won the $85,000 Enbridge Cup 1.50m. Howard and 16-year-old Lennox Lewis 2 (an Oldenburg gelding by Loreatus x...

Hunter Holloway was the big winner in the Junior Hunters at Summer in the Rockies IV (c) Flying Horse Photography Parker, CO - July 4, 2015 - Competition continued today at the Colorado Horse Park, and saw many spectators and riders alike sporting red, white, and blue in celebration of Independence Day. Many of the horses had different variations of red, white, and blue yarn added to their show braids, and made for a great way to spend a holiday, especially for Hunter Holloway, who rode...

Chenoa McElvain and Coco Colette (c) Flying Horse Photography July 2, 2015 - Parker, CO - The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) saw another sunny day of competition in its manicured rings overlooking the iconic Rocky Mountains on Thursday. Continuing competition for Summer in the Rockies IV, the $20,000 Colorado Horse Park Open Welcome Stake saw 29 entries contest a complex course designed by Marina Azevedo. Competition for the week continues through Sunday, July 5. The time allowed for the Welcome...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the following athletes have been named to Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team competing in FEI Nations Cup events at CSIO5* Falsterbo and CSIO5* Mannheim. Robert Ridland will serve as the Chef d'Equipe at both events. The following athletes will represent the U.S. in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* Falsterbo, July 9-12 in Falsterbo, Sweden: Heather Caristo-Williams (Saugerties, N.Y.) Kirsten Coe...