Jenna Selati and Greytful (Emily Riden for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International) Lexington, KY - Sunday marked the end of the 2013 Kentucky Spring Classic and the finale of a winning weekend for Jenna Selati and Greytful. Selati, a Chicago, IL native, will return home from the Kentucky Horse Park with the championship tricolor in the Large Junior 16-17 Hunter division. Selati navigated Greyftul, or "Empire" to two blue ribbons yesterday over the Bobby Murphy designed courses in the Murphy...

Heather Blitz and Paragon (Susan J. Stickle) Wellington, FL - Blitz and Paragon finished first in the FEI Grand Prix Special CDIO 3* with a 72.313%, narrowly beating fellow American Cesar Parra and Van the Man who finished second with a 72.208%. Shelly Francis (USA) and Doktor rounded out the top three with a final score of 70.646%. Judges for the class were: Linda Zang at E, Anne Gribbons at H, Mirabel Alonso at C, Joan Macartney at M, and Evi Eisenhardt at B. The three-day, three-test format...

Major equestrian competitions attended by U.S. athletes, both domestic and overseas, are listed in this weekly preview. Please look below to find competition listings by discipline* and breed. We hope you will follow the competitions that most interest you, but check Equestrian Weekly on Monday for a report of any top finishes by U.S. Equestrians. *lists of competitions in all international disciplines will include only FEI competitions or USEF Championships within the USA and international FEI...

Lexington, KY- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named four athlete/horse combinations to represent the U.S. at CSIO-W Buenos Aires in Argentina. This CSIO will take place November 6-11, 2012. The United States will be represented by the following combinations: Charlie Jacobs (Boston, MA) on CMJ Sporthorse’s Flaming Star and Deeridge Farms’ Leap of Joy. Flaming Star is a 13-year-old Irish gelding Leap of Joy is an 11-year-old Holsteiner gelding Quentin Judge...

Syona Shah and Corhil Andante were crowned the winners of the Adirondack-Green Mountain Challenge at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. (David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, VT - Syona Shah of Lexington, MA, was crowned the winner of the Adirondack-Green Mountain Challenge at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The six-week equestrian competition is taking place at Harold Beebe Farm from July 4 through August 12, 2012. The Adirondack-Green Mountain Challenge counts...

Louise Serio and Aate won both over fences classes in the First Year Green/High Performance Working Hunters at the Brandywine Valley Summer Series. (Rebecca Walton/PMG) Devon, PA - Red, white and blue was the theme at the Brandywine Valley Summer Series presented by Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS) as the nation's top horses and riders celebrated Independence Day at the historic Devon Show Grounds. Louise Serio led the professional divisions with wins in the First Year Green/High...

Morton, IL - The American Shetland Pony Club, Inc., one of the oldest breed registries in the United States, is not sitting on its laurels in 2012. Instead, this multi-faceted and multi-breed association is boldly expanding some of its offerings and upgrading other programs or division for a fresh new approach this year. The American Shetland Pony Club, Inc., (ASPC) was established in 1888 to govern the then-burgeoning interest in Shetlands in the United States. ASPC is one of this...

Alix Szepesi and William (Susan J. Stickle) Wellington, FL - Alix Szepesi of Hamilton, MA topped the leader board again at the Global Dressage Festival National Classic 2 on Wednesday, the second and final day of the show. Szepesi and William, owned by Margie Kelk, scored 75.541% in the USEF First Level Test 2-Open at the Stadium show grounds of the Global Dressage Festival (GDF). Szepesi was not even supposed to compete this week and was a late entry. "His owner was originally going to compete...

SAUGERTIES, NY – Just as Marshall & Sterling League action reached its peak at the National Finals, riders entered the Strongid® C 2X Grand Prix Stadium on Saturday to compete for the popular Farnam Adult Medal. Elysse Ruschmeyer of South Glastonbury, Conneticut aboard her own Arktis was crowned the winner of the Farnam Adult Medal. She topped a field of 41 riders who competed all year in hopes of qualifying for the finals. Ruschmeyer also rode to a top-five finish in the Hudson...

SAUGERTIES, NY – In the midst of the Marshall & Sterling League National Finals, HITS-on-the-Hudson rolled out the red carpet on Saturday afternoon for the prestigious 2011 National PHA Medal Final. Like many of the classes held in Saugerties this week, the PHA Medal Final took place in the famous Strongid® C 2X Stadium where Rebekah Chenelle of Hebron, Connecticut emerged as the big winner after she topped the field of 25 riders. “We love coming to these Finals,” said...