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Christine McCrea and Zerly Top $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 9

by Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/8/2013 8:41:20 AM

Christine McCrea and Zerly (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Christine McCrea (USA) and Candy Tribble's Zerly beat an all-star international field in Thursday's $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 9 during the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival's (FTI WEF) CSI-W 5* week sponsored by The Bainbridge Companies. McCrea and Zerly won the largest portion of prize money in the richest purse ever offered in the 24-year history of the WEF Challenge Cup series over Olympic...

Shane Sweetnam and Amaretto D'Arco Capture $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic Victory at Bluegrass Festival Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/18/2012 3:53:10 AM

Shane Sweetnam and Amaretto D'Arco rode to the top of the leaderboard during the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show. (Kendall Bierer/PMG) Lexington, KY - The lights were bright in the Rolex Stadium as the onlookers cheered on their favorite horse and rider combinations in a highly competitive 14-horse jump off. It was the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic that took center stage tonight, seeing a field of 50 entrants vie for the top prize and valuable series...

Chloe Reid Wins High Junior Jumpers With Only Double-Clear At Kentucky Summer Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/28/2012 5:40:54 AM

Chloe Reid and Damascus won the High Junior Jumpers at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. (Kendall Bierer/PMG) Lexington, KY - Today marked the third day of the Kentucky Summer Horse Show, and it seemed as though the competition was only beginning to escalate as the amateur and junior jumper riders showcased their skills in the Rolex Stadium. Topping the High Amateur-Owner Jumpers, Paige Johnson piloted La Martinee to a double-clear victory, and also claimed third with her second mount Monopoly....

Nick Skelton Returns to Winner's Circle with Big Star in $32,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/27/2012 8:31:41 AM

Lyn Pedersen and Tivoli Take Tricolor in FarmVet Amateur-Owner 36 & Over 3'3" Hunters Nick Skelton and Big Star (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - The seventh week of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival concluded today with an exciting 11 horse jump-off in the $32,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic. Nick Skelton (GBR) scored yet another big win with Big Star, owned by Beverley Widdowson. Second place went to fellow British rider Ben Maher on Quiet Easy 4, owned by Mrs....

ASHA to Offer Free Live Webcast, Youth Activities, and Raffle at 2011 Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show

by Brice Carr/ASHA | 8/18/2011 1:37:32 PM

Lexington, KY - The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) will once again be offering multiple ways to enhance the Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS) experience in 2011, for both attendees and non-attendees alike. Merial Webcast For those unable to attend every day of the show, ASHA, in conjunction with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), will be providing the Merial Webcast of the 2011 Kentucky State Fair WCHS, free of charge. Once again, the...

Team USA Reiners Take Silver and Bronze in Run-Off at 2006 WEG; Show Jumper Beezie Madden Finishes with a Silver Medal

by Brian Sosby and Jeannie Blancq Putney | 9/3/2006 1:11:00 AM

Aaron Ralston (left) and Tim McQuay (right) were awarded the Bronze and Silver Individual reining medals at the 2006 WEG. Canada's Duane Latimer took the Gold. (Bob Langrish ) (Aachen, Germany) —It ended like it began, with wind and rain. But, it was a wet, windy and wonderful finale to an amazing two weeks of equestrian sport at the 2006 Aachen World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. By all accounts, it has turned out to be the biggest and most impressive equestrian competition in...

Veterans McCormick and Roberts Headline Successful USEF/AVA Vaulting National Championships in Utah

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 8/28/2017 8:04:00 PM

South Jordan, Utah – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF)/American Vaulting Association (AVA) Vaulting National Championships were held on August 24-27, 2017, at the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park in South Jordan, Utah. Leading the way were U.S. vaulting veterans Mary McCormick and Kristian Roberts, who won the Female Gold and Male Gold divisions, respectively. Individual Competition McCormick, (Cañon City, Colo.), captured an astonishing seventh national championship...

Jimmy Torano Tops $30,000 Battenkill Grand Prix at Vermont Summer Festival

by Jennifer Wood, Jump Media | 7/16/2016 8:28:15 PM

Jimmy Torano and Day Dream won the $30,000 Battenkill Grand Prix on July 16 at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. (Andrew Ryback Photography) East Dorset, Vt. – Jimmy Torano of Wellington, FL, and Day Dream topped a six-horse jump-off to win the $30,000 Battenkill Grand Prix on Saturday, July 16, at the 2016 Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The Vermont Summer Festival runs for six consecutive weeks, from July 5 through August 14, at Harold Beebe Farm. Twenty-three...

NCEA Championship Day One Recap

by Kyle Heck, NCEA | 4/15/2016 2:01:34 PM

The first round of the 2016 NCEA National Championship got underway on Thursday, April 14, with four teams advancing out of the first round into the quarterfinals. The higher seeded team won in all but one of the first-round meets, but it was still an exciting day of equestrian with just one meet decided by more than four points. No. 5 seed Texas A&M rolled by No. 12 Fresno State for the big win of the day and No. 6 TCU and No. 8 Kansas State joined the Aggies in the quarterfinals. No. 10...

Brenda Riddell and Dutch Amouretta Top the $25,000 Markel Insurance Grand Prix

by Blenheim Equisports | 4/15/2016 10:00:00 AM

Brenda Riddell and Dutch Amouretta (McCool Photography) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - The $25,000 Markel Insurance 1.40m Welcome Grand Prix was quite a contest for the sixty-four horse and rider pairs who galloped on course today. As the last of three in the jump-off, Canadian Brenda Riddell and Silverstar Farms, Ltd.'s Dutch Amouretta were the only pair to produce a double clean effort to take the top prize. Veteran FEI course designer Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) designed a track that asked a...