Calgary, Alta . – On Saturday, the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team takes aim at the $300,000 BMO Nations Cup during the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ CSIO5* Tournament. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the team consisting of Georgina Bloomberg, Beezie Madden, Todd Minikus, and McLain Ward hope for a top performance in Calgary. The U.S. Team will be last in the order of eight teams. “The horses are jumping great and we have had great results the last couple...

Lisa Goldman and Morocco win the $10,000 Open Welcome Stake, sponsored by Adequan, during the Showplace Fall Classic Championship. (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Wayne, Ill. - More than two seconds separated the top three finishers in the $10,000 Open Welcome Stake, sponsored by Adequan, at the Showplace Fall Classic Championship on Thursday. The lead continued to change hands throughout the 13-horse jump-off, with each consecutive rider gaining speed in an attempt to find their way to the...

Hayley Waters and Qurint were presented with a trophy, HITS cooler, and blue ribbon after winning the Vetera XP Vaccines $250, 000 Jr./A-O Jumper Prix win at HITS Saugerties. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - Hayley Waters, of Ocala, Florida, with Qurint, owned by Chuck and Dana Waters, wowed the show jumping world earlier this year winning the $34,000 FEI Jumper Classic at HITS Ocala V, and the unstoppable duo was back at it in Saugerties for the HITS Championship. They did it again, taking...

Aaron Vale and Dress Balou on their way to a Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final win at the HITS Championship. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y.- Championship Sunday at HITS Saugerties began with the high-energy concluding round of the richest Hunter class in the country, the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final. Aaron Vale, of Williston, Florida, and Dress Balou, owned by Donald Stewart, did it again, winning their second consecutive title in the renowned event to secure a reign at...

Stamford, England – The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials CCI4* came to a close on Sunday with the show jumping phase in the main arena of the prestigious venue. Fifty combinations moved forward to the final phase over Richard Jeffery's show jumping track. The U.S. combinations had a day of solid performances, led by USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Lynn Symansky and Donner, who finished 14th in their Burghley debut.? Lynn Symansky and Donner (Libby Law Photography)...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the combinations that will represent the U.S. at the 2015 FEI World Endurance Championships for Young Riders & Juniors in Santo Domingo, Chile, October 23-24, 2015. The U.S. representatives will be led by USEF Chef d'Equipe, Mark Dial. The following athlete-and horse combinations (in alphabetical order) will represent the U.S. in the 2015 FEI World Endurance Championships for Young Riders &...

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the combinations that will represent the U.S. at the 2015 FEI World Driving Championships for Pairs in Fábiánsebestyén, Hungary, September 10-13, 2015. The U.S. representatives will be led by Thorsten Zarembowicz as the Chef d’Equipe and Michael Freund as the coach. The following athletes (in alphabetical order) and horses will represent the U.S. in the 2015 FEI World Driving...

Kirk Webby and Brando Du Rouet (Emily Riden/Phelps Media Group) Littlestown, Pa. - The win in Saturday evening's $25,000 Swan Lake Fall Festival Grand Prix all came down to the wire - and at the wire it all came down to just over a second in time. It was the last pair in the ring, Kirk Webby and Brando Du Rouet, who won the race against the clock to claim the victory in an exciting finish to the highlight event at the Swan Lake Fall Festival. In addition to Webby and Brando Du Rouet, four...

Juan-Carlos Capelli, vice president of Longines (second left), and Hampton Classic Executive Director Shanette Cohen presented a Longines timepiece to Paul O'Shea, winner of the $40,000 Longines Cup at the Hampton Classic. (McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Paul O'Shea of Ireland recovered from what seemed a devastating crash in Friday's grand prix to win the $40,000 Longines Cup on Skara Glen's Dolphin on Saturday. His faultless jump-off round, in 41.52 seconds, handily...

Lexington, Ky. – A talented group will represent the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team at CSIO5* Gijón, held in Gijón, Spain. The team consisting of Candice King, Audrey Coulter, Ali Wolff, and Hardin Towell has drawn first in the order of 10 teams to contest the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup on Saturday. As members of the winning U.S. teams at CSIO4* Wellington and CSIO4* Coapexpan, King (Wellington, Fla.) and Kismet 50, Bellissimo LLC’s 2001 Belgian Warmblood mare,...