Lexington, Ky. - U.S. para-equestrians kicked off the 2015 season in winning style by securing CPEDI3* victory over Canada during the first week of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. Led by Chef d’Equipe Kai Handt, the team of Rebecca Hart, Annie Peavy, Sydney Collier, and Roxanne Trunnell finished on a score of 415.438. Hart (Unionville, Pa.) and her own Schroeters Romani led the way for the U.S., scoring 73.284% in the Team Test and 72.857% in the Individual Test of Grade II...

Temecula, Calif. - They may have traveled the farthest to get here, but Boyd Martin and Buck Davidson are making the most of their trip west by tying for the lead after dressage in the CCI3* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. Their score of 44.4, on Trading Aces and Copper Beech, gives them a slight cushion over Maya Black, who stands in third with a 47.6 on Doesn’t Play Fair. Martin, of Cochranville, Pa., joked, “I watched Buck’s test and thought, ‘Was I...

Washington, D.C. - The 56th annual Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) continued on Friday with an exciting day of hunter, jumper, and equitation competition at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.. The $25,000 International Jumper Puissance, presented by The Boeing Company, was the highlight class of the evening with a win for 21-year-old Jessica Springsteen (USA) aboard Stone Hill Farm's Lisona after clearing the wall up to 6'10” (2.08m). For the win after clearing all four...

Lauren Kieffer and Veronica (Libby Law Photography) Pau, France - The Ground Jury of Jane Tolley, Eric Lieby, and Polly Ann Huntington saw 34 horse and rider combinations head down centerline during the first phase of competition at the Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*. After the dressage, Germany’s Ingrid Klimke with Horseware Hale Bob and Great Britain’s William Fox-Pitt with Parklane Hawk stand tied atop the leaderboard on 39.3 but the Americans have slotted two combinations into...

Jill Wilson receives the Leading Lady Rider Award for the sixth consecutive year (Al Cook - alcookphoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - It was a night of 'old tradition' at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show as 19 Hunt Clubs, including hounds, huntsmen, and horses, took over the main arena at the Farm Show Complex for Hunt Night, sponsored by Kinsley Construction. The competition was steep in the Field Hunters Competitions, in which each horse and rider competed over a course of eight...

Prix des States Podium (Al Cook) Harrisburg, Pa. - Prior to the start of the final Individual round of competition at the 2014 Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championship, Prix des States medals were awarded and the 2013 Zone 5 Championship banner was raised. On Friday night, Zone 4 clinched Team Gold as Zone 2 edged Zone 5 to Silver in an exciting jump-off. Read about Friday night’s competition here . The Zone 4, led by Chef d’Equipe Kim Land, earned Gold on a score...

Lexington, Ky. – The second day of dressage at the Military Boekelo CCIO3* wrapped up on Friday in Boekelo, The Netherlands. Strong performances in the first phase have put the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team in second place with a score of 139.60 as they heading out on the Sue Benson’s cross-country track on Saturday. USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen led the way for the U.S. contingent, going into the lead on Friday in the field of 89...

Kevin Babbington & Cord 11 (Paws and Rewind LLC) Blue skies and sunshine graced Skillman, New Jersey for the $30,000 Holger Hetzel Sport Horse Sales Grand Prix and Family Day. FEI 4* course designer, Werner Deeg built a great course which produced 9 clear rounds. The jump off was a real crowd pleaser with some tight turns and a few long gallops. There was a long gallop across the ring to the last fence, a tall vertical, that got the crowd to their feet. Laura Chapot and Umberto put pressure...

Los Angeles, Calif. - Jane Richard Philips, Longines Ambassador of Elegance, took the top prize at the first edition of the Longines Speed Challenge in Los Angeles, competing the course on board Dieudonne de Guldenboom in a blistering 60.97 seconds. Winning the event presented by Longines was a great way to close out Friday’s competitions. Timing and precision: these are the keywords of this Masters Grand Slam class, now held on three continents. Known as one of the fastest competitions...

Izsak, Hungary – The United States had mixed fortunes on Saturday’s marathon and now stand 14th in team standings on a total of 301.7 at the 2014 FEI World Driving Championships for Singles. Jacob Arnold led the way for the U.S. as he proved unbeatable to win the marathon and climb into the top 15 individually. Jacob Arnold and Hotspur's Red Rowl (Janos and Zoltan Varaljai) In his World Championship debut, Arnold (Snow Camp, N.C.) drove Karen K. Chandor and John C. Merritt’s...