The Strongid© C 2X™ Grand Prix Stadium will again welcome the AIG $1 Million Grand Prix Sunday, March 16 (Lindsay Yandon) Thermal, Calif. - HITS, Inc. is proud to announce the final list of riders set to compete in Sunday’s AIG $1 Million Grand Prix, presented by Lamborghini Newport Beach, at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California. With the touch-down of the East Coast qualified riders and manager’s picks yesterday, the list is made up of a storied cast of international...

Chester Weber and his team during the 2013 Live Oak International (PicsofYou.com) Ocala, Fla. - Never has an international-level equestrian competition in the Sunshine State offered so much for so many. The Live Oak International CAI/CSI-W 2*, March 19-23, at Live Oak Plantation, will provide spectators the chance to watch some of the sport’s most celebrated equestrian athletes. Top athletes entered to compete include 2012 British Olympic Team Gold Medalist Ben Maher, 2012 Olympic Bronze...

from www.okstate.com/ Stillwater, Okla. - For the third-straight season, the third-ranked Oklahoma State equestrian team will be the top seed at the 2014 Big 12 Equestrian Championship, the league announced today. OSU (7-3), the two-time defending Big 12 champions, finished conference play with a 3-3 record. The Cowgirls lead the league with three titles, taking the crown in 2009, 2012 and 2013. All four Big 12 teams finished this season with a 3-3 record, but the Cowgirls claimed the...

Aaron Vale and Gems Bond were the ones to beat in the $2,500 Brook Ledge Open Welcome 1.40m at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Boasting the richest prize in show jumping, the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix is only two weeks away and riders are now looking to punch their ticket for the showdown in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium. Tracy Fenney of Flower Mound, Texas made herself a top contender for the March 24 title with her fifth grand prix win of the circuit on Friday in...

Minneapolis, Minn. - The Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America (WPCSA) held its 2014 Annual General Meeting over the weekend of February 22-23, 2014 in Minneapolis, MN. The cold weather around the country may have created travel difficulties but attendees received a warm welcome from the Welsh of Minnesota! Society members from across the United States joined in in Society business and committee meetings, award banquets and presentations. The WPCSA Election Results The membership elected to...

Vaulting to be featured in the Middle East for the first time Sisters Cassidy and Kimberly Palmer, who placed first in the pairs (pas-de-deux) Vaulting event at the 2013 German Masters in Stuttgart last November, will be among the roster of world-class competitors who will gather in Doha, Qatar in March for the Second CHI AL SHAQAB. The siblings are the first vaulters from the United States to win a World Cup event. The prestigious event takes place at AL SHAQAB, the Arabian Gulf’s...

Wilhelm Genn and Happy Z win the $50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix! (Flashpoint Photography) Gulfport, Miss. - Only three first rounds emerged clean. As a matter fact, it took five rounds to get a clean round, and it was Wilhelm Genn in the irons of his own Happy Z who showed the crowd it could be done, setting the time to beat at 89.328 seconds. "Allen built a really good course and introduced a couple of new elements; big, bold oxers with bushes in the middle, some wider jumps that really stood...

McLain Ward and HH Carlos Z (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - After topping Saturday's $25,000 Nutrena Jumper Classic at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival, the brand new partnership of McLain Ward (USA) and Double H Farm's HH Carlos Z went on to their second victory of the week in Sunday's $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic. The class saw 52 entries with six to jump-off. Laura Kraut and MH Sporthorse's Andretti S were first to jump-off and incurred 16...

Wellington, Fla - Nations Cup action at CSIO4* Wellington continued with Young Riders, Juniors and Child Riders taking over the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center’s International Arena on Saturday afternoon and evening. The FEI Nations Cups presented by Hollow Creek Farm tested future stars of the sport over Steve Stephens’ 12 obstacle courses at the competition hosted as part of Week Eight of the FTI Consulting Winter The winning U.S. Young Rider Team (StockImageServices....

Mandy Porter and Lexito jump to a win in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis (©Flying Horse Photography) Thermal, Calif - When Mandy Porter walked into the Strongid® C 2X™ Grand Prix Stadium on Friday, the crowd expected to see her in the tack of her usual stallion, Con Capilot. This time, however, she piloted a 16.3 hand grey gelding named Lexito for Marguerite McAfee of P2 Capital, LLC. Porter, who hails from Encinitas, California, catch rode for Lexito’s...