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Pablo Barrios Increases Lead in Hagyard Challenge Series Standings

by Emily Riden for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/21/2013 1:52:39 PM

Pablo Barrios and Zara Leandra finished second in the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show's $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic. (Rebecca Walton) Lexington, KY - Pablos Barrios and his talented mare Zara Leandra have been almost unstable thus far in the 2013 Hagyard Challenge Series. The pair kicked things off by winning the first class in May, and they then garnered wins in both the third and fourth classes of the series. Most recently, Barrios and Zara Leandra finished second in the $25,000 Hagyard...

Sharon White Takes Early Lead in CCI2* at the Volvo Bromont Three Day Event

by Starting Gate Communications | 6/7/2013 7:10:57 AM

Sharon White of the United States riding Don Sheffield leads the CCI2* division following the opening phase of dressage competition at the Volvo Bromont CCI*** Three Day Event taking place June 6 to 9, 2013, in Bromont, Quebec (Photo by Cealy Tetley) Bromont, Quebec – The 2013 Volvo CCI3* Bromont Three Day Event, The Todd Sandler Challenge, opened on Thursday, June 6, at the Bromont Olympic Horse Park in Bromont, Quebec, with the first of two days of dressage competition. The CCI2*, one...

Singer Gains Lead in 2013 USEF National Pairs Championship at Live Oak International Following the Marathon

by Helen Murray | 3/23/2013 5:57:47 PM

Ocala, FL - Following an exciting marathon day at the Live Oak International, Lisa Singer has grabbed the lead in the 2013 USEF National Pairs Championship with a score of 133.07. Drivers had near perfect weather as they contested the second phase of competition held on the picturesque Live Oak Plantation. Lisa Singer (Picsofyou.com) 0 Singer (Chadds Ford, PA) drove consistently over the championship level course which hosted seven intricate obstacles. Using the experienced gained representing...

Horse Shows by the Bay Offers New $10,000 Leading Jumper Rider Cash Bonus

by Horse Show by the Bay | 3/8/2013 12:20:38 PM

Traverse City, MI - Jumper riders have 10,000 more reasons to enjoy their time at the 2013 Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival! The Hagyard Equine Medical Institute--the Official Veterinarian of Horse Shows by the Bay--is sponsoring a new $10,000 Leading Jumper Rider Cash Bonus Award for the Horse Shows by the Bay Hunter/Jumper series, July 3-28 in scenic Traverse City, Michigan. "Our partnership with Horse Shows by the Bay over the past five years has delivered us a unique opportunity...

Pollard Takes Early Lead At Galway Downs International Three-Day Event

by Del Mar Eventing Press | 11/2/2012 9:38:59 PM

Temecula, CA - Michael Pollard, of Dalton, Ga., rode Schoensgreen Hanni to a narrow lead in the dressage phase of the CCI3* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. Scoring 46.4 penalties, Pollard just eclipsed Phillip Dutton on Atlas (47.0). Hawley Bennett-Awad stands a close third on Five O’Clock Somewhere (48.2) and McKenna Shea is fourth on Landioso (48.4). “I was happy. It was probably the best dressage test we’ve done at a CCI. [We] just had a little bobble in...

Burnett and Beebee Lead National Championship Fields Following the Dressage at Dansko Fair Hill International

by Helen Murray | 10/19/2012 6:30:12 PM

Elkton, MD - The second day of dressage at the Dansko Fair Hill International CCI got off to a late start on Friday after lightning storms caused an hour delay. Rain continued to threaten throughout the day and struck during the first rides of the final afternoon session as competitors completed the first phase the USEF National Two and Three-Star Eventing Championships. In the CCI3* Hannah Sue Burnett and Harbour Pilot hold the lead going into the cross country with a score of 43. No one was...

Montgomery Leads Land Rover U.S. Eventing on First Day of Dressage at the Military Boekelo CCIO3*

by USEF Communications Department | 10/11/2012 4:40:25 PM

Boekelo, The Netherlands- The United States sent two Land Rover Competition and Training Grant recipients down the centerline Thursday at the Military Boekelo CCIO3* in front of the Ground Jury composed of Sue Stewart, Eric Lieby, and Helen Christie. Leading the U.S. effort in FEI Nations Cup Eventing competition are Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen. The pair performed a pleasing test to score 46.2 and stand in 11th place following the first day of dressage. Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen...

Stewart Named Leading Hunter Rider At 37th Annual Hampton Classic

by Classic Communications (edited) | 9/2/2012 7:10:37 PM

Scott Stewart riding Enjoy, one of the horses that helped him earn the Leading Hunter Rider title at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. (Shawn McMillen) Bridgehampton, NY - Scott Stewart, of Wellington Fla., was the Leading Hunter Rider of the 37th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show, winning three hunter championships. He was presented with the Charlie Weaver Memorial Trophy for the second consecutive year and for the sixth time in his career. “This means a lot to me,” said Stewart....

Shane Sweetnam Takes the Lead in the 2012 Hagyard Challenge Series

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/28/2012 4:51:28 PM

Shane Sweetnam took the lead in the 2012 Hagyard Challenge Series during the $10,000 Hagyard Welcome Stake at the KHJA Horse Show. (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, KY - It was a thrilling Welcome Stake for the final week of the Kentucky Summer Series, during the KHJA Horse Show. It was Shane Sweetnam who rode to the top of the standings for the 2012 Hagyard Challenge Series. Sweetnam's first place finish knocked Kaitlin Campbell into the second place position, with Reed Kessler...

Andrew Nicholson Takes Over Lead in HSBC Rankings After London 2012

by FEI Communications | 8/4/2012 7:40:44 AM

New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson takes over lead in HSBC Rankings. Image: (Kit Houghton/FEI) Andrew Nicholson (NZL) has taken over as world number one in the HSBC Rankings after the London 2012 Olympic Eventing competition in Greenwich Park. Nicholson, captain of New Zealand’s bronze medal-winning team at London 2012, is now 46 points clear of William Fox-Pitt (GBR) who had led the HSBC Rankings since April. London 2012 is Andrew Nicholson’s sixth Olympic Games. New Zealand’s...