Laura Kraut and Cedric won the grand prix at the CSI*** Hachenburg in Germany on August 5 over a very competitive field of 53 horses and riders from across Europe. Kraut, who is based in Middleburg, VA, and Cedric, a 15-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by K and H Enterprises were more than three seconds faster in the jump-off than runner-up Rolf-Goran Bengtsson and Ninja La Silla. The win follows up the very successful Nations Cup effort by the U.S. team at Hickstead on July 27. Kraut...

The 2005 Paso Fino Horse Association's Annual Board of Directors and Membership Convention will be held next week, January 14–16, at the Sofitel Hotel in Miami, FL. Special events taking place during this year's convention include a judges and stewards clinic, election of officers, a show secretaries and show management clinic, a party sponsored by La Libertad Paso Fino Farm and Howard Brody and a party sponsored by Mario “Mayito” Hernandez at Caballos de Mayo. Don’t miss out on your chance to...

Wins don’t get much more convincing than Zone 2’s gold medal in the USHJA North American Young Rider Show Jumping Team Championship at the Adequan®/FEI North American Youth Championships, presented by Gotham North, at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY on August 3. Earlier in the day, Zone 5 handily won the USHJA North American Junior Rider Show Jumping Team Championship, while Canada were the gold medalists in the USHJA North American Child Rider Show Jumping Team Championship....

Saugerties, NY (July 23, 2016): As the weekend commenced at HITS-on-the-Hudson IV, equestrians descended on the Grand Prix ring for a shot at the title in Friday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix. McLain Ward and Tina La Boheme on their way to a $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix win. (C) ESI Photography The Order-of-Go was stacked, and the crowd gathered to watch what would be an exhilarating battle of the quickest over the course set by Bernardo Cabral of Lisbon, Portugal. The world’s top...

McLain Ward and Tina La Boheme Win $50,000 Devon Welcome Stake (Rebecca Walton/Phelps Media Group) Devon, Pa. - It is no secret that Olympian McLain Ward has been on a hot streak recently, racking up six major victories from New York to Rome in just three weeks. The $50,000 Devon Welcome Stake CSI4* proved to be no exception as Ward rode away with the top two spots, winning the event aboard Tina La Boheme and placing second with his reigning Pan American Games double gold medalist mount,...

The Irish team are hot favorites to win the second leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup™ series in Rome (ITA) tomorrow, but they got the worst of the draw today and so will be first into the ring as the action gets underway in the stunning surroundings of the Piazza di Siena. A total of nine teams will line up in this leg of the elite eight-nation tournament, as the host country makes a guest appearance on home turf. The American Team of Charlie Jayne, Christine McCrea, Margie Engle and Rich...

Dressage Jan Ebeling and Rafalca were fourth in the Grand Prix for the Special with a score of 69.850% and fifth in the Grand Prix Special at CDI3* Achleiten in Austria. The American pair scored 69.920% for their efforts in the Grand Prix Special. Ebeling has put together a string of success with the mare in Europe, beginning with the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final and good placings at back-to-back European CDIs. More information on this show is available here: https://www.achleiten.at/...

Over this past weekend, US team veterans of the 2008 Olympic Games and 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Laura Kraut and Cedric galloped to a strong fourth place finish at the Global Champions Tour in Valencia, Spain. To watch videos from the GCT please visit; https://www.globalchampionstour.com/gallery/videos/1 . This kicked off what is sure to be a very busy summer in Europe for the US contingent. On Friday, the first stop of the Top League FEI Nations Cup series takes place in La...

Burbank, CA - Fiesta Charity Spectacular, annual fundraiser and horse show in the 13th year is a revered Southern California equestrian tradition that raises funds for USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Children’s Hospital. Fiesta is held at the LA Equestrian Center in Burbank. The four-days feature multi-breed horse show competitions and a Charity Spectacular presented Saturday evening. The Spectacular, the main event, features an evening of non-stop equine Broadway style...

Ocala, FL - What do you get when you mix beautiful weather, talented horsemen, first-class facilities, exciting events and fabulous prize money? The answer is simple: HITS Ocala. The Ocala Winter Festival marked the second AA rated week of show jumping in the 'Sunshine State'. The two Grand Prix and weekly Devoucoux Hunter Prix saw record-breaking entries this week. In Thursday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, Kent Farrington of Chicago, IL, emerged as the...