Micheal Hughes, pictured aboard Zammetje, led the victory gallop in both the NAL Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic and the SJHOF High Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic Sunday in Tampa (Emily Riden) Tampa, FL - Michael Hughes sped to victory in the North American League (NAL) Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic, and he kept right on cruising. Hughes immediately followed up his NAL win Sunday with a blue ribbon in the Show Jumping Hall of Fame High (SJHOF) Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic under the lights of...

Andrew Bourns and Gatsby (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - The 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival concluded its seventh week of competition, sponsored by Hermès, with action at two parts of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on Sunday. At The Stadium, Irish riders Andrew Bourns, Darragh Kenny, and Shane Sweetnam swept the top three in the $50,000 Hermès Jumper Derby with a win for Bourns and his mount Gatsby. In the International Arena, Praise and Sheila Motley...

Wellington, FL - Matthias Hollberg and Orphan Car set a speedy pace early in the order and held on to the first spot during today's class at The Ridge at Wellington's $175,000 1.40m Invitational Grand Prix Series. Hollberg and Orphan Car completed the jump-off in 38.448 seconds, taking a sharp inside turn between the first two fences and leaving all the rails up to secure the win. The $15,000 Grand Prix class, held under sunny skies at the beautiful Mida Farm in Wellington, drew a...

Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Let's Fly. (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Let's Fly galloped to victory in the $30,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 1 on the second day of competition at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) on Thursday. After kicking the year off with a second place finish in last weekend's inaugural $100,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix, the duo is off to the races with a win to start their winter circuit. Week...

Woodside, CA - James Alliston survived a bittersweet day at the Woodside International Horse Trials, presented by Equine Insurance of California and Professional’s Choice. It was a day of both exciting victory and disconcerting defeat for him. Alliston, of Castro Valley, Calif., did win the CIC3*, but with Tivoli (52.6), not with Jumbo’s Jake, the horse who’d been leading after the first day’s dressage and show jumping. And he also won the CIC2* on Mojo. Jolie Wentworth...

Wellington, FL - The inaugural event of the 2012 Global Dressage Festival (GDF) was a great success featuring the $50,000 Wellington Dressage CDI-W, presented by Magnolia Farm, and National Show, which took place February 2-5. The GDF continues with the Florida Dressage Classic CDI-W and National Show, presented by the United States PRE Association, February 16-19 at the newly constructed venue that extends the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) show grounds. Opening day of the...

Sandy Ferrell and Moshi. (Photo by Sportfot©.) Wellington, FL - The eighth week of the 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, which runs through April 3, is well into its second day of competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. The sun was shinning along with strong gusts of wind as the Green Conformation Hunters made their way into the E.R. Mische Grand Hunter Ring on Thursday morning. Sandy Ferrell was aboard the new entry from Stephanie Riggio, Moshi, for the championship...

The 2010 Randolph College/USEF Prix des States Team Champions (Al Cook ) At the prestigious Pennsylvania National Horse Show the Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships took place across three days of intense competition. Following Thursday’s Welcome Class, the Randolph College/USEF Prix des States Team Championships got under way Friday evening. After two rounds of jumping it was Zone 2 that took home top honors, finishing on zero faults. On a night when clear rounds were...

Plymouth, MA - For 16 days, the world’s best riders and equine athletes will gather in Lexington, KY, to compete in the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, and SmartPak will be there to welcome them. The World Equestrian Games are comprised of the world championships for eight equestrian sports. This celebration of athletic excellence and the diversity of the equine industry is a natural setting for SmartPak, a company dedicated to supporting riders of all disciplines and improving the...

Bridgehampton, NY-September 1, 2010-Two-time Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward rode to top honors in the $7,500 Open Jumper class at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Wednesday afternoon riding Rothchild, owned by Sagamore Farms. Some of the younger horses in the field of 40 had a tough time on the course, but Ward and Rothchild have been in this ring before. "He performed well here last year so I knew he knew this field," said Ward. "I basically kind of stuck to the plan. Everything...