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Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Riders Visit Kentucky Children's Hospital

by Classic Communications | 4/24/2013 10:24:00 AM

Riders (from left) Hawley Bennett-Awad, Phillip Dutton, Boyd Martin and Lindsey Jordan visit with Donte Proffitt (10) of London, Ky. (Michelle Dunn photo) Lexington, KY - Three riders who’ll be competing in the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Land Rover, and one rider who’ll be competing in the Kentucky Reining Cup spent Tuesday afternoon visiting with children undergoing treatment at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital in Lexington. "Rolex Kentucky" returns to the...

NBC and USEF Network Will Offer Extensive Coverage of the 2012 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone

by USEF Communications Department | 4/12/2012 9:11:58 AM

Extensive Coverage of the 2012 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone will be available to millions of people around the world. An unprecedented five hours of television coverage of the western hemisphere's only CCI4* will air on the NBC family of channels as the Rolex Equestrian Championships presented by Land Rover. For the intensity and excitement of the Cross-Country phase, tune into Universal Sports on Saturday, April 28th from 10:00am - 12:00pmET and NBC Sports...

FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week Six Wrap-Up

by Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC | 2/21/2011 11:23:00 AM

Wellington, FL - February 21, 2011 - The sixth week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) has concluded at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, and another week of fantastic competition was held. The FTI WEF hosts the best that the sports of show jumping, hunters, and equitation have to offer in 12 rings of competition. In addition to competition, the FTI WEF hosts many exciting activities. In an unusual class on the opening morning of week 6 at the FTI Winter Equestrian...

Six Weeks of Top Competition Wraps Up at Vermont Summer Festival

by Jennifer Ward | 8/25/2010 4:51:00 PM

David Mullinix Photography (Hillary Dobbs of Sussex, NJ, and Marengo enjoyed two grand prix victories at the 2010 Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT.) East Dorset, VT - The big winner at the 2010 Vermont Summer Festival proved to be 22-year-old Hillary Dobbs of Sussex, NJ. Throughout the six-week competition that ran from July 7 through August 15, 2010, Dobbs and her mount, Marengo, scored three major victories. The first of Dobbs’ wins came in the $30,000 Battenkill Grand Prix,...

Hollywood Dun It Reaches Six Million Dollar Sire Milestone

by By Christa Morris | 7/27/2010 11:05:00 AM

National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Hall of Fame Inductee Hollywood Dun It’s offspring just helped the sire surpass six million dollars in official NRHA offspring earnings. Hollywood Dun It’s offspring earnings now total $6,007,133. The earnings of Hollywood Dun It’s get have broken one record after another, and now the legendary sire becomes the second NRHA Six Million Dollar Sire. Without a doubt there are more records to be broken by Hollywood Dun It offspring. His legacy continues....

Vermont Summer Festival Hosts Six Weeks of Show Jumping Competition

by By Jennifer Ward | 3/15/2010 4:31:00 PM

The annual Vermont Summer Festival will return to East Dorset, VT, for six consecutive weeks of competition running July 7 through August 15, 2010. New England’s largest “AA” rated hunter/jumper horse show, the Vermont Summer Festival offers more than $750,000 in prize money, making it the richest sporting event based on purse in the state. The competition attracts the best athletes, including Olympic medalists, from across the country and around the globe to vie for top honors. The first five...

2010 HITS Desert Circuit to Return to Six Week Schedule and Offer Special Pricing Packages

by By Jennifer Wood | 7/28/2009 4:16:00 PM

HITS, Inc., is pleased to announce the dates for the 2010 HITS Desert Circuit, held at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, CA. The horse show circuit will run for six weeks and will also include an off week. There will be four World Cup qualifiers during the circuit, and it will feature special classes for riders of all levels in equitation, hunters, and jumpers. An added bonus for exhibitors this year is special circuit pricing packages, which will help exhibitors make their showing plans....

HorseTV to Broadcast Full Six Weeks of HITS Ocala Winter Circuit

by By HorseTV and HITS | 2/4/2009 4:27:00 PM

HorseTV announced that an agreement had been reached with the Saugerties, NY-based HITS (Horse Shows in the Sun) organization for nose-to-tail broadcast coverage of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit, February 3-March 15. On February 3, 2009, HorseTV Live, the live broadcast component of the HorseTV.com television portal, will make equestrian industry history by providing simultaneous coverage of six active rings of competition for the entire six weeks of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit, including the...

Shawn Casady & Twister Move Up the Ranks to Claim Under 25 Championship at the National Horse Show

by Kenneth Kraus and Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 11/2/2014 4:36:44 AM

Lexington, Ky. - The final day of the $65,000 Sleepy P Ranch & Deeridge Farm Under 25 Championship at the 131st National Horse Show ultimately came down to two demanding rounds and an upset in the ranks as Shawn Casady and Twister made a comeback to seal the victory. Casady jumped from the fourth position to the first with a double clear today, finishing on a total of 6 penalties to lead the victory gallop for the inaugural championship. Shawn Casady and Twister (Shawn McMillen Photography)...

2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week Six Wrap-Up

by By Jennifer Wood | 2/25/2010 1:39:00 PM

The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) had a fantastic sixth week of competition on February 17-21. The week featured the AHJF Hunter Classic Spectacular of Palm Beach and the $50,000 CN Palm Beach Jumping Derby along with a full schedule of hunter, jumper, and equitation classes. The week six title sponsor was Bainbridge. Charles Jacobs of Boston, MA, captured the top prize in the $50,000 CN Palm Beach Jumping Derby on Quidditch II, owned by Deeridge Farm of Wellington, FL. They sped to...