Andre Thieme and Uvalier. (ESI Photography©.) Ocala, FL - It seems the luck of the Irish was with German High-Performance rider Andre Thieme yesterday when he piloted his own Uvalier to a blazingly fast finish in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. The win marks his third of the season and the second in five days for Thieme who, just last Sunday, rode Seth Vallhonrat's Coco 135 to an exciting victory in the $50,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer...

Its 12:30 PM and it has already been a really long day for me. This is how it has unfolded to this point, but I’m a little scared to see what happens next. 3:15 am - Woke up in a cold sweat after a dream that I was in Europe with the show jumpers and Ashlee Bond had lost her cat. I have no idea if Ashlee even has a cat. But we were in a major panic in the dream. 4:20 - Alarm goes off after a fitful sleep searching around a back road in Belgium for the lost cat. 4:30 - Drag self out of bed,...

ESI Photography (Tracy Fenney and MTM Timon in the $100,000 DeLuca Toyota Tundra Grand Prix, presented by Great American Insurance Group.) Ocala, FL - HITS, Inc., is pleased to announce that the 2011 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit will mark the company's 30th anniversary of its popular Florida Winter Circuit. In anticipation of this important milestone, the 2011 season is shaping up with exciting news and improvements, staying dedicated to its honored tradition of providing the best value in show...

It's not like Rachel Boggus has time on her hands. In addition to riding and showing three horses across all the divisions, the amateur rider who trains with Michael Dennehy also is completing the last year of her anesthesiology residency at the University of Colorado Medical Center. "I don't have a lot of free time," Rachel admitted. "When I do, I am riding and showing. It's really hard for me to stay away and sometimes that means very long days with very little sleep, but I wouldn't have it...

Very good news for the international equestrian community as FEI TV (www.feitv.org) will offer live streaming and extensive Video on Demand coverage from the first leg of the HSBC FEI Classics, the Rolex Three Day Event in Lexington, KY. The provisional schedule for the live broadcasts is as follows: Cross-Country - Saturday, April 24, 2010: 15:00-22:00 CEST / 13:00-20:00 GMT; Jumping - Sunday, April 25, 2010: 19:00-20:30 CEST / 17:00-18:30 GMT. Please check www.feitv.org for broadcasting times...

By Lindsay McCall/PMG (Dr. Armand Leone, Jr. presenting the Thirty-Year Gold Medal Club Anniversary Award to USET President and CEO, Jane Forbes Clark.) As horses and riders prepare for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation's Road to Kentucky fundraising benefit welcomed owners, riders and fans of every discipline as they joined together in support of the elite athletes on February 5, 2010, at the International Polo Club in Wellington,...

After a four month search, the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) has named Gary Zimmerman as its new Executive Vice President out of a field that included 120 candidates. “Gary's quick and direct answers to the Board proved to be the deciding factor for all of us,” says AHA President Myron Krause. “He welcomes the opportunity to use his talents to meet our mission. After listening to his confident explanation of what he can bring to AHA, the board and executive committee felt he was the best...

Courtesy Animal Planet (Brianne Goutal was the eventual winner of the 2005 ASPCA Maclay Finals.) Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation® has welcomed a new audience of horse lovers thanks to the recent success of Animal Planet’s new six-week series, Horse Power–Road to the Maclay . More than six million unique viewers of all ages tuned in to Animal Planet to watch the series which began February 1. More than 9 million unique viewers tuned into the three...

Many of the west's top horses and riders will converge on the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, September 22-26, 2004, for a week of top hunter/jumper competition. The $40,000 Grand Prix of Los Angeles will run on Saturday evening, September 25, and a capacity crowd is expected for this American Grandprix Association event and qualifier for the 2005 World Cup Finals. The World Cup Finals will be held in Las Vegas, NV, next spring. Richard Spooner, who has an early lead in the World Cup standings,...

Harrisburg, Pa. – A large field of top equitation competitors will contest the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Around 250 of the nation’s top junior equestrians will compete head-to-head for the Adrian Van Sinderen Memorial Trophy on Sunday, October 14. Taylor St. Jacques, 2017 Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final Champion, riding Charisma (© Al Cook - alcookphoto.com) Judges Robin Rost Brown (Morriston, Fla.) and...