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U.S. Team Eyes Top Result in Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup presented by Longines at CSIO5* Falsterbo, Draws Second in Order

by USEF Communications Department | 7/10/2014 4:41:23 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The U.S. sends a promising team into Friday’s Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup presented by Longines at the CSIO5* Falsterbo in Sweden. Under the guidance of Chef d’Equipe DiAnn Langer, Ashlee Bond-Clarke, Catherine Pasmore, Georgina Bloomberg, and Brianne Goutal will look to secure top results for the United States over a Christian Wiegand-designed track. The American contingent has drawn second in the order of eight teams. Bond-Clarke (Hidden Hills, Calif.) will ride...

Amanda Flint Dominates $10,000 Open Welcome in Vermont

by Starting Gate Communications | 7/3/2014 11:11:48 PM

Amanda Flint riding Newlight VDL (David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vt. - Amanda Flint of Long Valley, N.J., took the top two spots to dominate the $10,000 Open Welcome, presented by Manchester Designer Outlets, held Thursday, July 3, at the Vermont Summer Festival. The six-week equestrian competition runs through August 10 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, Vt.. A total of four horses advanced to the jump-off over the track set by Irish course designer Alan Wade. Two of those horses...

U.S. Reining Team to Wear Adequan® Brand at 2014 World Equestrian Games

by USEF Communications Department | 6/19/2014 11:43:30 AM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced today that Luitpold Animal Health, the manufacturers of Adequan® i.m. (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan), will be the title sponsor of the 2014 U.S. Reining Team, set to compete at this year's Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, August 23 through September 7, in Normandy, France. Luitpold Animal Health will also provide Adequan® i.m. for all eight disciplines and the horses competing for Team USA in the 2014 WEG....

Genn Family Dominates Open Jumper Victories at Showplace Spring Spectacular III

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 6/19/2014 9:14:05 AM

Theo Genn and Asirea Fortuna led the way in the 1.30m Open Jumpers on the second day of the Showplace Spring Spectacular III.(Phelps Media Gorup) Wayne, Ill . - For the Genn family, the Showplace Spring Spectacular series is a family affair. Kicking off the second day of the third week was Theo Genn with Asirea Fortuna in the $2,500 1.30m Open Jumpers, sponsored by Canterbury Farms, taking the victory in 27.626 seconds. Shortly after, Wilhelm Genn rode to the top of the leader board in the...

Delaney Flynn and Kelli Cruciotti In It to Win It in Junior Jumpers at Summer in the Rockies

by Lauren Buettner for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 6/16/2014 3:31:09 AM

Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Parker, Colo. - Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick have done it again at Summer in the Rockies. These two won the $5,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame High Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Classic last week, and they returned to the Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix Arena this Sunday to do the same. They are both fierce competitors, making their pairing a dynamite combination. With years less experience than most other riders who showed against...

Laura Chapot Kicks Off Open Jumpers with Back to Back Wins at the 2014 Devon Horse Show

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/28/2014 12:59:51 AM

Devon, Pa . – The 2014 Devon Horse Show & Country Fair hosted its first day of Open Jumper competition on Tuesday with double wins for local favorite Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, NJ. Chapot and the 10-year-old Selle Francais gelding Quointreau Un Prince (Diamant de Semilly x Rosire), owned by Chapot and McLain Ward, took the win in the first jump-off class. Laura Chapot and Quointreau Un Prince (© The Book LLC) An Open Jumper speed competition was also held in the evening with...

Farrington and his Blue Angel fly to victory in MAG-JLT Small Grand Prix

by From Piazza Di Siena | 5/24/2014 10:05:17 PM

Rome, Italy - Kent Farrington, the only American rider at Piazza di Siena this year, galloped to victory with Blue Angel in the Premio MAG-JLT Small Grand Prix this afternoon and now has his sights firmly set on securing the new D’Inzeo Brothers Trophy tomorrow afternoon. Uliano Vezzani’s track produced only eight first-round clears from a starting field of 63, partly due to a very tight time-allowed of 78 seconds. The jump-off line-up was world-class however, led by Germany’s...

U.S. Produces Hard Fought Effort to Finish Second in Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO4* Coapexpan

by Helen Murray | 5/9/2014 5:51:52 PM

Coapexpan, Mexico - The U.S. put forward a determined effort in Friday’s Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup competition at CSIO4* Coapexpan to earn a second place finish. After round one the Americans stood tied for the lead with the talented Canadian team on a score of five. In the second round both teams were able to produce three clears and remain tied on five faults, necessitating one rider from each team to The U.S. celebrates their second place finish during the victory gallop (USEF Archive)...

Fenney Rolls to Victory in the $25,000 Bisso Marine Grand Prix

by Lynn Walsh for Pin Oak | 3/28/2014 3:32:09 AM

Tracy Fenney & MTM Timon (Shawn McMillen Photography) Katy, Texas. - It was an exciting race to the finish of the $25,000 Bisso Marine Grand Prix tonight, the featured show jumping class today at the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, as 12 of the 25 starters went clear. After the proverbial dust had settled in the Irish Day Farm Main Jumper Ring at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center, it was Tracy Fenney’s night. She prevailed in the tiebreaker, taking first and second places with MTM...

Zine Dine Zips to Welcome Stake Victory at Pin Oak

by Lynn Walsh for Pin Oak | 3/26/2014 10:09:24 PM

Hailey Henderson and Zine Dine (Shawn McMillen Photography) Katy, Texas. - After posting the first clear round in the $10,000 Quanta Services Welcome Jumper Stake this afternoon, Hailey Henderson looked around and then quickly trotted back to the in-gate. “I didn’t really think I was going to go in the jump-off, so I had to refresh my memory for the jump-off track,” she said laughing. “So, I only had a brief idea of what it was. I had to make sure it really was it....