"I shot an arrow in the air. She fell to earth in Berkeley Square"; so goes the line from Kind Hearts and Coronets. Well apparently some mischievous soul shot a rifle round in the air and it fell to ground in the equestrian media centre here in Rio. It has been amusing reading the varying reports and through varying connotations and use of English, differing implications. A round did come through the media tent roof but it was not a large calibre (more rifle size) and had, I would suggest,...

Maya Black and Doesn't Play Fair (USEA/Shelby Allen Photo) Norwood, N.C. - Maya Black kept a solid grip on her lead in the Adequan Gold Cup CIC3* division this afternoon Doesn’t Play Fair. Tied for second after dressage at The Fork International Horse Trials in Norwood, N.C., the pair bumped into first after a clear show jump round yesterday. Dawn and Jonathan Dofelmier’s “Cody,” a 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding positively zoomed around this track today finishing 15...

Thermal, Calif. - The spotlight will be on the world’s top riders as they compete for international fame and a $100,000 prize purse in the Longines FEI World Cup™ Qualifier at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California. The event will take place on Saturday, February, 13 at 3:00 pm with a plethora of excitement in store. Spectators will witness the top riders and horses from around the globe contend for a shot to compete at the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American...

Alexa Lowe-Wiseman and Ami Du Houssoit on their way to victory in the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix on August 8, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vermont – Alexa Lowe-Wiseman of Upperville, VA, boasted the only double-clear performance of the day to win the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix aboard Ami Du Houssoit on Saturday, August 8, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The...

Kalispell, Mont. – Competition got underway on Friday for the CCI3* division at The Event at Rebecca Farm. Following the dressage phase, USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Kurt Martin and Delux Z are in third place on a score of 47.0. Martin (Middleburg, Va.) and his own and Caroljean Martin’s 2005 Irish Sport Horse gelding performed a flowing test to put them near the top of the leaderboard in a talented field. “It really was a personal best for my horse, and to...

Lauren Kieffer and Veronica (Shannon Brinkman Photo) West Yorkshire, England – A rainy cross country day at the Equi-Trek Bramham International Horse Trials didn’t pose any problems for Land Rover Eventing Competition Grant recipients Lauren Kieffer and Veronica. Ian Stark’s CCI3* track required bold riding, and Kieffer (Ocala, Fla.) and Team Rebecca, LLC's 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare delivered on Saturday. Even though Veronica pulled her right front shoe early on...

Rich Fellers and Flexible (SusanJStickle.com) Las Vegas, N.V. – The quest for the championship title continued tonight in the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, N.V. Prized World Cup points were up for grabs as 35 combinations went head-to-head over Anthony D'Ambrosio’s 16 effort course with just six returning for the jump-off. The U.S. contingent surged up the leaderboard, sending four forward to the jump-off: Beezie Madden, Lucy...

Boyd Martin and Master Frisky (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Elkton, Md. – Quick, clear trips were the order of the day over Derek di Grazia’s CCI tracks on Saturday at The Dutta Corp Fair Hill International. In the CCI3* Boyd Martin lengthened his lead, while in the CCI2* Great Britain’s Victoria Jessop holds the overall lead but it is Julie Richards that heads the USEF National Two Star Championship title hunt. Martin (Cochranville, Pa.) and Stephen Blauner’s 10-year-old...

Lauren Lambert and Fine with Me (Photo courtesy of Xpress Foto) Lexington, Ky. – The 2014 USEF National One-Star Eventing Championships held in conjunction with the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge came to a conclusion on Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Lauren Lambert and Fine with Me were victorious in the USEF National One-Star Eventing Championship, while Emily Shirley and Raptor Force claimed top honors in the USEF National Junior and Young...

Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' (Nacho Olano) Barcelona, Spain - The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team headed into the First Competition of the 2014 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final looking to secure a spot in Saturday’s Final Competition. However, it was not meant to be as the team of McLain Ward, Kent Farrington, Lauren Hough, and Beezie Madden finished Thursday’s round in ninth place on a score of 16. Ward (Brewster, N.Y.) and Sagamore Farms’ 13-year-old Warmblood...