Al Cook (Defending champion Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil winning the $75,000 Grand Prix de Penn National aboard HH Ashley. ) Harrisburg, PA - Defending champion Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil reclaimed his title winning the $75,000 Grand Prix de Penn National, an FEI World Cup Qualifier, the finale of the 65th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show. He was victorious aboard HH Ashley, the entry of Double H Farm, with a jump-off time of 50.37 seconds, and although there were no jumping faults, the pair...

Hayley Barnhill, winner of the Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals, presented by Randolp (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, Penn. - A total of 208 junior riders came to the 65th Pennsylvania National Horse Show and competed for the prestigious national equitation championship, the Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals Presented by Randolph College. It came down to a ride off and exchange of horses between Hayley Barnhill of Collierville, Tenn. and Samantha Schaefer of...

Shannon Brinkman (Becky Holder and her Courageous Comet.) Lexington, KY - The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team continued to demonstrate consistency in the first phase with Karen O’Connor, Becky Holder and Phillip Dutton performing their dressage tests on Friday at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Riding as an Individual, Becky Holder and her own and Tom Holder’s Courageous Comet were second to go after the lunch break. They set the stage for the remainder of the afternoon scoring a 39....

Future iris identification technology will identify and track horses Summit NJ, Sept. 30, 2010 - Global Animal Management (GAM®) will present “Introduction to Iris Scan Technology for Equine Identification,” at the Rood & Riddle Pavilion’s west entrance of the Alltech Experience on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. and again on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. The presentations, being held during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky., will introduce GAM’s latest equine identification...

The U.S. Event Team and Team GBR at the Land Rover Test Drive (Glen Davis) Lexington, KY - Today was a day for horsing around at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. In a light hearted competition, the U.K. based Team GBR beat the local favorites from the U.S. as they took top-honors in today’s Land Rover Test Drive Challenge. The two teams swapped their customary single horsepower for an entirely different kind of horsepower, behind the wheel of identical 375 hp Land Rover LR4...

Singapore: U.S. rider Eirin Bruheim (Houston, Texas) ended competition at the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games on a high note. In her final round on Tuesday in Singapore, she recorded just four faults to wrap-up the two-day Individual Jumping event tied for 17th place with 12 penalties at the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre. “Today was really good,” Bruheim said. “I finally felt like I actually understood my horse a bit more. He had calmed down considerably with the crowd. Overall, it was a...

SINGAPORE - At the conclusion of round two, Eirin Bruheim (Houston, TX) and her teammates ended the Team Jumping competition in sixth place at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. The group, comprised of five riders from North and Central America as well as the Caribbean Islands, finished with 32 penalties for the two-round event at the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre. “The only problem today was that my horse is a little shy of crowds, so he gets really nervous and he didn’t really...

Singapore - The Equestrian competition at the first ever Youth Olympic Games started today with the first round of the Team Competition at the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre. The Nations Cup format is familiar (two round competition over the same course), but the similarities stop there because at this event there are six regional teams (Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, and South America), each with five athletes; the best three scores from each of the two rounds to count....

Jamie Pestana and Winzalot (SusanJStickle.com) Gladstone, NJ – The USEF National Junior Dressage Championship was the second Championship to be completed during the two weekends of the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions and the top three places remained unchanged from the first leg of the championship. That meant that Jamie Pestana (Livermore, CA) and Winzalot defended their lead and swept both tests to score another convincing victory. This pair has won across the...

Two popular New England horse shows, the Fieldstone Summer Showcase and the Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic, are teaming up to form a new horse show series with great offerings for equestrian competitors. The Fieldstone Summer Showcase/Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic Horse Show Series will feature jumper competition in three divisions with opportunities for great prizes and circuit championship awards. It is set to begin August 25-29 with the Fieldstone Summer Showcase at the Fieldstone...