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Jennifer Alfano Wins $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby on Candid at Week 1 of the 2015 Equifest Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group | 7/27/2015 5:44:31 PM

Jennifer Alfano and Candid won the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby at Equifest I. (Photo By: Chicago Equestrian) Wayne, IL - July 27, 2015 - SBS Farms continued to shine in the hunter rings this past week at the Equifest I Horse Show held at Lamplight Equestrian Center. Jennifer Alfano put in impressive trips on several horses to earn top ribbons in numerous divisions, yet it was Candid who stole the limelight in Chicago. Alfano captured the Second Year Green Working Hunter Championship with...

U.S. Team Prepared for Inaugural FEI World Vaulting Championships for Juniors

by USEF Communications Department | 7/27/2015 4:05:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The top junior vaulters from across the United States are prepared to compete against 18 countries at the FEI World Vaulting Championships for Juniors, August 5-10, 2015, in Ermelo, The Netherlands. The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named three individual females and one alternate, three individual males, two pas de deux, one squad of six vaulters plus one alternate, and ten horses. The following athletes will represent the U.S. (in alphabetical order): U....

Jeffery Welles and Broken Heart Claim First in $75,000 AIG Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson V

by HITS, Inc. | 7/27/2015 2:40:45 PM

(c) ESI Photography Jeffery Welles and Broken Heart, owned by Herbert Sambol, go clean over a HITS Endurance jump in the $75,000 AIG Grand Prix on Sunday at HITS-on-the-Hudson V. SAUGERTIES, New York - July 27, 2015 - Jeffery Welles and Broken Heart went fourth in a five-horse jump-off and shaved more than a second off the leading time to win Sunday’s $75,000 AIG Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson V. “He’s 9-years-old, but he’s very green,” said Welles, of...

IEA National Sportsmanship Award Goes to Hannah Bentz

by McKenzie Yates, IEA Communications Coordinator | 7/27/2015 12:03:42 PM

Columbus, Ohio - The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA), in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA), awards a student-rider the National Sportsmanship Award each year. This year's award was presented to Hannah Bentz a high-school senior from Boca Raton, Florida. The national award winner is selected from a group of riders who earned a Sportsmanship Award at a local, regional or zone IEA show during the 2014-2015 season. These winners were then invited to...

Steffen Peters Dressage Demonstration Added to Longines Masters of Los Angeles Program

by Sunshine Sachs | 7/27/2015 11:46:11 AM

EEM and Olympic Dressage Rider Will Bridge the Gap Between Disciplines During Longines Masters of Los Angeles CSI5* Show Jumping Competition LOS ANGELES, CA – EEM is proud to announce a world class dressage demonstration at the upcoming American leg of the Longines Masters series in Los Angeles, October 1-4. Local California Olympian and recent Pan American Games individual and team Gold medallist Steffen Peters will showcase all that the sport has to offer, teaching fans and spectators...

USEF Land Rover Grant Recipients Martin and Delux Z Claim Top Honors at The Event at Rebecca Farm CCI3*

by Kathleen Landwehr | 7/26/2015 10:30:06 PM

Kalispell, Mont. – The inaugural CCI3* at The Event at Rebecca Farm came to its conclusion on Sunday with the jumping phase at the picturesque venue. USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Kurt Martin and Delux Z made quite an impression at the competition, taking home the win in spectacular fashion as the only combination in the division to finish on their dressage score. Kurt Martin and Delux Z (Shannon Brinkman Photo) “It feels great, though I’m most proud of our...

Blue for Brett Burlington in $25,000 U25 Grand Prix at Kentucky Summer Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group | 7/26/2015 9:35:37 PM

Brett Burlington and Anders Wictor L (Phelps Media Group) Lexington, KY - July 26, 2015 - Fresh off a successful week at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC), rising star Brett Burlington returned to the Rolex Stadium ready to give it her all during Sunday's $25,000 Under 25 Grand Prix at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. Out of 24 horse-and-rider combinations that attempted the Alan Wade-designed course, Burlington and Anders Wictor L were one of only three...

Molly Sewell and EL Raymond Ride to the Win in $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby at Kentucky Summer Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group | 7/26/2015 9:35:08 PM

Molly Sewell and EL Raymond (Phelps Media Group) Lexington, KY - July 26, 2015 - When it comes to winning the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show, Molly Sewell and EL Raymond are two-for-two. The pair won the class last year at the Kentucky Horse Park, and they returned on Sunday to do it again this year. "He never lets me down. I think we've been in the top four of every derby that we've ever done - usually winning because that's what Raymond does,"...

Call Me Hannes and David Beisel Say Call Us Winners in the $50,000 Great Lakes Grand Prix

by Carrie Wirth | 7/26/2015 8:44:29 PM

David Beisel and Call Me Hannes (Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, Mich. - The four-week Great Lakes Equestrian Festival came to a close on a high note with the $50,000 Great Lakes Grand Prix, presented by The Peninsula Group at Morgan Stanley. Enthusiasts, friends, owners and community members gathered to watch the great sport of show jumping at Flintfields Horse Park. David Beisel, from Goshen, Ohio and Call Me Hannes, a huge gray Holsteiner gelding, owned by Harlow Investments, LLC of...

Jennifer Waxman Concludes the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival with the Top Spot in the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby

by Elaine Wessel | 7/26/2015 8:44:23 PM

Jennifer Waxman and Falcon won the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival IV. (Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 26, 2015 -It was a bittersweet ending in the hunter ring at the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival Sunday as the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby, the younger brother class of Saturday's USHJA International Derby, wrapped up the four-week series for many Traverse City competitors. For Jennifer Waxman and her own Falcon, out of Chagrin...