Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The seventh week of competition at the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival continued on Thursday with the $130,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 7 featured in the International Ring at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center and a win for Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Fine Lady 5. The victory marks Lamaze's fourth win in the series this year, including wins in weeks two and three with Rosana du Park, and a win week four aboard...

Lexington, Ky .- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the six horses are up for the 2015 USEF Horses of Year honors. National Horses of Honor Brunello (Shawn McMillen Photography) Brunello (Breeding Unknown) 1998 Hanoverian gelding Owners: Janet Peterson and Liza Boyd Janet Peterson and Liza Boyd's Brunello has been turning heads in the hunter ring with his signature style and consistent top placings for years. With Boyd in the tack, the pair has been a...

Wellington, Fla . - National Championship competition came to a close this evening at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival grounds in the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp. In The Dutta Corp./USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship, Christina Vinios and Folkestone OLD maintained their position atop the leaderboard, placing second in tonight's Freestyle and capturing their second National Championship title of 2015. Winning two of the three classes...

Mclain Ward of the United States riding HH Azur won the $75,000 Big Ben Challenge, presented by Hudson’s Bay Company, to close out international show jumping competition on Saturday night, November 14, at the Royal Horse Show® in Toronto, ON. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography, www.benradvanyi.com Toronto, Ontario – McLain Ward of the United States scored yet another victory in the $75,000 Big Ben Challenge, presented by Hudson’s Bay Company, on Saturday night, November 14, to close...

Hayley Waters and Qurint were presented with a trophy, HITS cooler, and blue ribbon after winning the Vetera XP Vaccines $250, 000 Jr./A-O Jumper Prix win at HITS Saugerties. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - Hayley Waters, of Ocala, Florida, with Qurint, owned by Chuck and Dana Waters, wowed the show jumping world earlier this year winning the $34,000 FEI Jumper Classic at HITS Ocala V, and the unstoppable duo was back at it in Saugerties for the HITS Championship. They did it again, taking...

$2,500 USHJA Children's Jumper Individual Qualifier during the North Regional Championships. (Phelps Media Group) Roscoe, Ill. - Stark white breeches, beautifully turned out horses and tack that shined kicked off the opening day of competition for the three-day 2015 USHJA Children's & Adult Amateur Jumper Regional Championships. Over 20 horse and rider combinations lined up in the Grand Prix Ring at the Ledges Sporting Horses and Show Grounds, commanding the attention of spectators and...

Jennifer Alfano and Castle topped round two of the 2015 USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship. Lexington, KY - August 12, 2015 - It was nearly one year ago that Jennifer Alfano spotted Castle in a schooling ring in Houston, Texas. Fellow professional rider Tracy Fenney was aboard the bay gelding, and after Alfano saw him take two jumps, she knew that she wanted to be the rider in his saddle. Her instincts proved correct as she topped the 2015 USHJA Pre-Green Hunter Incentive leader board...

Scott Stewart and Evermore rank first on the opening day of the 2015 USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship. (Kendall Bierer) Lexington, Kentucky - August 11, 2015 - In its third year, the USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship has reached record numbers with 160 horse and rider combinations vying for the coveted 2015 championship title. It was Scott Stewart who topped the field on the open day, showing Rivers Edge's Evermore to the pinnacle of the placings for the opening round of...

David Beisel and Ammeretto win the $25,000 Welcome Stake at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival. (Emily Meehan/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 24, 2015 - Equine Holdings LLC's Ammeretto and David Beisel enjoyed another victory lap around the Grand Prix Ring at Flintfields Horse Park after sealing the deal with the fastest double clear round of the $25,000 Welcome Stake during the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival Week IV. Beisel, from Goshen, Ohio and Ammeretto, a bay Dutch Warmblood...

Susan Hutchison and Ziedento July 25, 2015 - Del Mar, CA - Veteran team Susan Hutchison and Ziedento (owned by St. Bride's Farm) earned yet another victory in the $10,000 1.40m Jumper Classic, presented by CardFlex Financial, at the Showpark Racing Festival. With fifty-six entries in the class, many of them also experienced teams, Hutchison topped them all and took home the blue. International FEI Course Designer Anderson Lima of Mexico considered the large number of entries and variety of...