Kent Farrington and Venus won the $20,000 Bluegrass Classic at the Kentucky Spring Classic. (Rebecca Walton/PMG) Lexington, KY - Kent Farrington concluded the Kentucky Spring Classic on a great note, claiming first and second during this morning's $20,000 Bluegrass Classic aboard Venus and Voyeur, respectively. With a baker's dozen in the jump-off, Farrington completed the fastest two double-clear efforts with the talented mounts. Young rider Michael Murphy earned the third place award...

Louisville, KY - The Kentucky Derby is the world’s most famous and prestigious horse race. It’s not surprising that Churchill Downs was the track of choice for the $50,000 UAE President’s Cup Arabian Race on Saturday, June 18. It will be a Grilla ini Keenland finish in 2010. momentous occasion as ten, top racing Arabians turn for home under the iconic twin spires, following in the hoofprints of legends like Secretariat, Citation, Whirlaway and Native Dancer. It’s been a...

Lexington, KY - With her eighth place finish in the final qualifying competition of the 2010/2011 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Western European League at 's-Hertogenbosch, American Catherine Haddad celebrated her birthday and secured herself a trip to the Final with Winyamaro. The pair scored 74.100%, to lead at the halfway mark through the Freestyle, but ended up eighth in 's-Hertogenbosch with another impressive effort in the toughest World Cup Qualifying League. Haddad (Vechta, Germany)...

Wellington, FL - March 5, 2011 - The $35,000 Hermès Puissance was the highlight event on Saturday night, and it was an exciting show of power and scope. Pablo Barrios (VEN) was the winner after he cleared the 7'3" puissance wall with G&C Quivola, owned by Gustavo Mirabal. The FTI WEF's eighth week of competition, sponsored by G&C Farm, concludes on Sunday, March 6. The Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Classic will be held on Sunday followed by the $150,000 Wellington Equestrian Realty...

Kent Farrington & Up Chiqui. (Flashpoint Photography©) Green Cove Springs, FL - January 15, 2011 – Only the United Nations could compare to this week’s global gathering of delegates for the FEI World Cup Qualifier with 28 of the world’s best equine athletes looking to garner points towards a spot in the finals, held April 27 through May 1 in Lipzieg, Germany. Kent Farrington, who divides his residence between Greenwich, CT, in the summer and Wellington, FL, during the winter, partnered with...

Lexington, KY - The 2011 American Saddlebred Reference Directory is now available online, via the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) website. The American Saddlebred Reference Directory is the breed’s most comprehensive publication each year, and the only breed publication distributed to the entire ASHA membership. The publication will soon be distributed to ASHA members, and in the meantime, ASHA members can log in and access the electronic version of the Reference Directory at...

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the following vaulting athletes to the Definite Entry List for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to be held September 25-October 10, 2010, at the Kentucky Horse Park. The following vaulting athletes have been named to the U.S. Vaulting Team (in ranked order): Team Free Artists Creative Equestrians (F.A.C.E Team): Blake Dahlgren Mary Garrett Emily Hogye Mari Inouye Devon Maitozo Rosalind Ross Annalise VanVranken...

Lexington, KY - The USEF has named the following horse/rider combinations to the Definite Entry for the Adequan U.S. Reining Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to be held September 25-October 10, 2010, at the Kentucky Horse Park. The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the Adequan U.S. Reining Team (in ranked order): Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner Shawn Flarida/41/Springfield, OH/RC Fancy Step/6/Quarter Horse/Stallion/ Buffalo Ranch Tom...

ESI Photography. ( McLain Ward and Rothchild in the $30,000 FEI HITS Welcome Classic. ) Saugerties, NY - High performance riders were greeted with a picture-perfect afternoon at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, NY, during Saturday's $50,000 FEI World Cup Qualifier/Pfizer Million Wild Card Grand Prix. At the end of the class, it was two-time Olympic Gold-medal winner Mclain Ward that stood tall aboard Sagamore Farm's Rothchild winning the class in preparation for the highly-anticipated Pfizer...

ESI Photography. (Amanda Steege and Duval in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby Wild Card at HITS Saugerties. ) Saugerties, NY - In a week highlighted by jumpers that are in the Hudson Valley for the historic Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix, hunter riders got a chance to take center stage during Friday's $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby Wild Card at HITS-on-the-Hudson, in Saugerties, NY. When the popular derby was complete, it was Amanda Steege that rode Randi Vladimer's Duval past the 19 starters...