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First Declaration Deadline for the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan is Today!

by United States Dressage Federation | 8/26/2013 10:26:10 AM

Lexington, KY - Attention USDF Region 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 competitors: If you are considering trying to make it to the US Dressage Finals, the deadline to declare is August 26! The process is easy, there is no fee, and no commitment. Your declaration simply ensures that you will remain eligible, so do it today! https://www.horseshowoffice.com/usdf.org

Carento and Louise Serio Top Equine Tack and Nutritionals First Year Green Working Hunters

by Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/1/2013 7:59:30 AM

Carento and Louise Serio (Anne Gittins Photography) Wellington, FL - Louise Serio and Carento made their debut in the Equine Tack and Nutritionals First Year Green Working Hunters to much success during week eight of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by G&C Farm. Serio piloted the seven-year-old Holsteiner gelding, owned by Sherri Crawford, to a division championship after placing sixth under saddle and jumping to third and first places over fences on day...

V is For Victory! Farrington Goes One-Two with Venus and Voyeur in $20,000 Bluegrass Classic at Kentucky Spring Classic

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/20/2012 6:30:40 PM

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...

McLain Ward Wins the $50,000 Spy Coast Farm Grand Prix Qualifier at the 36th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show

by Classic Communications | 9/2/2011 8:28:00 AM

McLain Ward and Antares F. Photo: Classic Communications. Bridgehampton, NY — McLain Ward of Brewster, NY, won the $50,000 Spy Coast Farm Grand Prix Qualifier CSI**** by less than 1/10th of a second over Ashlee Bond of Hidden Hills, CA, at the 36th annual Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgehampton, NY, on Friday. Ward went fourth out of the nine that made it to the jump-off riding Antares F, owned by Grant Road Partners, LLC. He went clear in a time of 39. 83 seconds and looked like he...

Road to NAJYRC - Eventing - Final Post

by Lizzie Snow | 8/5/2011 4:47:15 PM

Time certainly flew by in Kentucky at NAJYRC. We arrived mid afternoon Monday and got all unpacked and settled in the best that we could. Devon got to go on a nice big hand walk and ate some delicious Kentucky Blue Grass. I probably could have just left him right outside the compound and he never would have moved a foot all week with all of the grass. Tuesday I rode twice. I got on in the morning and went for a big walk around to show him the sights. He can get a little worried about things so...

Olympic Teammates Ward and Madden Set to Do Battle Again at $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational presented by G & C Farm

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 3/22/2011 5:15:00 PM

Beezie Madden, McLain Ward and Ian Millar following the 2007 American Invitational. (Photo by Randi Muster.) Tampa, FL - An impressive roster of some of the world's best riders will be making their way to the city of Tampa, FL, to compete in one of the world's premiere show jumping events, the $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational, presented by G & C Farm, scheduled for Raymond James Stadium on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. The star-studded group of riders is headlined by two-time...

Ladies Reign in Devoucoux Hunter Prix at HITS Thermal, Ocala and Arizona as Winter Show Season Heads into Final Weeks

by HITS Media | 3/3/2011 2:42:00 PM

Hope Glynn and Sabrina Hellman's Woodstock. (Flying Horse Photography©.) Saugerties, NY - The Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final is the talk of the town this season and its key to qualifying, the Devoucoux Hunter Prix, continues to be one of the most popular offerings at the HITS Winter Circuits in Ocala, FL, Thermal, CA, and Tucson, AZ. Never before has a purse of this magnitude been offered for hunters, and never before have so many talented riders at all levels of their careers had the...

Scott Stewart Garners Multiple Championship Wins in WCHR Hunter Week

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/18/2011 8:42:00 AM

Scott Stewart and Inclusive. (Photo by Sportfot©.) Wellington, FL - February 17, 2011 - The 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival continued on Thursday with World Champion Hunter Rider (WCHR) hunter competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. All of the rated professional hunter divisions concluded today and awarded championship honors for week six. Champion and reserve champion horses will qualify to compete in the WCHR Palm Beach Hunter Classic Spectacular on Friday evening,...

Two for Two! Laura Kraut and Cedric Top $150,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI 3*-W Presented by Spy Coast Farm

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/14/2011 2:20:00 PM

Laura Kraut and Cedric. (Photo by Sportfot©.) Wellington, FL - February 12, 2011 - An exciting jump-off topped off a fantastic class this evening in the $150,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI 3*-W presented by Spy Coast Farm, as Laura Kraut (USA) and Cedric added another grand prix victory to their tally at the 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. Following their win in the $78,000 Adequan CSI2* Grand Prix last Sunday, Kraut and Cedric bested an all-star field tonight with a picture perfect...

Margie Engle and Indigo Top International Competition in $100,000 World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse

by Meghan de Garay and Michelle Bloch for Phelps Medi | 11/11/2010 3:24:00 PM

Margie Engle and Indigo at the Syracuse Invitational (Photo credit: Reflections Photography.) Syracuse, NY - November 6, 2010 -The fast paced action continued in downtown Syracuse today. The featured class of the night was the $100,000 Detwiler Fenton FEI World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse presented by G&C Farm. The great US rider, Margie Engle, out rode 27 riders representing six countries to take the lionshare $100,000 purse. As she stepped into the arena as the last of three qualifiers of the...