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2005 Show Circuit Magazine/USEF National Junior Hunter Championships-East and West Coast

by Sarah Lane | 2/7/2005 12:21:00 PM

Lexington, KY — The 2005 Show Circuit Magazine/USEF National Junior Hunter Championships dates and locations have been selected. The East Coast Championships will be in Saugerties, NY, August 1-2, and will be managed by Mr. Tom Struzzieri. The West Coast Championships will be in San Juan Capistrano, CA, August 16-17, and will be managed by Ms. Stephanie Wheeler. The USEF National Junior Hunter Championships is now entering its 5th year of success. For qualifying information or questions...

Ella Dyson Claims 2022 USEF/NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal Final – West Title

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 11/13/2022 10:00:00 PM

Thermal, Calif. - The last of three USEF/NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal Finals of 2022 took place on November 12 at National Sunshine Series II with 35 junior equestrians competing in a unique three-phase final. Ella Dyson emerged victorious with Cetello in the USEF/NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal Final – West with consistent performances and impressive scores. “It feels so surreal, and so exciting,” Dyson said of her champion title. “I am so honored to have won and...

Grace Debney Named Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final Champion

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/17/2021 10:02:00 PM

Harrisburg, Pa. - The country’s top equitation riders converged at Pennsylvania National Horse Show for the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final. A field of 223 athlete-and-horse combinations completed the first round, with 25 combinations called back by judges Tom Brennan, Emil Spadone, and Geoff Teall for the second round. A rare two work-offs took place before Grace Debney was named the champion. Grace Debney, 2021 Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final Champion (Andrew...

Peroni and Orlon Take the Blue in Inaugural $10,000 Monmouth at the Team Hunter Derby

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/18/2016 12:42:32 AM

Gladstone, NJ – August 18, 2016 – Thursday was Derby Day at Monmouth at the Team with the $10,000 Monmouth at the Team Hunter Derby. The derby offered heights of 2’, 2’6” and 3’ with a Beval saddle awarded to the winner. Exhibitors and spectators enjoyed the derby as well as an evening of local New Jersey sustainable food hosted by The Nature Conservancy in the hospitality tent. Margot E. Peroni and Orlon Presentation (Sarah Harper/Phelps Media Group) Margot...

Maldini and Katie Gardner Are Magnificent in $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby

by Blenheim EquiSports | 4/15/2016 11:05:26 PM

Maldini and Katie Gardner (McCool Photography) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - Amid the quiet morning backdrop of the San Juan hills, twenty-nine entries took to the Grand Prix grass field to vie for the top prize in the $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby. With esteemed judges Timmy Keyes, Rob Gage, Brian Lenehan and Frank Willard presiding in two panels, the class was a display of athleticism and scope in both the classic and handy rounds while everyone in attendance enjoyed a...

Winn Alden and Attila Top $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby at Lexington National Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group | 8/8/2015 3:44:14 PM

Winn Alden and Attila, with owners Ernie and Betty Oare, and Samantha Pleasant Fielding, assistant director of riding at Chatham Hall Lexington, VA - August 8, 2015 - Betty and Ernie Oare just purchased Attila a month ago, and Winn Alden only sat on the gelding for the first time on Friday, but following the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby at the Lexington National Horse Show, the owners, rider and talented gelding seemed every bit the veteran winning team. In their first time in the show...

Jimmy Torano Goes 1-2 in $15,000 Hunter Derby Finale at Vermont Summer Festival

by Jump Media | 8/7/2015 1:48:49 PM

Jimmy Torano and Lion Hearted won the $15,000 NEHJA Performance Stake Hunter Derby, sponsored by Land Rover Experience, during the final week of the Vermont Summer Festival. (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vermont – Jimmy Torano of Wellington, FL, won the $15,000 NEHJA Performance Stake Hunter Derby, sponsored by Land Rover Experience, aboard Lion Hearted and finished second with Argentus on Thursday, August 6, at the Vermont Summer Festival. The Vermont Summer Festival...

Bit of Laughter Earns Small Regular Hunter Pony Crown at 2015 US Pony Finals

by USEF Communications Department | 8/6/2015 10:17:34 PM

Augusta Iwasaki and Bit of Laughter (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, Ky. - Augusta Iwasaki and Bit of Laughter took home the title in the Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship in the US Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans at the Kentucky Horse Park. The pair garnered a total score of 1033.29 through two days of competition. National titles are determined in the US Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans following three phases of competition, with...

Hertz & Outspoken Earn National Hunter Derby Victory in Gulfport

by Classic Company | 2/21/2015 6:03:51 PM

Emily Hertz and Outspoken (Alison Hartwell) Gulfport, Miss. - Although the weather turned chilly Friday, the competition heated up when twenty nine horse and rider teams tackled the course in the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby, presented by Tucci at the Gulf Coast Winter Classic Circuit in Gulfport, Mississippi. The course was designed by Glenn Moody, renowned hunter course designer. Moody has designed and built the courses for Upperville, the Middleburg Classic, the Washington...

First Blue Ribbon Leads Alexandra Beaumont and Undergrad to Grand Adult Amateur Hunter Championship

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 5/15/2014 6:52:35 PM

Alexandra Beaumont and Undergrad (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y . - Sometimes when things fall into place, they really click. For Alexandra Beaumont of Ridgefield, CT, Thursday was when she and her horse Undergrad put the pieces together. It led to their first-ever over fences blue ribbons, but more than that, it took them to the division tricolor and Grand Adult Hunter Championship during the second week of the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows. On the Grand Prix Field, Laura Bowery of...