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Marc Grock and Caretol Take It All in the Markel Insurance Grand Prix

by Blenheim EquiSports | 6/22/2015 2:44:49 AM

Marc Grock and Caretol June 21, 2015 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - Celebrating the first day of summer in style, the Blenheim EquiSports June Classic III show culminated with the $30,000 Markel Insurance Grand Prix. In a stellar return to the grand prix stage, Marc Grock rode Jerrie Calandra's Caretol to a decisive win in a thrilling jump-off. With a talented field of riders, several with two or more mounts, FEI course designer Catsy Cruz of Mexico designed a challenging yet inviting track....

Vale Continues Winning Streak! Atlanta Summer Classic Week II Welcome and National Derby Results

by The Classic Company | 6/20/2015 7:09:16 PM

Vale and Quidam's Good Luck fly over an oxer on their way to the win in the $15,000 Nalley Toyota Stonecrest Open Welcome Week II at the Atlanta Summer Classics Atlanta, Georgia - June 20, 2015 - What a week at the Atlanta Summer Classics! Big numbers in both the hunter and jumper divisions and sold out attendance in the VIP tent has set the back drop for non-stop show jumping competition at the home of the 1996 Olympic Games at the Georgia International Horse Park. Week II heated up Thursday...

Emanuel Andrade and Reve du Paradis Win $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m Speed

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/12/2014 9:56:49 PM

Emanuel Andrade and Reve du Paradis (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) kicked off its sixth week of competition on Wednesday with a $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m speed class held in the International Ring at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) with a win for Venezuela's Emanuel Andrade and Reve du Paradis. FTI WEF week six, sponsored by Salamander Resort & Spa, runs February 12-16, 2014. The week...

NCEA Competition Recap November 22-24

by Andrew Minnick | 11/25/2013 11:59:23 AM

No.7 Kansas State def. No.4 Georgia 13 – 7 The Wildcats ended their fall season with a convincing win over the former No.1 Bulldogs. K-state dominated hunter seat competition 7-3, and western competition 6-4… read more> No.4 Georgia def No.8 Texas Christian 11-6 The Horned Frogs western team earned a 5-3 win, but the hunter seat team was no match for the bulldogs. Georgia won 8 of 9 points Over Fences and on the Flat to seal the 11-6 win… read more> No.2 South Carolina...

Ireland's Conor Swail Wins Grand Prix De Penn National

by Pennsylvania National Horse Show | 10/20/2013 7:54:31 AM

Conor Swail and GAME READY (photo © AlCookPhoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - It was a thrilling finale on the last night of the Pennsylvania National Horse Show as many of the world's top riders competed in the $85,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix De Penn National. You could hear the crowd collectively hold its breath as each horse sped around the course, but it was Irish rider Conor Swail and GAME READY who pulled out all the stops to clinch the win. Twenty four competitors attempted course designer...

Ashley Foster and Leena L In Perfect Form to Capture the ASPCA Maclay Regional Finals at Southeast Medal Finals

by Carrie Wirth for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 9/23/2013 11:04:12 AM

Barbara Ann Merryman, Ashley Foster and Haley Waters (Randi Muster) Jacksonville, FL - The highly- anticipated ASPCA Maclay Regionals were held on the final day of the 2013 Southeast Medal Finals at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. Ashley Foster of Brookeville, MD executed Allen Rheinheimer's course flawlessly aboard Leena L, owned by KMW Ponies LLC, to take home the coveted prize out of a total of 39 riders. Her life-long friend, Haley Waters earned the second place prize with an...

Hunt Tosh Dominates the $157,990 Inaugural USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship

by USHJA | 8/15/2013 10:40:13 PM

Crisp and Hunt Tosh (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, KY - Owner Douglas Wheeler said what may have been on many people's minds at the conclusion of the inaugural $157,990 Pre-Green Incentive Championship, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. "Hunt's instincts as a horseman and a rider are fantastic. He's very patient with the young ones, and his riding talent is second to none," said Wheeler. And on August 15 that statement was particularly true as Tosh rode the Wheeler...

19th Annual Pony Finals Auction Sponsorship are Now Available

by Flashpoint Bloodstock, LLC | 6/14/2013 10:36:59 AM

Flashpoint Bloodstock LLC has released Sponsorship information for the 19th Annual Pony Finals Auction. The auction will be held Saturday, August 10, 2013 in conjunction with the USEF Pony Finals in Lexington, Kentucky at the Kentucky Horse Park. The Pony Finals Auction has long been regarded as the premier auction in the world for buying ponies to compete at the highest levels. It has produced numerous ponies that have gone on to win championships at the Pony Finals and other major shows...

James Robert Greene 1929-2012

by USEF Communications Department via Cynthia Greene McNutt | 10/1/2012 4:07:01 PM

Brentwood, TN - James Robert Greene passed away on September 27, 2012 peacefully at the age of 83. Preceded in death by his beloved wife, Janet Jordan Greene and daughter Betsy Greene Wohrley. He is survived by his children SuSu Greene Raymond and Cynthia Greene McNutt and grandchildren Emily Jordan Raymond, Catherine Austin Raymond, Kelsey Jordan McNutt, Ashley Himmelreich and Joshua Wohrley. Mr. Greene graduated from Western Military Academy, Franklin & Marshall College and Washington...

Keely Laughlin and Larger Than Life Win Individual National Pony Jumper Championship at 2012 US Pony Finals

by Ashley N. Williams for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/11/2012 2:19:26 AM

Keely Laughlin and Larger Than Life set a blazing fast time during the US National Pony Jumper Championships at the 2012 US Pony Finals. The pair was named champion, and were awarded the gold medal for their outstanding efforts. (Ashley N. Williams/PMG) Lexington, KY - There was a sense of electricity as the wrap up of the US National Pony Jumper Championship got underway at the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park with the Individual Competition Finals. Riders from around the country spent...