Marylisa Leffler of Brookville, Maryland, and Zivago won the $5,000 Hunter Derby on Thursday, August 4, at the Vermont Summer Festival (David Mullinix Photography). East Dorset, VT — Marylisa Leffler of Brookville, Maryland, and Zivago won the popular $5,000 Hunter Derby held Thursday, August 4, during week five of the six-week Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, Vermont. In the $5,000 Hunter Derby, the top 12 riders after the first round came back in reverse order of...

Terry Brown and Nice Take Home Performance Hunter Championship at Kentucky Summer Horse Show (Phot: Holly Whiteman/PMG). Lexington, KY - There was plenty of sunshine for the second day of the Kentucky Summer Horse Show at the Kentucky Horse Park during their World Champion Hunter Rider event. The professional divisions concluded today in the Stonelea Ring with the Green Working Hunters, Conformation Hunters, and Performance 3'6"-3'9" Hunters all awarding championship and reserve...

Ramsay Hanson guided Old Fashioned to the Adult Amateur Hunter and the Adult Amateur Equitation championship titles during opening week of the Vermont Summer Festival. East Dorset, VT — Ramsay Hanson was a double champion in the hunter divisions, taking home the Adult Amateur Hunter and the Adult Amateur Equitation championship titles during opening week of the Vermont Summer Festival running July 6 to August 14 in East Dorset, VT. Hanson, 19, of Centerville, Massachusetts, won all four...

Al Cook. (Kathryn Clapp and Donnerkind.) Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is proud to announce that the SmartPak Adult Amateur Hunter Leading Rider for 2010 is Kathryn Clapp of Charlottesville, VA. Clapp earned the honor aboard her equine partner Donnerkind, a 16.1-hand dark brown Hannoverian owned by Thomas Bishop’s The Barracks Farm also in Charlotteville. Based on accumulative points during the 2010 competition year, the SmartPak Adult Amateur Hunter Ranking...

Shawn McMillen (Way Cool and Victoria Colvin.) Under sunny skies, the first day of the USEF Junior Hunter National Championship – East Coast competition began with a challenging Handy Hunter round at the Kentucky Horse Park. Course designer Bobby Murphy made use of the bank of the Walnut Ring for a trot jump. The trot off the bank proved to be a walk in the park for Dr. Betsee Parker's Way Cool piloted by Victoria Colvin. The pair scored an impressive 267 in the Younger Large Juniors for the...

Harrisburg, PA – With 274 riders vying for the title of 2008 Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final, making the top twenty-five is tough enough. But Kels Annabelle Bonham bested the competition to take the championship title, making her last year in the Medal Finals even more special. This was Bonham’s fourth time riding in the Medal Finals and she rode early in the order of go. Judges Alex Jayne and Tammy Provost put her at the top of their card and she stayed there until the conclusion of the...

The United States Hunter Jumper Association is proud to offer a USHJA Trainers Symposium, October 24-26, 2008, at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, VA. This is your chance as riders and trainers to watch, listen and ask questions from some of the top trainers in the country. The clinicians include Danny Robertshaw, Scott Hofstetter and Harold Chopping. The symposium offers attendees a rare opportunity to participate in practical training sessions and round table discussions with top...

The Carolina Horse Park announces the addition of a new hunter-jumper competition May 22nd-25th, 2008 to benefit the Carolina Horse Park Foundation. This year’s event will be held in Raeford, NC, at the 'Carolina Horse Park', located just minutes from the Southern Pines-Pinehurst area. The show was previously produced by Rush Management at the Pinehurst Training Track. John and Pam Rush generously donated their show date to the CHP for its use as an annual benefit horse show. The competition...

Victoria Colvin and Cortina, Champion of the Wild Horsefeathers/USEF National Green Hunter Pony Championship. (Phelpsphoto.com) Lexington, KY — As Day Two of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Pony Finals National Championships unfolded, the first overall champion was named. One of the busiest hunter riders at the show, nine-year-old Victoria Colvin, won the Medium Green Pony Hunter Championship and the Overall Green Hunter Pony Grand Champion title with a total score of 1,059...

Following the sold out, three-show Woodside Summer Circuit, John Bragg leads the point standings for the 2005 Woodside Hunter Incentive. At each of the seven USEF “A”- and “AA”-rated hunter/jumper shows at the Horse Park at Woodside, each trainer’s five highest scoring hunters are counted toward his or her Hunter Incentive points. All hunter sections count toward the points: junior, amateur, children’s, adult, ponies and open. This year’s contest ends at the Woodside Fall Finale (September...