Lauren Kieffer and Veronica (Libby Law Photography) Pau, France - The Ground Jury of Jane Tolley, Eric Lieby, and Polly Ann Huntington saw 34 horse and rider combinations head down centerline during the first phase of competition at the Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*. After the dressage, Germany’s Ingrid Klimke with Horseware Hale Bob and Great Britain’s William Fox-Pitt with Parklane Hawk stand tied atop the leaderboard on 39.3 but the Americans have slotted two combinations into...

There wa sno trouble for the U.S. in the first jog at El Pin today. All horses passed. Buck Davidson, Sinead Halpin, and Phillip Dutton will perform dressage tests tomorrow .

Alvaro de Miranda and AD Uutje (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week seven of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Thursday afternoon with a shared victory for Brazil's Alvaro de Miranda aboard AD Uutje and Rodrigo Pessoa with Citizenguard Cadjanine Z in the $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 7. Held in a "California Split" due to the large number of entries, the competition awarded two sets of placings, each with $125,000 distributed....

Quentin Judge and HH Dark de la Hart (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week three of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Fidelity Investments®, concluded at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Sunday with a win for Quentin Judge (USA) and Double H Farm's HH Dark de la Hart in the $34,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic. FTI WEF will continue with its fourth week of competition, sponsored by Ariat®, on Wednesday,...

Mary Lisa Leffler and Paulexi, LLC's Quastor Van De Helle Z clear the CWD oxer on their way to the win in the $25,000 CWD Grand Prix Conyers, GA - The Atlanta Spring Classic welcomed a record number of competitors to its opening week at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia which kicked off on March 20 and is set to run through March 30th. "We had to add rings and redo the schedule a bit in order for everything to run smoothly. We definitely accomplished that," said Classic...

Lexington, KY- Four American horses and three riders are set to take on a huge, and hugely competitive field at the Boekelo CCI3* in The Netherlands. The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for Boekelo is comprised of Boyd Martin’s pair Remington XXV (owned by Henley House Stables, LLC) and Otis Barbotiere (owned by The Otis Barbotiere Syndicate), Michael Pollard on his own, his wife Nathalie’s and his father-in-law Carl Bouckaert’s DV8 and Tamra Smith on Leigh Mesher’s Mar de...

Kaely Tomeu and Amor Van De Rostal were the only pair to execute a clean round during the High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper class, ultimately earning the top honors (Photo: Kendall Bierer/PMG). Lexington, KY - There was nothing but blue skies and sunshine at the Kentucky Horse Park for the fourth day of the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show. Talented horse and rider combinations competed at the Rolex Stadium during the High and Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper classes attempting to post the target...

The European winter is off to a rough and very cold start this year. With record breaking snow and daytime temperatures dropping to 16 F, one might have expected a dismal turnout for the Winter Mixed Sales Auction held on December 4 at the Oldenburg Horse Center in Vechta, Germany. That was not the case, however, thanks to a fantastic lineup of sport horses, broodmares and young stallions, not to mention a very dedicated auction team. The top-priced horse was the mare, Franka Potente, who sold...

Driving The first of two Mandatory Outings for the drivers on the Short List for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games was held over the weekend at the Carolina Horse Park in Southern Pines, NC. Drivers Bill Long, Cindy O'Reilly, Gary Stover, and Casey Zubek worked under the guidance of US Coaches Peter Tischer and Michael Freund in a competition format. International Judge Johan Lange was also on hand to lend his expertise. All teams passed the vet check and proved over the three days that...

Photo by Tammo Ernst (Future Star) The colt, Future Star, bred by Ann Kitchel of Huntington Farm in Vermont was astounding with very expressive and elastic gaits, and it is the international grand prix rider Ann Katrin Linsenhoff who will be taking him home after winning the bid for him at the Oldenburg Summer Mixed Sales Auction held on June 5 in Vechta, Germany. Kitchel was thrilled with how well this colt was received by the judges at the Gut Füchtel foal inspection/show held in the spring....