Lorenzo de Luca and Egano van het Slogenhof (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Italy's Lorenzo de Luca and Stephex Stables' Egano van het Slogenhof jumped to victory in the $35,000 Illustrated Properties 1.45m Classic on Friday during week seven of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival. WEF 7, sponsored by Suncast®, runs February 24-28, 2016. The week's remaining highlight classes include the $380,000 Suncast® Grand Prix CSI 5* on Saturday evening and the $86,000 Suncast® 1.50m...

Gijon, Spain - For the second time in two days the U.S. romped to victory in Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup competition, on Friday the setting was CSIO5*Hickstead and on Saturday the American success came on the turf field at CSIO5* Gijon. Chef d’Equipe DiAnn Langer brought a team of rising stars to Gijon’s Nations and Ashlee Bond-Clarke, Catherine Pasmore, Quentin Judge, and Georgina Bloomberg delivered with strong performances throughout the day over Avelino Rodríguez...

Reed Kessler and Soraya l'Obstination (Global Champions Tour) 2012 US Olympian and history-maker Reed Kessler was determined to shake off Friday's second place finish, and knowing the young 19 year old's competitive drive, Saturday was an opportunity to beat Friday's winner Patrice Delaveau and land a Longines Global Champions Tour winning title. Reed was aboard her new mare Soraya l'Obstination and won with an impressive time of 55.99 seconds; almost a whole second faster then...

Lexington, KY - The dressage phase of the 2011 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials concluded on Friday with incredibly close scores under sunny skies. Only 10 points separate the top 21 places. The riders representing the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team are very much in the running heading into Saturday's cross country. Eighty of the best eventing horses in the world are vying for top honors at one of the most prestigious CCI4* events in the world, and four of the five American horses are in the...

Castelsagrat, France – U.S. endurance athlete Avery Betz-Conway (Kingsland, Ga.) and RAS Istanbul, a 2011 Arabian gelding owned by Estanar S. A., completed the 2023 FEI Endurance World Championship for Young Riders and Juniors on Saturday, finishing in 18 th place out of a field of 70 starters and 37 finishers. The pair finished the 120 km ride in a time of 9:39:27. Avery Betz-Conway and Istanbul. ©Claire Sapet “It was a very technical ride, but it was a lot of fun,” said...

Hannah Isop and Red Ryder (The Book LLC) North Salem, NY – May 16, 2015 – Hannah Isop of Pawling, NY, won her first-ever hunter derby at The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows today in the $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by The Gochman Family aboard Tracy Freels' Red Ryder. Highlighting the action from The Grand Prix Field, Quentin Judge and Double H Farm's HH Dark De La Hart took blue in their second speed derby of the two-week circuit, the $20,000 Speed...

The Paso Fino Stallion Service Auction (SSA) is a program that runs in conjunction with the Breeder's Sweepstakes program. These programs are driven by generous donations by Paso Fino Horse Association (PFHA) members of breeding services to their stallions. The PFHA then manages the auction of these services to members that are interested in breeding their mares to these stallions. The resulting fees paid by the buyers of the breedings become the purse to be paid at the Breeder's Sweepstakes...

Aachen, Germany - The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team rounded out their first day of competition in the Prize of Family Tesch FEI Dressage Nations Cup CDIO5*, with combinations contesting the FEI Grand Prix test. Overall, the team sits on a combined score of 213.630 and stands in eighth place overall. Anna Buffini (San Diego, Calif.) and FRH Davinia La Douce were the highest-placed U.S. combination, scoring a 72.804% from the judging panel as the last combination to compete today. Competition...

Aachen, Germany - The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team will begin competition tomorrow in the SAP Cup CCIO4*-S at CHIO Aachen after passing the first Horse Inspection this afternoon at the venue. The team will contest both dressage and stadium tomorrow, returning Saturday, July 2, for cross-country. The team will feature four combinations for the U.S, including last year’s winners Will Coleman and Off The Record, as well as Buck Davidson (Unionville, Pa.) and Carlevo, Sydney Elliott (Bossier...

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team at the CHIO Aachen CCIO4*-S in Germany, Sept. 15-19, 2021. “Simultaneously as we are out in Tokyo in our last preparation before the Olympic Games, our eyes have consistently been looking forward to the FEI Eventing World Championship in Pratoni, Italy next year,” said Erik Duvander, U.S. Performance Director of Eventing. “This...