Grass Lake, Mich. – The 2016 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte and Selection Event for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games wrapped up Sunday with Grade Ib athlete Sydney Collier and Western Rose being crowned National Champions in the High Performance Division. Grade III athlete Pamela Hardin and Quaterjack earned top honors in the National Division. Sunday’s Freestyle Tests accounted for the final 20% of the overall championship scores with the...

Grass Lake, Mich . – The 2016 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships sponsored by Deloitte and Selection Event for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games wrapped up Sunday with Grade Ib athlete Sydney Collier and Western Rose being crowned National Champions in the High Performance Division. Grade III athlete Pamela Hardin and Quaterjack earned top honors in the National Division. Sunday’s Freestyle Tests accounted for the final 20% of the overall championship scores with the...

Michael Pollard riding Cyrano to victory at the 2015 Jersey Fresh International CCI** (Shannon Brinkman) Allentown, N.J. -- Instrumental in the Olympic and World Equestrian Games qualifying selection process for the United States and Canada, Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event (JFI) returns to the Horse Park of New Jersey, May 11-15, to host qualifying selection trials for the U.S. Eventing Team that will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In its 14th...

Lucy Davis and Barron on their way to a $350,000 Sunshine Grand Prix FEI CSI-5* win at National Sunshine Series II in Thermal, Calif. (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Show jumping’s biggest stars took center stage at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California, for Sunday’s $350,000 Sunshine Grand Prix FEI CSI-5*. Talent was not in short supply as many notable names filled the main event’s Order of Go including three of the top ten riders from the Longines FEI Jumping...

Equi-Sport, LLC's E.S. Finou 4 and Vale fly over a jump in the Olympic Arena yesterday on their way to the winner's circle. Atlanta, Georgia - June 21, 2015 - Atlanta was jumping last night when the $35,000 Classic Company Grand Prix, presented by EMO took to the Olympic Arena before a sold out VIP tent and a spectator lined arena. The course was designed by notable Olympic Course Designer Steve Stephens of Palmetto, Florida. Stephens is a USEF licensed hunter course designer, 4* FEI course...

Lexington, KY - It was the skill of the Irish today as Olympic veteran Kevin Babington clinched the win in the highlight event of the inaugural Split Rock Jumping Tour, the $100,000 CSI 3* Grand Prix, presented by Split Rock Farm. After an international field of twenty-four horse and rider combinations, representing eleven countries competed over Brazilian Guilherme Jorge's course, nine returned for a thrilling jump-off. Kevin Babington and Shorapur (SEL Photography) USEF Network...

Lexington, Ky. - Red-hot Kent Farrington made it two in a row at the 2014 National Horse Show on Thursday, racing Waomi to her second win in as many days. The speedy pair outgunned a field of 34 to win the $45,000 Staysail Farm International Open Speed in a blazing time of 54.55 seconds, one of only two riders to break the 55 second barrier in today's faults converted formatted class. Ireland's Shane Sweetnam finished a close second with Cyklon 1083, ripping across the finish line in 54....

Julie Curtin and Fabrege (Flashpoint Photography) Johns Island, South Carolina. - Forty-six horse and rider teams went on the hunt for the win in the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby presented by Contender Boats Wednesday night before a sold out VIP party sponsored by Seithel Law Firm, LLC. Julie Curtin of Roswell, Georgia had the honors of turning in the top two round in the class and secured first and second place with Fabrege, owned by Sara Stephens and Ramano, owned by Patricia Husted,...

Jordan Coyne and Lazaro jump to a win in the $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis, at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - With the qualifying stakes high for the Great American $1 Million Prix, one might think it a little daunting for a young rider to face a strong field of competitors, including multiple grand prix winners and professionals. Not when you’re Jordan Coyne of New Port Richey, Florida. Under the tutelage of trainer Derek Petersen, Coyne qualified both of...

Flying high! Jay Land pilots Nepal over an oxer to the win in the $25,000 EMO Welcome Class (Flashpoint Photography) Gulfport, Miss. - Valentine's Day was sweet for the Land family of Alpharetta, Georgia when father Jay and daughter Frances were the only two to finish clean in the $25,000 EMO Welcome Class yesterday. Jay Land turned in a fault-free first round in a time of 81.951 seconds riding his and wife Kim's Nepal while his daughter Frances rode her own Vieanne also clean in a time...