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Rich Fellers and Flexible Capture the $50,000 Strongid C 2X Grand Prix at HITS Thermal

by HITS Media | 2/7/2011 9:58:00 AM

Thermal, CA - February 6, 2011 - Rich Fellers and Harry and Molly Chapman's Flexible turned back the clock on Saturday night when they won the $50,000 Strongid C 2X Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, CA. The winner’s circle at the HITS Desert Horse Park is a familiar place for the horse-and-rider combination. In 2008, Fellers and Flexible won three of the four FEI World Cup Qualifiers and it seems as though they are at it again after a...

Time Was Not a Challenge for Olympian Peter Leone at Hampton Classic Horse Show in the $20,000 Nicolock Time Challenge

by Classic Communications | 9/1/2010 11:29:00 AM

Bridgehampton, NY-August 29, 2010- Peter Leone of Greenwich, CT, crossed the wire in the nick of time to win the $20,000 Nicolock Time Challenge on Nevval De La Batia, owned by Margaret Bopp, in a time of 65.516 seconds on Opening Day at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. Sloan Coles and Annie 66 just missed with a time of 66.095. Olympic Gold Medalist Leslie Howard and Jeans Glove Varnel were third with 67.100 seconds. As the first rider of the day, Howard set the pace, but not for long. Coles...

Team USA’s Cara Raether and Ublesco Finish Eighth, Lead Americans in Individual Show Jumping at XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro

by By Brian Sosby | 7/29/2007 6:37:00 PM

Diana DeRosa (Florida's Cara Raehter and Ublesco led the American effort on the final day of the Pan American Games, finishing eighth in show jumping.) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—The last of the three equestrian disciplines contested at the XV Pan American Games – show jumping – wrapped up at Deodoro Military Complex outside of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The final results were cause for celebration for Canada and Brazil. Team USA’s Cara Raether and Ublesco finished in eighth place, the highest spot...

US Equestrian Announces NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team for 2023 FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Mexico at San Miguel de Allende CSIO5*

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 4/26/2023 6:10:00 PM

Lexington, Ky . – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes selected to represent the NetJets ® U.S. Jumping Team at the 2023 FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Mexico at San Miguel de Allende CSIO5* from April 27-30. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. The following athletes have been named to the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team and are listed in alphabetical order: Natalie Dean (Palo Alto, Fla.) Kent Farrington (Wellington, Fla.) Bliss Heers (Las Vegas, Nev....

Will Coleman and Cold Red Rum Lead USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship, Woods Baughman and C’est La Vie 135 Top CCI5*-L After Day One at MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill Presented by Brown Advisory

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | 10/13/2022 7:00:00 PM

Elkton, Md . – The first day of dressage took place on a rainy Thursday at the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill presented by Brown Advisory. The CCI3*-L division started the day off, and Will Coleman and Cold Red Rum took the lead in the USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship. The CCI5*-L division took to the dressage arena in the afternoon with Woods Baughman and C’est La Vie 135 sitting atop the leaderboard after day one of competition. USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National...

USEF Land Rover Competition Grant Recipient Brannigan and U.S. Contingent Ready for Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*

by Kathleen Landwehr | 10/22/2015 7:15:36 AM

Pau, France – A field of 49 competitors will vie for top honors at Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*, with competition running from October 22-25. USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda along with three other American combinations are up for the challenge of the renowned competition. Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda (Libby Law Photography) Brannigan (Kennett Square, Pa.) and Nina Gardner's Cambalda are in fine form for their Pau debut. The pair won The...

Freddie Vazquez and Esprit De Vie Cash in at Chicago with $30,000 Showplace Grand Prix Victory at the Showplace Fall Classic Championship

by Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group | 9/12/2015 2:29:42 PM

Freddie Vazquez and Esprit De Vie win the $30,000 Showplace Grand Prix at the Showplace Fall Classic Championship. (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Wayne, Ill. - It was only two months ago that Freddie Vazquez and Esprit De Vie were paired up for a whirlwind journey to Toronto, Canada for the 2015 Pan American Games. The 11-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare gave him all her heart, never saying "no" to Vazquez, and although they did not medal at the Pan American Games, Vazquez came away with a...

Magic Maddrix Continues Winning Streak, Pilots Contador de Bornival Z to the blue in the $35,000 Regions Private Wealth Management Grand Prix at the Charleston Summer Classic!

by Classic Company | 7/11/2015 2:01:51 PM

Contador de Bornival Z and Maddrix Charleston, South Carolina - July 11, 2015 - Tim Maddrix of Birmingham, Alabama has had the magic touch Week I at the Charleston Summer Classic. Last night before a sold out VIP tent, Maddrix piloted Contador De Bornival Z, owned by Baily Martin to Contador's first grand prix win in the $35,000 Regions Private Wealth Management Grand Prix. Allen Rheinheimer of Zionsville, Indiana, Technical Coordinator for the 2015 World Cup in Las Vegas, Nevada, designed...

U.S. Holds Two Spots in the Top 10 at Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4* After Cross Country

by Helen Murray | 10/25/2014 1:13:03 PM

Erin Sylvester and No Boundaries (Libby Law Photography) Pau, France - Two Americans stand within the top 10 following an influential cross country day at the Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4*. Erin Sylvester and Lauren Kieffer both produced clear jumping efforts over Pierre Michelet’s demanding track and will head to into the show jumping in competitive positions. Sylvester (Unionville, Pa.) and her own and Jill Tallman’s No Boundaries climbed 23 places up the leaderboard after only...

Land Rover USEF Competition Grant Recipient Kieffer Maintains Top 10 Position at the Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4* Heading into Cross Country

by Helen Murray | 10/24/2014 1:37:02 PM

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...