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USEF Dressage Festival of Champions Begins with Grand Prix, Young Rider, Junior Rider and Pony Rider Competition

by Helen Murray | 6/8/2012 5:32:26 PM

Heather Blitz and Paragon one of 15 to compete in the Grand Prix (Susan J. Stickle) Gladstone, NJ - Over the next two weeks a total of six USEF National Dressage Champions will be crowned, along with the U.S. Dressage Team taking a step closer to the London Olympic Games. The first week of the 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions got underway Friday with the Veterinary Inspections and all 47 horses were deemed fit and sound to compete. Competitors in the Grand Prix, Young Rider, Junior...

Angela Covert-Lawrence Wins Grand Prix of St. Lazare

by Starting Gate Communications | 5/27/2012 9:31:25 AM

Angela Covert-Lawrence of St. Lazare, QC, riding Utan won the $25,000 Eastwood Equine Grand Prix of St. Lazare on Saturday, May 28, at the 2011 Pépinière and St. Lazare Horse Shows (Cealy Tetley) St. Lazare, Quebec – Angela Covert-Lawrence of St. Lazare, QC, scored victory on home turf, winning the $25,000 Eastwood Equine Grand Prix held Saturday, May 26, during the 38th annual Pépinière and St. Lazare Horse Shows in St. Lazare, QC. The win marked the third victory in the...

$15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Victory Awarded to Victoria Colvin and Inclusive At Kentucky Spring Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/13/2012 6:00:55 AM

Victoria Colvin and Inclusive won the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show (Kendall Bierer/PMG) Lexington, KY - The night was filled with anticipation and excitement as the nation's top hunter riders gathered beneath the lights of the Rolex Stadium tonight at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show. The evening began with the $5,000 Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby where renowned hunter rider Louise Serio took the championship prize aboard Corvine. The...

Louise Serio Dominates First Year Greens at Kentucky Spring Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 5/11/2012 11:29:00 AM

Lexington, KY - Today marked the conclusion of the professional hunter divisions for the second day of the Kentucky Spring Horse Show. Riders gathered at the Stonelea to vie for the championship awards in the competitive divisions. Tammy Provost and Chris Payne proved successful in the Green Conformation Hunters and Second Year Green Working Hunters, respectively. Jennifer Alfano rode to the top of the leaderboard with Lions Paw in the Regular Conformation Hunter division, as well as showing...

University Equestrian Teams Get Ready for NCEA National Championship in Waco, TX

by Andrew Minnick | 4/11/2012 4:50:28 PM

Lexington, KY - The nation’s best collegiate teams have gathered in Waco, TX this week with a common goal, to become the NCEA National Champion. Competition at the Extraco Events Center in both the Western and Hunter Seat disciplines gets underway at 8:30amCT Thursday and concludes with the crowning of an overall national champion team at approximately 5:30pmCT on Saturday. The University of Georgia enters the competition as the number one ranked team in the country with an 11-3 record...

Mario Deslauriers and Cella Capture 2012 $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational presented by G & C Farm

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 4/8/2012 8:00:00 AM

Mario Deslauriers stood proud and center on the winner's podium as Molly Ashe-Cawley was presented with the silver medal, and Beezie Madden took home the bronze. The three provided the only double-clear efforts of the night, taking the top spots on the leaderboard. (V.Valenti/The Book LLC) Tampa, FL - It was a night of nail-biting excitement as 32 of the nation's top riders went head-to-head in the 2012 $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational presented by G & C Farm at Raymond James...

Eight Clear Rounds on Day One at the 2012 USEF National Show Jumping Championships/USEF Selection Trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team

by Joanie Morris | 3/21/2012 5:16:58 PM

Wellington, FL - Eight was the magic number for clear rounds at the 2012 USEF National Show Jumping Championships at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Of the 37 starters, eight managed clear rounds over Alan Wade's course during Week 11 of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival. This event also serves as the USEF Selection Trials for the US Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games. There is plenty on the line over the four rounds of jumping at the end of which a...

List of Applicants for the US Eventing Team for the 2012 London Olympics

by USEF | 3/19/2012 10:39:52 AM

List of Applicants for the US Eventing Team for the 2012 London Olympics Laine Ashker and Anthony Patch Emily Beshear and Here’s To You Kristen Bond and Are You Ready Jan Byyny and Inmidair Jan Byyny and Syd Kent Jan Byyny and Why Not Will Coleman and Twizzel Will Coleman and Nevada Bay Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister Barbara Crabo and Eveready Buck Davidson and Absolute Liberty Buck Davidson and The Apprentice Buck Davidson and Ballynoe Castle RM Buck Davidson and Mar De Amor Buck...

International Para-Equestrian Competition Begins at Gold Coast Dressage Opener CPEDI3*

by Lindsay McCall for the USPEA | 1/20/2012 10:18:33 AM

Wellington, FL -As the sun rose over the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL the Gold Coast Dressage Opener CPEDI3* commenced. Twenty-three para-equestrian dressage riders from seven countries vied for top scores under F.E.I. judges Carlos Lopes (POR), Hanneke Gerritsen (NED), and Marc Urban (BEL). For two weekends, beginning with the Gold Coast Dressage Opener CPEDI3* and ending with the Wellington Classic Sunshine Challenge CPEDI3*, para-equestrian dressage riders have the...

Nick Skelton Scores Again in $32,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round 2 with Carlo 273

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/19/2012 9:33:18 PM

Ken Berkley and Prestige Win Sanctuary First Year Green Working Hunter Championship Wellington, FL - Nick Skelton (GBR) accumulated another win at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) today in the $32,000 WEF Challenge Cup 2, this time taking the top prize with Beverley Widdowson's Carlo 273. The Irish took the next two places, with Richie Moloney on Slieveanorra, owned by Equinimity LLC/Richie Moloney in second and Cian O'Connor on Ashkirk Ltd. & Cian...