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Paul O'Shea and Primo de Revel Win $25,000 Holiday Festival III Grand Prix

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 12/23/2013 11:01:51 PM

Paul O'Shea and Primo de Revel. Photo (Mancini Photos) Wellington, Fla. - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) hosted its Holiday Festival III this weekend on December 20-22, 2013, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. The competition featured National 'A' rated hunter and 4* jumper competition, including a $10,000 Open Jumper Stake and a $25,000 Holiday III Grand Prix. The $25,000 Holiday III Grand Prix was the highlight event of the weekend, held...

Paul O'Shea and Primo de Revel Win $25,000 ESP Fall III Grand Prix

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 10/30/2013 8:50:29 AM

Paul O'Shea and Primo de Revel (Mancini Photos) Wellington, Fla. - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) hosted its Fall III Horse Show this weekend on October 25-27, 2013, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. The first grand prix of the fall season was held on Sunday afternoon with a win for Ireland's Paul O'Shea riding the 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding Primo de Revel (Quinault x Lys de Darmen), owned by Michael Hayden. Skip Bailey of...

Paul O'Shea and Primo de Revel Top $25,000 ESP Spring 3 Grand Prix

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 4/23/2013 10:06:26 AM

Paul O'Shea and Primo de Revel (Mancini Photos) Wellington, FL - Equestrian Sport Productions LLC (ESP) concluded its third week of competition for its 2013 spring horse show circuit this week at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. The show featured a full schedule of "AA" hunter and 4-star jumper competition, including a $25,000 Grand Prix, a $10,000 Open Jumper Stake, and a $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Classic. The highlight class of the week was the...

Alvaro de Miranda and Show Show Top $50,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 11

by Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/22/2013 9:14:35 AM

Alvaro de Miranda and Show Show. (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Week eleven of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Artisan Farms, continued on Thursday with a one-two finish for Brazil in the $50,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 11. Alvaro de Miranda was the winner riding Show Show with Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Let's Fly in second. Germany's Daniel Deusser and Cornet d'Amour finished third. Week eleven runs March 20-24 featuring "AA"...

Yvonne Losos de Muniz Scores High at Global Dressage Festival National Show

by Equestrian Sport Productions | 3/31/2012 9:42:25 PM

Wellington, FL - Yvonne Losos de Muniz of the Dominican Republic received one of the highest scores on Dondolo Las Marismas at the West Palm Beach National Show on Saturday. The pair won the Freestyle with 77.875% at the Stadium show grounds of the Global Dressage Festival. (GDF) "It was amazing! It felt like one of the best tests I have ever done with him," said Losos de Muniz. "It was so smooth and he was with me the whole way. I have not had such a good ride with him in a long time. It was...

USEF Weekend Preview March 7, 2012

by From the USEF Communications Department | 3/7/2012 12:00:10 PM

Major Equestrian competitions attended by US athletes, both domestic and overseas, are listed in this weekly preview. Please look below to find competition listings by discipline* and breed. We hope you will follow the competitions that most interest you, but check the USEF Week in Review on Monday for a report of any top finishes by US Equestrians. *lists of competitions in all international disciplines will include only FEI competitions within the USA and international FEI competitions in...

Rosalind Ross and Devon Maitozo: Pas de Deux Champions at USEF/AVA National Vaulting Championships

by USEF Communications Department | 8/19/2011 1:49:30 PM

Denver, CO – Judges were impressed with Rosalind Ross and Devon Maitozo - their composition, performance and degree of difficulty – placing the pair atop the podium at last week’s USEF/AVA national Championships at the National Western Complex in Denver, CO. Ross and Maitozo – from the F.A.C.E. Vaulting Club in Moorpark, CA – were named champions of the Pas de Deux, an FEI- recognized event expected to be competed at the 2012 World Championships for the first time....

Modifications to the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List & Protocols for U.S. Riders Wishing to Compete Abroad Effective January 1, 2011

by From the USEF Show Jumping Department | 12/21/2010 4:49:00 PM

Gladstone, NJ - The following modifications have been made to the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List in italics and are effective January 1, 2011. Placing Points for Multiple Horses: Currently only a rider's designated Ranking List horse receives Placing Points. All horses will now receive Placing Points, but the rider will only receive the Placing Points from his designated Ranking List horse. Determining Second Classes: The Ranking List Guidelines state that, except for CSIO's, a maximum of...

McEntire Moves to the Top of the NRHA Open Futurity Standings; McCutcheon Holds Lead At End of Non Pro Go Round; Wedel, Welman and Paradis are Crowned Champions

by National Reining Horse Association | 12/1/2010 2:55:00 PM

Oklahoma City, OK – December 1, 2010 – The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma continued today with four NAAC championship classes, the 2nd go, 2nd section of the $170,000 added NRHA Open Futurity and the 1st go, 3rd section of the $105,000 added NRHA Non Pro Futurity. Mike McEntire marked Tuesday’s highest score, a 225.5, aboard his Smart Spook stallion Red Stripe Spook. The NRHA Professional...

Pessoa Wins $75,000 Grand Prix de Penn National for Second Year in a Row

by Marty Bauman | 10/25/2010 11:12:00 AM

Al Cook (Defending champion Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil winning the $75,000 Grand Prix de Penn National aboard HH Ashley. ) Harrisburg, PA - Defending champion Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil reclaimed his title winning the $75,000 Grand Prix de Penn National, an FEI World Cup Qualifier, the finale of the 65th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show. He was victorious aboard HH Ashley, the entry of Double H Farm, with a jump-off time of 50.37 seconds, and although there were no jumping faults, the pair...