Todd Minikus and Quality Girl won the $35,000 Welcome Speed CSI3* to kick-off the Kentucky Spring Classic. (Taylor Renner/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - Speed was the name of the game Wednesday afternoon as the Kentucky Spring Classic kicked off with the $35,000 Welcome Speed CSI3* in the Rolex Stadium with Todd Minikus (USA) and Quality Girl, owned by the Quality Group, racing around the speed course in a time of 65.530 seconds to take the top prize. Thirty-six horse and rider...

Kristen Vanderveen and Bull Run's Eternal won the $50,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix at the 2016 Kentucky Spring Horse Show. (Taylor Renner/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - May 15, 2016 - The Kentucky Spring Horse Show wrapped up on Sunday in the Rolex Stadium with the featured national classes: the $25,000 Under 25 Grand Prix followed by the $50,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix. Kristen Vanderveen and Bull Run's Eternal outpaced a 15-horse jump-off to grab the win in the $50,000 Commonwealth...

6 May 2016, Badminton, UK – Michael Jung (GER) continued his winning form from the Rolex Kentucky event last weekend to lead the 2016 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials after the Dressage phase, to set him on course for the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing prize. With a stunning dressage score of 34.4 Jung, riding his double gold medal winning horse La Biostheetique-Sam FBW, leads the 77 strong field of competitors with the UK's Emily King in second place riding Brookleigh and...

Badminton, Gloucestershire, England – A field of 77 combinations are set for the start of the 2016 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials CCI4*, taking place May 4-8. Land Rover/USEF Eventing Competition Grant recipient Boyd Martin, with his mount, Cracker Jack, and two other U.S. combinations, Buck Davidson & The Apprentice and Libby Head & Sir Rockstar, are ready to tackle the prestigious event. Boyd Martin and Cracker Jack (Libby Law Photography) Martin (Cochranville, Pa.)...

Raeford, N.C. – The exciting marathon phase of 2016 USEF Single Horse Driving National Championship took place Saturday at the Southern Pines CDE. The field of talented combinations drove well over Richard Nicoll’s tough marathon track around the Carolina Horse Park, demonstrating their skills for the team selectors for the 2016 FEI World Driving Championships for Singles. Overnight leader Suzy Stafford had a speedy marathon phase with PVF Peace of Mind to remain atop the...

Raeford, N.C . – The Southern Pines CDE will host an elite field of seven drivers for the 2016 USEF Single Horse Driving National Championship. Taking place April 15-17 at the Carolina Horse Park in Raeford, N.C., the exciting championship will showcase competitors vying for top honors. In addition, Single Horse and Four-in-Hand drivers aiming for the 2016 FEI World Driving Championships will compete in the CAN2* divisions, which serve as Selection Trials. Suzy Stafford, the defending...

Hunter Holloway and Cassevel on their way to a $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Now in its final week, the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit continued with Thursday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, which brought out thirty-four competitors including Olympian Beezie Madden in preparation for Sunday’s Great American $1 Million Grand Prix. Hunter Holloway from Topeka, Kansas, fresh off her win in last week’s SmartPak Grand Prix, with VDL Bravo S, scored her...

Gothenburg, Sweden – The Gothenburg Horse Show will play host this week to the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final and the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final. Representing the U.S. in the Dressage Final, Guenter Seidel and Charlotte Jorst will go head-to-head with 18 athlete-and-horse combinations from 11 nations. The field will compete in the FEI Grand Prix test on Friday, and on Sunday, the 2016 champion will be crowned following the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle....

Wellington, Fla. - The United States is poised for a successful week at the Winter Equestrian Festival’s $150,000 FEI Nations Cup. CSIO4* Wellington will host the prestigious competition Friday evening with seven teams vying for the spot atop the podium. The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team of Georgina Bloomberg, Audrey Coulter, Laura Kraut, and Beezie Madden have drawn second in the order. “We have a similarly strong team to our [winning] Ocala Nations Cup team," said Chef...

Rich Fellers and Flexible winning the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix. (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix featured an impressive Order of Go as riders and horses competed for the blue-ribbon victory. Friday’s $25,000 Smartpak Grand Prix at HITS Thermal boasted 46 rider-horse combinations who tested their skills over the 1.50m, 13 jumping effort course set by Anderson de Moura Lima of Brazil. The line-up included well-known riders such as Rich Fellers,...