Freddie Vazquez and Esprit De Vie (Andrew Ryback Photography) Wayne, Ill. –Patrick Boyle and the organizers of Showplace Productions Spring Spectacular produced a great day of competition at Lamplight Equestrian Center. Freddie Vazquez and his Pan Am Games mount, Esprit De Vie won the $20,000 C & E Transportation Welcome Stake over international course designer, Anderson Lima’s challenging track. In the hunter ring the professional hunter division champions were named. “He...

Leslie Howard and Gentille Van Spieveld Win $85,000 Grand Prix De Penn National (Al Cook - www.alcookphoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - Olympic veteran and World Cup winner Leslie Howard won the $85,000 Grand Prix De Penn National, the showcase event of the 70th Pennsylvania National Horse Show, and a class that the rider has never won before, on Saturday night riding Gentille Van Spieveld. Only four riders managed to get around Designer Michel Vaillancourt's 1.60 meter course. It wasn't...

Lane Clarke and Semira De Saulieu win the the $50,000 Card Flex Grand Prix, Sunday, March 8, 2015, at HITS Thermal (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Lane Clarke and Semira De Saulieu, owned by Charlotte Gadbois, topped the $50,000 CardFlex Grand Prix at HITS Desert Horse Park Saturday afternoon, trumping a field of 52 competitors, with a clear round in the jump-off and a time of 39.309 seconds. Karl Cook, winner of Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, placed second Sunday, this time on...

Marie Hecart and Myself de Breve (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - France's Marie Hecart and Myself de Breve were the winners in Saturday night's $372,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI-W 5*, presented by Fidelity Investments®, at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival. Earning her first five-star victory as well as her first major Saturday night win in Wellington, Hecart topped a roster of major competition, including Olympic gold medalists Ben Maher (GBR) and Eric Lamaze (CAN)....

From www.useventing.com . Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville (StockImageServices.com) Norwood, N.C. - Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville proved to have perfect timing in their win of The Fork International CIC*** and Adequan USEA Gold Cup/PRO Tour Series. The home-turf favorites finished in a tie with Marilyn Little and RF Demeter after the cross country phase of the competition, both with a score of 49.8, but Halpin hit the optimum time of six minutes and nineteen seconds on the dot,...

Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville (Jenni Autry) Unionville, PA - The sixth annual Plantation Field International Horse Trials weekend concluded Sunday with an exciting finish in the CIC3*, as Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville smoked the course to finish double clear and 13 seconds inside the time. Halpin led wire to wire all weekend, and she won the event on a very impressive dressage score of just 37.8. While Halpin said Saturday she didn't intend to go for time Sunday and...

Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville (Jenni Autry) Unionville, PA - All three CIC divisions saw exciting conclusions to dressage on the first full day of competition at Plantation Field Horse Trials. In the CIC3*, Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville set an incredibly high benchmark toward the end of the division, scoring 37.8 to hold a commanding lead. Halpin and Manoir De Carneville were meant to compete in Europe this fall, but a freak injury in July at Chattahoochee Hills kept Halpin...

McClain Ward & Pjotter Van De Zonnehoeve (Curtis Wallis) New Albany, OH - The New Albany Classic Invitational Grand Prix & Family Day celebrated 15 years of support for the fight against family violence at the home of Abigail and Les Wexner in New Albany, Ohio today, attracting a crowd of 18,000 people to cheer on the participants in the Grand Prix competition. U.S. rider McClain Ward prevailed again aboard Pjotter Van De Zonnehoeve (PJ), whom he won the class on in 2011, as well. Ward...

Margie Engle Wins the $75,000 FEI World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix de Penn National (Al Cook Photo). Harrisburg, PA – Margie Engle of Wellington, FL, riding Indigo, owned by Gladewinds & Shay Griese, won the $75,000 FEI World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix de Penn National, the crowning event at the 66th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show’s on Saturday evening. With this victory, Engle added yet another win to her impressive resume of 196 Grand Prix career wins yet this is the...

Principe Heredero de ZR, owned by Lewis Haines of Troy, IL, and representing the Ozark Empire Region of the Paso Fino Horse Association, won the Battle of Stallions contest held as part of the Illinois Horse Fair, produced by the Horsemen's Council of Illinois, an affiliate chapter of the American Horse Council. Principe, ridden by Rick Meyer of Troy, IL, took on a group of stallions of various breeds that included the Tennessee Walking Horse, the Saddlebred, the Arabian, the Quarter Horse and...