Winners Beat Mandli and Antares F (Al Cook - alcookphoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - The excitement was palpable at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show as crowds filed into the stadium to watch the star-studded field of top international riders, including Olympic and World Champions, compete in the $85,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix de Penn National, a qualifying competition for the 2015 FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas. Olympic silver medalist Beat Mandli of Switzerland, proved unbeatable aboard...

Hannah Holik and Cupido de Laubry (Phelps Media Group) Parker, Colo. - Hannah Holik and Czech Mate LLC's Cupido de Laubry were on fire as Summer in the Rockies III kicked off Wednesday. They raced through a speedy jump-off round and earned first place in the $2,500 Open Jumper 1.40m. Not only were they the only ones to go double clear in the class of 15, but they were two seconds ahead of the next fastest pair in the jump-off. "I always go in, especially with him, hoping and thinking that...

Valle de Bravo, Mexico – January 21, 2016 – Valle de Bravo CSI4* offered three classes in the main arena on a picture perfect Thursday. The final class of the day, the FEI 1.45m Longines Ranking class, was the qualifier for Saturday's highlight event, the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping, Valle de Bravo, presented by Scappino. Three out of thirty-seven horses negotiated Guilherme Jorge's track without fault and once again Brazil's Rodrigo Lambre and the quick Argentinian...

Matt Mills riding Mia Little Whiz (Kirkbride Photography) Scottsdale, Ariz . – The first of two remaining qualifying opportunities in the United States, the Sun Circuit FEI Concours de Reining International (CRI3***) offered another day of action-packed Reining. Sanctioned by the International Equestrian Federation, the United States Equestrian Federation and USA Reining, and offering a valuable and vital qualifying opportunity for US Riders to advance to the Official Team Selection...

Elkton, Md. – Competition at the Maryland 5 Star kicked off on Thursday with the first half of dressage rides in the 2023 USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship and the Maryland CCI5*-L. Lauren Nicholson and Landmark's Jungle Gold. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship Lauren Nicholson (The Plains, Va.) and Landmark’s Jungle Gold (Diarado x Jungle Tale), a 2015 Holsteiner/Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Jacqueline Mars, went early...

Wellington, FL - January 30, 2016 - The final day of Grand Prix competition at the AGDF 3 CDI-W presented by the U.S. P.R.E. Association, and the third week of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), Arelene Page and Woodstock. Photo by ©SusanJStickle.com concluded with the Grand Prix Special, presented by Yeguada de Ymas. Today's competition was held in the Global International Ring at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), and showcased a clean sweep by the...

Abigail McArdle of the Zone 5 Team on Cosma 20. (Al Cook) Harrisburg, PA - The Zone 5 team captured the gold medal in the $15,000 Randolph College/USEF Prix de States Team Championship at the 67th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show on Friday evening. The team members were: Kalvin Dobbs of Tallahassee, FL riding Winde; Abigail McArdle of Barrington Hills, IL on Cosma 20; Lillie Ross of Wheaton, IL aboard Pako; and Catherine Tyree of Chicago, IL on Wetter. Following a modified Nation's...

Katie Dinan and Belle Dame D. Photo: Phelps Media Group. Harrisburg, PA - It was an exciting night of jumper action at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show tonight, as the $15,000 USEF Prix de States Team Championship and Individual Championship Phase II took place in Harrisburg, PA. The team from USEF Zone 2 swept the top spot for the second year in a row with excellent rides by Meg O'Mara of Rumson, NJ, Katie Dinan of New York, NY, Charlotte Jacobs of Buffalo, NY, and last night's...

Diana DeRosa (Karen O'Connor aboard Theodore O'Connor (left) lead the Gold-medal U.S. team in eventing at the 2007 Pan American Games.) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—Going into the third and final day of the eventing portion of the XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the top three riders (all member of Team USA) were separated by less than two points. With all the remaining U.S. horses passing the final horse inspection, the U.S. support team had a busy afternoon on Sunday, July 22,...

Elkton, Md. – Now in its third year, the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill is set to get underway on Thursday with the first of the dressage rides. In addition to its CCI5*-L event, Maryland also hosts the USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Championship. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Twenty-six CCI5*-L horses and 47 CCI3*-L horses were presented at the first horse inspection on Wednesday afternoon. All horses passed and will continue on to the dressage phase, which begins at 9 a.m. ET for...