Darragh Kenny and Prof de la Roque (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. - It's been a good week for Darragh Kenny. He captured his third victory at the 2014 Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows in the $35,000 New York Welcome Stake, this time on Postage Stamp Farm's Prof de la Roque. The pair went first in a 14-horse jump-off to win over McLain Ward, who placed second and third on Zander and HH Cannavaro, respectively. The $35,000 New York Welcome Stake had 48 entries, and 14 were clear to the...

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that Boyd Martin has been awarded a Land Rover Grant to compete at the Luhmuhlen CCI4* in Luhmuhlen, Germany, June 12-15, 2014. Martin (Cochranville, Pa.) will ride the Shamwari 4 Syndicate LLC’s Shamwari 4. Shamwari 4 is a 2002 Hanoverian gelding. Martin, the winner of the 2003 Adelaide CCI4*, relocated to the U.S. in 2007 from his native Australia and in 2009 began riding under the American flag....

Ben Maher and Cella (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - he world's best battled it out at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Saturday night with a one-two finish for Great Britain in the $125,000 Fidelity investments® Grand Prix CSI 3* at the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). Ben Maher and Scott Brash, the top two ranked riders in the world, finished on top of an impressive field of horses and riders in an exciting ten-horse jump-off. Maher, the...

Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy took led the Working Hunter division sweeping the over fences for the opening day of the 67th Buffalo International Horse Show ( Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Buffalo, NY - The first day of the sold out 67th Buffalo International Horse Show (BIHS) opened to top-tier hunter competition as the Indoor Arena at the Buffalo Equestrian Center was alive with action. The premier fundraiser for the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center (BTRC) offered an array of hunter...

Paul O'Shea rode Instant Karma to the $50,000 Fieldstone Grand Prix victory at the Fieldstone Summer Showcase I, also claiming the $25,000 Boston Strong Rider Bonus (Phelps Media Group, Inc. International) Halifax, MA - The luck of the Irish was with Paul O'Shea Saturday afternoon at the Fieldstone Show Park as he piloted Instant Karma to the victory in the $50,000 Fieldstone Grand Prix, presented by Gallo Dark Horse Wine, Ocean Spray and Samuel Adams, narrowly beating Boston Bruins owner,...

Emily Short and Grande Finale 3E (David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, VT - Twenty-year-old Emily Short of Cheswick, PA, and the aptly named Grande Finale 3E won the grand finale of the 2013 Vermont Summer Festival, the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix, presented by Hand Motors, on Saturday, August 10, in East Dorset, VT. A starting field of 28 entries lined out for the final grand prix of the Vermont Summer Festival’s six-week circuit with 11 advancing to the jump-off...

Lexington, KY- Clear rounds were the order of the day in the Alltech Arena on Thursday evening as 11 teams went to task over Marc Donovan’s 12-obstacle track. Team medals in the US National Pony Jumper Championship were at stake as competition was held in the two-round Nations Cup format. Following the first round the top six teams came back to jump the same course in round two, in addition to 12 combinations that were jumping for individual classification. Team Medalists (Shawn McMillen...

Misdee Wrigley Miller is looking to continue a successful summer competing in Europe, and she's off to a good start in Riesenback. With her team of Sam and Clemens ( can't have a much more American team name than that ), Wrigley-Miller put forth a collected effort that earned her a total score of 928.5, or 74.28%. That was good for a 5th place finish, and gives her a competition score of 41.15 heading into the Marathon on Saturday. The competition leader, Germany's Carola Diener, is...

Andrew Bourns and Gatsby - (Cealy Tetley) Bromont, Quebec - July 28, 2013 - The International Bromont ended this Sunday July 28th with Irishman Andrew Bourns' stunning victory in the Quebec Original World Cup qualifying event, at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park. The course, designed by world renowned Leopoldo Palacios (VEN), comprised thirteen obstacles for sixteen efforts, with a time allowed of 85 seconds. Only three of the twenty-eight participating pairs made it to the jump-off, as...

Lexington, KY - This weekend, FEI vaulting competition hits the United States’ East Coast. The inaugural CVI Lexington in Lexington, VA on Friday will be the first ever FEI vaulting competition held in an Atlantic coast state. “For many of our vaulters, longuers, and horses this is their first FEI event,” says CVI Lexington assistant manager Kim Beisecker. “The CVI1* was organized to educate East Coast vaulters on the requirements, regulations, and excitement of...