New York, N.Y . – The Central Park Horse Show (CPHS), presented by Rolex and produced by The Chronicle of the Horse, hosted its third day of competition in New York City’s iconic Central Park on Saturday featuring an evening of beautiful dressage competition and special performances from some of the world’s best horses and riders. The CPHS concludes on Sunday, September 21. Isabell Werth and El Santo NRW in their winning presentation with Mark and Katherine Bellissimo, Tammany...

Molly Ashe-Cawley & Carissimo (Shawn McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Molly Ashe-Cawley and Carissimo scored a comeback victory in the $50,000 Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Qualifier, presented by Longines, at the Hampton Classic. Their jump-off time of 43.80 seconds defeated Karen Polle, representing Japan, on With Wings (44.38) and Ronan McGuigan, representing Ireland, on Capall Zidane (46.99). The 39th annual Hampton Classic Horse Show runs Aug. 24-31. The Hampton Classic features...

Boyd Martin and Shamwari 4 (Shannon Brinkman Photo) Le Pin-au-Haras, France – The second day of dressage wrapped up Friday for the FEI World Team and Individual Eventing Championship, with 43 combinations performing their tests before the Ground Jury of Gillian Rolton (AUS), James Alain (FRA), and Ernst Topp (GER). The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team had a respectable day of dressage with Boyd Martin and Shamwari 4 leading the way. Kim Severson and Fernhill Fearless and Lynn Symansky and...

Roxanne Trunnell & Nice Touch (SusanJStickle.com) Caen, France - Roxanne Trunnell and Rebecca Hart brought FEI World Para-Dressage Championship competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to a close with their Freestyle Tests. The La Prairie Racecourse hosted the final tests of the championships as the top third of competitors from Grade 1a, 1b, II, III, and IV looked to ascend the medal podium. Grade 1a rider Trunnell (Rowlett, Tx.) was making her final competitive...

The United States closed out the Team Tests, the first portion of the Para-Dressage Team Championship, at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Tuesday standing in 15th place at the half-way mark. Susan Treabess, Rebecca Hart, and Roxanne Trunnell headed down centerline at the La Prairie Racecourse for the U.S. in Grade IV, II, and 1a competition, respectively. Treabess (Winters, Calif.) and Kamiakin were first up for the U.S. in the morning session, performing their Grade IV Team Test...

The United States closed out the Dressage Team Championship at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Friday with exemplary performances by a World Championship rookie and a decorated team veteran in the d'Ornano Stadium. Laura Graves and Steffen Peters produced impressive tests before the Ground Jury of Stephen Clarke, Elizabeth McMullen, Isabelle Judet, Susan Hoevenaars, Francis Verbeek, Dietrich Plewa, and Liselotte Fore to lead the U.S. to a fourth-place finish on a score of 222....

Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' (Jon Stroud Media for Shannon Brinkman Photography) Hickstead, United Kingdom - Beezie Madden added another coveted title to her extensive resume on Sunday when she rode Abigail Wexner’s Cortes ‘C’ to victory in the The Longines King George V Gold Cup at CSIO5* Hickstead. In doing so she also made history as the first women ever to win the prestigious Grand Prix. Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) and the 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding were one of 14...

Shane Sweetnam and Bijzonder (Rebecca Walton/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - Ireland's Shane Sweetnam is well known for helping produce top young mounts, and Thursday he showed how it is done with the 8-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding Bijzonder. When seven horses go double clear in the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic, the only way to win is with speed, and although Bijzonder is just learning to go fast, he clearly has a knack for it. Sweetnam sped across the finish line two seconds...

Lisa Goldman set the pace with Centurion B to win the $5,000 Welcome Class at Lamplight's Equifest II (Andrew Ryback) Wayne, Ill – The feature class at Lamplight Equestrian Center’s Equifest II today was the $5,000 1.40m Welcome class in the newly remodeled Grand Prix ring. Fourteen entries vied for the prize over the Manuel Esparza designed course. Esparza of Mexico City, Mexico, was the Assistant Designer for the Olympic Games from 1996-2008. His time allowed on today’s...

Anna Cardelfe and Dollar Van't Eigenlo DH (Rebecca Walton/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - Rising talent took center stage today at the Kentucky Horse Park as the High Junior and Amateur-Owner Jumpers competed in the Rolex Stadium during the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. Anna Cardelfe proved that a new partnership can be just as successful as a veteran pairing when she won the High Amateur-Owner Jumpers aboard Dollar Van't Eigenlo DH. Meanwhile in the High Junior Jumpers, it was Meredith...