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F.A.C.E Vaulters Dominate USEF Selection Trial

by By Carole Dwinell | 5/21/2010 12:27:00 PM

The F.A.C.E. Team Wins at the USEF Selection Trial (Carole Dwinell ) The race is on! For the first time this year, the five vaulting teams declared for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games met in competition. While this is the second of the five scheduled trials, it is the first where all the teams were present to compete. Individual numbers were up as well for a day of exciting competition. With an overall final score of 7.589, coach and lead out vaulter, Devon Maitozo of the winning F....

International Reining Celebrity Challenge ORDER OF GO

by Joanie Morris | 4/18/2009 2:13:00 PM

International Reining Celebrity Challenge ORDER OF GO Saturday, April 18, 2009 Following Las Vegas World Cup Grand Prix Rolex FEI World Cup - Las Vegas, NV 1. Rodrigo Pessoa – International Team - Jumping Olympic Gold medalist, three-time FEI World Cup Show Jumping Champion and the youngest FEI World Equestrian Games World Champion - Sir Pine By Boomer (2000 American Quarter Horse) Owned by Kim & Jessica Tourino of California; NRHA Earnings $10,686; NRHA Open Futurity finalist; AQHA World Show...

Magness is Magnificent at HITS Ocala; Hugh Graham Takes First Week's Big Grand Prix

by By Chris Mayone | 2/12/2009 10:32:00 AM

The rated series of the 2009 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit crowned its first winning grand prix pair on Thursday, when Tracy Magness rode Mr. and Mrs. John Bartko's Tarco Van Ter Moude to the blue in the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, FL. Magness guided Tarco Van Ter Moude to the fastest double-clear round on course designer Guilherme Jorge's route as she collected $7,500 in first-place prize money. Magness outlasted 23 riders in the first round and the six who advanced to...

Lauren Hough and Unicum Run Away With the $40,000 Avalon Saddlery Grand Prix at HITS Culpeper

by By Chris Mayone | 9/4/2008 1:43:00 PM

Lauren Hough and her mount Unicum closed out the Constitution Classic at HITS Culpeper when the duo posted the fastest double-clear effort in the $40,000 Avalon Saddlery Grand Prix to win the blue ribbon. Course Designer Ken Krome trimmed a field of 21 starters in the first round down to just four in a jump-off that saw Hough dominate the round when she won the class by nearly six seconds. Kicking things off in the jump-off was Maryland's Tracy Magness and her grand prix horse Tarco Van Ter...

Test Event Begins Tomorrow in Hong Kong

by Sarah Evers | 8/10/2007 10:44:00 AM

At exactly 8:08 p.m. on August 8, the official one-year-to-go countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games was launched. Eight is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture. In general, eight is an auspicious number for Buddhists. In front of 10,000 people gathered on Tianan’men Square, with the Forbidden City as a backdrop, a sumptuous ceremony took place where Chinese culture and traditions were clearly on show. The International Olympic Committee President handed out the official invitations to the...

NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team Qualifies for FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final with Third-Place Finish in FEI Jumping Nations Cup Canada CSIO5*

by US Equestrian Communications | 6/5/2023 10:00:00 AM

Langley, British Columbia, Canada -- The NetJets ® U.S. Jumping Team finished third in Sunday’s FEI Jumping Nations Cup Canada CSIO5* at Thunderbird Show Park, securing qualification for the 2023 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain—one of two remaining qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. “The mandatory all-out effort to get qualified for Barcelona was our goal from the first part of the year,” U.S. Jumping Chef d'Equipe Robert Ridland said....

Adrienne Lyle and Salvino Take Sixth in Blue Hors FEI World Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle Championship presented by Helgstrand

by U.S. Equestrian Communications Department | 8/10/2022 6:52:00 PM

Herning, Denmark – Adrienne Lyle and Salvino impressed in their FEI Grand Prix Freestyle under the lights at Stutteri ASK Stadium this evening, producing an 83.704 percent to take sixth place overall in the extremely competitive final competition for dressage combinations this week at the ECCO FEI World Championships Herning 2022. Charlotte Fry (GBR) took the gold aboard Glamourdale with a score of 90.654 percent, while Catherine Laudrup-Dufour (DEN) and Vamos Amigos earned silver on a 89....

Mimi Gochman Earns Individual Bronze in 2022 FEI Youth Equestrian Games

by U.S. Equestrian Communications Department | 7/2/2022 12:47:00 PM

Aachen, Germany – Mimi Gochman (New York, N.Y.) concluded the 2022 FEI Youth Equestrian Games with a podium finish securing the bronze medal aboard Merino van de Achterhoek after finishing the 15-combination jump-off in 32.56 seconds. Thomas van Rijckevorsel (RSA) and Lucy 781 took first place and individual gold in the competition after stopping the jump-off timers in 31.69 seconds, while Jad Guerraoui (MAR) and Lady Angeles collected second place and the silver for their jump-off time...

Costantini Unanimously Crowned 2019 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Champion

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/10/2019 3:15:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Gabriella Costantini has been unanimously crowned 2019 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final champion by the panel of judges at the historic Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show , which continues at the Kentucky Horse Park through July 13. In the last class of the morning session on Wednesday, July 10, nine of the country’s best saddle seat equitation competitors faced off in group railwork and executed individual patterns designed by judges Peggy...

Aaron Vale Steals the Show with Win in $25,000 CWD Welcome Stake at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival

by Phelps Media Group | 7/16/2016 10:14:49 AM

Aaron Vale continued his winning streak at the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival on Friday winning the $25,000 CWD Welcome Stake aboard Bonzini S. (Taylor Renner/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, Mich. - The Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF) capped off on Friday with the $25,000 CWD Welcome Stake, which saw 34 horses and riders battle it out for the coveted prize money. Wednesday's 1.40m Jumpers winner, Aaron Vale, and Thinkslikeahorse's Bonzini S came out on top to secure...