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Hayley Barnhill and Zephire Win $25,000 Antares Welcome Stake as Only Double Clear

by Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group | 7/3/2015 9:00:16 PM

Hayley Barnhill and Zephire (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 3, 2015 - Hayley Barnhill has competed at the Flintfields Horse Park for four years, riding to the top of the ranks, but always falling just shy of the first place finish. Friday afternoon, that all changed during the opening week of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festval. Barnhill posted the only double clear ride of the $25,000 Antares Welcome Stake with Zephire, owned by Barnhill Enterprises, LLC, riding to...

Quentin Judge and HH Whisky Rolaye Top $50,000 Aon Cup at Spruce Meadows ‘North American’ Tournament

by Lauren Fisher, Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 7/2/2015 9:37:30 AM

Quentin Judge and HH Whisky Royale © Spruce Meadows Media Services Calgary, AB, Canada – July 1, 2015 – The 2015 ‘North American’ Tournament CSI 5* at Spruce Meadows featured an impressive line-up of show jumping on Wednesday. USA’s Quentin Judge and HH Whisky Royale began the day with a win in the $50,000 Aon Cup 1.55m, Chile’s Samuel Parot and Couscous van Orti jumped to victory in the $34,000 ATCO Energy Solutions Cup 1.50m, and Venezuela’s Andres...

Vale is Victorious! Wins $35,000 Outback Steakhouse Grand Prix at Atlanta Summer Classic Week I

by The Classic Company | 6/14/2015 1:28:08 PM

Vale and Acolina R fly over a jump last night in the $35,000 Outback Steakhouse Grand Prix in the Olympic Arena Atlanta, Georgia - June 14, 2015 - Aaron Vale of Morriston, Florida has been unstoppable Week I of the Atlanta Summer Classic and last night's win in the $35,000 Outback Steakhouse Grand Prix added to his earnings! International Course Designer, Manuel Esparza of Mexico City, Mexico, former Assistant Designer for the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and...

Richie Moloney and Carrabis Z Triumph in $210,000 Tryon Grand Prix CSI 4* for the Governor's Cup

by Tryon International Equestrian Center | 6/7/2015 10:20:18 AM

Richie Moloney and Carrabis Z Mill Spring, NC - June 6, 2015 - Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) hosted its largest event of the spring season, packing the Tryon Stadium at the George H. Morris Arena with a crowd of more than 10,000 people. The stands were overflowing as visitors and guests from around the state flocked to Mill Spring, NC, to see the biggest Grand Prix the venue has hosted in its relatively short history. Richie Moloney (IRL) and Carrabis Z were the last to go in the...

Dorothy Douglas and S&L Elite Secure $50,000 Barrington Saddlery Grand Prix as Only Double Clear

by Kendall Bierer | 6/6/2015 2:25:46 PM

Dorothy Douglas and S&L Elite win the $50,000 Barrington Saddlery Grand Prix as the only pair to jump double clear. Wayne, IL - June 6, 2015 - Jumping a national standard $50,000 grand prix is a feat of its own. For Dorothy Douglas and S&L Elite, jumping to the only double clear effort of the $50,000 Barrington Saddlery Grand Prix at the Showplace Spring Spectacular Horse Show marked a moment Douglas will always remember. "This is definitely a highpoint," eventual winner Douglas said....

Ronan McGuigan Wins $50,000 HITS Grand Prix to Wrap Up Great First Week at HITS-on-the-Hudson

by HITS | 5/24/2015 10:55:24 PM

SAUGERTIES, New York - Ronan McGuigan on Capall Zidane, a bay Dutch Warmblood gelding, narrowly edged out Quentin Judge on HH Fyloe, another bay gelding, to win Sunday’s $50,000 HITS Grand Prix. Ronan McGuigan and his Capall Zidane won Sunday’s $50,000 HITS Grand Prix (ESI Photography) McGuigan and his Capall Zidane, one of only three to reach the jump-off, finished with a time of 40.102, eight-tenths of a second ahead of Judge’s time of 40.994. U.S. Olympian Mclain Ward, on...

Andres Rodriguez Rides to Victory in the $40,000 Hollow Creek Farm Grand Prix

by Split Rock Jumping Tour | 5/22/2015 9:45:30 PM

Lexington, KY - May 22, 2015 - On a beautiful Friday in May, The Split Rock Jumping Tour hosted its inaugural evening event on The Rock Jumping Field, the $40,000 Hollow Creek Farm CSI3* Grand Prix. An international field of twenty-four horse and rider combinations representing Argentina, Venezuela, Canada, Australia, Guatemala, Russia, Germany, New Zealand, Chile, Ireland and the United States competed over Brazilian Guilherme Jorge's course. Eight returned for the jump-off. Andres...

Graves and Verdades Amaze In Global Dressage Festival Week 10 FEI Grand Prix

by Carly Weilminster for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/13/2015 9:28:00 AM

Laura Graves and Verdades (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - Laura Graves (USA) and Verdades will clearly be a force to be reckoned with this season, as the duo continues to improve and impress. In just their second show back since the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) this past August, the pair scored a remarkable 76.680% in the FEI Grand Prix CDI-W 3*, presented by Today's Equestrian and Diane and George Fellows, to start competition in the Large Tour off with a bang at Week 10...

U.S. Team Finishes Twelfth in FEI World Team Para-Dressage Championships - Full Recap

by Helen Murray | 8/28/2014 5:41:06 PM

The FEI World Team Para-Dressage Championships at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games came to a conclusion on Thursday, with the United States securing a 12th place finish. Team scores were determined by combining the top scores from Monday and Tuesday’s Team Test with the Individual Tests performed on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. team of Sydney Collier, Rebecca Hart, Susan Treabess and Roxanne Trunnell finished on an overall total of 407.042. Great Britain earned Team Gold on...

McCarthy Finishes One-Two in Cross Insurance Speed Derby

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/16/2014 2:40:43 AM

Kevin McCarthy claiming top honors with Jeffrey Welles (left) and Darren Granziano (Alex Lynch) Halifax, Mass. - Friday was speed day at The Silver Oak Jumper Tournament, but although many were speedy, few were clean in our main event. With an exciting Welcome Stake ending the day yesterday, today's featured class was the 1.30m Cross Insurance Speed Derby. Olaf Peterson Jr.'s unique Speed Derby course design made for an exciting afternoon at Silver Oak. In a field of 29 horse and rider...