Lisa Goldman and Centurion B win the $50,000 Wells Fargo Advisors Grand Prix during the Spring Spectacular III. (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Wayne, IL - June 20, 2015 - Lisa Goldman retraced familiar steps today during the highlight event of the Showplace Spring Spectacular III, finding her spot at the top of the $50,000 Wells Fargo Advisors Grand Prix leaderboard with longtime partner Centurion B. They tripped the timers in 39.048 seconds, only 2/10ths of a second ahead of second place...

Kelli Cruciotti Captures First Grand Prix Win in $100,000 Sapphire Grand Prix of Devon By: Rebecca Walton Beginners luck or youthful indiscretion can be used when a young person takes home a major victory, but none of those correctly describe Kelli Cruciotti. Hard working, determined - those are the best adjectives to describe the 17-year-old athlete who won her first grand prix with Chamonix H during Thursday night's prestigious $100,000 Sapphire Grand Prix of Devon. Kelli Cruciotti and...

Hunter Holloway Rides Away with Ronnie Mutch Equitation Championship The R.W. "Ronnie" Mutch Equitation Challenge Trophy is presented each year to the junior rider who shows the most consistency throughout the two days and four equitation classes of the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair. The 2015 winner, Hunter Holloway, and her mount Any Given Sunday have proven that consistency time and again across the hunter, jumper and equitation divisions. On Friday morning at the Devon Horse Show,...

Rich Fellers and Flexible (SusanJStickle.com) Las Vegas, N.V. – The quest for the championship title continued tonight in the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, N.V. Prized World Cup points were up for grabs as 35 combinations went head-to-head over Anthony D'Ambrosio’s 16 effort course with just six returning for the jump-off. The U.S. contingent surged up the leaderboard, sending four forward to the jump-off: Beezie Madden, Lucy...

Kent Farrington and Belle Fleur 38 (Mancini Photos, www.manciniphotos.com) Wellington, Fla. - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) finished its second week of its Spring Series this past weekend at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, with a victory for the number five ranked rider in the world, Kent Farrington of Wellington, FL. He rode Belle Fleur 38, owned by Haity McNerney, to victory in the $30,000 Equestrian Sport Productions Spring 2 Grand Prix....

College Station, Texas - Top-seeded and second-ranked Georgia won the 2015 Southeastern Conference Equestrian Championship on Saturday at the Thomas G. Hildebrand Equine Complex at Texas A&M University. The Bulldogs defeated the host and third-seeded Aggies 12-5 in the championship round to take home Georgia’s first league crown since the SEC began sponsoring equestrian in advance of the 2012-13 season. UGA improves to 11-4 on the season, while Texas A&M drops to 8-6. “What...

The winning trophy for the Florida International Dressage Youth Championships Wellington, Fla. - Four National and European Champion youth riders from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands will be making the journey across the Atlantic to compete at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival's Week 9 Palm Beach Dressage Derby and the Week 10 Florida International Dressage Youth Championships. All four riders, traveling with Jochen Arl, are set to compete in Wellington for the championships,...

Laura Kraut and Cedric (Mancini Photos) Wellington, Fla. - The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) hosted its $50,000 Holiday & Horses Grand Prix CSI-W 2* on Saturday night with an electrifying winning performance from show jumping stars Laura Kraut (USA) and Cedric. A FEI World Cup qualifying event, the competition saw 55 starters with ten clear rounds to advance over the Catsy Cruz (MEX) designed course. Kraut and Cedric topped Hardin Towell (USA) and Silence and Leslie...

Harrisburg, Pa. - There was excitement in the air at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show today as the Junior Hunter riders donned their formal shadbelly coats to compete in the Championship classes. The day was made even more special as a record was broken and history was made. Mckayla Langmeier of East Granby, CT, and Linda Langmeier's MARASCHINO were the first of the day to be crowned Champions as they claimed the Small Junior Hunter 15 & Under Championship and the Gabriel/Night Owl...

Kelley Farmer and Mindful (Tricia Booker/USHJA Archives) Upper Marlboro, Md. - The top six hunter riders in the country went head to head over three rounds Friday at The Capital Challenge Horse Show, and Kelley Farmer took the top spot. The WCHR Pro Finals used the same three-round format as last year. Riders switched on two donated horses for the first two rounds, then brought a horse of their own for the third and final handy round. In the first round, the high score went to Sandy Ferrell on...