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Putnam Finishes Fifth at 2016 FEI World Para-Driving Championships

by Kathleen Landwehr | 8/7/2016 12:30:07 AM

Beesd, The Netherlands – Stefanie Putnam made her European debut at the 2016 FEI World Para-Driving Championships and impressed with a stellar performance. As the sole U.S. representative, Putnam looked right at home competing against a strong international field. She partnered with Bethesda After Dark to finish fifth in the Grade I division. Stefanie Putnam and Bethesda After Dark (©Marie de Ronde-Oudemans) Putnam (Lafeyette, Calif.) executed a solid test with her own Bethesda After Dark...

Fappani Edges Mills to Win 2015 $25,000 Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Championship

by Dana Rossmeier | 9/19/2015 11:10:49 AM

Las Vegas, Nev. – Andrea Fappani came out the gate strong Thursday night to earn the 2015 $25,000 Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Championship during the High Roller Reining Classic. Fappani scored a 229 to edge out Reserve Champion Matt Mills who scored a 226. Andrea Fappani and Custom Spook (Waltenberry) The 2015 $25,000 Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Championship was comprised of elite reining talent including four members who competed in the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian...

Will Simpson Wins HITS Thermal $50,000 Equine Couture/TuffRider Grand Prix

by HITS Press Office | 1/21/2015 10:51:21 AM

William Simpson and Katie Riddle jump to victory in the $50,000 (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Will Simpson won his second Grand Prix victory in the first week of HITS Thermal Desert Circuit I, this time on Katie Riddle, owned by Monarch International and the Von Heidegger family, in the $50,000 Equine Couture/TuffRider Grand Prix. Simpson and Katie Riddle jumped with no faults in both the first round and jump off, with a time of 43.070 to win $15,000, topping a final field of 12 riders on...

USEF Names Adequan U.S. Reining Squad for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by USEF Communications Department | 8/15/2014 3:10:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation has named six athletes to the Adequan U.S. Reining Squad for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The following horse-and-athlete combinations have been named to the Adequan U.S. Reining Squad for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (in alphabetical order): Andrea Fappani (Scottsdale, Ariz.) will ride Silver Spurs Equine's Custom Cash Advance. Custom Cash Advance is a 2006 Quarter Horse stallion. Shawn Flarida...

Keenan Sets The Pace In $20,000 Hampton Classic Time Challenge

by Classic Communications | 8/27/2013 7:53:02 PM

Bridgehampton, NY - Lillie Keenan rode her Londinium to a narrow victory in the $20,000 Hampton Classic Time Challenge at the 38th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show. Her time of 57.08 seconds barely eclipsed the time of Todd Minikus on Tuxedo, who stopped the clock in 57.51 seconds. Shane Sweetnam rode Cyklon 1083 to third place in 58.47 seconds. Keenan, 16, New York, N.Y., said she'd watched Minikus go on Tuxedo, and she knew that replicating his performance would be the key. Minikus went...

Largest Grand Prix Ever at HITS Ocala Won by Kent Farrington and Up Chiqui

by HITS Media | 2/18/2011 3:08:00 PM

Ocala, FL - February 18, 2011 - Yesterday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, was the largest Grand Prix starting field ever at the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit. One of today’s brightest stars in show jumping, Kent Farrington riding Up Chiqui, owned by Alex Boone, William Dobbs and Farrington, beat out 48 starters to take the top prize in the class. Thursday’s course was designed by Jack Robson of Coronado, California and saw only five teams return for the jump-off....

Tish Fappani Claims NRHA Non Pro Championship, Melo and Willette are NAAC Champs

by NRHA News | 12/7/2010 2:54:00 PM

Tish Fappani Sidestops on Litn Up Conquistador (Photo by NRHA) Oklahoma City, OK - The competition at the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity & Adequan North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Dec. 3 featured the $105,000 added 2010 Cinch/NRHA Non Pro Futurity Finals. This championship event welcomed back 59 non pros to compete in a clean-slate format for more than $430,000 in cash and prizes, a variety of prizes from NRHA Corporate...

Margie Engle and Indigo Top International Competition in $100,000 World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse

by Meghan de Garay and Michelle Bloch for Phelps Medi | 11/11/2010 3:24:00 PM

Margie Engle and Indigo at the Syracuse Invitational (Photo credit: Reflections Photography.) Syracuse, NY - November 6, 2010 -The fast paced action continued in downtown Syracuse today. The featured class of the night was the $100,000 Detwiler Fenton FEI World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse presented by G&C Farm. The great US rider, Margie Engle, out rode 27 riders representing six countries to take the lionshare $100,000 purse. As she stepped into the arena as the last of three qualifiers of the...

Colorado Circuit Opener Features Several Versatile Riders; Boggus and Vanderveen Score Big in Multiple Arenas

by By Marnye Langer | 7/22/2010 10:21:00 AM

It's not like Rachel Boggus has time on her hands. In addition to riding and showing three horses across all the divisions, the amateur rider who trains with Michael Dennehy also is completing the last year of her anesthesiology residency at the University of Colorado Medical Center. "I don't have a lot of free time," Rachel admitted. "When I do, I am riding and showing. It's really hard for me to stay away and sometimes that means very long days with very little sleep, but I wouldn't have it...

This Week in International Disciplines

by From the USEF Communications Department | 4/27/2010 3:57:00 PM

Phillip Dutton and Woodburn (Shannon Brinkman) Dressage The Kentucky Cup CDI3*, which served as the dressage Test Event for the Alltech World Equestrian Games, kicked off a week of international competition at the Kentucky Horse Park. Tina Konyot and her big black stallion Calecto V were the stars of the week, winning both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle. In the Grand Prix Konyot finished on a score of 70.638%, Belinda Trussell and Bonny Bonnello both of Canada joined her on the podium....