Aachen, Germany – Chester Weber performed an excellent dressage test Wednesday in the CAIO4* run as part of the CHIO Aachen. He and his and Jane Clark’s team put forth a lovely effort to score 35.67. Sitting in second is Boyd Exell of Australia with a score of 40.47, while Theo Timmerman of The Netherlands is third on 41.60. Four-in-Hand driving competition for individuals continues at the prestigious World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany with the obstacle phase for taking...

Lexington, Ky. - The U.S. sends a promising team into Friday’s Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup presented by Longines at the CSIO5* Falsterbo in Sweden. Under the guidance of Chef d’Equipe DiAnn Langer, Ashlee Bond-Clarke, Catherine Pasmore, Georgina Bloomberg, and Brianne Goutal will look to secure top results for the United States over a Christian Wiegand-designed track. The American contingent has drawn second in the order of eight teams. Bond-Clarke (Hidden Hills, Calif.) will ride...

Amanda Flint and Superbad (David Mullinix Photography) East DOrset, Vt. - Superbad failed to live up to his name, carrying Amanda Flint to victory in the $30,000 Vermont Summer Special Grand Prix, presented by Johnson Horse Transportation, on July 5 at the Vermont Summer Festival. The six-week equestrian competition runs through August 10 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT. Flint of Long Meadow, NJ, was riding a winning streak into Saturday’s main event, having placed first and...

Kent Farrington & Willow (Stefano Grasso/LGCT) Port Hercule, Monaco - As the sun sank towards the horizon at beautiful Port Hercule, Monaco, the afternoon’s hotly contested CSI5* Prix SMB Le Casino was won by the USA’s Kent Farrington with Willow, who clinched the win from last to go in the jump-off, ahead of Pius Schwizer (SUI) and Anisette de Lassus in 2nd, and a thrilled Ali Yousef al Rumaihi (QAT) with Gunder in 3rd, in front of a vocal crowd and packed VIP suite. The first...

Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Parker, Colo. - Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick have done it again at Summer in the Rockies. These two won the $5,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame High Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Classic last week, and they returned to the Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix Arena this Sunday to do the same. They are both fierce competitors, making their pairing a dynamite combination. With years less experience than most other riders who showed against...

Luhmuhlen, Germany - Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Boyd Martin and Shamwari 4 have traveled to Germany eyeing a top placing at this week’s Luhmuhlen CCI4* . They will be among 53 combinations from 12 nations set to contest the event which runs June 12-15 and is one of only seven CCI4*s held annually throughout the world. Shamwari 4 is presented at the first horse inspection by Phillip Dutton for Boyd Martin (Stockimageservices.com) Martin (Cochranville, Pa.) acquired the...

Darragh Kenny and SIEC Ledgepoint (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y . - In the $5,000 Open Jumper 1.40m at Old Salem on Thursday, it was another win for Darragh Kenny (IRL), this time riding Gabriela Mershad's SIEC Ledgepoint. To ensure that the grass Grand Prix Field is as good as it can be for the duration of the horse shows, classes were moved to the sand ring today in the rainy weather. Winning the $5,000 Open Jumper 1.40m class for the second day in a row was Darragh Kenny. He rode...

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 celebrate another Grand Prix win at the Festival of the Horse CDI 3* (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - Hopeful U.S. Team members for this summer's Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games began their second week of outstanding dressage competition at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, Cal. as California Dreaming Productions' Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J/U-25 presented by Hof Kasselmann got underway. While top riders...

Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister (Mike McNally) Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that Tiana Coudray has been awarded a Land Rover Grant to compete at the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover. As approved by the USEF Eventing High Performance Committee, Coudray (Ojai, Calif.) will ride Jatial, Inc.’s 2001 Irish Sport Horse gelding Ringwood Magister at the only CCI4* in the Western Hemisphere. Coudray has...

Kathleen Raine & Breanna made their return to the Grand Prix arena a winning one at the Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W. (Terri Miller) Burbank, Calif. - An impressive line-up of West Coast riders including some of the top-ranked competitors in the nation gathered at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, Cal. for the first day of competition at California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25 presented by Hof Kasselmann. As...