Leaders in the CCI2* Individual Standings (left to right) Nicole Doolittle (Area III), David Ziegler (Canada/Alberta), and Hannah Bundy (Canada/Ontario) (Brant Gamma Photography) Lexington, Ky. - Eventing CCI1* (Junior) and CCI2* (Young Rider) riders started their journey to the medal podiums today with the dressage phase of the USEA North American Junior and Young Riders' Eventing Championship. The CCI2* riders finished their dressage tests in the evening with Canada/Ontario jumping into...

Lucy Davis & Barron Were Double Clear in Thursday's Nations Cup at CSIO5* Aachen (Shannon K. Brinkman Photography) Aachen, Germany. - The four members of Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team, all of them also on the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, impressed the capacity crowd attending the Mercedes-Benz FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* Aachen on Thursday with a hard fought second-place finish. Though they had a few missteps in the...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has updated the entry for the CDIO5* Aachen. Due to being hospitalized with pneumonia, Steffen Peters has withdrawn Four Winds Farm's Legolas 92 from the U.S. team for Nations Cup competition at CDIO5* Aachen and Four Winds Farm's Rosamunde from Aachen's CDI4* Small Tour. Peters and Legolas 92 have been replaced on the CDIO5* team by Caroline Roffman and her own Her Highness O, who originally were slated to compete in...

McLain Ward and HH Carlos Z (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta. - The ‘Pan American’ Tournament CSI 5* continued at Spruce Meadows on Friday with an exciting showdown between two of the world’s top riders in the $33,500 Ashcor Technologies Cup 1.55m. In a two-horse jump-off in the Meadows on the Green, McLain Ward (USA) and HH Carlos Z came out on top against Kent Farrington (USA) and Uceko. The $15,000 CIBC Junior/Amateur Jumper 1.40m competition was also...

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will be represented in both Large and Small Tour dressage competition at the CHIO Aachen, July 11-20, in Aachen, Germany. Four members of the Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team will compose the U.S. team in the CDIO5*, with a further four contesting CDI4* competition. Big Tour competition at CHIO Aachen will serve as the second Mandatory Outing for the Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI...

Courtney Calcagnini and Elementary (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Parker, Colo. - Consistency is crucial for success in the hunter ring, especially when the horses are required to jump several courses over multiple days. In a sea of many capable professional hunters, one particular bay gelding captured the judge's eye. The powerhouse duo of Courtney Calcagnini and Elementary won all four First Year Green Hunter over fences classes over the past two days of the Summer in the Rockies IV at the...

Gladstone, N.J. - The focus of the dressage world will turn to Gladstone, N.J., this week for the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp, as it runs June 12-15, in the Dick and Jane Brown Arena at the USET Foundation Headquarters. The annual championship will host the best dressage combinations in the United States across six divisions of competition, including Grand Prix, Intermediaire I, Young Adult ‘Brentina Cup,’ Young Rider, Junior, and Pony Rider...

Evan Coluccio and Fabled, winners of today's $35,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (The Book) Mumford, N.Y. - Evan Coluccio and Fabled's ride Sunday marked several firsts - including Fabled's first win in a hunter derby and the first ever USHJA International Hunter Derby victory at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. Coluccio and Fabled bested a field of the nation's leading hunter horses and riders to win the $35,000 USHJA International Derby at The Derby at the Geneseee...

North Salem, N.Y. – The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows came to a successful conclusion with their highlight event, the $100,000 Empire State Grand Prix, presented by The Kincade Group, Merrill Lynch. McLain Ward rode to first and second place with HH Cannavaro and HH Carlos Z, both owned by Double H Farm, over a prestigious field of horses and riders. After two weeks of top finishes, Darragh Kenny won the $20,000 Leading Jumper Rider Award, presented by Houlihan Lawrence. Today's...

McLain Ward and Zander (The Book LLC) North Salem, N.Y. – It was Derby Day at Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Show, with hunters and jumpers competing in their own derby classes simultaneously on the show grounds. Victory in the $20,000 Speed Derby of North Salem, Presented by Miller Motorcars went to McLain Ward and Zander, who were clear and fast over the challenging course. Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy had yet another victory in their specialty, the $10,000 USHJA International Hunter...