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by Merial | 7/1/2014 1:48:21 PM

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Centenary College Shines at Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships

by USHJA | 5/6/2014 9:30:35 AM

2014 IHSA Collegiate Cup Champions Centenary College and USEF/Cacchione Cup winner Alex Carlton (Al Cook) Harrisburg, Pa. - Centenary College may have traveled to the 41st Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships with a small team, but their results were huge. They clinched the Collegiate Cup high-point honors May 1-3 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA. "We're thrilled. We have such a great team," said Michael Dowling, who coaches the Centenary Equestrian team...

Twelve U.S. Riders Head to Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final

by USEF Communications Department | 4/1/2014 3:11:56 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will be well represented at the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final April 17-21 as 12 American show jumpers will head to Lyon, France for the 2014 Final. As the reigning FEI World Cup Jumping Final champion, Beezie Madden is pre-qualified to defend her title in Lyon. Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) will ride Abigail Wexner’s Simon. Simon is a 1999 Dutch Warmblood gelding. After 24 North American World Cup Qualifying Events...

Step Up to Support the 2014 Saddle Seat World Cup Competition

by USEF National Affiliates Department | 3/14/2014 10:34:05 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States is hosting the 2014 Saddle Seat World Cup competition during the Blue Ridge Classic Horse Show in Asheville, NC July 20-25. This is an excellent opportunity for you to volunteer your services, offer a horse for use in the competition, or make a donation to support this prestigious event. Volunteer Volunteering at the Saddle Seat World Cup is a great way for equestrian enthusiasts to get involved and find out what the program is all about. You can attend...

Laura Kraut and Wish Triumph in $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m Jump-Off

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/10/2014 8:55:35 PM

Laura Kraut and Wish (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla - U.S. Olympic Team Gold Medalist Laura Kraut earned victory on day three of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) competing with Stone Hill Farm's Wish in the $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m jump-off class on Friday, January 10. Alexander Zetterman (SWE) and Canora also got their second win of the circuit in the day's $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m Speed Challenge. Week one of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian...

Emanuel Andrade and ZZ Top VH Schaarbroek Win $25,000 New Year's Grand Prix

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 12/30/2013 4:19:18 PM

Emanuel Andrade and ZZ Top VH Schaarbroek in their winning presentation with ringmaster Gustavo Murcia (ManciniPhotos) Wellington, Fla - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) hosted its New Year's horse show this weekend on December 27-29, 2013, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. The competition featured National 'A' rated hunter and 4* jumper competition, including a $10,000 Open Jumper Stake and a $25,000 New Year's Grand Prix. The...

Davidson Claims CCI3* At Galway Downs International Three-Day Event with Petite Flower

by Galway Downs Press | 11/4/2013 10:20:21 AM

Buck Davidson and Petite Flower, winners of the CCI3* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. (Amy McCool photo) Temecula, Calif. - Almost nothing about the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event worked out like Buck Davidson expected. Except that he came here from Pennsylvania to win the CCI3*, and he did, on Petite Flower, scoring 59.2 penalties. Jolie Wentworth rode GoodKnight to second place (59.7) and Liz Halliday-Sharp rode HHS Cooley to third place (61.6). Davidson also...

Laura Kraut Re-Takes GCT Season Rankings Lead in Valkenswaard

by Global Champions Tour Press Release | 8/17/2013 2:25:48 PM

Valkenswaard, The Netherlands - U.S. star Laura Kraut is the new ranking leader after a Grand Prix full of drama was won in triumphant style by Alvaro de Miranda on AD Rahmannshof’s Bogeno. The shake up sets the stage for a thrilling final stage of the championship series at next month’s leg in Lausanne. The Brazilian champion set the arena on fire shaving a full four seconds off the time of Frenchman Simon Delestre. Dutch home rider Gerco Schroder had the capacity crowd on the edge...

Catherine Tyree and Sandor de la Pomme Win $10,000 Overland Sheepskin Welcome Stake

by Starting Gate Communications | 7/25/2013 5:05:08 PM

Catherine Tyree guided Sandor de la Pomme to victory in the $10,000 Overland Sheepskin Company Welcome Stake, presented by Manchester Designer Outlets, on Thursday, July 25, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT (David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, VT - Catherine Tyree and her newly acquired mount, Sandor de la Pomme, secured their first victory together in the $10,000 Overland Sheepskin Company Welcome Stake, presented by Manchester Designer Outlets, on Thursday, July 25, at...

Spooner and Cristallo Make it a Monaco Triple in Monte Carlo as GCT Rankings Race Tightens

by Longines GCT Press Office | 6/30/2013 7:48:57 AM

Richard Spooner and Cristallo (Stefano Grasso/Longines GLobal Champions Tour) Monte Carlo, Monaco - Richard Spooner and Cristallo electrified Monte-Carlo Saturday night winning the Riviera Grand Prix for the third time in a record triple. In a spectacular jump off in front of a full house the US rider left William Funnell on Billy Congo in second place and Edwina Tops-Alexander on Guccio in third and shook up the ranking for the 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour series. In a dramatic shift,...