Bromont, Quebec - July 25, 2016 -Young Lucy Deslauriers and her mount Hester excelled in the Québec Original Grand Prix on Sunday, July 24 at the end of the first week of the 2016 International Bromont, where three countries were represented. Lucy Deslauriers and Hester. Photo By: Tom von kap Herr. Expecting the Best Designed by renowned course designer Venezuelan Leopoldo Palacios, the course was very challenging. With 13 obstacles for 16 efforts, including a double combination as well...

Bromont, Quebec - July 24, 2016 -On Saturday, Bromont's favorite son, Mario Deslauriers, once again pleased the crowd by winning the Modified Grand Prix event at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park during the International Bromont CSI2*. Mario Deslauriers and Curo. Photo By Tom von kap Herr. 28 Pairs Start Out The Modified Grand Prix event had 28 horse and rider combinations competing, including Mario Deslauriers, his daughter Lucy as well as the winner of the FEI opening event of July...

The Plains, Va . – The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team is in the lead following day one of the first-ever FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing competition in North America at the Land Rover Great Meadow International presented by Adequan®. The team of Phillip Dutton, Lauren Kieffer, Boyd Martin, and Clark Montgomery hold a two-phase lead on a score of 132.3 penalties. Great Britain is second with a score of 157.2 penalties and Canada is third with 171.7 penalties. The FEI Nations Cup™...

Badminton, Gloucestershire, England – Two days of dressage at the 2016 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials CCI4* saw 77 combinations come down the centerline in front of the Ground Jury of Marilyn Payne (USA), Andrew Bennie (NZL), and Angela Tucker (GBR). Buck Davidson and The Apprentice are just outside the top 20 after the first phase and lead the U.S. contingent with a score of 45.7, followed by Land Rover/USEF Eventing Competition Grant recipient Boyd Martin and Cracker Jack and...

Thermal, Calif. - The curtain closed on Week VII of the HITS Desert Circuit as Grand Prix riders took a final weekend of competition to prepare for the AIG $1 Million Grand Prix in Week VIII. Riders and horses vied for a winning title in Sunday's $50,000 Card Flex Grand Prix and Saturday's $15,000 UltrOz Jumper. Karl Cook and Tembla on their way to a $50,000 Card Flex Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) $50,000 Card Flex Grand Prix Desert Circuit VII came to a close on Sunday as riders...

Guenter Seidel and Zero Gravity (Terri Miller) Burbank, Calif. – Guenter Seidel’s weekend didn’t start off as he had hoped at California Dreaming Productions’ Mid-Winter Dressage CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, held February 25-28 in Burbank, when a Grand Prix test marred by costly mistakes left him and his mount Zero Gravity in third place. But the veteran U.S. Team member and Olympian took it all in stride, rebounding for victory in the CDI Grand Prix Freestyle with 73.400%. The...

Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 earned a personal best score in the CDI Grand Prix test on the first day of the LA Winter Dressage CDI-W (Terri Miller) Burbank, Calif. – With glorious sunshine and soaring spirits, the West Coast’s 2016 Olympic Games qualifying season got off to a flying start on the first day of California Dreaming Productions’ Los Angeles Winter Dressage CDI-W/Y/J/U-25 as former Olympian and U.S. Team favorite Steffen Peters of San Diego dominated the Grand...

Marco Kutscher and Van Gogh (McCool Photos for EEM) Los Angeles, Calif. – Four days of champion caliber show jumping action at the Longines Masters of Los Angeles culminated in Sunday afternoon’s Longines Grand Prix. Thirty-six of the world’s best riders competed in the grand finale of the American leg of the Longines Masters series for $450,000 in prize money, the largest purse in any United States indoor competition. Marco Kutscher and Van Gogh stunned the crowd with a...

Region 1 Winner - Kendra Gierkink Lexington, Ky. - In just one month, the nation's top junior equitation riders will travel to Lexington, Kentucky for the CP National Horse Show and the prestigious ASPCA Maclay Horsmanship Finals. In order to punch their ticket to the finals, riders first had to qualify through highly competitive Regional Finals held in eight different regions throughout the month of September. Winning their regions this year were Kendra Gierkink, Katherine Bundy, Ashton...

Andre Thieme in first place, Margie Goldstein-Engle in third place, and Cian O’Connor in second plae (JRPR) Ocala, Fla. - Andre Thieme and Conthendrix bested a class of 40 combinations with a time of 42.70 seconds to win the $34,000 Hollow Creek Farm Winning Round, the last class at the 2015 Live Oak International. The top ten riders of the highly competitive Winning Round class were invited back to the jump-off— with any penalties reset to zero. The top two riders, Andre Thieme and Cian...