COMPETITOR NAME, CATEGORY, STARTING HOUR 33 EPSTEIN, ELLEN, FL INTER SINGLE HORSE 08:00 32 MAZAR, DAN, FL INTER SINGLE HORSE 08:10 34 GUTOSKI, FRED , CAN INTER SINGLE HORSE 08:20 36 RHINEHART, GENE ,IA INTER SINGLE HORSE 08:30 35 LEVY, JOHN, CA INTER SINGLE HORSE 08:40 31 QUIST, MARCIE NC INTER SINGLE HORSE 08:50 37 WEIRBACK, SUE NJ INTER SINGLE HORSE 09:00 29 KOOPMAN, ANNA VA INTER SINGLE HORSE 09:10 47 DRAGSTRA, WEIBE NC INTER PAIR HORSE 09:20 48 DANCER, SCOTT CA INTER PAIR HORSE 09:30 46...

Hillary Dobbs and Marengo (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Hillary Dobbs, of Sussex, NJ, rode her speedy mount Marengo to victory in Friday morning's $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m Speed Challenge at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). Other top finishers for the day included Ireland's Conor Swail and Donatello, owned by Hara de la Rogue and Normandie Connection, in the $32,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Classic. Laura Chapot (USA) and Umberto won the $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m...

Shane Sweetnam and Amaretto D'Arco (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - The FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Thursday with round ten of the $32,000 WEF Challenge Cup Series and a victory for Irish rider Shane Sweetnam and Spy Coast Farm's Amaretto D'Arco. In a twelve horse jump-off, the pair was fastest of just two clear rounds, topping Canada's Tiffany Foster and Victor, owned by Torrey Pines Stables and Artisan Farms LLC. Sponsored by Artisan Farms, week ten...

Richard Spooner and Billy Bianca (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - California's Richard Spooner and Billy Bianca led the victory gallop in Friday afternoon's $32,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Classic at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). California native Ashlee Bond followed in a close second with her mount Apache, while Great Britain's Scott Brash and Bon Ami finished third. The ninth week of competition at the FTI WEF, sponsored by the Bainbridge Companies , will continue...

Laura Kraut and Teirra (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - The ninth week of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival began with this morning's $32,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Classic, and Laura Kraut (USA) rode Stars and Stripes' Teirra to victory. Richard Spooner (USA) and Billy Bianca, owned by Molly Ohrstrom, were second, while Ben Maher (GBR) and Rowan, owned by Miss Louise Flower, were third. Sponsored by the Bainbridge Companies, week nine will host the $200,000 FEI World Cup Qualifier...

Hayley Barnhill and Caliber Raise the Bar in WEF Open Hunter 3' Kent Farrington and Voyeur (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - Kent Farrington earned a victory for the United States on Thursday with his brand new mount Voyeur, owned by Amalaya Investments, in the $32,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round 7 in Wellington. Showing in the International Arena of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, the pair out jumped fellow Americans Katie Dinan and Grant Road Partner's Nougat Du Vallet, who...

Wellington, FL - January 22, 2012 - Steffen Peters, Champion of the 2011 World Dressage Masters Palm Beach presented by International Polo Club Palm Beach, arrived in Wellington, Florida on Saturday evening. Ravel, Akiko Yamazaki's 14 year old KWPN gelding with which Peters swept to WDM victory in both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle last March, arrived by air from California on Thursday. While in Florida, Peters is based at Two Swans Farm, the home of WDM Palm Beach Ambassador...

Debbie Kelly and Sheldon Cooper Win Camping World Adult Amateur Hunter 51+ Championship Wellington, FL - January 15, 2012 - The FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival concluded competition for week one today. In the International Arena, the $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic was the main event. Nick Skelton (GBR) continued his solid week of success and capped it with a win on Unique, owned by Beverley Widdowson. Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Wannahave, owned by The Wannahave...

Cincinnati, OH – For the first time ever, the USEF crowned two horses with its highest honor, one from an International Discipline and one from a National Discipline. Neville Bardos and Sjoerd were named 2011 Horses of the Year at tonight’s USEF annual Horse of the Year celebration. Honored for their accomplishments in 2011 their roads through the last 12 months, while both exceptional, have been very different. Videos of all of the Horses of Honor are available here: https://www....

Washington, D.C. – Looking for that perfect gift for a loved one (or yourself)? The Washington International Horse Show silent auction is offering a wonderful selection of fun, one-of-a-kind and equestrian-themed items for the holidays. How about a private riding lesson with Olympic gold medalist McLain Ward or a weekend getaway at the Blackthorne Inn in Upperville, Va., with two polo lessons and a special dinner at the Fox’s Den Tavern? And for the non-equestrian on your list, who...