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HITS Ocala Winter Circuit Week I Sunday Jumper Round-Up Featuring the $50,000 Tuffrider/Equine Couture Grand Prix

by HITS Horse Shows | 1/27/2016 11:38:59 AM

Ocala, Fla. - Jumpers converged at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, on Sunday to compete for big money and big opportunities in the $50,000 Tuffrider/Equine Couture Grand Prix, $7,500 U-Dump Jr/A-O Jumper Classic and the $1,000 S.A. Comunale Adult Jumper Classic. Lisa Goldman and Morocco on their way to a $50,000 Tuffrider/Equine Couture Grand Prix (ESI Photography) $50,000 Tuffrider/Equine Couture Grand Prix Morocco and Lisa Goldman from Hawthorne Woods, Illinois, sped past the rest of...

Team USA Wins Another CPEDI3* in Wellington and Dominates Competition

by edited Lindsay Y. McCall | 1/25/2016 12:37:01 PM

Wellington, FL- January 24, 2016 - Team USA and individuals once again dominated the competition at Week Two of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) $10,000 CPEDI3*. This week's U.S. team led by Chef d' Equipe Kai Team USA. Photo by Lindsay Y. McCall Handt included riders Roxanne Trunnell and NTEC Royal Dancer (Grade Ia), Rebecca Hart and Schroeter's Romani (Grade II), Angela Peavy and Lancelot Warrior (Grade III), and Margaret Mcintosh and Rio Rio (Grade Ia). Despite...

The third AEGT Audition is on Tuesday! Week 3 Auditions are brought to you by Taylor Harris Insurance Services

by Phelps Media Group | 1/25/2016 10:20:06 AM

American Equestrians Got Talent has its third audition of the season on Tuesday, January 26th at 7:30 p.m. at the White Horse Fashion Cuisine and it is open to the public! Plan to arrive around 6:30 p.m. to ensure efficient food service before the show begins. American Equestrians Got Talent is excited to announce this week's judges: Laura Kraut, an Olympic Show Jumper Carmine Gialanella, a Radio DJ of Wild 95.5 Margaret Duprey, owner of Cherry Knoll Farm and dressage rider Chip McKenney,...

McLain Ward Captures $132,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Toronto at 2015 Royal Horse Show

by Jennifer Ward Jump Media | 11/12/2015 9:42:45 AM

Toronto, Ontario – McLain Ward of the United States scored his third consecutive victory in the $132,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Toronto on Wednesday, November 11, at the Royal Horse Show®, h Mclain Ward of the United States and HH Azur jumped to victory in the $132,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Toronto on Wenesday, November 11 at the Royal Horse Show®. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography, www.benradvanyi.com eld as part of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in...

Inaugural Arabian & Half-Arabian Regional Breeding Challenge Cups Awarded at 2015 U.S. Nationals

by Arabian Horse Association | 11/9/2015 9:29:40 AM

Aurora, Colo. – The inaugural Regional Breeding Challenge Cups were recently awarded at the 2015 Arabian Horse Association (AHA), Arabian & Half-Arabian U.S. National Championship Horse Show. Bronze trophies were handed out based on an accumulation of points by horses showing at the U.S. Nationals in Tulsa, Okla. The AHA membership is divided into 18 geographical regions across North America. Regions 1 through 18 all had horses attending and representing their breeders at this...

National Sunshine Series I Hunter Round-up

by HITS Horse Shows | 11/4/2015 3:47:59 PM

John Bragg and Lukatoni take home a $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix blue ribbon from National Sunshine Series I in Thermal, Calif. (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Excitement filled the air at National Sunshine Series I with anticipation for the $100,000 USHJA Hunter Derby debut on Saturday, November 7, as hunter riders continued to prepare for the Week II main event. John Bragg, of Laguna Beach, California, and Lukatoni, owned by Pamela Moellenhoff closed out the weekend winning the $5,000...

World's Largest International Equine Welfare Charity Names Emily Marquez-Dulin as Executive Director for U.S. Division

by Phelps Media Group/Brooke USA | 11/4/2015 12:19:07 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The Brooke, the world's largest international equine welfare charity, has announced the selection of Emily Marquez-Dulin for the newly created position of executive director for their American division, Brooke USA. Ms. Marquez-Dulin will advance Brooke USA's objective to introduce donors in the United States to their unique mission: alleviating the suffering of working horses, donkeys and mules in the world's poorest countries. At least 100 million working equines...

Lindsey Tomeu and Bonapart Rule NAL Adult Jumper Final Presented by SmartPak for Second Straight Year

by Classic Communications | 10/17/2015 10:40:54 AM

Lindsey Tomeu and Bonapart Rule NAL Adult Jumper FinalPresented by SmartPak for Second Straight Year (Al Cook - www.alcookphoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. -- Lindsey Tomeu of Wellington, FL, rode Bonapart to victory in the $10,000 North American League (NAL) Adult Amateur Jumper Final Presented by SmartPak at the 70th Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, PA. Tomeu and her 14-year-old, Belgian Warmblood claimed the win for the second straight year over a field of 30 finalists who earned...

Kurtz and Colvin Win Big On Junior Hunters At PNHS

by Classic Communications | 10/9/2015 12:22:35 PM

Dr. Betsee Parker presents the Championship to Kahlua and Emma Kurtz. (All Cook Photo) Harrisburg, Pa. - Emma Kurtz and Victoria Colvin cantered off with all the division titles for Junior Hunters at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Kurtz, who hails from Hudson, OH, won both the Small and Large Junior Hunter - Riders 15 and Under Champion ribbons, while Colvin, Wellington, FL, took the Small and Large Junior Hunter - Riders 16-17 Champion titles. Kurtz, 14, won the Small Junior Hunter...

Colvin Wins Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East

by USEF Communications Department | 10/4/2015 7:25:31 PM

Gladstone, N.J. – Victoria (Tori) Colvin of Loxahatchee, Fla. led the 2015 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East from start to finish. With her signature grace under pressure, the young superstar revealed the innate equestrian intuition for which she is famous, besting the field of 61 to win the French Leave Memorial Perpetual Trophy. Earning the highest score in each of the four phases of competition, Colvin was crowned champion aboard Betsee Parker’s...