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Roberts Repeats, Ioannou Takes Women’s Gold Division at USEF/AVA National Championships

by Andrew Minnick | 8/12/2013 2:15:17 PM

Kristian Roberts repeated as Men's Gold Division National Champion in Denver (Lynne Owen/VaultingPhotos.com) Denver, CO – Seven USEF National Championships were awarded at the National Western Complex on Sunday when competition in all six individual divisions and the open Pas de Deux division wrapped up. The day saw Kristian Roberts repeat as Male Gold Division National Champion, Elizabeth Ioannou get the best of a three-time defending champion to take top prize in the women’s...

U.S. Pairs Driving Team Finishes 4th in Riesenbeck

by Andrew Minnick | 8/5/2013 11:10:13 AM

The pairs driving competition at CAIO Riesenbeck finished up on Sunday with the cones phase of competition. The U.S Team of Misdee Wirgley-Miller, Scott Dancer, and Rachael Blanchard finished in 4th place behind Germany, Austria, and Hungary. Dancer, with the team of Redfordt and Wimbeldon 44, was the top American through the cones with 8.94 total penalties, but it was Wrigley Miller with Sam and Clemens that was the top U.S. driver of the competition. She started off hot with a 5th place...

Catherine Tyree Clinches First Grand Prix Victory at Vermont Summer Festival

by Starting Gate Communications | 8/4/2013 9:50:18 AM

Catherine Tyree secured her first career grand prix victory with Sandor de la Pomme in the $30,000 Manchester and the Mountains Grand Prix, presented by Purina Horse Feed, held August 8 at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT (David Mullnix Photography) East Dorset, VT - Nineteen-year-old Catherine Tyree claimed the first grand prix victory of her young career in the $30,000 Manchester and the Mountains Grand Prix, presented by Purina Horse Feed, held August 3 at the Vermont Summer...

U.S. Eyes Top Finishes at CHIO Aachen

by USEF Communications Department | 6/24/2013 4:00:54 PM

Lexington, KY - The U.S. sends a strong group of athletes to Germany to compete across five disciplines at the prestigious CHIO Aachen. The host of the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games, Aachen draws many of the best in the game for world class competition held over ten days. In 2013, the competition runs June 21-30 and will feature 20 talented American athletes. Kimberly and Cassidy Palmer performing a Pas de Deux freestyle test on Saturday at CHIO Aachen (www.barny-th.de) Vaulting The first...

Alicen Divita Leads U.S. Effort After Individual Compulsory and Technical Tests at Aachen CVIO3*

by Andrew Minnick | 6/21/2013 5:02:46 PM

Alicen Divita (barnysphotoshop.eu) Lexington, KY – Vaulting competition at CHIO Aachen began Friday with compulsory and technical male and female individual test. Four U.S. Vaulters were in action, and with two of three phases complete 24-year-old Alicen Divita (Redwood City, CA) is within striking distance of a top finish. The day began with Female compulsory tests. Divita vaulted on her mother Julie Divita’s Pino del Rio to a score of 7.208. Finishing just below her in the...

HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013: Spotlight on Andrew Nicholson at Kentucky

by Kate Green, FEI Communications | 4/23/2013 1:01:56 PM

Lausanne (SUI) - Andrew Nicholson, pictured here en route to victory at Les Etoiles de Pau CCI 4* (FRA) with Nereo, heads into the third leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013 - the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event - as series leader and still at the top of the HSBC Rankings. (Photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) All eyes will be on Andrew Nicholson (NZL) this weekend as he heads for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA) on 25-28 April to try to extend his lead in the HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013...

Suzy Stafford Upgraded to Silver Medal for 2011 FEI World Driving Championships for Combined Ponies

by USEF Communications Department | 10/17/2012 3:50:08 PM

Suzy Stafford at the 2011 FEI World Driving Championships for Combined Ponies. (Marie de Ronde) Lexington, KY - Suzy Stafford (Wilmington, DE) represented the U.S. at the 2011 FEI World Driving Championships for Combined Ponies in Lipica, Slovenia held September 21-25, 2011. She drove her Morgan-Arabian Cross mare Josephine to an impressive finish in the cones phase and was awarded the Bronze medal in the Singles Pony Championship. Stafford has been notified by the FEI that the Swedish single...

Youngest Rider in History wins the CN International

by Spruce Meadows Media Services | 9/9/2012 8:00:00 PM

Olivier Philippaerts and Cabrio Van De Heffinck, winner of the CN International Grand Prix. (Spruce Meadows Media Services) Calgary, AB - The biggest day in show jumping saw the youngest CN International winner in History in an exciting finale to the 2012 Spruce Meadows tournament season. With $1,000,000 on the line in the CN International Grand Prix, 30 horse/rider combinations entered the International ring. Round one, designed by Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) saw only one clear round through the...

Darragh Kenny Wins $10,000 Open Jumper High Score Awards, Presented by Sir Ruly, Inc.

by Starting Gate Communications | 8/13/2012 5:11:35 PM

Ireland’s Darragh Kenny won the $10,000 Open Jumper High Score Awards, Presented by Sir Ruly, Inc., at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. Pictured, from left to right, are Maria Teresa Torano, Darragh Kenny, Danielle Torano with daughter, Natalia, and Mary and Antonio Albertini. (Shawn McMillian Photography) East Dorset, VT – For the second year in a row, Ireland’s Darragh Kenny was the winner of the $10,000 Open Jumper High Score Awards, presented by Sir Ruly, Inc....

Darragh Kenny Dashes to Grand Prix Victory at Vermont Summer Festival

by Jennifer Ward/Starting Gate Communications | 7/17/2011 3:49:25 PM

Darragh Kenny and Bazooka de Muze won the $30,000 Battenkill Grand Prix, presented by Johnson Horse Transportation, at the Vermont Summer Festival (David Mullinix Photography). East Dorset, VT — Ireland’s Darragh Kenny won the $30,000 Battenkill Grand Prix, Presented by Johnson Horse Transportation, on Sunday, July 17, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The six-week equestrian competition is running at Harold Beebe Farm from July 6 through August 14, 2011....