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Team Canada Wins $75,000 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Presented by G&C Farm

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/1/2014 10:35:48 AM

Team Canada's winning presentation with Equestrian Sport Productions' CEO Mark Bellissimo, and Gustavo and Carolina Mirabal of G&C Farm (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The Canadian team of Yann Candele, Tiffany Foster, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar earned victory in Friday night's $75,000 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ presented by G&C Farm, at the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) in Wellington, FL. Teams representing 12 different countries participated in the...

Alexander Zetterman and Canora Fly to Victory in $10,000 G&C Farm Speed Stake

by Lauren Fischer for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/1/2014 8:40:47 AM

Alexander Zetterman and Canora in their winning presentation (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - G&C Farm's $10,000 Speed Stake was held on Friday with a win for Sweden's Alexander Zetterman and Canora. Steve Stephens set a difficult track for Friday's competitors that yielded four clear rounds out of 22 entries. Zetterman was the first entry to clear the course with Canora in a time of 67.11 seconds that would hold on for the win. Last to go, Ian Millar (CAN) and The Baranus...

Wilton Porter and Paloubet Top $25,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 1 at the 2014 FTI WEF

by Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 1/9/2014 11:09:51 PM

Wilton Porter and Paloubet (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - January 9, 2014 - The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, hosted its second day of competition for the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) on Thursday with a win for Wilton Porter (USA) and Sleepy P Ranch LLC's Paloubet in the $25,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 1. Week one of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival, sponsored by The Mar-a-Lago Club, runs...

Reed Kessler wins Grand Prix Qualifier Speed Class at Stuttgart Masters

by Andrew Minnick | 11/15/2013 2:43:54 PM

Reed Kessler & Cylana after their win on Friday night in Stuttgart (from the Stuttgart German Masters facebook page) Stuttgart, Germany - A good day became a great one for Reed Kessler Friday night in Stuttgart when she rode a wave of momentum from a morning win into another first place finish. In the Prize of DIW Instandhaltung Ltd. & Co. 1.50m speed class, a qualifier for Sunday's FEI World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix, Kessler (Lexington, Ky.) guided her own Cylana to a penalty free...

Reed Kessler Takes Preis der Oldenburger Wirtschaft with Ligist

by Andrew Minnick | 11/10/2013 9:41:47 AM

Reed announced her win on Instagram. Oldenburg, Germany - Only days after winning the Longines Rising Star award at the FEI Awards Gala , Reed Kessler showed the form that earned her that recognition by taking a 1.45m winning round compeition at CSI2* Oldenburg. The class was broken into eleven groups with the winners plus three returning for the winning round. Kessler qualified for that winning round and was the penultimate in the order of go. When her turn came around she and her own Ligist...

Reed Kessler Wins in Munich

by Andrew Minnick | 11/3/2013 3:52:22 PM

Reed Kessler & Cylana (Karl Heinz Frieler) Munich, Germany - In Munich over the weekend Reed Kessler and Cylana put forward a beautiful double clear effort in the Championat von München at the Munich Indoor CSI3*. With a fault free jump off in 34.78s Reed and Cylana put themselves atop a group of 65 tough international competitors. South Africa’s Oliver Lazarus finished second with Pour Led Poussage. John Whitaker of Great Britain and Argento were third. Full results are...

Karl Cook and Banba Best 65 Entries to Win the GGT Footing Grand Prix Series Final

by West Palms Event Management | 10/28/2013 8:58:48 AM

Karl Cook and Banba (Captured Moment Photography) Del Mar, Calif. - Wrapping up the very last day of the Del Mar International Horse Show, there was still plenty of excitement to be had as the GGT Footing Grand Prix Series Final got underway. Sixty-five horse and rider pairs entered this class to battle it out for top honors today, and sixteen made it to the jump off. Out of those sixteen, we saw 7 impressive double clear rounds. In the end, Karl Cook and Banba, owned by Signe Ostby, set forth...

Giavanna Rinaldi Wins $5,000 North American League Low Junior/Amateur Jumper Finals at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

by Pennsylvania National Horse Show | 10/18/2013 8:17:04 PM

Giavanna Rinaldi and G.P.S. BRILLIANT DISGUISE (AlCookPhoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - Giavanna Rinaldi, of Wayne, Illinois, beat a field of 25 starters in the $5,000 North American League (NAL) Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Final on her own G.P.S. BRILLIANT DISGUISE at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show today. Rinaldi, just fourteen years old, was one of only eight riders to make it to the jump-off round, setting an unbeatable time of 34.993 seconds as second rider into the ring. Madeline...

Martin Is Top U.S. Finisher at Military Boekelo CCIO3*

by Kathleen Landwehr | 10/13/2013 3:35:39 PM

Boyd Martin and Trading Aces (Libby Law Photography) Boekelo, The Netherlands – Competition at the Military Boekelo CCIO3* came to a close Sunday with two riders of the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team contesting the show jumping phase. While there were clear rounds, rails were coming down throughout the day over Jos Brinkman’s course. Boyd Martin and Trading Aces were the top finishers for the U.S in the field of 64 combinations that moved on to the final phase of competition. Martin...

Martin Leads the Way for the U.S. at Military Boekelo CCIO3*

by Helen Murray | 10/12/2013 2:00:59 PM

Boekelo, The Netherlands - The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team experienced mixed fortunes on Sue Benson’s cross country course on Saturday at the Military Boekelo CCIO3*. As is customary at Boekelo, the Dutch weather and deep going proved extremely influential as the leaderboard saw an utter Boyd Martin and Trading Aces (Libby Law Photography) shake-up. Following the conclusion of the second phase, Boyd Martin and Trading Aces lead the way for the United States. Martin (Cochranville, Pa.)...