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Barnhill, Stewart and Coles Guide Hunter Champions At The Hampton Classic

by Classic Communications | 8/27/2014 7:08:23 PM

Loyalty, winner of the Second Year Green Hunter championship (Shawn McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Haley Barnhill, of Collierville, TN, rode Fonteyn to emphatically capture the championship title in The Chronicle of the Horse High-Performance Hunter division at the Hampton Classic. The 39th annual Hampton Classic Horse Show runs Aug. 24-31. The Hampton Classic features world-class equestrian competition, with more than 100 classes of competition including jumper, hunter, equitation,...

USEF Names Combinations for 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Driving Team

by USEF Communications Department | 8/13/2014 4:48:12 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named three driver-and-team combinations to the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Driving Team. The following driver-and-team combinations have been named to the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Driving Team (in alphabetical order): Allison Stroud (West Grove, Pa.) and the team of Anesco 4, Mozès, Olando, Ulco, and Zenno Anesco 4 is a 2005 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Willow Star LLC...

Tosh And Gotham Take Top Spot In Opening Round Of 2014 USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship

by Amanda Oppold and Ann Glavan for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/12/2014 10:05:46 PM

Gotham and Hunt Tosh during their winning trip in Round 1 of the Pre-Green Incentive (Amanda Oppold/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - The second annual 2014 USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship kicked off with an opening round Tuesday at the Kentucky Horse Park. While there were many new riders and horses competing in the round, it was the championship's 2013 winner, Hunt Tosh, who took top honors in the opening class, showing the field of 130 how it is done aboard the Douglas Wheeler...

UPDATED: USEF Names Ranked Alternates and Traveling Reserves for the Squad for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by USEF Communications Department | 8/1/2014 6:35:27 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has ranked the six alternates for the Squad for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Additionally, the top three ranked combinations will serve as Traveling Reserves to the Squad. The following combinations will serve as alternates to the Squad for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (in ranked order): Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.) and...

2014 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North Has Successful 40th Anniversary

by USEF Communications Department | 7/22/2014 9:09:26 AM

Team medals at the 2014 NAJYRC (SusanJStickle.com) Lexington, Ky. – The 2014 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) saw five days of exciting competition for its 40th anniversary. Taking place at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., from July 15-20, 211 riders from Canada, the Dominican Republic, , Mexico, and the United States across four disciplines demonstrated how far their hard work had gotten them. Historic wins...

Derbyshire and Attack II are Victorious at Horse Shows by the Bay

by Horse Show by the Bay | 7/21/2014 9:28:30 AM

Traverse City, Mich. - July 20, 2014 - Amanda Derbyshire and Attack II left no prisoners during the $40,000 Grand Prix of the Great Lakes. Derbyshire had the luxury of going sixth of the seven competitors who had qualified for the jump-off in the featured jumper class, held during Horse Shows by the Bay Series III. Derbyshire was able to win the battle by leaving out a stride that second-placed Kim Farlinger hadn't. "I did five strides after the double, where most people did six, and I...

Amateur Owner Hunters Finish Strong on the Last Day of Summer in the Rockies

by AnLi Kelly-Durham/Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/20/2014 11:20:36 PM

Shannan Gossman and Ever So Clever (AnLi Kelly-Durham/Phelps Media Group) Parker, Colo. - Summer in the Rockies at the Colorado Horse Park came to a close today, but not before the Amateur Owner Hunters took their last trips of the circuit in the Olson Family Main Hunter Ring. Taking home the Amateur Owner 3'3" Hunter Championship this morning was Shannan Gossman and Ever So Clever, a pair that is starting to mesh in the show ring. In the Amateur Owner 3'6" Hunters, it was Amy Gallagher...

Karen Cudmore and Super Bad Win $2,500 1.40m Friday at SITR

by Carrie Wirth Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/19/2014 2:35:32 PM

Karen Cudmore and Super Bad (Phelps Media Group) Parker, Colo. - Karen Cudmore and Super Bad nab the $2,500 1.40m In the 1.40m Open Jumpers There was only one double clear ¬- Super Bad was super good today, expertly ridden by Karen Cudmore and owned by Blair Cudmore of Omaha NE. Cudmore and her daughter Brooke often swap rides on their horses. "I took over the ride on Super Bad for the past month and a half and Brooke's now been riding Shea," she said. "She helps me with things and I...

U.S. Dressage Riders Kick off Competition at CHIO Aachen, Americans Finish Seventh in Lambertz FEI Nations Cup

by USEF Communications Department | 7/17/2014 3:05:55 PM

Aachen, Germany - Six members of the Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team took their first steps in competition on Wednesday and Thursday, performing the FEI Grand Prix Test at the prestigious CHIO Aachen, where they are joined by Kathleen Raine. Laura Graves, Adrienne Lyle, Caroline Roffman, and Tina Konyot represented the U.S. in the Lambertz FEI Nations Cup, held as part of the CDIO5* competition, on Thursday, while Shelly Francis, Lisa Wilcox, and...

Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 Top $50,000 LaFarge Cup 1.50m at Spruce Meadows

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 7/5/2014 7:27:40 AM

Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta - The Spruce Meadows 'North American' Tournament continued with wins for two of this summer's top riders as well as an exciting first for a young up-and-comer in the International Ring on Friday. Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Fine Lady 5 topped the $50,000 LaFarge Cup 1.50m, Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Chin Quidam VDL won the $33,500 Pepsi Challenge 1.45m, and Wilton Porter (USA) and Diamonte Darco were victorious in...