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Paso Fino Breed Showcased at the Kentucky Horse Park

by PFHA news | 4/6/2011 10:00:00 AM

Lexington, KY - The Paso Fino breed will again be represented in the Parade of Breeds at the Kentucky Horse Park. Owners Will and Carol White of Will Farm LLC in Smithfield, KY, have loaned their black five-year-old gelding, Echo C W. Echo is now at the Horse Park and will be there through October. The Parade of Breeds is a half-hour demonstration that takes place twice a day throughout the tourist season. It showcases 24 distinct equine breeds in a colorful, informative, and exciting...

Slusher Hangs to Win Galway Downs International Horse Trials

by John Strassburger and Heather Bailey | 4/2/2011 10:04:00 AM

Temecula, CA — It took a little while to get the final results confirmed but in the end, Alexandra Slusher and Last Call found themselves atop the standings in the CIC3* at the Galway Downs International Horse Trials, with 47.0 penalties. Their perfectly clear cross-country round kept them just ahead of Canada’s Hawley Bennett-Awad, aboard her World Championship mount, Linda Paine’s Gin ‘N Juice (48.2), and James Alliston, aboard Jumbo’s Jake (53.6), who moved in to third with another perfect...

Horse Inspection and Auction Kick Off Galway Downs International Horse Trials

by Galway Downs news | 3/31/2011 12:54:00 PM

Temecula, CA — A total of 57 horses passed the horse inspection at the Galway Downs International Horse Trials this afternoon. The ground jury accepted all 14 of the CIC3* horses presented to them without a second look. All 14 of the CC2* horses who were presented today will also start in dressage tomorrow. This afternoon also featured the presentation of 19 of the 20 horses offered for sale in the third annual Elite Event Horse Auction. The horses range from just-started Thoroughbreds and...

Dressage Riders Will Raise the Bar at Upcoming Festival of the Horse CDI-W/Y/J in Burbank, CA

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 3/23/2011 4:28:00 PM

Burbank, CA – As Pan American Games fever is sweeping the nation, and winter-weary horses and riders feel the warmth of spring fever, next week's Festival of the Horse CDI-W/Y/J competition will showcase the best of California dressage at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, CA, March 30–April 3, 2011. The level of competition will be high: with over 200 horses entered, more than half will be competing in FEI-level tests, and 65 will contest the international CDI portion of the show....

FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week Ten Wrap-Up: March 16-20, 2011

by Equestrian Sport Productions | 3/21/2011 3:41:00 PM

Wellington, FL - The tenth week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) has come to a close at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. The FTI WEF hosts the best that the sports of show jumping, hunters, and equitation have to offer in 12 rings of competition. In addition to competition, the FTI WEF hosts many exciting activities. See what you can do in the upcoming weeks! What You Should Know for Week 10 of the FTI WEF $500,000 FTI Consulting Finale Grand Prix - Saturday, March 26...

FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week Nine Wrap-Up

by Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC | 3/17/2011 11:43:00 AM

Wellington, FL The ninth week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) has come to a close at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Saturday Night Lights at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival brought a crowd of more than 4,200 spectators to watch Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa and Let's Fly jump to victory in the $231,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI 4*-W Presented by Bainbridge Companies. Pessoa earned the winning cut of prize money after an exciting jump-off of many of the top horses...

Benson and San Remo VDL Top 42 Entries in the Platinum Performance USEF Show Jumping Talent Search

by Brooke Bidgood for Equestrian Sport Productions | 3/11/2011 1:52:00 PM

Elizabeth Benson and San Remo. (Photo by Sportfot©.) Wellington, FL - It was a busy day for junior riders here at the 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, which runs through April 3. The world's largest horse show plenty of junior riders this weekend in numerous hunter, jumper and equitation divisions. Among the exciting classes was the Platinum Performance USEF Show Jumping Talent Search equitation class. Elizabeth Benson, from Whitehouse Station, NJ, took home the blue ribbon and top prize...

European Horses Arrive in Florida for World Dressage Masters Palm Beach

by Karen Robinson for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Intern | 3/4/2011 12:35:00 PM

Wellington, FL - The World Dressage Masters Palm Beach CDI5* presented by International Polo Club Palm Beach is now just five days away. The American edition of the world's premier dressage series will begin on March 9th with the FEI Horse Inspection, followed by two days of world class competition. Five top European dressage horses arrived in Miami from Amsterdam on March 3. They are expected to move from quarantine to the competition venue, the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm...

Ladies Reign in Devoucoux Hunter Prix at HITS Thermal, Ocala and Arizona as Winter Show Season Heads into Final Weeks

by HITS Media | 3/3/2011 2:42:00 PM

Hope Glynn and Sabrina Hellman's Woodstock. (Flying Horse Photography©.) Saugerties, NY - The Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final is the talk of the town this season and its key to qualifying, the Devoucoux Hunter Prix, continues to be one of the most popular offerings at the HITS Winter Circuits in Ocala, FL, Thermal, CA, and Tucson, AZ. Never before has a purse of this magnitude been offered for hunters, and never before have so many talented riders at all levels of their careers had the...

'Salute to Driving' Benefit Offers Generous Support to USET Foundation

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. | 2/25/2011 12:02:00 PM

Micheal Freund Demonstrates How to Jog a Horse Correctly (Vicki Long) Aiken, SC - The first annual 'Salute to Driving' event hosted a beautiful Dinner & Live Auction on Saturday, February 19, 2011, to benefit the United States Equestrian Team Foundation and, ultimately, USEF High Performance Combined Driving. The successful evening was held at Wendy O'Brien's Trout Walk Farm in Aiken, SC. The goal of the event was to help raise funds for the USET Foundation that will be dedicated to helping...