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USEF Names Adequan U.S. Reining Squad for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

by USEF Communications Department | 8/15/2014 3:10:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation has named six athletes to the Adequan U.S. Reining Squad for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The following horse-and-athlete combinations have been named to the Adequan U.S. Reining Squad for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (in alphabetical order): Andrea Fappani (Scottsdale, Ariz.) will ride Silver Spurs Equine's Custom Cash Advance. Custom Cash Advance is a 2006 Quarter Horse stallion. Shawn Flarida...

Qualifications Adjusted for the Adequan USEA Gold Cup Championship

by United States Eventing Association | 3/8/2014 12:59:27 PM

This weekend, the Red Hills International Horse Trials is featuring the first Adequan USEA Gold Cup qualifier for the 2014 calendar year. In anticipation of an exciting year for the Gold Cup series, the USEA has adjusted the qualification requirements for the series Championships at the Texas Rose Horse Park in Tyler, Texas. In response to requests from Advanced-level competitors, the USEA will allow qualified riders to compete any Advanced-level horse in the Championships. Any rider that has...

NCEA Competition Recap November 22-24

by Andrew Minnick | 11/25/2013 11:59:23 AM

No.7 Kansas State def. No.4 Georgia 13 – 7 The Wildcats ended their fall season with a convincing win over the former No.1 Bulldogs. K-state dominated hunter seat competition 7-3, and western competition 6-4… read more> No.4 Georgia def No.8 Texas Christian 11-6 The Horned Frogs western team earned a 5-3 win, but the hunter seat team was no match for the bulldogs. Georgia won 8 of 9 points Over Fences and on the Flat to seal the 11-6 win… read more> No.2 South Carolina...

Georgia Tops NCEA Pre-Season Rankings

by Cory Burkarth for NCEA | 9/16/2013 12:07:09 PM

Waco, TX – Georgia is the nation’s No. 1 team according to the National Collegiate Equestrian Association Preseason Rankings, as determined by the NCEA selection committee and announced Monday. The Bulldogs were the runners-up a year ago for both the NCEA Overall National Championship and the NCEA Hunter Seat National Championship. Auburn, which won the 2013 NCEA Overall National Championship and the NCEA Hunter Seat National Championship, is ranked No. 2 in the preseason, while...

South Carolina Wins Inaugural SEC Equestrian Championship

by Sean Cartell fro the South Eastern Conference | 3/30/2013 8:24:56 PM

Auburn, AL – No. 6 South Carolina captured the first-ever Southeastern Conference Equestrian Championship, defeating No. 2 Auburn, 10-8, on Saturday at the Auburn University Horse Center. The Gamecocks (8-6), the event’s No. 2 seed, defeated the top-seeded Tigers (11-3) 6-4 in hunter seat and tied 4-4 in western. South Carolina advanced to the championship round following a 10-7 win against third-seeded Georgia on Friday. Saturday’s SEC Equestrian Championship marked the first...

Bugatti and Genn Win the $77,700 Governor's Cup Grand Prix in Gulfport

by Classic Communications | 3/9/2014 11:45:14 PM

Bugatti, owned by Eduardo Leon and Wilhelm Genn sail over the Beau Rivage fence on their way to the win in the $77,700 Governor's Cup Grand Prix, presented by Beau Rivage (flashpoint photography) Gulfport, Miss. - It took more than luck today to win the $77,700 Governor's Cup Grand Prix, presented by Beau Rivage when Bugatti, owned by Eduardo Leon and ridden by Wilhelm Genn of Lebanon, Ohio won the class in front of a sold out VIP tent and standing-room only crowd at the Harrison County...

Tracy Fenney Goes 1-2 in Lone Star Round Up Grand Prix

by Andrew Minnick | 5/6/2013 11:47:40 AM

Tyler, TX - Saturday was Tracy Fenney's day at theTyler Horse Park. The Flower Mound, Texas native took the top two spots at the $25,000 Lone Star Round Up Grand Prix. She had five entries in the Grand Prix field, a total of 21 horses, and finished in the money with each won. Leading the way were MTM Farm's MTM Centano and Derek Petersen's Leviticus. She finished first and second on those horses respectively. With MTM Farm's MTM Southern Grace she was fourth, with MTM Farm's...

Spring Gathering Charity Horse Show to Award More Than $150,000 in Hunter Prize Money

by Rebecca Walton for Phelps Media Group, Inc. Intern | 3/30/2011 10:47:00 AM

Jennifer Alfano will show Jersey Boy during the Carole and Jim Looke Family Fund $50,000 USHJA Inter (Photo By: Shawn McMillen.) Katy, TX - The Spring Gathering Charity Horse Show is just around the corner, and the top horse and rider combinations are preparing to travel to this incredible horse show where they will compete for $250,000 in total prize money. The hunter divisions alone will be awarding an unprecedented $150,000 in prize money to the winning combinations during the weeklong...

Canada's Francois Lamontagne Wins Sunday's $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at HITS Ocala

by HITS Media | 3/7/2011 11:01:00 AM

Francois Lamontagne and Anton. (ESI Photography©.) Ocala, FL -- Diversity seems to be the theme this season at HITS Ocala, as 10 different winners representing six different nations have claimed the victory in each of the 10 Grand Prix held at HITS Ocala, so far. In Sunday's $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, Canada's Francois Lamontagne joined the list of this season's winners aboard his own Anton. "This circuit is great, it does not discourage horses and riders,...

Maggie Boylan and Poetic Take Top Honors in Week I of the Bainbridge Amateur-Owner 18-35 Hunters

by Brooke Bidgood for Equestrian Sport Productions | 1/16/2011 9:19:00 AM

Maggie Boylan and Poetic. (Photo bu Sportfot©.) Wellington, FL - January 16, 2011 - The opening week of the 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival came to a successful close today. The competition will continue through April 3, with eleven more weeks remaining here at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Championships were awarded today to conclude the week, including the honors in the Bainbridge Amateur-Owner 18-35 Hunter division. Poetic, owned and ridden by Maggie Boylan, was this...