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Bennett-Awad and Gin ‘N Juice Aim For Repeat At Galway Downs

by Phoenix Enterprises PR | 3/20/2014 11:23:11 PM

Temecula,Calif. - Canadian Olympians Hawley Bennett-Awad and Gin ‘N Juice, winners of the CIC3* at the Galway Downs International Horse Trials in 2013, will be aiming to win two in a row on March 28-30 at the Temecula Downs Event Center. Bennett-Awad, 36, has based her training operations at Kingsway Farm, across the street from Temecula Downs, for a decade. It was there that she met Gin ‘N Juice, who was bred by the Kingsway Farm owners, Terry and Linda Paine. “She caught my...

U.S. Para-Dressage Athletes Take Home Multiple Blue Ribbons and WEG Qualifying Scores at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*

by Lindsay Y. McCall for United States Para-Equestrian Association | 3/17/2014 3:55:08 PM

USA Para-Dressage Team at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3* March 15, 2014. (Left to Right: Mary Jordan (Grade IV), Angelea Peavy (Grade III), Rebecca Hart (Grade II), Chef D'Equipe Kai Handt, and Roxanne Trunnell (Grade Ia). (Lindsay McCall) Wellington, Fla. - Over three days, March 14-16, 2014, para-dressage athletes from the U.S. and Canada vied for multiple accolades at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival 10 CPEDI3* in Wellington, Florida. For the United States riders this...

McLain Ward and Zander Master $34,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 10

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 3/13/2014 10:27:15 PM

McLain Ward and Zander (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week ten of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Thursday with a win for McLain Ward (USA) and Zander in the $34,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 10. The win marks the 25th 'WEF Challenge Cup' victory for Ward over the years of his illustrious career. FTI WEF week 10, sponsored by Horseware Ireland, runs March 12-16, 2014. The week will feature the $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45 on Friday,...

Wilhelm Genn & Happy Z win the $50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix in Gulfport

by Classic Company | 3/3/2014 9:32:10 PM

Wilhelm Genn and Happy Z win the $50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix! (Flashpoint Photography) Gulfport, Miss. - Only three first rounds emerged clean. As a matter fact, it took five rounds to get a clean round, and it was Wilhelm Genn in the irons of his own Happy Z who showed the crowd it could be done, setting the time to beat at 89.328 seconds. "Allen built a really good course and introduced a couple of new elements; big, bold oxers with bushes in the middle, some wider jumps that really stood...

Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' Win $34,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 8

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/27/2014 9:39:56 PM

Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Thursday with round 8 of its Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series and a win for USA's Beezie Madden aboard Abigail Wexner's Cortes 'C'. The class was held in a timed first round format with 19 clear rounds out of 78 starters with the win for Madden and Cortes 'C', with McLain Ward (USA) and Zander in second, and Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA)...

Susan Dutta and Currency DC Are Best in FEI Grand Prix Freestyle CDI 3* at AGDF

by Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media | 2/23/2014 5:00:25 PM

Susan Dutta and Currency DC (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - CDI 3* competition wrapped up on Sunday afternoon at the seventh week of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). After a full week of CDIO and CDI 3* competition, the FEI Intermediaire-1 Freestyle, presented by Peacock Ridge, crowned its winner Sunday morning. Competition concluded for the week with the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, presented by Stillpoint Farm. Competition for AGDF 8 will resume on February 28 for the...

Chris Ewanouski and Carlos 455 Untouchable at Wellington Turf Tour 1.40m Grand Prix at Deeridge Farms

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 2/21/2014 8:29:31 PM

Chris Ewanouski and Carlos 455 Wellington, Fla. - Out of 50 contenders, Chris Ewanouski rode Carlos 455 to Wellington Turf Tour 1.40m Grand Prix victory at Deeridge Farms today. It came down to a difference of 2/10ths of a second, but Ewanouski set the standard high with his time of 33.367 seconds in an 18-horse jump off. Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa snatched second place aboard HH Let's Fly, while Jeffery Welles rode to the third place with Antaris S. Jeffery Welles and Bilion set the pace...

Pin Oak Continues its Legacy of Giving

by Pin Oak Charity Horse Show | 2/20/2014 10:39:04 AM

Pin Oak Sponsors, Exhibitors, Volunteers and Texas Chidlren's dignitaries gathered to mark the new Pin Oak commitment to Texas Children's Hospital, pictured: Randal Holstead, Sloan Hopson, Lane McCool, Bo Hopson, Kakhi McCool, and Mia Holstead, Back Row: John Scales, VP of Deveopment and Marketing at Texas Children's, Mark Wallace - CEO of Texas Children's, Lynn Walsh - President of the Pin Oak Charity HorseShow, Mary Jones - Charity Liaison of the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, and Dr. Al...

Scott Stewart & Quest Clinch Equine Tack & Nutritionals First Year Green Working Hunters to Kick Off World Champion Hunter Rider Week at FTI WEF

by Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/13/2014 10:21:52 PM

Quest in his winning presentation with ringmaster Gustavo Murcia, Susan Stanley, owner Stephanie Danhakl, and Marla Holt of USHJA (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Hunter competition took over the International Arena during Week 6 of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). The country's best hunter riders and horses will compete throughout Week 6 for a qualifying spot in the week's feature event, the $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular on Saturday...

Emanuel Andrade and Reve du Paradis Win $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m Speed

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/12/2014 9:56:49 PM

Emanuel Andrade and Reve du Paradis (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) kicked off its sixth week of competition on Wednesday with a $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m speed class held in the International Ring at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) with a win for Venezuela's Emanuel Andrade and Reve du Paradis. FTI WEF week six, sponsored by Salamander Resort & Spa, runs February 12-16, 2014. The week...