Shane Sweetnam and Buckle Up (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Shane Sweetnam (IRL) was the winner of the $35,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic with a brand new mount on Saturday during week four of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Guilherme Jorge (BRA) set the course for 38 entries in the morning's 1.50m, with four clear rounds, and a win for Sweetnam aboard The Blue Buckle Group's Buckle Up. WEF 4 concludes on Sunday, February 7, with a feature class, the...

Belinda Trussell and Anton top the AGDF3 FEI Grand Prix presented by Yeguada de Ymas. (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - The extraordinarily full FEI Grand Prix class, presented by Yeguada de Ymas, concluded today at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). Held over two days with 49 pairs competing in the Van Kampen Covered Arena due to inclement weather, the competition was strong and impressively consistent, with the top four riders scoring within tenths of points of each other....

Conor Swail and Viva Colombia (ManciniPhotos) Wellington, Fla. - In an exciting jump-off finale, Conor Swail (IRL) and Viva Colombia finished with top honors in the $212,000 Holiday & Horses Grand Prix CSI 4* presented by Palm Beach Sports Commission and Discover the Palm Beaches at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Swail and Viva Colombia bested the talented jump-off of eight competitors with a time of 37.922 seconds. Eugenio Garza (MEX) and Bariano finished just off the...

Earlier this week, things weren’t looking good for Catalina Sherwood as she pursued her dream of riding at the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, a unique national head-to-head competition for adult amateur and open riders of all levels being held November 5-8, 2015 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. After a long van ride from Tucson, Ariz., her eight-year-old RPSI mare Razmitaz wasn’t her usual self. “She wasn’t feeling well when she came off the...

McKayla Langmeier (RJ Walton/PhelpsSports.com) Lexington, Ky. - It is no secret that being drawn to go first in any major equitation championship is less than desirable. But when that rider is someone who knows her horse and knows her job, the results can be flawless. At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, 15-year-old McKayla Langmeier nailed the technical course presented by judges Chris Kappler and Ralph Caristo at the CP National Horse Show. Her performance left them in awe, and it made her the...

Littlestown, PA - June 19, 2015 - Samantha Schaefer's longtime mount, Sugar Ray, does not often compete in the open jumpers, but when he does, Schaefer knows she can count on her "steady Eddie." Her trusted partner came through again on Friday afternoon at the Swan Lake Summer Kick-Off Classic where he scored the win in the $5,000 Speed Derby. "He doesn't show that much, but when he does he normally makes it worth his while," Schaefer said. "He's my baby. He did the [High Junior...

Vivian Yowan and Vornado van den Hoendrik win the High Amateur-Owner/Junior Jumpers at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Lexington, Ky. - For Lexington native Vivian Yowan, the winner's circle at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show is a familiar place. Today, the young talent returned to the Rolex Stadium with veteran mount Vornado van den Hoendrik, capturing the $1,500 High Amateur-Owner/Junior Jumper as the only double-clear combination of the class....

Liza Boyd and Crack On (Shawn McMillen Photography) pper Marlboro, MD – Professional riders gain points all year in order to be the top six in the country and qualify for the WCHR Professional Finals, sponsored by the John R. Ingram Fund, at the Capital Challenge Horse Show. This year, the top six were Liza Boyd, Kelley Farmer, John French, Peter Pletcher, Amanda Steege, and Scott Stewart, and it was Liza Boyd who finished the competition with top honors. In the afternoon session, Haleigh...

Declaration and Glen Senk/Tivoli and Lyn Pederson Win Adult Hunter Classics; Pony, Children's, and Adult Champions Are Named Beezie Madden and Prima (Sportfot) Wellington, FL - The FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival closed out week 6 competition today with action at two parts of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. At The Stadium, Beezie Madden of Cazenovia, NY, rode Neapolitan Holding Co., LLC's Prima over the challenging course to win the $50,000 G&C Farm Jumper...

Wayne, Ill. – Friday brought another warm and sunny day to HITS Chicago at Lamplight Equestrian Center where seven classes of the 2020 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions showcased a wide variety of horses and riders on their quest for national champion titles. Four divisions concluded and named their national champions on Friday: The USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship; Adequan®/USEF Young Adult ‘Brentina Cup’ Dressage National Championship; USEF Pony...