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Wise Crowned 2021 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Champion

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/14/2021 5:02:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Kendra Wise has been crowned the 2021 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final champion at the 85 th Annual Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show. In the last class of the morning session on Wednesday, July 14, eight competitors demonstrated their skill during group railwork, and then executed an intricate individual pattern designed by judges Anne Judd (Lutz, Fla.), Paul Boone (Concord, N.C.), and Kristen Cater (Dunbarton, N.H.). In the 21 th anniversary of the...

Timothy Hooker Wins Der Dau 1.20m Jumpers

by Jumper Classic | 9/16/2010 11:01:00 AM

Tim Hooker and Sovereign Mystery (Flashpoint Photography) Hampton Falls, NH – September 15, 2010 The Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic, presented by Porsche, started today with a great turn-out of competition at the Silver Oak Equestrian Center. Located in the beautiful seacoast town of Hampton Falls, NH, the Jumper Classic is New England's premier equestrian event. This elite level competition attracts the country's top riders, past Olympians and local equestrians who compete for over...

The "Horse America Made" Returns to the Washington International Horse Show

by By Jessica Fisher | 9/25/2008 10:21:00 AM

One of the most exciting American Saddlebred promotions of the year will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 24, 2008, at the Verizon Center in downtown Washington D.C. The Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In honor of this event, the American Saddlebreds have been invited back once again to perform in Washington, D.C., as they did 36 years ago. American Saddlebreds will perform an exciting exhibition before a spectator...

Tre Lee, Tres Lynn!: Update from the Saddlebred World's Championships

by By Daniel Rieffer | 8/23/2007 3:45:00 PM

When Mary Gaylord McClean rode down Freedom Hall’s “victory lane” on According To Lynn as the World’s Champion in the Five-Gaited Mare Stake Tuesday night, it capped a sensational night for her Golden Creek Farms, as both competitors and breeders. According To Lynn, by CH Callaway’s Born To Win out of Carol Lynn (BHF), is the older sister of Lynn Williams, by Top Spool out of the same Broodmare Hall of Fame dam. And Lynn Williams herself had just won the American Saddlebred Registry’s very rich...

Phillips Wins 2004 USEF Individual National Junior Jumper Championships; Zone 2 Takes Team Title

by Sarah Lane | 10/18/2004 12:29:00 PM

Harrisburg, PA — Making a name for herself amidst a field of 30 young riders, 15 year old Addison Phillips, of New York, NY, and her mount, Cantus Anuberth II, won the 2004 USEF Individual National Junior Jumper Championship, which took place October 14th through 16th at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Phillips was awarded a Triple Crown custom award blanket after the win. Coming in second was 16 year old Cody Auer, of Fairfield, CT, atop Regina, followed by 14 year old Aimee Aron,...

AMHA’s Clea Cloutier Wins 2018 USEF Youth Sportsman’s Award

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 11/20/2018 9:38:00 AM

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian (USEF) is pleased to announce that Clea Cloutier is the recipient of the 2018 USEF Youth Sportsman’s Award. This award recognizes outstanding youth members for their achievements and identifies potential future leaders in the equine industry. The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) nominated Cloutier, who is actively involved in the AMHA Youth (AMHAY). 2018 USEF Sportsman's Award recipient, Clea Cloutier Cloutier (Derry, N.H.) grew up with horses,...

The Jumper Classic Names Official Local Inns and Hotels

by The Jumper Classic | 6/19/2012 9:24:00 AM

Official Inn of The Jumper Classic The Exeter Inn, Exeter, New Hampshire Hampton Falls, NH - The New England area's largest equestrian show jumping event, The Jumper Classic - featuring the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix - comes to the Hampton Falls, NH area during the week of August 8-12, 2012. For this occasion several conveniently-located inns and hotels are offering special packages for fans. With just two months to go before hundreds of horses and thousands of spectators...

70th Annual Midwest Charity Horse Show Announces 2011 Judging Panel

by ASHA News | 3/21/2011 9:06:00 AM

Lexington, KY - The Board of Directors of the Midwest Charity Horse Show invites all to attend its 70th anniversary edition, set to take place Tuesday, June 14, through Saturday, June 18, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. In addition to celebrating its 70th year, Midwest also will celebrate the honor of being named 2010 UPHA National Honor Show of the Year. Officiating this year’s show are David Cater, Dunbarton, NH; Kim Cowart, Statesville, NC; and Renee Lavery, Simpsonville,...

AMHA Announces Team Morgan 2010

by Christina Koliander | 9/23/2010 9:58:00 AM

Shelburne, VT - The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) is pleased to announce the following equestrians have been named to Team Morgan 2010 and will take part in an international hunter seat equitation competition at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, in November. Sara Cleland, 15, Granite Falls, WA Sarah Harb, 16, Plaistow, NH Emily Gill, 15, Louisville, OH Kendra Peeples, 16, Oxford, NJ Maggie Shaughnessy, 20, Norman, OK Linda Sieverkropp, 19, Ephrata, WA Shannon Tulloch, 15, Lake...

Nation's Top Grand Prix Rider McLain Ward Makes Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic Next Destination

by Kendra Cecieta | 9/14/2010 3:03:00 PM

SportFot. (McLain Ward.) Hampton Falls, NH - The nation's number one athlete in the sport of equestrian show jumping, McLain Ward, is making his next Grand Prix destination the Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. On Sunday, September 19, Ward will compete in the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix just seven days after capturing the largest purse in the history of the sport of show jumping, the Pfizer $1 Million held in Saugerties, NY. The formidable duo of...