Shane Sweetnam of Ireland and Eregast Van't Kiezelhof turned in the winning performance in the $10,000 Bright Side Farm Open Jumper at the Hampton Classic. (McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. -- Shane Sweetnam of Ireland notched his second straight open jumper class at the 40th annual Hampton Classic, stopping the jump-off timer in 33.90 seconds to win the $10,000 Bright Side Farm Jumper Class. On Eregast Van't Kiezelhof, Sweetnam, 34, just edged Peter Leone on Wayfarer (34.46 seconds) and...

Kevin Babington and Shopour, winners of the $250,000 Hampton Classic Grand Prix in 2014 Bridgehampton, N.Y. -- A world-class line-up of horses and riders is set to compete in the 40th annual Hampton Classic Horse Show which returns to Bridgehampton, NY, August 23-30. Show jumping's best and brightest stars, including Olympic and Pan American Games medalists, will be on hand to compete for top honors in three FEI Grand Prix events, culminating with the Classic's featured event, the...

Ocala, Fla. - HITS, Inc. is pleased to share the official Great American $1 Million Grand Order of Go for the second jewel in the HITS Triple Crown of Show Jumping. On Monday, March 23 at 6pm, World Cup champions, Olympic Gold Medalists and Grand Prix heroes will converge in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium at HITS Post Time Farm for a chance at the richest purse in show jumping and world-wide fame. HITS will livestream the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix on USEF Network . offering...

Ocala, Fla. - Beautiful horses and beautifully appointed drivers opened the first day of competition at the Live Oak International with the Yellowframe Farm FEI Driven Dressage classes for Single, Pair, and Four-in-Hand horses and ponies. Chester Weber starts the 2015 Live Oak International competition off with a win in the FEI Four-in-Hand dressage phase, scoring 33.44 (Photo courtesy of www.PicsofYou.com) Appearing for the first time as a new father at his family’s annual driving and...

The 2015 FEI World CupTM Finals in Las Vegas has announced that tickets for individual sessions of both the Longines FEI World CupTM Jumping Final and the Reem Acra FEI World CupTM Dressage Final will go on sale on the event’s website on February 17, 2015. The FEI World CupTM Finals return to Las Vegas, April 15-19, 2015, marking the Finals' first time in the U.S. since 2009, and the sixth time that Las Vegas has had the honor of hosting one of the world’s most prestigious...

Kelley Farmer and Mindset (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Wellington, Fla. - An underdog rose to the top of the ranks Friday at The Ridge at Wellington's second annual Hunter Derby Days. Mindset is the rising superstar of Rose Hill Farm, bought for Lilli Hymowitz to show in the Small Junior Hunter division, but professional hunter rider Kelley Farmer captured the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby victory with consistent rounds and finesse on the turf derby field. Farmer and...

Lexington, Ky. - The final day of the $65,000 Sleepy P Ranch & Deeridge Farm Under 25 Championship at the 131st National Horse Show ultimately came down to two demanding rounds and an upset in the ranks as Shawn Casady and Twister made a comeback to seal the victory. Casady jumped from the fourth position to the first with a double clear today, finishing on a total of 6 penalties to lead the victory gallop for the inaugural championship. Shawn Casady and Twister (Shawn McMillen Photography)...

Washington, D.C. - The 56th annual Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) continued on Friday with an exciting day of hunter, jumper, and equitation competition at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.. The $25,000 International Jumper Puissance, presented by The Boeing Company, was the highlight class of the evening with a win for 21-year-old Jessica Springsteen (USA) aboard Stone Hill Farm's Lisona after clearing the wall up to 6'10” (2.08m). For the win after clearing all four...

Dave Hogan of Merrill Lynch presented the top awards to Darragh Kenny on Gatsby (Shawn McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - With a scorching round on Gatsby in the $15,000 Merrill Lynch Speed Derby, Darragh Kenny padded his lead in the $30,000 Longines Rider Challenge, the bonus that goes to the rider who earns the most open jumper points during the Hampton Classic. Gatsby's time of 71.765 seconds created a gap of more than 1 second between him and KM What Ever RV (Jeffery Welles/72.664)...

Owens & Messick (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, Ky. - Amateur rider Kyle Owens picked a good day to break into the 90s for the first time in his riding career. And, his excellent timing and performance aboard Messick paid impressive dividends, as he tied professional John Barker with Carlotta for the blue ribbon in the Second Round of the USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship, August 12-14 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. "This was so exciting. I'd never even gotten a...