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Lisa Goldman and Morocco Ride to $25,000 Tapestry Farms Grand Prix Victory During Showplace Jumper Classic

by Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group | 9/8/2015 11:47:25 AM

Lisa Goldman and Morocco won the $25,000 Tapestry Farms Grand Prix, sponsored by the Struve Family, during the 2015 Showplace Jumper Spectacular. (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Roscoe, Ill. - It was a day for the memory books for Redcoat Farm, and especially for professional rider Lisa Goldman. Not only did her students shine in the 2015 USHJA Children's and Adult Amateur Jumper Regional Team Championships, but she topped off Saturday with the win in the $25,000 Tapestry Farms Grand...

Deslauriers Speeds to Top of $25,000 Campbell Stables Show Jumping Derby at the Hampton Classic

by Hampton Classic Horse Show | 8/31/2015 12:19:13 PM

Lucy Deslauriers rode Hester to the top of the $25,000 Campbell Stables Show Jumping Derby at the 40th Annual Hampton Classic. (McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y . - Lucy Deslauriers, of Southampton, N.Y., defeated three rivals to win the jump-off of the $25,000 Campbell Stables Show Jumping Derby. Her faultless round, in 39.66 seconds, bested Kaely Tomeu on Fidalgo Van Het Leliehof (0 faults/41.44 seconds) and Philip Richter on Pistoya (4 faults/39.06 seconds). Victory in the Show Jumping...

Buck Davidson and Ballynoe Castle RM Best Richland Park Adequan USEA Gold Cup CIC3*; Kim Severson and Cooley Cross Border Conquer Advanced

by Leslie Mintz - USEA Staff | 8/24/2015 3:54:09 PM

Buck Davidson and Ballynoe Castle RM on their way to winning Richland Park CIC3*. (USEA/Leslie Mintz Photo) Buck Davidson was all about the scoring predictions this weekend and once again he was right, knowing he could have a little bit of time on Ian Stark’s cross-country course and still bring home the blue ribbon. This is the second time that Davidson and Carl and Cassandra Segal’s 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding, Ballynoe Castle RM have won the Adequan USEA Gold Cup CIC3*...

Hickok and Nemeth win to close out the 2015 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp.

by Dana Rossmeier | 8/23/2015 5:20:39 PM

Wayne Ill. – On what started out as a gloomy day, Chase Hickok and Allison Nemeth shined, winning the USEF Young Adult ‘Brentina Cup’ Dressage National Championship presented by Dressage Today and USEF Pony Rider National Championship respectively on the final day of the 2015 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp. Today, a field of 10 combinations performed the FEI Intermediare II Test and eight combinations competed in the FEI Pony Individual Test...

Golden Week for U.S. Dressage: Peters and Graves Earn Individual Medals at Pan American Games

by USEF Communications Department | 7/14/2015 7:26:18 PM

Caledon, Ont. - The United States Dressage Team bids a fond farewell to the Pan American Games as they depart the Caledon Equestrian Park with Team Gold medals, an Individual Gold medal for Steffen Peters and Legolas 92, an Individual Silver medal for Laura Graves and Verdades, and a 2016 Olympic Games berth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The week was marked by team success, invaluable experience, and ambitious optimism about the future. Individual Medalists at the Pan American Games...

Christian Heineking Does it Again: AJE Cluny & Heineking Claim Victory in $100,000 Nutrena® Grand Prix

by Cat Allen | 7/12/2015 9:45:17 PM

Christian Heineking and AJE Cluny (Flying Horse LTD) Parker, CO - July 12, 2015 - The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) saw a large turnout under clear skies overlooking the Rocky Mountains during the $100,000 Nutrena® Grand Prix Sunday. The class saw twenty-five riders contest the course set in the Coors Family Grand Prix Ring, which was designed by Danny Foster of Canada. Out of six entries that advanced, the jump-off only saw two clear rounds, the fastest of which belonged to Christian Heineking...

Vale is Victorious! Wins $35,000 Outback Steakhouse Grand Prix at Atlanta Summer Classic Week I

by The Classic Company | 6/14/2015 1:28:08 PM

Vale and Acolina R fly over a jump last night in the $35,000 Outback Steakhouse Grand Prix in the Olympic Arena Atlanta, Georgia - June 14, 2015 - Aaron Vale of Morriston, Florida has been unstoppable Week I of the Atlanta Summer Classic and last night's win in the $35,000 Outback Steakhouse Grand Prix added to his earnings! International Course Designer, Manuel Esparza of Mexico City, Mexico, former Assistant Designer for the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and...

Sharn Wordley Speeds to the Win in the $35,000 Amalaya Investments CSI3* Speed Cup

by Split Rock Jumping Tour | 5/23/2015 9:51:42 PM

Lexington, KY - On a speedy and splendid Saturday at the Split Rock Jumping Tour, the action in The Rock Jumping Field included the highlight $35,000 Amalaya Investments CSI3* Speed Cup, the UltrOz Low Junior/Amateur-Owner class and the Brook Ledge High Junior/Amateur class. Kevin Babington, Sharn Wordley and Andres Rodriguez with Thomas and Terri Nusz of Amalaya Investments (SEL Photography) Twenty horses galloped in to tackle Guilherme Jorge's speed course. Directly before the class...

A double for Farrington, but Moya wins the big one on the opening day

by CSIO Rome | 5/21/2015 8:21:09 PM

Rome, Italy - America’s Kent Farrington was in flying form when topping the first two international competitions today at CSIO Rome Piazza di Siena - Master fratelli d’Inzeo - today, but it was Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya who galloped to victory in the feature event of the day, the qualifier for Sunday’s Loro Piana City of Rome Grand Prix. Kent Farrington and Cha Cha Cha 7 (Courtesy of CSIO Rome) Farrington recorded his first success with the 10-year-old mare Cha Cha Cha....

Sunny Drescher and Sting Shine in HITS Equitation Championship at HITS Ocala

by HITS E-News | 3/21/2015 12:51:19 PM

Sunny Drescher and Sting on their way to a HITS Equitation Championship win at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - It was a picturesque evening under the lights of the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium for the return of the HITS Equitation Championship. High school senior Sunny Drescher, of Hinesburg, Vermont, and her own Sting proved that determination and drive pay off, moving up five spots from the 2014 event, to take home the blue ribbon and top honors. After ten weeks of qualifying...