Dressage
At the Golden State Dressage Festival CDI3*, the competition was highlighted by a large field for the small tour classes. Carolyn Adams took top honors in the Intermediaire I with Witerprinz, scoring 68.474%. Mette Rosencrantz was second with Finally and Heidi Gaian rounded out the top three with Chicago. In the Prix St. Georges, Rosencrantz and Finally went one better and scored a victory over Brian Hafner on Lombardo LHF. Karen Pavicic and London Z were third for Canada. Canadian rider Rochelle Kilberg won the Freestyle on Rudy, Carolyn Adams was second, this time on Don Devere, and Heather Oleson and Escorial was third.

The Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special were won by Wendy Christoff from Canada on Pfalstaff. In the Grand Prix, Americans Barbi Breen-Gurley on Octango and Beatrice Marienau on Reve de Neige rounded out the top three respectively. Breen-Gurley went on to the Freestyle as the lone entrant; she scored 65.925% for her efforts.

Complete information is available here: http://www.goldenstatedressage.com/

Driving
American driver Laurie Astegiano had another stellar weekend in Europe with her team of ponies to continue her quest for a spot on the U.S. Team for the World Championships later this year. She won the Team Ponies at the CAIB Copa Iberica by nearly 30 points over Belgian driver Mia Allo on the strength of her marathon performance. Copa Iberica is part of the very popular Sunshine Tour, competitors from all over Europe flock to Spain each winter for a series of competitions in a variety of disciplines.

For more information, please visit: http://www.sunshinetour.net/en/index.htm

Endurance
The Buck Meadows Boogie CEI/CEIY took place in Buck Meadows, CA and utilized some the country's most picturesque trails in Stanislaus National Forest. Snow earlier in the week melted away by the start of competition on Saturday as the 80km, 120km and two-day 160km rides got under way. Tani Bates rode CR Marjan Roars to a commanding win in the 80km, finishing in 4:46; Jeanette Mero was second and Carol Giles was third. In the 120km, Becky Grand Hart took the win with No Repeat in a time of 7:30; Nicole Smith was second followed closely by Terri Rashid in third. On Sunday Jessica DiCamillo won the 80km in 6:07:15 with SHA Strikes Fancy and Michele Roush as the sole competitor in the 160km completed the second half of the ride aboard Hat Trick to finish on a time of 14:49:46.

Please visit the USEF Network Endurance Ranking Trials Page to Follow the U.S. Endurance riders on their road to the 2011 Pan American Championships: http://www.usefnetwork.com/2011RankingTrials/

Eventing
The Fork CIC3* (Norwood, NC) marked the final preparation for many eventing horses headed to the important spring CCI4*s on both sides of the Atlantic.

But for Jennie Brannigan it was a weekend of returning to form, she made an impressive come back from an injury to win the CIC3* with Cambalda. It was Brannigan's first event since breaking her collar bone riding a young horse this winter. Second after the dressage, they jumped one of only 10 double clear cross country rounds to take the lead and sealed the win with a foot-perfect show jumping trip. Dressage winner Clark Montgomery had a handful of cross country time faults and a rail down to finish third with Loughan Glen in the horse's first CIC3*. Canadian Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch jumped up from 10th after the dressage to finish on her dressage score and slip into second place on Port Authority. Many top horses and riders utilized The Fork for their spring preparations at all levels, as the event also ran horse trials from Preliminary to Advanced.

More information and results are available here: http://www.forkstables.com/horsetrials.html

Jumping
Kent Farrington stormed to victory with the flashy grey Uceko, to win the $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational, presented by G & C Farm in Tampa, FL. This prestigious event, now held in honor of its creator, the legendary Gene Mische (who passed away in 2010) left a lasting impression on both the competitors and spectators. It was Farrington's first win at the Invitational and he left two of the sport's legends, and former winners, in his wake. Ian Millar was second on Star Power and McLain Ward was third on Rothchild, Margie Engle rounded out the top four on Indigo. Out of the four first round clears, only Farrington and Millar duplicated the effort in the jump-off. Farrington was the fastest by more than six seconds.

Read the rest of the story here: http://usef.org/_IFrames/newsdisplay/viewPR.aspx?id=6921

Karl Cook won a 1.30m class at the Lummen CSI3* in Belgium. The Young Rider from California rode Cappucino to a lightning fast victory - more than four seconds clear of second place finisher Julie-Pascale Ruant from Belgium. Cook was then fourth in a 1.40m class on Friday riding ASB Conquistador. Fellow American Cody Auer was seventh in a 1.40m class later the same day on Okido. In the feature on Sunday - Cook has another top-10 finish for the U.S., this time in the 1.50m class, where ASB Conquistador was tenth out of 54 starters. Katherine Walsh (who is based in Holland) was then seventh in Sunday's 1.20m class with Peanuts to contribute to the Americans' consistent effort at the Belgian show.

Complete results and more information is available here:
http://www.csiolummen.be/spring_tour_eng/index.php