Dressage
Jan Ebeling and Rafalca were fourth in the Grand Prix for the Special with a score of 69.850% and fifth in the Grand Prix Special at CDI3* Achleiten in Austria. The American pair scored 69.920% for their efforts in the Grand Prix Special. Ebeling has put together a string of success with the mare in Europe, beginning with the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final and good placings at back-to-back European CDIs. More information on this show is available here: http://www.achleiten.at/
Endurance
The Shine and Shine Only CEI/CEIY took place over two days in San Jose, CA. Jeremy Reynolds and Stirgess rode to a commanding win in the CEI* 80km. Reynolds crossed the finish line in 6:06, nearly two and a half hours ahead of second place finisher Shelley Bridges and Xtreme Impact. In the CEIY*, Alexa Bridges rode Xtreme Phlame to the win in 8:31, Mariana Meixueiro Guzman (MEX) was second aboard LZP Julioslastchance in a time of 9:00.
Saturday also featured the CEI2* 120km and Nicole Smith rode Ravenwood Shahbar first across the finish line in 7:57. Deanna Guinasso and RGR Flashfire were second in a time of 8:11. In the CEIY2*, lone entrant Jessica DiCamillo and SHA Strike Two finished in 8:58.
The weekend wrapped up with a CEI* 80km on Sunday, Kassandra DiMaggio was the sole entry and rode WT Diego to the finish line in 8:08.
Eventing
The Jersey Fresh Three-day Event hosted a record number of entries over the weekend in CIC and CCI divisions at both the two- and three-star level.
In the CCI3*, Andrea Leatherman rode her own Mensa to victory by the narrowest margin over Thailand's Nina Ligon and Fernhill Fearless. Leatherman moved up from fifth after the dressage to take the lead following the cross-country, posting one of only four double-clear rounds. In the final phase, Mensa left all the rails in place but collected five time faults to stay .6 points ahead of Ligon. Doug Payne and Running Order collected third place honors.
![Andrea Leatherman and Mensa (Stockimageservices.com Photo)](/images/articles/1665/andrea leatherman and mensa.jpg)
In the CIC3*, Will Faudree and Pawlow were the only pair in either three-star division to show jump double clear, as time faults plagued the majority of the competitors. Despite an impressive international record which includes Team Gold at the 2003 Pan American Games, this was Faudree's first individual win in an FEI competition. California natives, Tiana Coudray and Jennie Brannigan were second and third in the CIC3* on Master Hill and Cambalda respectively.
Young Riders, Caitlin Silliman (Catch A Star) and Arden Wildasin (Totally Awesome Bosco) led the U.S. effort in the CCI2* division, placing second and third behind Canada's Lisa Marie Fergusson and Smart Move.
The CIC2* was won handily by Canadian WEG veteran Rebecca Howard riding Roquefort. Will Coleman had two horses in the top four of this division, claiming second place with Obos O'Reilly and fourth with Westwind's El Dorado. Phillip Dutton and Young Man split Coleman's two horses in third place.
Full results can be found at: http://www.evententries.com/livescoring/14665.html
Jumping
Ashlee Bond and Cadett 7 cruised to a nice win in the Prix EADS on Sunday at CSIO La Baule, to cap off a week of ribbons for the U.S. squad at the first stop of the FEI Nations Cup Series. The Nations Cup squad of Bond, Charlie Jayne, Margie Engle and Rich Fellers fought back to place fifth in a hard knocking two round battle. The Irish prevailed, but the top five teams were separated by less than two rails and the course claimed some of the best in the world.
![Ashlee Bond and Cadett 7 (Sophie Durieux Photo)](/images/articles/1663/cadett.jpg)
Christine McCrea on Avenir and Bond on Chivas Z kicked off the week in France with second and third place finishes respectively in Thursday's Prix Echo de la Presqu'il. This speed class was won by Frenchman Franck Schillewaert. In the Prix Ouest France, Fellers rode McGuinness to third place behind Rene Lopez and Frederic Busquet. He was third again that afternoon in the Prix du Conseil General de Loire Atlantique on Flexible in his preparation for the Nations Cup, less than three-tenths off the winning jump-off pace of Rene Lopez, who won again for Colombia.
On Friday, Baloubet Junior Z was third in the Prix le Val d'Evre for McCrea and Charlie Jayne rode Uraya to fourth in the Prix Generali.
The good results continued after the Nations Cup on Friday afternoon, when Bond and Chivas Z were fourth in the Prix Groupe Lucien Barriere Diane Barriere ¬Desseign. Fellers and McGuinness were fifth in the Derby de la Region des Pays de la Loire - Derby specialist William Funnell scored the win for Great Britain.
In the CSI2* at La Baule, Young Rider Caitlin Zeigler picked up ribbons in nearly every class. She started the show with a convincing victory in the Prix Casino Lucien Barriere La Baule, winning the one-round speed competition by more than four seconds on Butrangenia. This pair was then fourth in the Prix Cargill.
![Caitlin Zeigler and Butragenia (Sophie Durieux Photo)](/images/articles/1664/butragenia.jpg)
With Valencia, Zeigler was second in the Prix Edouard set Traiteur behind Margaux Rocuet from France and on Sunday, she capped off a huge week by placing second with a very fast four-fault jump-off effort in the Prix de Jockey Club.
Results, photos and more information are available here: www.labaule-cheval.com. Photos, news and information about the American is available on: http://www.usefnetwork.com/featured/2011FEINationsCup/
Andrew Ramsay kept the winning going in Austria for the second week at CSI2* Magna Racino, he scored with Chocola Z in the 1.45m Diamond Tour class. Eleven out of 85 scored horse/rider combinations scored first round clears - but the American pair was fastest by .21 seconds to pick up the victory.
Xenia Grassinger was sixth in the 1.40m CSI1* class with Raisa 26 and Bliss Heers and Prado K were sixth in the Finale Silber Tour on Sunday.
More information can be found here: http://www.horseshows-magnaracino.at/