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Ben Maher turns up the heat with opening win in Miami Beach

by Longines Global Champions Tour | Apr 8, 2016, 7:23 AM

Great Britain’s Ben Maher (GBR) and his beautiful chestnut gelding Aristo Z stole the first win of the weekend in the spectacular Miami Beach. Ben galloped away from the rest of the field in the CSI5* 1.45m class, LGCT / Stefano Grasso winning by over a second ahead of young Belgian star Jos Verlooy (BEL) and Farfelu de la Pomme. Third place went to Bassem Hassan Mohammed (QAT) and Argelith Squid, who finished just tenths away from Jos with a time of 27.01s. Sunbathers and spectators...

2016 Winter Equestrian Festival Awards Circuit Championships

by Equestrian Sport Productions | Apr 7, 2016, 5:06 PM

Wellington, FL - April 7, 2016 - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) is proud to congratulate all of the Circuit Champions for the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). The 2016 circuit was a huge success Laura Chapot, pictured here in her Illustrated Properties 1.40m Jumper Circuit Champion presentation, was the WEF Overall Jumper Rider, sponsored by Osphos. Photo copyright Sportfot. featuring 12 weeks of world-class competition on January 13 through April 3 at the Palm Beach International...

SCAD equestrian team takes first place in IHSA Zone 5 Championship: Team, four students qualify for IHSA National Championship Show in May

by SCAD | Apr 7, 2016, 4:54 PM

SAVANNAH, Georgia – April 7, 2016 – The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) equestrian team won first place team overall at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Zone 5 Championship at SCAD’s Ronald C. Waranch Equestrian Center in Hardeeville, South Carolina, on Saturday, April 2, propelling the team to the IHSA National Championship Show in Lexington, Kentucky, May 5-8, 2016. Four SCAD equestrian students competing in individual events also qualified for...

2016 Time to Ride Challenge Now Open for Registration

by Time To Ride | Apr 7, 2016, 10:36 AM

Stables, clubs and businesses nationwide are invited to compete for $100,000 cash and prizes by growing their business. Washington, D.C., April 7th, 2016 - The Time to Ride Challenge, in its third year in 2016, is now open for registration. Stables, clubs, businesses, and all other horse professionals are welcomed to visit timetoride.com and take the first step towards growing their businesses by introducing new people to horses and expanding the entire industry. The Challenge will award...

Georgina Bloomberg and Scott Brash Declare 2016 Season Open

by Longines Global Champions Tour | Apr 6, 2016, 5:57 PM

Georgina Bloomberg threw down the gauntlet to the rest of the Global Champions League teams declaring “we have the best team”, as she sat alongside Miami Glory teammates Scott Brash (GBR), Kimberly GCL / Stefano Grasso Prince (USA) and Jessica Mendoza (GBR) earlier today at a pre-event press conference. Longines Global Champions Tour Founder and President Jan Tops spoke of the evolution of show jumping over the ten years of the Tour, and the thought behind the new Global Champions...

Temperatures Rise in Miami Beach as Global Champions League team rider combinations revealed

by Longines Global Champions Tour | Apr 6, 2016, 11:26 AM

The inaugural Global Champions League team competition is set to kick off with explosive action this Sunday 10th April and the much-anticipated team combination rider list can be revealed today. History will Stefano Grasso / LGCT be made as 12 teams take to the white sands of Miami Beach, USA, for the first competition of the 15 event championship. Speculation has been mounting as to which rider combination each team will field, with tactics, strategy and a long term game plan all coming into...

Scene is set for incredible LGCT Miami Beach

by Longines Global Champions Tour | Apr 6, 2016, 9:30 AM

The horses are settled and ready for competition ahead of this week's Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach, with many of the riders already on site ahead of the event. The competition will take place LGCT / Stefano Grasso from 7-10th April with four days of world-class showjumping featuring the coveted Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach Grand Prix and brand new Global Champions League on Sunday 10th April. Visitors to this unmissable event will enjoy exhilerating, 5-star...

Centenary College Hosts 39th Annual ANRC National Intercollegiate Equitation Championships

by Tara Clausen | Apr 5, 2016, 11:49 PM

Centenary College will be hosting the 39th Annual ANRC National Intercollegiate Equitation Championships April 15-17, 2016 at the Centenary College Equestrian Center in Long Valley, New Jersey. Over 60 riders representing eleven colleges and universities will compete in four phases over the course of three days. Judges for this year’s event will be Dacia Funkhouser-Johnson of Monticello, FL and Todd Karn of Fayetteville, NY. Colleges and Universities may enter a team of two or three horse...

The Pin Oak Charity Horse Show Wraps Up Week II

by Lynn Walsh Pin Oak Charity Horse Show | Apr 5, 2016, 6:46 PM

The 71st Pin Oak Charity Horse Show II, presented by Irish Day Farm, closed out two weeks of action-packed competition after Hunters, Jumpers, American Saddlebreds, Andalusians and Lusitanos showed off their talents from March 22-April 3. More than 1,000 horses competed at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas, providing great sport, entertainment and fund-raising opportunities galore. It was an honor and a privilege for Pin Oak to host Victoria "Tori" Watson, the Week II Texas...

Miss Lucy Proves She's Still Got It! Jennifer Alfano Tops $30,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby at Pin Oak Charity Horse Show

by Phelps Media Group | Apr 5, 2016, 3:35 PM

Jennifer Alfano and Miss Lucy win the $30,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby at the 71st Pin Oak Charity Horse Show. Owner of Miss Lucy, Helen Lenahan, was onsite to watch the two-round event and accept the award. (Tricia Booker Photography) Houston, Texas - The 71st Pin Oak Charity Horse Show presented by Irish Day Farms finished up its two-week series as it drew to a close on Sunday, April 3. Foremost hunter rider and trainer for SBS Farms, Jennifer Alfano, continued to dominate the show...