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CSIO4* Wellington Junior Team Bios

by USEF Communications Department | Mar 3, 2016, 6:29 PM

Find our more about the U.S. Junior Team for the $2,500 FEI Junior Riders Nations Cup presented by Hollow Creek Farm: Brett Burlington Born: February 13, 1999 Residence : Coral Gables, Florida Most Recent Highlights: • Won the $25,000 U25 Grand Prix at the 2015 Kentucky Summer Horse Show • Team Gold medalist at the 2015 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships • Team Gold medalist of the $25,000 Artisan Farms U25 Team Event at the 2015 Winter Equestrian...

Palmer Sisters on Brink of Claiming FEI World Cup™ Vaulting Pas-de-Deux Title

by Dana Rossmeier | Mar 3, 2016, 4:30 PM

Dortmund, Germany – For the second time, Cassidy and Kimberly Palmer will represent the United States at the FEI World Cup™ Vaulting Finals. Taking place March 4-6 in Dortmund, Germany, the sisters will compete in the pas-de-deux division against three teams for a chance at the title. Teams will perform in two freestyle competitions. The average score from both freestyle performances will determine the overall champion. Cassidy and Kimberly Palmer, winners of the Pas-de-Deux at the...

Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team Ready to Contest $150,000 FEI Nations Cup at CSIO4* Wellington

by USEF Communications Department | Mar 3, 2016, 3:11 PM

Wellington, Fla. - The United States is poised for a successful week at the Winter Equestrian Festival’s $150,000 FEI Nations Cup. CSIO4* Wellington will host the prestigious competition Friday evening with seven teams vying for the spot atop the podium. The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team of Georgina Bloomberg, Audrey Coulter, Laura Kraut, and Beezie Madden have drawn second in the order. “We have a similarly strong team to our [winning] Ocala Nations Cup team," said Chef...

CSIO4* Wellington Young Rider Team Bios

by USEF Communications Department | Mar 3, 2016, 3:05 PM

Find out more about the U.S. Young Rider Team for the $10,000 FEI Young Riders Nations Cup presented by Hollow Creek Farm: Victoria Colvin Residence : Loxahatchee, Fla. Born: September 23, 1997 Most Recent Highlight • Won the week two $25,000 Artisan Farms U25 Grand Prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival with Zidane 2015 • Won the $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular for the fourth consecutive year. She was the first rider in the event's 19-year history to...

CSIO4* Wellington Senior Team Bios

by USEF Communications Department | Mar 3, 2016, 2:50 PM

Find out more about the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team at CSIO4* Wellington: Georgina Bloomberg Audrey Coulter Laura Kraut Beezie Madden

CSIO4* Wellington Senior Team Bios

by USEF Communications Deparment | Mar 3, 2016, 2:45 PM

Find out more about the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team at CSIO4* Wellington: Georgina Bloomberg Audrey Coulter Laura Kraut Beezie Madden

Eventing 25 and 18 Program Winter Training Clinics Set Tone for Competition Season

by Dana Rossmeier | Mar 2, 2016, 5:06 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Participants selected for the 2016 Eventing 25 and 18 Developing Rider Programs prepared for the competition season during winter training sessions with USEF Eventing Developing Rider Coach, Leslie Law. The training sessions, held at Meredyth South, began January 11-15 with the Eventing 25 participants, followed by the Eventing 18 riders January 18-22. Law then traveled to California to teach the West Coast Eventing 25 and Eventing 18 participants, February 1-4 at...

Dortmund Set to Deliver Fascinating FEI World Cup™ Vaulting Final

by Louise Parkes (FEI) | Mar 2, 2016, 3:50 PM

The stage is set for a fascinating series of contests when the FEI World Cup™ Vaulting 2015/2016 Final gets underway in Dortmund (GER) tomorrow, Thursday 3 March. This is the sixth season of World Cup competition in this discipline which has grown a big audience in recent years, and which continues to attract top athletes whose courage, skill and determination are tested to the limit every time they compete. (L to R) Simone Jaïser (SUI), Anna Cavallaro (ITA), Anne Sophie Musset (FRA),...

Nations Cup Week at WEF Features International Competition for Riders of All Ages

by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | Mar 2, 2016, 2:58 PM

Wellington, FL - March 2, 2016 - The 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) is host once again to Nations Cup competition on March 3-6 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). The week will feature international General Admission Seating for Friday Night's Nations' Cup Is Free! competition for riders of all ages with the $150,000 Nations Cup on Friday, March 4, as well as the Hollow Creek Farm Children's, Junior, and Young Rider Nations Cups on Saturday, March 5. Top...

Rich Fellers and Flexible Take Home the Title in the $50,000 OSPHOS Grand Prix

by HITS Horse Shows | Mar 2, 2016, 10:16 AM

Rich Fellers and Flexible on their way to a $50,000 OSPHOS Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Desert Circuit V at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California, concluded with Sunday’s $50,000 Grand Prix sponsored by OSPHOS. Thirty-Six elite competitors battled it out for the chance to wear the long blue ribbon in the victory gallop and a share of the $50,000 purse. Anderson Lima, of Brazil, designed a demanding 16-effort course. Only six would jump the course fault-free...