Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named 10 horse-and-athlete combinations to the Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team. The top four ranked horse-and-athlete combinations with serve as the Team and the fifth ranked combination will serve as the self-funded Individual, the remaining combinations will serve as ranked alternates. The following 10 horse-and-athlete combinations have been named to the Short...

Steffen Peters & Laura Graves are #1 and #2 on the Dressage Short List for WEG in 2014 (Susan J. Stickle) Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named eight horse-and-athlete combinations to the Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games U.S. Dressage Team. Mandatory Outings will be held for Short Listed combinations at CDI4* Fritzens in Fritzens, Austria, July 4-7, and CDIO5* Aachen in Aachen, Germany, July 15-20. The following eight...

Wayne, Ill. - The final day of Showplace Productions' Spring Spectacular II included the second day of the Amateur-Owner and Amateur Adult Hunter divisions at the Lamplight Equestrian Center. The reputation of Chicago as the windy city was certainly true today, but it proved to be perfect riding weather. Amateur-Owner Hunters Off of Saturday's competition in the Amateur-Owner Hunters, Nicole Hiehle of Dublin, OH, riding Lovely Charity and Alliy Moyer of Carmel, IN, riding Carlson, each...

McLain Ward raises the CP trophy with Keith Creel, President & Chief Operating Officer, CP (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta - On the final day of the 'Continental' Tournament CSIO 5* at the Spruce Meadows Summer Series, the $210,000 CP Grand Prix drew a large crowd to watch top sport. They were treated to an exciting jump-off with McLain Ward (USA) taking the top spot on the leaderboard with Rothchild over Yann Candele (CAN) riding Showgirl and Eric Lamaze (CAN) on...

Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Parker, Colo. - Delaney Flynn and Quite Quick have done it again at Summer in the Rockies. These two won the $5,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame High Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Classic last week, and they returned to the Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix Arena this Sunday to do the same. They are both fierce competitors, making their pairing a dynamite combination. With years less experience than most other riders who showed against...

Nicole Lyvere and All In (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Parker, Colo. - Nicole Lyvere has been on a mission to take her riding and her horses' training to the next level, and it paid off at Summer in the Rockies II as she dominated the Amateur Owner 3'6" Hunters, earning champion and reserve champion honors on Wink and All In. Lyvere and her hunters earned many top placings at Summer in the Rockies in 2013, and they have maintained a busy horse show schedule since then, traveling with Cindy...

Tracy Fenney rode MTM Timon to the $30,000 Nutrena Grand Prix victory on the final day of the Showplace Spring Spectacular II (Phelps Media Group) Wayne, Ill. - Silence fell on the crowd at the Showplace Spring Spectacular II as Texan Tracy Fenney raced around the jump-off track aboard MTM Centano. A rub down the double-combination of the final line had spectators on the edge of their seats, but the rail stayed in its cups as Fenney dashed across the final oxer in 31.456 seconds to win the...

German Camargo and his own Centurion fly over an oxer on their way to the win in the $35,000 UlcerGard Grand Prix Saturday night in the Olympic Arena (Flashpoint Photography) Conyers, Ga. - The Olympic Arena at the Georgia International Horse Park was the backdrop for the $35,000 UlcerGard Grand Prix, designed by International Course Designer, Manuel Esparanza, of Mexico City, Mexico. No stranger to the Classic Company and the Georgia International Horse Park, Esparanza has designed courses for...

Gladstone, N.J. - The U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp came to an exciting conclusion on the fourth and final day of competition as Grand Prix, Intermediaire I, and Pony Rider Champions were all crowned. In the Grand Prix championship, Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 clinched their third consecutive National Title with their best performance of the week. For the third consecutive test, the top placings remained the same as Peters scored Champion and Reserve honors...

Luhmuhlen, Germany - Clear rounds were at a premium on Sunday in the final phase of the Luhmuhlen CCI4* over Heiko Wahlers’ 13-obstacle track. Of the 31 combinations that went forward into the show jumping, only three competitors were able to jump faultlessly. Leading the way for the American contingent were Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Boyd Martin and Shamwari, 4 who continued their Boyd Martin and Shamwari 4 (Shannon Brinkman) climb up the leaderboard, finishing the...