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Adrienne Lyle and Wizard Accomplish Personal Record to Win AGDF 12 FEI Grand Prix CDI 5*

by USEF Communications Department | Mar 28, 2014, 12:25 PM

Wellington, Fla. - Adrienne Lyle (USA) and Wizard finished the first day of competition for the final week of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) with a win in the FEI Grand Prix CDI 5* presented by Diamante Farms. The pair earned a personal best score for the grand prix with a 74.160%. Lyle was also presented with the Champion Equine Insurance Dressage Style Award and a crystal horse from Swarovski for her win in the FEI Grand Prix 5* with Wizard, a 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding...

Follow NCEA Conference Championship Weekend

by Andrew Minnick | Mar 28, 2014, 9:55 AM

Three National Collegiate equestrian association championships start today. It can be a hassle trying to keep up with each one, so we've got a quick set of links that will help you find what you're looking for, and follow all of the day 1 action at the SEC, Big 12, and Independent Championships. SEC - Live scoring is available at www.gamecocksonline.com . Big 12 - Big 12 sports.com is streaming the Big 12 championships live at www.big12sports.com/mediaPortal/player....

Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' Take $50,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 12

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | Mar 28, 2014, 8:13 AM

Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - The 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued with its twelfth week of competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Thursday with a full schedule of jumper action in the International Arena. The Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series hosted its final leg of the twelve-week series with a win for Beezie Madden (USA) and Cortes 'C'. Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Prof de la Roque won...

Adrienne Lyle and Wizard Achieve Personal Best in AGDF 12 FEI Grand Prix CDI 5*

by Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc | Mar 28, 2014, 8:01 AM

Adrienne Lyle and Wizard (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - Adrienne Lyle (USA) and Wizard capped off the first day of competition for the final week of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) with a win in the FEI Grand Prix CDI 5* presented by Diamante Farms. The pair earned a personal best score for the grand prix with a 74.160%. Ashley Holzer (CAN) and Tiva Nana scored a blue ribbon finish earlier in the day, winning the FEI Grand Prix CDI 3* presented by Diamante Farms on a...

Fenney Rolls to Victory in the $25,000 Bisso Marine Grand Prix

by Lynn Walsh for Pin Oak | Mar 28, 2014, 3:32 AM

Tracy Fenney & MTM Timon (Shawn McMillen Photography) Katy, Texas. - It was an exciting race to the finish of the $25,000 Bisso Marine Grand Prix tonight, the featured show jumping class today at the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, as 12 of the 25 starters went clear. After the proverbial dust had settled in the Irish Day Farm Main Jumper Ring at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center, it was Tracy Fenney’s night. She prevailed in the tiebreaker, taking first and second places with MTM...

USEF Announces Judges for 2014 Saddle Seat World Cup

by USEF Communications Department | Mar 27, 2014, 2:44 PM

Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the officials selected to judge the 2014 Saddle Seat World Cup competition. Medal-winning countries from the 2012 Saddle Seat World Cup competition each put forward a judge to officiate this prestigious competition in 2014. The judges are David Brent from Canada, Hugo Visser from South Africa, and Michael Craghead from the United States. David Brent has been an Equine Canada (EC) judge since 1977. He holds...

USEF to Award Three Dressage High Performance Pre-Games Training and Competition Grants

by USEF Communications Department | Mar 27, 2014, 1:31 PM

Lexington, Ky. - In the spring of 2014, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will award up to three Dressage High Performance Pre-Games Training and Competition Grants. These grants are open to athlete/horse combinations who have submitted an Application of Intent to compete in the Selection Trial for the U.S. Dressage Team Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and are planning to train and/or compete in Europe prior to the Selection Trial in preparation for the...

Updated: Coudray Awarded Land Rover Grant to Compete at Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover, Withdrawn April 15

by USEF Communications Department | Mar 27, 2014, 9:56 AM

Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister (Mike McNally) Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that Tiana Coudray has been awarded a Land Rover Grant to compete at the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover. As approved by the USEF Eventing High Performance Committee, Coudray (Ojai, Calif.) will ride Jatial, Inc.’s 2001 Irish Sport Horse gelding Ringwood Magister at the only CCI4* in the Western Hemisphere. Coudray has...

Tiffany Foster and Daniel Deusser Share Victory in $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m at FTI WEF

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | Mar 26, 2014, 10:28 PM

Tiffany Foster and Melody des Hayettes Z (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - he final week of competition at the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) kicked off on Wednesday with a dual victory for Canada's Tiffany Foster and Germany's Daniel Deusser in the $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m speed class. Due the large number of entries, the class was held in a 'California Split', and awarded two sets of placings with $34,000 for each section. Foster and Artisan Farms...

Zine Dine Zips to Welcome Stake Victory at Pin Oak

by Lynn Walsh for Pin Oak | Mar 26, 2014, 10:09 PM

Hailey Henderson and Zine Dine (Shawn McMillen Photography) Katy, Texas. - After posting the first clear round in the $10,000 Quanta Services Welcome Jumper Stake this afternoon, Hailey Henderson looked around and then quickly trotted back to the in-gate. “I didn’t really think I was going to go in the jump-off, so I had to refresh my memory for the jump-off track,” she said laughing. “So, I only had a brief idea of what it was. I had to make sure it really was it....