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2016 Blenheim June Series Leading Hunter Rider Awards

by Blenheim EquiSports | Jul 8, 2016, 9:35 PM

Nick Haness (McCool) After a month full of hunter highlights, Blenheim EquiSports congratulates the Leading Hunter Riders from the 2016 Blenheim June Series, with awards presented by Romfh Equestrian Apparel. With some of the best West Coast hunter professional riders competing during June in San Juan Capistrano, and after having earned a tri-color in the First Year Green Hunters on Lindsay Maxwell's Technicolor at Devon this year, Nick Haness earned the Romfh Leading Professional Hunter...

The Right Horse at the Right Time: One comment led Susan Geiger, Shane Brown, and the stallion Denny to the 2016 SVAG FEI World Reining Championships

by Dana Rossmeier | Jul 8, 2016, 10:12 AM

In the lead-up to the 2016 SVAG FEI World Reining Championships, the United States Equestrian Federation will feature a four-part series that highlights the athletes, horses, and their owners that make up the U.S. Team. The following is part two. Read part one . When Shane Brown went horse scouting in Texas for three clients last June, he did not realize he was bringing his 2016 SVAG FEI World Reining Championships partner, Wind Er Up Wimp or “Denny”, back to Colorado with him. Even...

Laura Chapot Sweeps Top Two Places in $30,000 Open Jumper Classic at I Love New York Horse Show

by Classic Communications | Jul 8, 2016, 9:38 AM

Laura Chapot won the $30,000 Open Jumper Classic on ISHD Dual Star (The Book LLC) Lake Placid, N.Y. - Laura Chapot swept the top two places in the $30,000 Open Jumper Classic Thursday at the I Love New York Horse Show, the second of two weeks comprising the 47th annual Lake Placid Horse Shows, presented by Sea Shore Stables LLC. Chapot won the class on ISHD Dual Star and placed second on Quointreau Un Prince. She also finished 10th on Thornhill Kate. Eight of 29 entries reached the jump-off by...

Michael Morrissey Delivers Faultless Performance to Win 1.40m Jumpers at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival

by Phelps Media Group | Jul 7, 2016, 10:49 PM

Michael Morrissey and La Lopez 3 were the only horse and rider to jump double clear to take the win in the 1.40m Jumpers at the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival. (Taylor Renner/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, Mich. - Jumper competition continued in the Grand Prix Ring at Flintfields Horse Park on day two of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF) with the 1.40m Jumpers highlighting the day's events. Michael Morrissey pulled off the win on La Lopez 3 as the last of 20 to challenge the...

Pony Enthusiasts Converge on Kentucky for This Week’s National Dressage Pony Cup – Watch LIVE Starting Friday!

by Jennifer Keeler, Yellow Horse Marketing | Jul 7, 2016, 10:57 AM

Kelly Soldavin and her pony Ketadog Admiral are one of many competitors from across the country competing in this week’s National Dressage Pony Cup. (Aaron Soldavin) Lexington, Ky. - The Kentucky Horse Park will experience an abundance of cuteness this weekend as host of the 2016 National Dressage Pony Cup (NDPC) Championship Show, being held in conjunction with the Kentucky Dressage Association (KDA) Summer Classic and Breed Show I & II on July 8-10 in Lexington. But as any of the 110 NDPC...

Land Rover North America Returns as Title Sponsor to the Great Meadow International Eventing Competition

by Revolution Sports + Entertainment | Jul 7, 2016, 10:39 AM

Mahwah, N.J. - For the second consecutive year, Land Rover North America will return as Title Sponsor of the 2016 Great Meadow International presented by Adequan, which runs from July 8-10, 2016. The prestigious CICO3* competition is one of the highlights of the US Eventing calendar and welcomes the nation’s top equestrian athletes. This year will come with added pressure for the homebred riders as the esteemed competition will act as the final preparatory event for riders from the 2016 U....

Upton Earns 2016 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Title

by USEF Communications Department | Jul 7, 2016, 10:23 AM

Reagan Upton and Oh Night Divine (Howard Schatzberg) Lexington, Ky. - A field of 19 competitors, the largest field in the class' history, vying for the 2016 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final title kicked off the evening session at the Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show on Wednesday, July 6. Following the competitive field's display of equitation skills, 27-year-old Reagan Upton was named the unanimous 2016 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Champion. Upton...

Hannah Heidegger and Ohlala Z Rise to Top of $60,000 Ariat® Grand Prix at SIR IV

by Colorado Horse Park | Jul 6, 2016, 3:03 PM

Hannah Heidegger and Ohlala Z (Sportfot) Parker, Colo. - The $60,000 Ariat® Grand Prix was dominated by Ohlala Z piloted by Hannah Heidegger of Malibu, CA, as the duo topped the class with a jump off time of 36.691 seconds at Summer in the Rockies (SIR) IV at The Colorado Horse Park (CHP). Second place honors were awarded to Lochinvar, owned and ridden by Matt Cyphert of Northlake, TX, with a time of 37.227 seconds, while last week's winners The Dude, ridden by Will Simpson of Westlake...

Top Riders Aim for Title at USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final

by USEF Communications Department | Jul 5, 2016, 3:24 PM

Reagan Upton, 2015 USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Reserve Champion, on Callaway's Letter to the Editor (Howard Schatzberg) Lexington, Ky. - The best adult amateur saddle seat equitation riders from across the country are ready to compete in the USEF Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final. Taking place at the historic Red Mile Race Track in Lexington, Ky., the Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show plays host to the USEF Championship on Wednesday, July 6. Riding before judges...

Leslie Howard and Patricio Pasquel Win on Day Three of ‘Pan American’ Tournament, Presented by Rolex, at Spruce Meadows

by Lauren Fisher for Jump Media LLC | Jul 5, 2016, 1:17 PM

Leslie Howard and Quadam (Spruce Meadows Media Services) Calgary, AB, Canada –The Spruce Meadows ‘Pan American’ Tournament CSI 5*, presented by Rolex, continued on Friday featuring the Duncan Ross Cup 1.50m, as well as the WestJet Cup 1.45m in the Meadows on the Green. USA’s Leslie Howard jumped to an exciting win in the evening’s 1.50m aboard a brand new mount in the young stallion Quadam. Mexico’s Patricio Pasquel got the win in the 1.45m earlier in the day...