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Morgan, Cross, Schneider, and Zubek Maintain Leads at USEF Driving National Championships

by Leah Oliveto | Mar 21, 2015, 6:02 PM

Miranda Cadwell (Pics of You) Ocala, Fla. – United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Driving National Championship competition continued today with the marathon phase at Live Oak International CDE. Drivers across four championship divisions demonstrated their mettle through seven hazards on the marathon track designed by Gabor Fintha (HUN). In what was a hotly contested phase, the leaders from day one’s dressage phase were able to secure their spots on the top of the championship...

Steffen Peters' World Cup Quest Off to a Great Start on First Day of Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W

by Yellow Horse Marketing | Mar 21, 2015, 5:04 PM

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 win the Grand Prix at the Capistrano Dressage International CDI (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - The world was watching as thousands tuned in to CDP Live's wildly-popular online video streaming service to see two incredibly impressive fields of Grand Prix and Prix St. Georges competitors fight it out for top marks on the first day of competition at California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, being held...

Peter Wylde Returns to The Ridge at Wellington to Win $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby for Second Consecutive Year

by Phelps Media Group | Mar 21, 2015, 11:11 AM

Peter Wylde and Candor 15 (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Wellington, Fla. - It was déjà vu during the second annual Hunter Derby Days at The Ridge at Wellington Turf Tour. Peter Wylde has racked up an impressive list of accolades - including winning Olympic gold - but last year he attempted his first USHJA International Hunter derby, and won with Smoking Gun. Today, Wylde returned to the turf at The Ridge Farm to ride Candor 15 to first place finish in the $15,000 USHJA...

Lucy Deslauriers Leads From Start To Finish in George H. Morris Excellence In Equitation at WEF

by Equestrian Sport Productions | Mar 21, 2015, 10:27 AM

The riders of the 2015 George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship, presented by Alessandro Albanese (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week eleven of the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) continued on Friday with Lucy Deslauriers taking top honors in the George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship, presented by Alessandro Albanese in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Ali Tritschler followed in second, T.J O'Mara was...

Order of Go for Great American $1 Million Grand Prix at HITS Ocala Released

by HITS E-News | Mar 20, 2015, 5:12 PM

Ocala, Fla. - HITS, Inc. is pleased to share the official Great American $1 Million Grand Order of Go for the second jewel in the HITS Triple Crown of Show Jumping. On Monday, March 23 at 6pm, World Cup champions, Olympic Gold Medalists and Grand Prix heroes will converge in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium at HITS Post Time Farm for a chance at the richest purse in show jumping and world-wide fame. HITS will livestream the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix on USEF Network . offering...

Eric Lamaze Scores Fifth Victory in 2015 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series

by Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | Mar 20, 2015, 11:14 AM

Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Eric Lamaze (CAN) secured an incredible fifth victory in the Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on Thursday. Lamaze began the 12-week circuit by winning four Challenge Cup classes in a row. He won in weeks one and two with Artisan Farms LLC and Torrey Pines Stable's Rosana du Park. He then topped weeks three and four with Artisan Farms LLC's Fine Lady 5. In the eleventh week of...

The Excitement Begins at Live Oak International with Yellowframe FEI Driven Dressage

by JRPR News | Mar 20, 2015, 1:51 AM

Ocala, Fla. - Beautiful horses and beautifully appointed drivers opened the first day of competition at the Live Oak International with the Yellowframe Farm FEI Driven Dressage classes for Single, Pair, and Four-in-Hand horses and ponies. Chester Weber starts the 2015 Live Oak International competition off with a win in the FEI Four-in-Hand dressage phase, scoring 33.44 (Photo courtesy of www.PicsofYou.com) Appearing for the first time as a new father at his family’s annual driving and...

Morgan, Cross, Schneider, and Zubek Lead After Dressage Phase of USEF Driving National Championships

by Leah Oliveto | Mar 19, 2015, 6:06 PM

Ocala, Fla. – The bucolic Live Oak Plantation set the backdrop for a morning of combined driving dressage as the 2015 USEF Driving National Championships for Single Pony, Pair Pony, Pony Teams, and Pair Horse divisions got underway. USEF Single Pony Driving National Championship Tracey Morgan (Beallsville, Md.) was first in the ring and presented a performance that could not be bested, scoring 43.84. Morgan and her own Fuego 88, a 14-year-old German Riding Pony gelding, executed a solid...

Morgan, Cross, Schneider, and Zubek Lead After Dressage Phase of USEF Driving National Championships

by Leah Oliveto | Mar 19, 2015, 6:05 PM

Ocala, Fla. – The bucolic Live Oak Plantation set the backdrop for a morning of combined driving dressage as the 2015 USEF Driving National Championships for Single Pony, Pair Pony, Pony Teams, and Pair Horse divisions got underway. USEF Single Pony Driving National Championship Tracey Morgan (Beallsville, Md.) was first in the ring and presented a performance that could not be bested, scoring 43.84. Morgan and her own Fuego 88, a 14-year-old German Riding Pony gelding, executed a solid...

Last Chance for U.S. Dressage Riders to Earn a Ticket to Ride in Vegas at California Dreaming Productions' CDIs in San Juan

by Yellow Horse Marketing for California Dreaming Productions | Mar 19, 2015, 11:16 AM

Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 look to earn final World Cup qualifying scores during this week's California Dreaming Productions' CDI competition. (Terri Miller) Veteran U.S. Dressage Team member Steffen Peters will lead a star-studded field of international competitors this week at California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, being held March 19 - 22 at the beautiful Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, site of the 2004 and 2008 U.S....