Julie Welles and Twan won the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix on August 9 (David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vt. - Julie Welles of Wellington, FL, and Twan triumphed in the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix on August 9 during the final week of the Vermont Summer Festival horse show in East Dorset, Vt. The six-week equestrian competition runs July 2 through August 10 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, Vt. A total of 10 entries found their way to a clear round...

U.S. Olympic gold and silver medalist Leslie Howard guided Tic Tac to victory in the $100,000 CSI2* Synoil Energy Services Cup on August 9 at the CSI2* Summer Festival at the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. (Ben Radvanyi Photography) Palgrave, Ontario – U.S. Olympic gold and silver medalist Leslie Howard topped an international starting field to win the $100,000 CSI2* Synoil Energy Services Cup at the CSI2* Summer Festival held August 6 to 10 at the Caledon Pan Am...

Lexington, Ky. – Another day of competition at the US Hunter Pony Championship presented by Sallee Horse Vans saw two more championship titles decided on Friday. Madeline Schaefer and Leon collected Medium Green Hunter Pony honors, while Kirklen Petersen and For the Best were named the Large Green Hunter Pony Champions. Both championship divisions completed the Over Fences phase on Friday, earning the final 50% for their overall score, after receiving 25% from both the Model and Under...

Verden, Germany - The Five-year-old Championship of the 2014 FEI World Breeding Championships for Dressage Young Horses continued on Friday in the WM Arena. Matthew Johnson and Petersborg's Qasanova performed once again on the international stage as the sole U.S. representative, earning a 12th-place finish in the Small Final for Five-year-old Championship, the second qualifying opportunity for the Final. Matthew Johnson and Petersborg's Qasanova (Karl-Heinz Frieler) Johnson (Lake Worth, Fla....

The winning U.S. team in Dublin (Laurence Dunne/Rockmountainstudios) Lexington, Ky. - The full spectrum of the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team’s talent was on display Friday as mixture of veterans and young stars claimed the third CSIO5* Nations Cup victory for the U.S. in one week at CSIO5* Dublin, while a group of rising talents gained valuable experience at CSIO3* Bratislava. CSIO5* Dublin Four members of the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Short List for the 2014 Alltech FEI...

Lexington, KY - The 46 entries in the US National Pony Jumper Championships began their quests toward National Titles Thursday evening in the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena. Held August 7-9 as part of the US Pony Finals, these annual championships host the best pony jumper competitors from across the United States. Thursday’s first Individual Phase was the first of four rounds to be jumped over Richard Jeffrey-designed courses. Held as a clear round class, the opening round of...

Natalie Jayne and Blueberry Hill (Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, Ky. - Lexington, Ky.- The third day of the US Hunter Pony Championships presented by Sallee Horse Vans at the 2014 US Pony Finals came to a conclusion Thursday evening with Natalie Jayne and Blueberry Hill claiming top honors in the Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship. In 2013, Blueberry Hill collected a fourth-place finish but this year the mare climbed three placings to earn the 2014 National Title on a score of 1007....

Verden, Germany - The Five-year-old Championship of the 2014 FEI World Breeding Championships for Dressage Young Horses kicked off on Wednesday in the WM Arena. The United States’ Matthew Johnson and Petersborg’s Qasanova are the sole American entry, and finished the first qualifying competition in 24th place. Matthew Johnson and Petersborg’s Qasanova (Karl-Heinz Frieler) Johnson (Lake Worth, Fla.) and the Dutch Warmblood stallion (Quaterback x Kajana I/Calypso II) earned an overall...

Matthew Johnson and Petersborg's Qasanova (SusanJStickle.com provided by Matthew Johnson) Lexington, Ky. - Verden, Germany is set to host the 2014 FEI World Breeding Championships for Dressage Young Horses this weekend, August 6-10. The United States will look for a strong finish in the five-year-old championship as Matthew Johnson and Petersborg’s Qasanova fly the U.S. flag. Johnson (Lake Worth, Fla.) and his Dutch Warmblood stallion (Quaterback x Kajana I/Calypso II) qualified to...

Krisitan Roberts on Sir Charles (Lynne Owen/VaultingPhotos.com) Eugene, Ore . – The USEF/AVA Vaulting National Championships were held from July 31 – August 3 at the Oregon Horse Center in Eugene. It was the first time that the National Championships were held in the Pacific Northwest and, at the highest levels, featured athletes that could be representing the U.S. at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy (WEG) in just a few weeks. In the Individual Women’s Gold...