Darragh Kerins and Thunder D'Amaury ©LizCrawleyPhotography. Mill Spring, NC - July 16, 2015 - In an exciting finish in the $34,000 Suncast® 1.45m FEI Welcome at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC), Darragh Kerins (IRL) and Thunder D'Amaury stole the show, finishing with a double-clean effort to take the class with a time of 45.227 seconds. Kimberly Prince (USA) and RMF Bella Baloubet collected another second-place finish, stopping the timers just short of Kerins in 45.336...

Albuquerque, N.M. - By the time summer makes its appearance across the upper Midwestern United States, the entire Arabian horse younger set is looking forward to the Youth National Championships. Held in Albuquerque, New Mexico for one final year before a 2016 move to Oklahoma City, this 23rd edition of the championship show will run from Saturday, July 18th through Saturday, July 25th at Expo, New Mexico. Entries for the all-youth show in recent years have been running around 800 horses,...

Falsterbo, Sweden – The U.S. Dressage Team, under the guidance of Chef d’Equipe Betsy Steiner, had a day of solid performances at the first day of Nations Cup competition at CDIO5* Falsterbo. On Friday at the Falsterbo Horse Show presented by Longines, the U.S. combinations performed the Grand Prix Test, to sit fifth thus far in the Nations Cup. Catherine Haddad Staller and Mane Stream Hotmail (Rolf Stenberg / Rockmountain Studios) Susan Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) and Currency DC, Tim...

Maddrix and Shutterbug Charleston, S.C. - July 10, 2015 - Thirty four horse and rider teams took to the hunt over the course designed by Classic Company's Joe Carnicum before a sold out VIP tent and it was Timothy Maddrix of Birmingham, Alabama who won the class with Alina Dumitrescu's Shutterbug. After earning the leading first round score of 94 with Missy Nolan's Life is Good as well as a first round score of 91 with Shutterbug, the competition looked to be geared for a Maddrix...

Lisa Jacquin and Chapel Z Traverse City, MI - July 8, 2015 - Two-time Olympic Silver medalist Lisa Jacquin has been showing in Michigan for over two decades, racking up wins throughout the state. After taking a year away from the Flintfields Horse Park to recover from an injury, Jacquin returned to the venue to prove on the second day of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival that she is back in top form, winning the $1,500 1.35m Open Jumper victory with Chapel Z. Jacquin has known Karin Flint,...

David Beisel and Call Me Hannes won the $3,000 1.40m Open Jumpers during the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival II. (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 8, 2015 - The second week of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival kicked off with blue skies and brisk winds as horses and riders prepared for a full schedule of competition at the destination venue. New faces arrived at the Flintfields Horse Park, offering enticing jumper action as many of the nation's top riders...

Tori Colvin topped 76 other entries to win the Hunterdon Equitation Cup Classic (Emily Riden/Phelps Media Group) Devon, PA - July 6, 2015 - On Sunday, Tori Colvin was earning major jumper victories in Tryon, North Carolina. Fast-forward less than 24 hours and one drive through the night with her mother, and the 17-year-old from Loxahatchee, Florida was winning every class she was entered in at the 2015 U.S. Junior Hunter National Championship East Coast, hosted by the Brandywine Valley Summer...

Chapter 11: Saying Goodbye to the Pan American Games I am half the man I used to be. No, I have not suddenly gone from “built for the next Ice Age” to “ready for camping in the Lut Desert”, but rather I made a schoolboy error and paid the price. A couple of us decided to escape from the hotel and go for a walk on a local Canadian “trail” – the sun was out and the was a pleasant breeze blowing so the mosquitos were not out to play; the schoolboy error...

Wilhelm Genn and Welcome COR won the $50,000 Grand Prix of Traverse City, sponsored by Meijer, on the final day of the opening week of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival. (Phelps Media Group) Traverse City, MI - July 6, 2015 - For Wilhelm Genn the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival at Flintfields Horse Park holds nostalgic memories. One in particular flashed across his face Sunday afternoon as he won the $50,000 Grand Prix of Traverse City, presented by Meijer. It was a decade ago that Genn rode...

Sandy Ferrell was named the Der Dau Leading Hunter Rider during week one Devon, PA - July 6, 2015 - Sunday afternoon marked the conclusion of two weeks of highly praised hunter/jumper competition at the Brandywine Valley Sumer Series. Held at the Devon Horse Show grounds and now in their fifth year, the premier rated horse shows saw a record number of entries, including top riders, owners and trainers from across the country. Among those top riders and trainers were Jennifer Bauersachs and...