U.S. Equestrian Delegation Heads to the 2011 Pan American Games – By the Numbers
Sunday, October 09 2011
The United States Equestrian Federation’s (USEF) delegation packs up and begins to head South of the Border next week – get ready Guadalajara. Dressage lands first on October 11. Eventing follows on the 15th and Jumping comes in on the 21st. Equestrian is represented by 14 athletes who make up 627 athletes heading to Mexico to represent the United States. Of the 79 Olympians represented in the entire U.S.
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Boyd Martin and Otis Barbotiere Jump Immaculately to Land in the Top 15 at the Boekelo CCI3*
Sunday, October 09 2011
Lexington, KY - Boyd Martin carried the torch for the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team on the final day of the Boekelo CCI3*. Riding Otis Barbotiere and Remington XXV, Martin (West Grove, PA) produced two top 35 results in his first attempt at the Dutch premiere CCI3*. Boyd Martin and Otis Barbotiere Photo ©StockImageServices.com
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John French Prevails in WCHR Professional Finals at 2011 Capital Challenge Horse Show
Saturday, October 08 2011
Kristi Siam Wins ARIAT National Adult Medal Finals The best six hunter riders in the country this year – Scott Stewart, Kelley Farmer, John French, Jenny Karazissis, Hunt Tosh, and Elizabeth Boyd – competed in the WCHR Professional Finals presented by the John R. Ingram Fund. The head-to-head unique competition saw John French of San Juan Bautista, CA, jump to the top of the leaderboard for his third win in the history of the class. Earlier in the day, Kristi Siam led the victory gallop in the ARIAT National Adult Medal Finals sponsored by ARIAT International. The Capital Challenge Horse Show, held at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center, will run through Sunday, October 9
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Junior Blues
Friday, September 23 2011
Junior riders are rocking the results at shows everywhere – and Sidelines wants to congratulate all of them and share their good news! If you know a junior who deserves to be recognized, send in a paragraph detailing their award-winning … [Read more]
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A Few Minutes with Louise Serio
Friday, September 23 2011
Louise Serio is a prominent hunter trainer and the owner of Derbydown, nationally recognized as one of the foremost show hunter barns in the country. Louise began training at Derbydown in 1975 and she consistently trains and rides champions in … [Read more]
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Wellington Classic Dressage Set to Host World Dressage Masters Through 2013
Tuesday, September 20 2011
Wellington, FL- September 20, 2011 – As the only North American leg of the prestigious World Dressage Masters CDI5* circuit, the World Dressage Masters Palm Beach CDI5* presented by International Polo Club Palm Beach will take place January 26 – 29, 2012. Wellington Classic Dressage will once again bring this world-class dressage spectacle to the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, FL, close to the nearby Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington.
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ACE Private Risk Services Honors Horses Lost In Blaze
Friday, September 16 2011
By Lauren R. Giannini
On May 31, fire destroyed the barn rented by international event rider Boyd Martin from Phillip Dutton at True Prospect Farm (West Grove, PA). Of the 11 horses stabled in the wood and stone bank barn, … [Read more]
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Big Money = Big Sport: An Exciting Day at the Pfizer Million
Monday, September 12 2011
The scene by the ingate was tense. The crowd lining the hill grew with riders and their connections as the class went on and rider after rider came away with one rail, two rails, six rails. When Duncan McFarlane, 21st to go, finally notched the first clear round, the crowd was overjoyed. As Duncan is based in Northern California, On the Line was especially overjoyed to see a hometown rider shine on the other side of the country in this incredibly difficult class
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Weltino’s Magic Sweeps USEF National Intermediaire I Dressage Championships
Monday, September 12 2011
Gladstone, NJ - The top three placings in the Intermediaire I National Dressage Championship never changed throughout the week at the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm Dressage Festival of Championship and Steffen Peters dominated with Weltino’s Magic finishing on a three day average of 78.661%. Riding for Jen Hlavacek, Peters owned the Dick and Jane Brown Arena this morning, and to music by Seven and Five, he showed off the 9-year-old Westphalian gelding’s strengths and was rewarded with a freestyle score of 81.250%
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Coudray Leads the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team at Fidelity Blenheim International Horse Trials
Monday, September 12 2011
Lexington, KY - With three riders in the top 10, the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team had everything to play for in the show jumping on the final day of the 2011 Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials in Woodstock, U.K. And Tiana Coudray played the game the best for the U.S. throughout the week, adding nothing to her dressage score of 49.4 to finish second on Jaital, Inc.’s, Ringwood Magister, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding. “Today it was pretty much textbook,” said Coudray after the show jumping. Photo ©Stock Image Services The California native has had a rough spring.
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