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Ben Maher (GBR) takes over as world number one in Longines Rankings
Wednesday, September 04 2013
London 2012 Olympic team champion Ben Maher (GBR), who won team gold and individual silver at the P.S.I. FEI European Jumping Championships in Denmark last month, is the new world number one in the Longines Rankings, the FEI World Jumping Riders Rankings, for the first time in his career. This is a spectacular progress for
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The 2013 Chicago Hunter Derby Gets TV Spots on Chicago’s own, WGN Mid Day News and CBS Chicago Equestrian Fashion Segment and Morning Show Give Derby Exposure
Wednesday, September 04 2013
Antioch, IL – August 30, 2013 – The 2013 Chicago Hunter Derby presented by Chicago Equestrian’s for a Cause will be featured in several TV segments this next week to increase exposure for the event to be held on September 7th and 8th in Antioch at Rush and Carl Weeden’s Annali Farm. On Tuesday, September
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Katherine Strauss Receives the SHALANNO Award at the 38th Annual Hampton Classic
Tuesday, September 03 2013
Junior jumper rider receives award for style. Bridgehampton, NY-September 3, 2013- Katherine Strauss, of Southampton, N.Y., received the 2013 SHALANNO Style of Riding Award at the 38th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show. The SHALANNO Style of Riding Trophy is awarded to the junior jumper rider who best exemplifies the American style of equitation
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Moloney Scores In Longines Cup At The Hampton Classic
Sunday, September 01 2013
On Carrabis Z, he wins Saturday’s $40,000 feature. Bridgehampton, NY-August 31, 2013 – Richie Moloney and Carrabis Z won the $40,000 Longines Cup at the 38th Hampton Classic as the only one of three pairs in the jump-off to finish faultlessly. In front of a crowd of several thousand surrounding the Grand Prix
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Morven Park Fall Horse Trials Hosts USEA Area II Championships
Saturday, August 31 2013
LEESBURG, Va. – Morven Park’s fall Horse Trials has long been a favorite annual stop for the nation’s top riders, many of whom live within a few hours’ drive from this Northern Virginia icon. This year will be no exception, as the Horse Trials draw more than 350 horse/rider combinations over the weekend of
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Colvin Earns Grand Junior Hunter Championship At The Hampton Classic Junior hunters earn tricolors in Anne Aspinall Ring.
Saturday, August 31 2013
Bridgehampton, NY-August 30, 2013 -Just as she did in 2012, Victoria Colvin won two junior hunter championships on two horses owned by Dr. Betsee Parker and trained by Scott Stewart. Her victors were even the same two horses-Ovation won the Grand Junior Hunter Championship after winning the Small Junior Hunter, 15 and Under title, and
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Weber Undefeated in France Following Win in CAI-A4 Caen Test Event for 2014 WEG-Normandy
Saturday, August 31 2013
Ocala, FL (August 28, 2013) – Nine-time U.S. national four-in-hand champion Chester Weber remains undefeated in France following his second win there in the CAI-A4 Caen August 23-25, against a field of 12 drivers and 60 horses representing seven nations. Team Weber’s win at the CAI-A4 Caen is especially significant as the competition was the
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Ferreira Earns Grand Championship At The Hampton Classic Children’s hunters shine on show’s third day.
Saturday, August 31 2013
Bridgehampton, NY-August 28, 2013 – Children’s hunters, both horses and ponies, took over the hunter rings in Tuesday’s edition of the 38th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show. Erica Ferreira, of Bridgehampton, N.Y., and His Way were named the Grand Champion Children’s Hunter after earning the Children’s Hunter Large Pony Championship. Blu Venture, ridden
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Richter Claims Amateur-Owner Jumper Title At 38th Annual Hampton Classic
Thursday, August 29 2013
With Firefly, he scores a three-peat. Bridgehampton, NY-Aug. 29, 2013-For the third consecutive year, Phillip Richter rode his Firefly to the Low Amateur-Owner Jumper Championship after winning the $5,000 Strong’s Marine Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic at the Hampton Classic. Richter’s jump-off time of 37.38 seconds easily defeated the time of 38.22 seconds Tracey Weinberg posted on
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Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament CSIO 5* to Host The World’s Best Show Jumpers
Wednesday, August 28 2013
Skelton and Big Star to Contest Next Leg of Rolex Grand Slam of Jumping Calgary, AB, Canada – August 27, 2013 – Spruce Meadows will host the world’s best show jumpers at the prestigious ‘Masters’ Tournament, held September 4-8, 2013, in Calgary. The ‘Masters’ is a CSIO 5* event and will award $2.115 million in
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