Victory in $75,000 Fidelity Investments® Grand Prix Goes to Candice King and Kismet 50 at The Jumper Classic®
Monday, August 13 2012
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Leslie Howard and Lennox Lewis 2 Win $15,000 Equine Insurance Speed Stake Presented by Great American Insurance Group Hampton Falls, NH – August 12, 2012 – More than 5,000 spectators came to watch the final day of The Jumper Classic®, presented by Fidelity Investments® and Audi of America. Held at the Silver Oak Equestrian Center,
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Spend “A Day in the Country” at the $50,000 Chicago Hunter Derby presented by CN
Monday, August 13 2012
by janwest
The discipline of hunters is deeply rooted in tradition, and when the USHJA High Performance Hunter Committee developed the International Hunter Derby, their goal was to bring that tradition and the art of horsemanship back to the show ring. One event that captures the essence of the class is the $50,000 Chicago Hunter Derby (CHD)
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Warm Weather and Hot Competition Take Over the Blenheim Summer Classic
Monday, August 13 2012
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“We have a lot of young jumpers moving up today so it will be a unique class,” course designer Jack Robson noted as competitors began to warm up for the $25,000 Blenheim Summer Classic Grand Prix, presented by Royal Champion. Twenty-five horse and rider combinations attempted Robson’s track, but only three were able to leave
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Tracy Magness and Tarco Van Ter Moude Triumph in $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix
Sunday, August 12 2012
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East Dorset, Vermont – Tracy Magness, of Hughesville, MD, rode M/M John Bartko’s Tarco Van Ter Moude to victory in the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix, on Saturday, August 11, at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival. In a ten-horse jump-off, Magness had the only clear round to earn the win in the final grand
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Colin Syquia and Don Pedro Triumph in $15,000 Oughton Limited NEHJA Hunter Derby
Sunday, August 12 2012
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East Dorset, Vermont – Colin Syquia, of Ancramdale, NY, rode Perrin Martin’s Don Pedro to victory in the $15,000 3’3” NEHJA Hunter Derby, sponsored by Oughton Limited, on Thursday, August 9, at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The six-week competition began on July 4 and continues through August 12 at Harold
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Grand Pony Hunter Championship Title Goes to Madeline Schaefer and Hi Lite at 2012 US Pony Finals
Sunday, August 12 2012
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Lexington, KY – August 11, 2012 – It was the crowning of the champions today at the Kentucky Horse Park as the 2012 US Pony Finals and US National Pony Hunter Champions completed their fifth day of competition. It was the Large Pony Hunter Over Fences that dawned on the Walnut Arena early this morning,
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Keely Laughlin and Larger Than Life Win Individual National Pony Jumper Championship at 2012 US Pony Finals
Sunday, August 12 2012
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Lexington, KY – August 10, 2012 – There was a sense of electricity as the wrap up of the US National Pony Jumper Championship got underway at the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park with the Individual Competition Finals. Riders from around the country spent the year training and qualifying for today, but the
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Pony Tails: Pony Finals Day 5
Saturday, August 11 2012
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By the Sidelines Mystery Bloggers! Photos by Emily Allongo Pony Finals day five was Small Pony jumping and Large hack and model. The Small Ponies were mostly chips and spooks but not many stops. And the Larges were mostly running around the hack bucking. But over all it was good! Small Pony Champion was Hi
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Yasmin Rizvi and Roxbury Emerge 2012 Overall Medium Pony Hunter Grand Champions at US National Pony Hunter Championships
Saturday, August 11 2012
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Lexington, KY – August 9, 2012 – The young riders and their miniature mounts lined the ramp leading to the Walnut Ring this morning at the Kentucky Horse Park. It was the third day of the 2012 US National Pony Hunter Championships presented by Sallee Horse Vans commenced with the Small Hunter Pony Models and
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Team Four rides clear for Gold Medal and the Team Championship
Saturday, August 11 2012
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Lexington, KY Aug 9–Tonight the determined mounted their ponies to take on the indoor jump course at the Alltech Arena for the 2012 United States Equestrian Federation Pony Finals at the beautiful Kentucky Horse Park. Riders from all over the nation participated in the USEF National Pony Jumper Team Championship and also competing at the
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