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Shawn Casady Takes Home $10,000 Hallway Feeds Leading Professional Rider Award for 2013 USHJA National Hunter Derby Series
Friday, October 11 2013
Lexington, KY – October 9, 2013 – After winning this year’s very first Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show, Shawn Casady took over the top of the Leading Rider standings and never relinquished it. The talented professional went on to capture multiple top placings throughout the spring and summer.
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Junior Hunters Set The Stage On Opening Day of the Pennsylvania National Horse Show
Thursday, October 10 2013
The hunter competition proved tough on opening day, but it was Victoria Colvin, of Loxahatchee, FL, who stood out and proved why she is a formidable opponent in the hunter ring, winning a total of five classes. In the Small Junior Hunter 15 & Under Division, Colvin’s beautiful rounds aboard Dr. Betsee Parker’s OVATION clinched
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Halliday selected for USA Nations Cup Team competition in Boekelo
Thursday, October 10 2013
Liz Halliday will make her first FEI Nations Cup appearance for the United States Equestrian squad this weekend (October 10-13) when the professional dual sportswoman takes part in the CCI*** Team competition in Boekelo. Liz, along with one of her Chailey Stud stable’s brightest prospects – Blackie (Fernhill by Night) – travels to the Netherlands
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Pablo Barrios Wins 2013 Hagyard Challenge Series $50,000 Leading Rider Award
Tuesday, October 08 2013
Lexington, KY – October 8, 2013 – After dominating the 2013 Hagyard Challenge Series throughout the spring and summer, Venezuelan rider Pablo Barrios finally captured the $50,000 Hagyard Leading Rider Award. He and his talented mount Zara Leandra kicked off the Series by winning the first Hagyard Lexington Classic in May, and they then garnered
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Greg Crolick Leads From Start to Finish in WCHR Developing Pro Challenge
Monday, October 07 2013
Upper Marlboro, MD – October 5, 2013 – The World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Developing Professional Challenge saw 28 talented entries, but there was one pair that stood out from beginning to end. Greg Crolick and Grey Street finished both rounds of the two-round class with average scores of 88 for a total of 176 points,
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Weber Wins Unprecedented 10th USEF National Four-In-Hand Championship, Berndl Wins First National Singles Championship
Sunday, October 06 2013
Lexington, KY – Rain fell for most of Sunday morning at the Kentucky Classic CDE, it fell so hard that Competition would eventually be stopped, but not before two individual drivers hit career milestones. Leslie Berndl earned her first USEF National Single Horse Driving Championship, and Chester Weber made it an official decade of dominance
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Madeline Schaefer and Armani Awarded Grand Pony Hunter Championship at Capital Challenge
Sunday, October 06 2013
Patton and Twisther Clear for Victory in North American Junior/Amateur Jumper Challenge, Foster, Sommers, Farish, and Pilla Win Tricolors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Upper Marlboro, MD – October 5, 2013 – Saturday of Capital Challenge Horse Show highlights the country’s young rider talent with championships for pony, junior and children’s pony hunters. The Grand Pony
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Liza Boyd Breaks Through To Take Her First WCHR Professional Finals
Saturday, October 05 2013
Upper Marlboro, MD -When Liza Boyd heard about the new format for the $5,000 WCHR Professional Finals, she had a premonition that this might be her year. The six top riders in the WCHR Professional National standings qualified to compete over two rounds on unfamiliar horses and then rode their own horses for the third
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Gochman and Sambalino, Baker and Q, Robinson and Sutton Place Awarded Grand Hunter Titles for Amateur-Owners and Adults
Friday, October 04 2013
Kirby and Winter White Win $10,000 Children’s/Adult Jumper Challenge FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Upper Marlboro, MD – October 3, 2013 – The 2013 Capital Challenge Horse Show continued today with competition for the amateur and adult hunter riders, along with a evening session final for Children’s/Adult Jumpers. Grand Championship ribbons were pinned on the bridles
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Third Time’s A Charm for French and Small Affair in $25,000 WCHR Professional Challenge
Thursday, October 03 2013
Crolick Named Winner of Developing Pro Challenge, Pletcher and Q Win North American Future Hunter Championship, Stewart and Farmer Share Top Hunter Honors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Upper Marlboro, MD – October 2, 2013 – The Capital Challenge Horse Show, presented by The Gochman Family, featured the best hunters in the country as well as up-and-coming
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