Evening of the Horse Serves up Record Memories
Sunday, September 09 2012
by janwest
(SPRUCE MEADOWS, Calgary, AB): 61,410 fans visited Spruce Meadows Friday to enjoy championship sport. The $100,000 Encana Cup saw 34 horse/rider combinations move through the course designed by Leopoldo Palacios (VEN). Over the 575 meter course with 16 jumping efforts, 4 combinations moved through to the jump off. Kent Farrington (USA) saw his 7th FEI
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Eric Lamaze Welcomes Guests on Spruce Meadows “Masters” Opening Day
Friday, September 07 2012
by janwest
Calgary, Alberta – Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, offered an insider’s look at the sport of show jumping on the opening day of the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows “Masters” tournament. The five-day international show jumping tournament runs September 5 through 10 in Calgary, Canada. Rolex Testimonee Eric Lamaze welcomed approximately 30 guests to his stables on
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Huge Win at Hampton Classic for Emanuel Andrade and Tiny Tim
Tuesday, September 04 2012
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Bridgehampton, New York – Only 15 years of age, Venezuela’s Emanuel Andrade scored an impressive win at the CSI4*-W Hampton Classic in Bridgehampton, New York, taking victory in the $15,000 North Star Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic on September 1 riding Tiny Tim. Only three entries from the 39-horse starting field qualified for the jump-off over the 1.40m
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HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012: Nicholson takes Fox-Pitt to the wire at Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials
Tuesday, September 04 2012
by janwest
By Kate Green In an extraordinary finale to the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), the evergreen New Zealander Andrew Nicholson seized his third victory in 17 years at this popular venue while William Fox-Pitt’s third place was good enough – by just one point – to win him a third HSBC FEI Classics™ title.
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Rusty Stewart and Bristol Go Double Clean To Take The $50,000 Showpark World Cup Grand Prix
Monday, September 03 2012
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Presented by EQU Lifestyle Magazine Del Mar, CA – September 1, 2012 – Congratulations Rusty Stewart and Bristol for their flawless performance in today’s $50,000 Showpark World Cup Grand Prix, presented by EQU Lifestyle Magazine. Stewart guided Bristol to the only double clear round of the day over the large track set by Michel Vaillancourt
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Ward Unbeatable In $50,000 Spy Coast Grand Prix At Hampton Classic
Saturday, September 01 2012
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He Rides To First and Third Places Bridgehampton, NY—Aug. 31 2012— McLain Ward is hard to beat at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. On Friday afternoon Ward rode Pjotter Van De Zonnehoeve to victory in the $50,000 Spy Coast Farm/Young Horse Show Series Grand Prix Qualifier, and he grabbed third place on Antares F. As
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Michelle Parker Is Uncatchable in the $32,000 Showpark Jumper Classic
Saturday, September 01 2012
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Del Mar, CA – August 30, 2012 – Leave it to Michelle Parker to outdo herself by not only posting the fastest clear round time of the day, but the second fastest as well. Today’s $32,000 Showpark Jumper Classic was a race against the clock as thirty-six horse and rider combinations gave it their all
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Ward Stalls Irish Streak at 37th Annual Hampton Classic
Thursday, August 30 2012
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But McGuigan Claims Another Irish Score Bridgehampton, NY—Aug. 29, 2012— Irish rider Ronan McGuigan scored a narrow victory on Capall Zidane in Wednesday morning’s $7,500 Wolffer Estate 1.4m Open Jumper class, but McLain Ward, a two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist, galloped to victory on Lucky Lord 20 in the afternoon’s $7,500 Equinimity 1.45m Open Jumper
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Ashe-Cawley Victorious In Hampton Classic’s $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby
Monday, August 27 2012
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With Kennzo, She Tops Both Rounds In The Grand Prix Ring. Bridgehampton, NY—Aug. 26, 2012— Molly Ashe-Cawley, of Wellington, Fla., rode Kennzo to first place in both rounds of the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by MeadowView Farms, to earn the blue ribbon on the first day of the Hampton Classic. Their total score
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Patricio Pasquel and Serge are Perfect in the $40,000 Showpark Summer Classic Grand Prix
Monday, August 27 2012
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Nine Nations Represented the Field for the Second HITS Million Grand Prix Qualifier Del Mar, CA – August 25, 2012 – The exhilarating jump-off of the $40,000 Showpark Summer Classic Grand Prix will be talked about for the rest of the season as top West Coast riders put up their best performances attempting to top
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