Canadian Para-Dressage Riders Victorious in International Team Competition
Tuesday, March 25 2014
Ottawa, ON, March 15, 2014 – - Canadian Para-Dressage riders continued to post top scores during the second day of competition on their way to winning the overall team event at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival 10 CPEDI3*. The annual FEI competition is being held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, March 14-16, in Wellington, FL.Using the combined scores from the Team Test, held March 14, and the Individual Test, on March 15, Canadians Robyn Andrews, Lauren Barwick, Ashley Gowanlock and Jody Schloss won the team competition with a total of 418.803%, while the host nation, United States, finished second with 410.536%. The Canadian Para-Equestrian Team, comprised of Ashley Gowanlock, Jody Schloss, chef d’équipe Elizabeth Quigg, Robyn Andrews and Lauren Barwick, won the overall team competition at Adequan Global Dressage Festival 10 CPEDI3*
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USG FlexiVest
Thursday, March 20 2014
KL Select’s mandate is to feature ‘only the best’, and in line with that philosophy, they now offer the Flexi Protective Vest, nicknamed the “bodyguard”, one of the newest developments from USG (United Sportsproducts Germany). Dorothea Carters, Managing Partner at KL Select, remarked that when researching body protectors, “We were appalled that many of the safety vests on the market today are not ASTM approved or tested, and to avoid that costly testing are marketed as ‘vests’ – which is misleading to the American rider”.
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Grand Champions Wins Inaugural Great Futures Celebrity Polo Match, Raises Money For Boys & Girls Club
Monday, March 17 2014
Nacho Figueras (3) of Grand Champions drives downfield with defender Alejandro Novillo Astrada (3) of Piaget closing in. Photo by Scott Fisher WELLINGTON, FL-March 10, 2014— -On a perfect, sun-drenched day for polo, Grand Champions captured the inaugural Great Futures Celebrity Polo Match Sunday at Grand Champions Polo Club. Led by Nacho Figueras, polo’s ambassador and face of Ralph Lauren, Grand Champions (Melissa Ganzi, Marc Ganzi, Nacho Figueras, Nic Roldan) defeated Piaget (Marwan Mohey-el-dien, Jared Zenni, Alejandro Novillo Astrada, Juan Bollini) with a 3-2 victory in the championship final.
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Crypto Aero Wholefood Horse Feed Excited to be the Feed Sponsor for Leah Winston’s colt Quaterstern RF Queue and Shawn Casady’s mare Coco Chanel
Wednesday, March 12 2014
Shawn Casady and Coco Chanel Coco Chanel (Lord Z x Karandasj) is a 2007 mare that has just arrived in the U.S. this January
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2014 Live Oak International Driving and CSI2*W Showjumping Continues to Raise the Bar
Saturday, March 08 2014
Ocala, FL (March 7, 2014) - Never has an international-level equestrian competition in the Sunshine State offered so much for so many. The Live Oak International CAI/CSI-W 2*, March 19-23, at Live Oak Plantation, will provide spectators the chance to watch some of the sport’s most celebrated equestrian athletes. Top athletes entered to compete include 2012 British Olympic Team Gold Medalist Ben Maher, 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist Cian O’Connor, Olympian McLain Ward, and 10-time National Four-in-Hand Champion Chester Weber. And if all that is not enough horse power, the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales will be on display as well
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USHJA Zone 4 and Gulf Coast Winter Classics Liverpool Clinic Makes a Splash With Devin Ryan
Saturday, March 08 2014
Gulfport, MS – March 6, 2014 - After riding with clinician Devin Ryan on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, the participants in the USHJA Zone 4 and Gulf Coast Winter Classics clinic may well be hoping a liverpool fence makes an appearance on their next course.
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USA ends England’s unbeaten run at Hickstead
Friday, March 07 2014
Team USA were the dominant force in the annual International Arena Polo Test Match at Hickstead on Saturday (1 March), beating England by 21 goals to 17.
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Audi Defeats Coca-Cola In Emotional Game; Plays Flight Options For Les Armour Cup On Sunday
Tuesday, March 04 2014
Audi’s Gonzalo del Tour (2) stretches for the ball against defender Facundo Obregon (4) of Coca-Cola. Photo by Scott Fisher WELLINGTON, FL-Feb
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Team Canada Wins $75,000 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Presented by G&C Farm
Saturday, March 01 2014
Alexander Zetterman and Canora Fly to Victory in $10,000 G&C Farm Speed Stake; Ali Tritschler Tops Platinum Performance USEF Show Jumping Talent Search For Immediate Release Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc.
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Audi Wins George Haas Cup; Nic Roldan Named Most Valuable Player
Friday, February 28 2014
George Haas Cup champions Fred Mannix, Nic Roldan, Lucas Lalor, Grant Ganzi of Audi. Photo by Scott Fisher WELLINGTON, FL-Feb. 24, 2014— Audi won its first polo tournament of the 2014 high goal polo season on Sunday at International Polo Club.
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