Todd Minikus Dominates Second Week of the Saratoga Classic Horse Show
Friday, June 28 2013
Saratoga Springs , NY . June 27, 2013- At the Saratoga Race Course, a historic equestrian setting celebrating its one hundred fiftieth anniversary, some of the country’s top professionals, amateurs, and juniors competed in the Skidmore College Saratoga Classic Horse Show (SCHS) between June 11 and 23
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D.C. Area Gears Up for Military Appreciation Night at Great Meadow Polo Club
Thursday, June 27 2013
Special “Battle in the Saddle” Event to Support Caisson Platoon Equine Assisted Program at Ft.Belvoir Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2013) – Great Meadow Polo Club is set to host the 19 th annual Military Appreciation Night on June 29 in The Plains, Va., benefitting the Caisson Platoon Equine Assisted Program at Ft.
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Chapot and Corrigan Win Wednesday Features at Lake Placid Horse Show
Thursday, June 27 2013
Lake Placid, New York—June 26, 2013—Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, NJ and Johnathan Corrigan of Oyster Bay, NY won the two sections of the Hollow Brook Wealth Management 1.35m jump-off classes, Wednesday’s main events at the 44 th annual Lake Placid Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC. The horse show continues through Sunday at the North Elba Showgrounds before giving way to the 36 th annual I Love New York Horse Show, July 2-7.
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Summer in the Rockies III Wrap-Up: June 19-23 at the Colorado Horse Park
Thursday, June 27 2013
Parker, CO – June 26, 2013 - A crowd of spectators gathered to watch spectacular show jumping at the much-anticipated $30,000 Nutrena Summer in the Rockies III Grand Prix in the Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix Arena at the Colorado Horse Park on a perfect Colorado Saturday afternoon. John Pearce and Chianto claimed the $30,000 Summer in the Rockies Grand Prix, presented by Nutrena, on Saturday at the Colorado Horse Park. Photo by Mary Adelaide Brakenridge.
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Spruce Meadows ‘Canada One’ Tournament Features a Day of Prix des Nations Competitions
Thursday, June 27 2013
(SPRUCE MEADOWS, Calgary, AB): The Spruce Meadows Summer Tournaments continue this week at the ‘Canada One,’ held June 25-30. Today was full of team competition and camaraderie, with the Paramount Resources Prix des Nations competitions held for junior and amateur riders at levels 1.10m-1.40m. There was also a 1.00m Friends of the Meadows Prix des Nations.
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Big Payday for Farrington! Uceko Claims Victory in $200,000 CN Performance World Cup Grand Prix
Wednesday, June 26 2013
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA – June 16, 2013 – - The last day of the Spruce Meadows Continental tournament turned into one hell of a payday for Kent Farrington, as he and Uceko cruised to victory in the $200,000 CN Performance Grand Prix World Cup Qualifier 1.60m as the Continental Tournament in Calgary drew to a close. Pocketing $66,000 for his double clean effort aboard RCG Farm’s little grey gelding, Farrington also left the ring with a cool bonus of $50,000 for winning two legs of the $1,000,000 CN Precision Series. Photo by Holly Burns
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Bender and Bombadil Soar into Gold Coast’s Interagro Lusitanos High Score Award
Wednesday, June 26 2013
Wellington, FL (June 25, 2013) – Heather Bender had a great reason to be in a great mood at the Gold Coast Summer Solstice show, where she was awarded a 69.524% from FEI “I” and USEF “S” judge Natalie Lamping. The score put her and Bombadil Interagro a decisive nine points ahead of Jean Nix and Knickerbacher to win USEF Second Level Test 3 and the Interagro Lusitanos High Score Award at the a Great American/USDF Qualifying competition, which was held June 15-16, at Palm Beach Equine Sports Complex in Wellington, FL.
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2013 Lake Placid Horse Show Begins
Wednesday, June 26 2013
Lake Placid, New York—June 25, 2013 — The 44 th annual Lake Placid Horse Show, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC, opened on Tuesday with a limited schedule of hunter classes. The horse show, which runs through June 30 and is then followed by the 36 th annual I Love New York Horse Show, July 2-7, attracts many of the nation’s top horses and riders to its North Elba Showgrounds
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John Pearce and Chianto Make it Look Easy to Clinch the Nutrena $30,000 Summer in the Rockies III Grand Prix
Monday, June 24 2013
Parker, CO- June 22, 2013 - A crowd of spectators gathered to watch spectacular show jumping at the much-anticipated $30,000 Nutrena Summer in the Rockies III Grand Prix in the Kathy and Brad Coors Family Grand Prix Arena at the Colorado Horse Park on a perfect Colorado Saturday afternoon. In the first round of the event, 19 horse and rider combinations battled it out over international course designer Alan Wade’s track, attempting to progress to the jump-off round.
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PHOTO GALLERY: The Early Summer Classic in Wilsonville, Oregon
Monday, June 24 2013
Lily Blavin & Montague Equestrian Life is traveling to gorgeous Wilsonville, Oregon to cover The Early Summer Classic. This event is a mainstay of the World Champion Hunter Rider Program.
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