Daniel Deusser and Cornet d’Amour Capture $300,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI 5* Presented by The Bainbridge Companies
Sunday, March 10 2013
Wellington, FL, March 9, 2013- Saturday night’s $300,000 FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix CSI 5*, presented by The Bainbridge Companies, was an incredible display of world-class talent as Germany’s Daniel Deusser, Brazil’s Alvaro de Miranda and Great Britain’s Ben Maher and Nick Skelton topped an all-star cast during the highlight event for week nine of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). Forty-five entries showed in the prestigious World Cup qualifier jumping a course set by Steve Stephens of Palmetto, FL. Representatives from 14 different countries competed, including an impressive 20 riders that have appeared in Olympic Games for their home nations.
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Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Malou Top an Impressive Jump-Off to Win the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix, Presented by Zoetis
Sunday, March 10 2013
THERMAL, CA (March 4, 2013) – The $50,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis, won’t be easily forgotten. Fifty-five top horse-and-rider combinations took to Brazilian course designer Marina Azevedo’s course Sunday afternoon and 10 of the most competitive made it to one of the most exciting jump-offs yet this season, with the top four having less than a second to differentiate their time
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Lauren Hough and Ohlala Are Best in $33,000 G&C Farm 1.45m at FTI WEF
Saturday, March 09 2013
Wellington, FL, March 8, 2013- Week nine’s CSI-W 5* competition at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) continued on Friday with a win for Lauren Hough (USA) and Ohlala in the $33,000 G&C Farm 1.45m speed class, a Longines FEI world ranking event.
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Fellers and Flexible Back on Top, Win the $25,000 Smartpak Grand Prix, Presented by Zoetis
Saturday, March 09 2013
THERMAL, CA (March 2, 2013) – Fifty-three horse-and-rider combinations took the field, but it was the reigning World Cup winners who ruled the day Friday, when Rich Fellers and Flexible rode to victory in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis. The rider from Wilsonville, Oregon and the chestnut stallion owned by Harry and Mollie Chapman, laid down a pair of sizzling rounds, although they were chased to the finish by Lane Clarke of Laguna Niguel, California and Horsemanship Unlimited’s Kiss the Sky, who finished second. Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Windward Farm’s Unbelievable 5 placed third
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Red Coat Farm 1-2 in $15,000 Marshall & Sterling Insurance Child/Adult Jumper Classic
Friday, March 08 2013
Grace Knox rode to first aboard Rapidash in the $15,000 Marshall & Sterling Insurance Child/Adult Jumper Classic Saturday, while Nicole Loochtan and Dreaming Out Loud finished second, adding to the string of successes Red Coat Farm has seen thus far at HITS Ocala. Coupled with two grand prix wins by Lisa Goldman earlier in the season,Illinois trainer Mary Goldman is making quite the debut during her first winter in Florida. Grace Knox and Rapidash ©ESI Photography
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THOROUGHBRED HORSE SHOW ASSOCIATION TAKING ENTRIES FOR 2013 SPRING SHOW ON APRIL 14
Thursday, March 07 2013
Lexington, KY – (March 7, 2013) The Thoroughbred Horse Show Association is taking entries for its second Spring Show on April 14 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
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The 30th Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W Delights Competitors and Crowd
Wednesday, March 06 2013
Loxahatchee, FL – March 4, 2013 – Sunny skies, a convivial atmosphere and top-notch dressage performance highlighted the 30th anniversary of the Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W February 28-March 3. Seasoned international competitors and young rising stars alike came out to vie for victory at the historic event
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Mette Rosencrantz and Finally Cinch Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W Grand Prix Special
Tuesday, March 05 2013
Loxahatchee, FL- March 2, 2013-Mette Rosencrantz, of Topanga, CA, and Finally, a 12-year-old chestnut Hanoverian gelding, snared the win in the Grand Prix Special on a blustery Saturday at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W. The pair placed 14th in the Grand Prix Friday afternoon, and Rosencrantz was pleased with today’s winning ride down centerline at the International Horse Sport (IHS) Champions Park at Equestrian Estates in Loxahatchee, FL
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Team USA Wins Hollow Creek Farm FEI Young Rider Nations Cup; Brazil Sweeps Children’s and Junior Hollow Creek Farm FEI Nations Cup Classes
Tuesday, March 05 2013
Wellington, FL – March 2, 2013 – The Hollow Creek Farm FEI Children’s, Junior, and Young Rider Nations Cups were featured at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Saturday, March 2, at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) in Wellington, FL. With the first round for each age group held during the day session and all three second rounds held at night under the lights, the team from USA won in the young rider’s class and the teams from Brazil won in the junior’s and children’s classes. Week eight CSIO competition, sponsored by G&C Farm , runs February 27-March 3, 2013
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Kent Farrington and Blue Angel Triumph in $150,000 CSIO 4* Grand Prix Presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty
Monday, March 04 2013
Wellington, FL, March 3, 2013- Week eight of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by G&C Farm , concluded on Sunday afternoon with an exciting victory for Kent Farrington (USA) and Robin Parsky’s Blue Angel in the $150,000 CSIO 4* Grand Prix, presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). In an 11-horse jump-off, Farrington and Blue Angel were 1/100th of a second faster than Beezie Madden (USA) and Abigail Wexner’s Cortes ‘C’ who finished second. Conor Swail (IRL) and Lansdowne, owned by Ariel and Susan Grange, placed third.
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