Lexington, KY – August 15, 2012 - It was a welcoming day for the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show at the Kentucky Horse Park show grounds where five divisions were set to display the top hunter horse and rider combinations. The morning started off with a variation of winners while the two divisions to emerge with double blue ribbons were Scott Stewart and Dedication for the Second Year Working Green Huntesr and Hunt Tosh and Rosalynn in the High Performance Hunters. Hunt Tosh and Rosalynn were awarded two blue ribbons in the High Performance Hunter division at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show.

East Dorset, Vermont – For the second year in a row, Ireland’s Darragh Kenny was the winner of the $10,000 Open Jumper High Score Awards, presented by Sir Ruly, Inc.

Leslie Howard and Lennox Lewis 2 Win $15,000 Equine Insurance Speed Stake Presented by Great American Insurance Group Hampton Falls, NH – August 12, 2012 – More than 5,000 spectators came to watch the final day of The Jumper Classic®, presented by Fidelity Investments® and Audi of America. Held at the Silver Oak Equestrian Center, The Jumper Classic had their two final highlight classes of the week. In the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix, Candice King and Mark Bellissimo’s Kismet 50 took first place

Taken & Erynn Ballard by Wendie Aull The discipline of hunters is deeply rooted in tradition, and when the USHJA High Performance Hunter Committee developed the International Hunter Derby, their goal was to bring that tradition and the art of horsemanship back to the show ring. One event that captures the essence of the class is the $50,000 Chicago Hunter Derby (CHD) presented by CN

Eduardo Menezes (BRA) guides the eight-year-old Caruschka to the only double clear effort of the day . Photos © CapturedMomentPhoto.com “We have a lot of young jumpers moving up today so it will be a unique class,” course designer Jack Robson noted as competitors began to warm up for the $25,000 Blenheim Summer Classic Grand Prix, presented by Royal Champion. Twenty-five horse and rider combinations attempted Robson’s track, but only three were able to leave all of the sixteen efforts untouched.

East Dorset, Vermont – Tracy Magness, of Hughesville, MD, rode M/M John Bartko’s Tarco Van Ter Moude to victory in the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix, on Saturday, August 11, at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival.

East Dorset, Vermont – Colin Syquia, of Ancramdale, NY, rode Perrin Martin’s Don Pedro to victory in the $15,000 3’3” NEHJA Hunter Derby, sponsored by Oughton Limited, on Thursday, August 9, at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The six-week competition began on July 4 and continues through August 12 at Harold Beebe Farm

Keely Laughlin and Larger Than Life set a blazing fast time during the US National Pony Jumper Championships at the 2012 US Pony Finals.