FTI WEF CSIO Week 8 Begins With a Win for Daniel Deusser and Domingo in the $8,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Jumpers
Thursday, February 28 2013
Wellington, FL – February 27, 2013 – Week eight of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by G&C Farm , kicked off on Wednesday at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) with a win for German rider Daniel Deusser and Stephex Stables’ Domingo in the $8,000 G&C Farm 1.45m speed class.
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Victoria Colvin Secures USHJA/WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular Title for Second Year in a Row
Sunday, February 24 2013
Wellington, FL – February 23, 2013 – Week seven of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Hermès , continued on Saturday with the $50,000 USHJA World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular. Fifteen-year-old Victoria Colvin of Loxahatchee, FL, took home her second win in a row in the prestigious class, this year riding Dr
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Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Let’s Fly Soar to Victory in $30,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 1
Friday, January 11 2013
Wellington, FL – January 10, 2013 -Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Let’s Fly galloped to victory in the $30,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 1 on the second day of competition at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) on Thursday. After kicking the year off with a second place finish in last weekend’s inaugural $100,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix, the duo is off to the races with a win to start their winter circuit.
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World Dressage Masters Horse and Rider Competitors Announced
Wednesday, January 09 2013
Wellington, FL-January 8, 2013 -The line-up for the World Dressage Masters (WDM) Palm Beach, presented by Wellington Classic Dressage, will feature a star-studded cast of riders and horses for the January 23-27 event at the Palm Beach County Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. The riders confirmed their participation and the horses are arriving in Florida to compete head-to-head for their share of over €100,000 (EUR), or about $131,850 (USD), in prize money. The World Dressage Masters series, presented by the Axel Johnson Group featured over €450,000 (EUR) in prize money over their 2012 series, making it one of the richest dressage series in the world. Patrik Kittel Photo by SusanJStickle.com “I think we have a fantastic line-up and we will really see top competition for this year’s WDM Palm Beach,” said Noreen O’Sullivan, Show Manager and Managing Partner of Wellington Classic Dressage, organizers of the event. “For most of these riders, this will be the only appearance in Florida under the lights at Jim Brandon, so this is surely an event not to be missed.” John van de Laar, Managing Director of WDM, said, “The WDM Palm Beach show has been on the WDM calendar from the very beginning. This is THE show where the U.S
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Equestrian Sport Productions Hosts Successful A-T Children’s Benefit Horse Show and Spy Coast Farm Young Horse Show Series Finals at PBIEC
Tuesday, January 08 2013
Wellington, FL – January 8, 2013 -Equestrian Sport Productions hosted its A-T Children’s Benefit Horse Show on January 3-6, 2013, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, with a full schedule of hunter/jumper competition. The week featured a $25,000 Grand Prix and $10,000 Welcome Stake along with hunter, jumper and equitation divisions throughout the week.
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Equestrian Sport Productions’ New Year’s Show Wrap-Up: December 26-30, 2012
Tuesday, January 01 2013
Wellington, FL – December 31, 2012 – Equestrian Sport Productions hosted its New Year’s Show on December 26-30, 2012, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL.
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Gentle Carousel Minis Helping Connecticut School Kids – And We Can Help Too
Friday, December 21 2012
By Jan Westmark-Allan Miniature Horses from Gentle Carousel Miniature Horses are headed to Connecticut. This photo was a runner up in the Sidelines Magazine Horses & Holidays contest. We’ve all had our world’s rocked by the horrific school shootings in Connecticut last week.
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Silver OakEquestrian Center to Host USEF Recognized Jumper Show
Tuesday, December 18 2012
HAMPTON FALLS,NH—December 13, 2012—SilverOakEquestrianCenter inHampton Falls,NH will host a USEF-recognized all-jumper horse show, August 7-11, 2013. Silver Oak was home of The Jumper Classic for the last five years and will now continue to bring world-class show jumping competition to New England under the leadership of Silver Oak proprietor David Birdsall, who will be President and CEO of the new event, and Dr
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At long last
Friday, November 09 2012
It was 1982, and I was 17 years old. I was one of the kids that could win the finals — one of the riders people threw out as a possible winner of the biggest equitation class on earth and quite possibly the single biggest class a junior rider could win
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Daisy Farish and Sassafras Creek Garner Grand Pony Hunter Championship at the 54th Washington International Horse Show
Tuesday, October 30 2012
Sassafras Creek and Daisy Farish. © Shawn McMillen Photography Washington, D.C. - The 54th annual Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) concluded competition at Verizon Center in downtown Washington D.C
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