Meredith Darst Finishes One-Two in $5,000 Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby at Bluegrass Festival Horse Show
Monday, August 19 2013
Lexington, KY – August 18, 2013 – A week of the nation’s best hunter derby competition came to a close today at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show with the final hunter highlight event, the $5,000 Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby. Today’s USHJA National Hunter Derby at the Kentucky Horse Park marked the fifth event in the seven-part Hallway Feeds USHJA National Hunter Derby Series, throughout which Meredith Darst has been extremely successful.
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Jennifer Bliss and Knockout Capture $2,500 Fieldstone 2’9” Hunter Derby Victory at Fieldstone Summer Showcase I
Sunday, August 18 2013
Halifax, MA – August 16, 2013 – The hunter riders stole the spotlight today at the Fieldstone Summer Showcase as they took center stage for the $2,500 Fieldstone 2’9” Hunter Derby. Posting two fantastic rounds for the winning score of 188 points was Jennifer Bliss and Knockout
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Jennifer Tate and Florestan Take to the Top of the Pre-Green Hunters at the Fieldstone Summer Showcase I
Thursday, August 15 2013
Halifax, MA – August 14, 2013 - Strikingly set courses greeted hunter riders for the first day of the Fieldstone Summer Showcase I. The professional hunter divisions kicked off the competition in the Main Hunter Ring, where Jennifer Tate rode Florestan to the top of the Pre-Green Hunter division.
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Olivia Woodson and Butterfly Kisses Win 2013 USEF Pony Medal Finals
Monday, August 12 2013
Lexington, KY- August 11, 2013 – Today’s 2013 United States Equestrian Federation Pony Medal Final was the perfect conclusion to a close to perfect week at the 2013 USEF Pony Finals for best friends Emma Kurtz and Olivia Woodson. Kurtz was extremely successful in the hunter divisions throughout the week, and today Woodson bested a field of nearly 190 riders to win the 2013 USEF Pony Medal Finals, while Kurtz finished in a close second. The equitation class, held in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park, marked the final event at this year’s USEF Pony Finals
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Clean Sweep for Jenny Karazissis at the $25,000 Franktown Meadows International Hunter Derby
Friday, August 09 2013
Carson City, NV – August 5, 2013 - Historically, the number 21 is related to celebration, whether it is for a 21st birthday or dealing blackjack at a casino. At the $25,000 Franktown Meadows International Hunter Derby, located just outside Reno, NV, it was fitting to have 21 fabulous horse and rider combinations. Course designer and show manager Phil Devita exclaimed, “This was a perfect number for a standalone derby of this magnitude.” Each horse and rider combination attempted round one of 13 fences and 4 options set at 4’3″.
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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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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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Victoria Colvin and Kelley Farmer dominated $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby at Devon Horse Show and Country Fair
Sunday, June 09 2013
By Sara Cavanagh Victoria Colvin, who had dominated Junior Weekend, and Kelley Farmer, who had dominated the hunter divisions on Monday through Wednesday, on Sunday dominated the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair. Colvin, 15 of Loxahatchee, Fla., won the two round Derby on Dr.
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Young Riders from Around the World Rally to Raise Over $87,000 for Children in Need
Saturday, June 08 2013
Wellington, FL – June 7, 2013 – It was a busy five months for JustWorld Ambassadors, but the numbers are finally in for the 2013 JustWorld Team Challenge. It was Team Guatemala who won the challenge this year, raising more than $31,000 through hard work, fundraisers and generous donations.
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Devon Update – June 2, 2013
Tuesday, June 04 2013
USHJA International Hunter Derby Closes Show in Style By Devon Walder The final day of Devon was off to a beautiful start; the sun was shining, a nice breeze was blowing, and spectators lined the stands waiting for the first Hunter Derby rider to enter the in-gate. The ring was filled with hunter-style jumps–natural wood, shrubbery, a crisp hedge roll top, and numerous branches decorated a series of obstacles. The Derby is a unique set of classes, with fences set to different heights so riders can chose the high of low option for varying points.
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