Devon Update: June 1, 2013
Sunday, June 02 2013
By Sara Cavanagh McLain Ward was the Devon Leading Open Jumper Rider for the third time in the past five years, amassing 37 points by winning the $100,000 Wells Fargo Grand Prix of Devon on Rothchild, who also placed second in another class as well as winning a speed class on Wings, who also placed second in another class.
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Retired Racehorse Chases TAKE2 Championship
Wednesday, May 29 2013
The TAKE2 Hunter Champion at the St.
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Katie Dinan and Nougat du Vallet Stay Clear for Victory in $100,000 Empire State Grand Prix presented by The Kincade Group
Wednesday, May 22 2013
North Salem, NY – May 19, 2013 – Three teenagers and a veteran rounded out the jump-off in the $100,000 Empire State Grand Prix presented by The Kincade Group, and the first to go in was the one to return to the winner’s circle. Nineteen-year-old Katie Dinan of New York, NY, and her energetic partner Nougat du Vallet were double clear to win the biggest class of the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, which ran May 7-12 and 14-19. Today’s competition concluded two great weeks of equestrian sport in North Salem with incredible entries and top horses and riders
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David Oliynyk and Generous Ride to a Near-Perfect Score Claiming the Blue in the $10,000 Fieldstone 3’3″ Hunter Derby
Sunday, May 19 2013
Halifax, MA – May 17, 2013 – All eyes were on the hunter competitors as they took center stage on the Derby Field at the Fieldstone Spring Festival. The derby has always been an exhibitor and crowd favorite at the Fieldstone Show Park in Halifax, MA, and today’s derbies were no exception
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Devon – It’s Almost Here!
Saturday, May 18 2013
New Exhibitors’ Lounge Offers Cool Respite This year, exhibitors’ will have even more reason to love coming to Devon; the McDevitt Exhibitors’ Lounge located under the East 3 Grandstand.
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Vivian Yowan Equitates to Back-to-Back Blue Ribbons at Kentucky Spring Classic
Saturday, May 18 2013
Lexington, KY – May 17, 2013 – From May 15-19, 16-year-old Vivian Yowan enjoys the best of the best in junior equitation competition right in her own backyard. The Kentucky Spring Classic attracts junior riders from across the country to the Kentucky Horse Park, just miles away from Boggs Hill Farm, where Yowan trains with Tim and Kelly Goguen
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Kelley Farmer Leads Professional Hunter Divisions at Kentucky Spring Horse Show
Friday, May 10 2013
Lexington, KY – May 8, 2013 – Fresh off wins in Lexington, Virginia, Kelley Farmer made the trip to Lexington, Kentucky and once again topped the leader board during the first day of the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows.
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McLain Ward To Defend Jumper Title at Devon Horse Show & Country Fair
Thursday, April 18 2013
DEVON, Pa.—Two time Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward will defend his Leading Open Jumper Rider title at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, which runs May 23 to June 2. Ward of Brewster, N.Y., has entered last year’s Devon Open Jumper Champion Antares F, the horse he rode in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Ward also won last year’s $100,000 Wells Fargo Grand Prix of Devon on Antares F, a class he has won six times in the last 10 years
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Vermont Summer Festival to Host Young Jumper Championship Qualifiers
Thursday, April 18 2013
East Dorset, Vermont – The next generation of grand prix horses will take center stage during the first three weeks of the Vermont Summer Festival with qualifying classes for the Young Jumper Championship series.
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Miss Lucy and Jennifer Alfano Victorious in $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby
Monday, April 01 2013
Wellington, FL – March 31, 2013 – Jennifer Alfano rode Miss Lucy, an eleven-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare owned by Helen Lenahan, to the top of the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby on the final day of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF).
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