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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Jessica Springsteen and Vindicat W Score Second Suncast 1.50m Victory
Sunday, March 31 2013
On Saturday afternoon, the $33,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic was held with a win for Jessica Springsteen (USA) and Stone Hill Farm’s Vindicat W.
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Kent Farrington Wins $100,000 FTI Consulting Rider Challenge
Sunday, March 31 2013
The $100,000 FTI Consulting Rider Challenge concluded on Saturday night after twelve weeks of jumper competition at the 2013 FTI WEF. Kent Farrington led the standings and earned a $50,000 cut of the bonus money for his success during the circuit. Conor Swail finished in second place to earn $25,000, Reed Kessler was third and received a $15,000 check, and Beezie Madden finished fourth for a $10,000 bonus
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McLain Ward and Super Trooper de Ness are Unstoppable in $50,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 12
Saturday, March 30 2013
Wellington, FL – March 28, 2012 – McLain Ward (USA) and the powerful black stallion Super Trooper de Ness emerged victorious in the $50,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 12 on Thursday, March 28, as part of the twelfth and final week of competition at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). Competing at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, Ward topped U.S
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Eric Lamaze and Wang Chung M2S Excel in $33,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Jumpers
Saturday, March 23 2013
Wellington, FL – March 22, 2013- Canada’s Eric Lamaze was in the winner’s circle on Friday with a win in the $33,000 G&C Farm 1.45m speed class during week eleven of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). Lamaze and Wang Chung M2S, owned by Morningside Stud and Torrey Pines Stable, beat a field of top horses and riders in the day’s highlight Longines FEI world ranking event
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Jared Petersen and Titus 2:11 Make it Three in a Row to Dominate HITS Ocala
Monday, March 11 2013
OCALA, FL (March 4, 2013) – Jared Petersen will likely never forget the 2013 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit. He and Titus 2:11 won their third consecutive Sunday grand prix, and their fourth grand prix of the circuit in yesterday’s $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis
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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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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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Darren Chiacchia continuing a Steady Recovery from Meningitis
Friday, March 01 2013
Darren Chiacchia is continuing his steady recovery from the near-fatal fungal meningitis he contracted last October by winning three blue ribbons at the White Fences Dressage Show in Wellington, FL on February 23 and 24. Now head trainer for The YARD Sport Horse Center, also in Wellington, he is training a solid group of both young and advanced eventing, dressage, and show jumping horses. Darren and Ballzauber
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