Federico Sztyrle Wins Welcome Stake and Cleveland Grand Prix
Wednesday, July 25 2012
Technically demanding course design / Alfano switches it up with Miss Lucy MORELAND HILLS, Ohio – July 16, 2012 – Federico Sztyrle now considers the Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic a lucky show. His first time here in the Chagrin Valley, Sztyrle and Crossfire 10 won both the $10,000 Welcome Stake and the $30,000 Cleveland Grand Prix during Week I of the Classic. The crowd watches intently as Federico Sztyrle and Crossfire 10 fly around the course on their way to victory during the Cleveland Grand Prix on July 15, 2012 at the Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic.
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FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships 2012
Wednesday, July 25 2012
Abundance of Talent at FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships 2012 by Louise Parkes Area V won Junior Team Eventing at the FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships 2012 at The Kentucky Horse Park at the weekend – Taylor Wood, Brindley House, Victoria New and Alyssa Phillips. (Photo by FEI/StockImageServices) With the opening of the Olympic Games in London just around the corner, some of the next generation of potential Olympians were displaying their talent at the FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships 2012 at The Horse Park in Kentucky (USA) over the last week. Open to riders between 14 and 21 years, the busy annual event embraces the three Olympic disciplines of Jumping, Dressage and Eventing along with the FEI World Equestrian Games™ disciplines of Reining and Endurance.
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Shawn Casady and Zubantos Earn Individual Junior Show Jumping Silver Medal at NAJYRC
Wednesday, July 25 2012
Lexington, KY – July 23, 2012 - Rising junior talent Shawn Casady and Elm Rock LLC’s Zubantos were the winners of the Individual Junior Show Jumping Silver Medal during the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC). After earning just four faults over the first five rounds of the competition, they advanced to the jump-off where another clear round over the technical track was good enough to claim the Individual Silver Medal. Shawn Casady and Zubantos won the Individual Junior Show Jumping Silver Medal at the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC).
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Abigail McArdle and Cosma 20 Claim Individual Junior Show Jumping Gold Medal at NAJYRC
Wednesday, July 25 2012
Lexington, KY – July 23, 2012 – Eighteen-year-old Abigail McArdle of Barrington, IL, proved to be unstoppable during the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC). With her talented mount Cosma 20, the pair laid down five clear rounds in three days to capture the Individual Junior Show Jumping Gold Medal at the prestigious event
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Young Jumpers Showcased at Vermont Summer Festival
Tuesday, July 24 2012
East Dorset, Vermont – The next generation of grand prix horses took center stage during the first three weeks of the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival horse show, running July 4 through August 12 at Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT. Caitlyn Shiels and S&L Downtown finished first in the Six, Seven and Eight-Year-Old Young Jumper class during the opening week of the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) Five-Year-Old, Six-Year-Old and Seven and Eight-Year-Old horses competed head-to-head against horses the same age in the grand prix ring each Thursday for the first half of the Vermont Summer Festival
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FEI European Pony Championships 2012
Tuesday, July 24 2012
DOUBLE GOLD FOR GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AT FABULOUS FONTAINEBLEAU – Netherlands takes Individual Dressage Title by Louise Parkes On the medal podium at the FEI European Pony Championships 2012 in Fontainebleau (FRA) – (left to right) Individual Eventing silver medallist Britain’s Louisa Nesbitt, and Ireland’s gold and bronze medallists Cathal Daniels and Ana O’Brien. Germany took Dressage Team and Freestyle gold, the British once again dominated in Jumping and the Irish recorded their first-ever team success while also claiming two of the three individual medals in Eventing at the FEI European Pony Championship 2012 in Fontainebleau, France
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Taken Gives Kelley Farmer Blue in the USHJA International Hunter Derby at Horse Shows by the Bay
Sunday, July 22 2012
Traverse City, MI – July 21, 2012 - Kelley Farmer knows her derby strategy. In fact, the Virginia-based professional, a two-time USHJA International Hunter Derby series Rider of the Year, regularly picks up Derby wins all over the country aboard a variety of hunters
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Still Time to Enter the Sidelines Supermodel Horse Contest
Sunday, July 22 2012
Sponsored by Bridleway Equestrian USA, Two Socks Designs, Horseware Ireland and Absorbine (W.F. Young) The Search is on for Horse and Pony Supermodels! Win this bridle from Bridleway Equestrian USA in the Sidelines Magazine Supermodel Horse Contest The search is on for the next great Sidelines Magazine Horse or Pony Supermodel! Send us one photo (no professional photos please) of your stunning equine supermodel – for a chance to win great prizes and have your horse or pony featured in an upcoming issue of Sidelines Magazine! It’s easy to be a horse or pony supermodel – take a photo and upload it at the link on the Sidelines Magazine website: http://sidelinesnews.com/sidelines-contest-form In the drop down menu, chose Supermodel Horse Contest. In the essay portion, tell us your equine’s name, what’s “super” about them and why they are Supermodel material (besides their stunning good looks!) The Sidelines Magazine Supermodel Horse Contest will run July 15 – 30
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Cory Hardy and Connor Rise to the Top in Vermont
Sunday, July 22 2012
East Dorset, Vermont – Cory Hardy of Littleton, MA, jumped to victory in the $5,000 NEHJA Hunter Derby on Thursday, July 19, at the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. Cory Hardy and Connor won the $5,000 NEHJA Hunter Derby on Thursday, July 19, during week three of the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) Hardy was one of 22 horse/rider combinations to contest the derby track designed by Billy Glass, which spanned two competition rings and featured many creative natural obstacles
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Popular Fidelity Investments® Club Ringside Dining Returns to Washington International Horse Show at Verizon Center
Sunday, July 22 2012
Washington, D.C. – July 19, 2012 – The Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) is pleased to announce the return of the Fidelity Investments® Club, a VIP dining platform in Verizon Center that gives spectators a spectacular vantage point to watch the top horses and riders in the country. The Washington International Horse Show, now in its 54th year, will be held October 23-28, 2012, at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
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