When in Hollywood, do as the stars do. In the case of the Longines Los Angeles Masters Pro-Am Style & Ride Competition, that meant donning costumes and acting out character parts. Eduardo Menezes as the Big Bad Wolf, Hannah Selleck imagined as Alice in Wonderland, Kaley Cuoco channeling Luke Skywalker and Jack Towell and Jennifer Gates as the Scarecrow […]
The Belgian team came out on top while the U.S. tied for fourth at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final in Barcelona today. The fourth place finish (nine faults — a tie with Great Britain) put the U.S. into round one’s top eight, which means they will compete in the final round on Saturday. This […]
The buzz is building for tomorrow’s $2.6 million Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final 2015 at FC Barcelona’s Real de Polo. Spaniard Alvarez Moya had determination written all over his face as he promised, “when it comes to the Furusiyya Final in my home country I will be giving it 100 per cent!” He’ll have to: he’ll be going […]
The formidable all-female USA team of Lucy Davis, Lauren Hough, Laura Kraut and Beezie Madden finished second at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup on June 21 at the CHIO Rotterdam, Germany. The hometown team, Germany, took top honors among the eight international squads. With a total score of five faults the USA was in contention […]
Eleven of the United States’ best show jumping riders are heading to Gothenburg, Sweden in hopes of being named the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final champion. Included in the U.S. contingent is reigning champion Rich Fellers. In addition to Fellers, riding under the supervision of the newly installed U.S. show jumping team chef d’equipe Robert […]
Big news for Zone 10 Jumpers! The United States Equestrian Federation has named California’s Robert Ridland as U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe/Technical Advisor, the position occupied for the past six years by the legendary George Morris, who announced he will be retiring in 2013. Ridland, a partner in the San Juan Capistrano-based Blenheim EquiSports, will […]
Blenheim EquiSports today announced that it will allow exhibitors to submit horse show entry forms online via the website Equestrian Connect. Equestrian Connect is a two-year-old service used by more than 6,300 members to populate data and print entry forms for over 800 USEF A and AA hunter/jumper shows nationally. Until now, though, it hasn’t […]
The year-end West Coast jump circuit has undergone further fine-tuning, with a particular emphasis on the World Cup qualifier dates. Two months after Blenheim EquiSports and the Langer Equestrian Group announced a reshuffling of their fall show schedule, Dale Harvey has signed on with two events produced through his Palms West – the Del Mar […]
The five cases of EHV-1 diagnosed Jan. 11-15 in Orange County, CA, have been contained, according to sources close to the situation. Although the California Department of Food and Agriculture has not given the official “all clear,” animal health branch chief Dr. Kent Fowler confirmed that the five cases were identified at a single facility […]
