Nick Haness, who finished second in the $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix last year, is off to a great start qualifying for the 2012 championship, cleaning up on the HITS Desert Circuit hunter prix division. Haness, of San Clemente, CA, took first and second place at the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix in Thermal on March […]
Lucy Davis is ready to jump into the big leagues. After spending the summer competing in Europe, with coaches Markus and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, the 19-year-old from Los Angeles is currently competing at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL, where she plans to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games show jumping selection trials on […]
Top international dressage rider Guenter Seidel, based in Cardiff, got the ride on a new grand prix horse: Marie Meyers’ Fandango, a 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding. He will be competing over the next few months with an eye toward a slot on the U.S. team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The effort was made […]
We all have friends or students who have “rediscovered” riding in midlife. Well, I’ve ridden all my life, but at 39 decided to return to the discipline I loved as a child growing up in Southern Germany: vaulting. For anyone not familiar with vaulting ― on whom the weight of that decision might be lost […]
Karl Cook and Uno de Laubry provided a climactic end to HITS Thermal’s four-class World Cup Qualifier series on March 3, nabbing the blue ribbon as the fastest of the four-faulters in a contest in which there were no double clears. The 15-effort course for the $53,000 Chartis Grand Prix CSI-W was designed by Marina […]
The University of Southern California Equestrian Team finished the first half of the school year in first place for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s Zone 8, Region 2. “We had such a great year. The last four shows we’ve been the high-point champions,” Coach Karen Perlow said. The timing couldn’t be better. The team has […]
Great weather and prime courses once again made the Galway Downs Winter Horse Trials in Temecula the ideal way for event riders to get in the groove for busy spring and summer seasons. “As usual, it’s the best way to start off the year,” Gina Economu of L.A.’s Pepperwood Farms said of the Feb. 4-5 […]
Germany topped a field of 10 countries to win the $75,000 FEI Nations Cup presented by G&C Farm at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, finishing on a total of four faults. The event was the highlight of CSIO week at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Ireland finished second with eight […]
The FEI’s first team Eventing series, the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing 2012, will début at Fontainebleau (FRA) on 22-25 March 2012. The brand new six-leg series, which will take place on a trial basis this year, is open to all nations fielding one team composed of 3 or 4 riders at each leg. The FEI […]
The Wildlife Waystation needs help, and show jumper Chris Pratt is the first to come riding in like a white knight, ready to do battle against economic forces that are making it rough for the animal rescue and sanctuary. On Feb. 18, Pratt and his Epic Stables hosted a cocktail party for about 25 friends, […]
