Brian Hafner of Penngrove, CA, claimed the National Young Adult Brentina Cup Dressage Championship at the Festival of Champions in Gladstone, NJ, on June 17. The event marked the 23-year-old’s first National Championship. He closed the deal Sunday riding his own and Rebecca Hafner’s Lombardo LHF to a score of 69.860% in the FEI Young […]
Gerco Schröder hit the GCT jackpot, beating Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Edwina Tops-Alexander in the Grand Prix of Cannes on June 16. The Dutch rider hit the gas early in the jump off on his stallion Eurocommerce London, accelerating to the finish in 34.22, beating Bengtsson (SWE) and Casall La Silla and Tops-Alexander (AUS) and Cevo […]
Today’s USEF ranked list for the U.S. Olympic reveals who got their tickets punched for London 2012: Rich Fellers, Beezie Madden, Reed Kessler, McLain Ward and Charlie Jayne are poised to ship out as the U.S. Show Jumping Team. Sitting at No.’s 4 Ward and Antares F have Jayne and Chill RZ breathing down their […]
Rich Fellers and Flexible aced their fourth and last Olympic observation event of 2012, winning in the $200,000 CN Grand Prix CSI-W at Spruce Meadows in Calgary on Saturday, June 16. The pair topped a field of 36 including 11 U.S. Olympic long list contenders. Kent Farrington and Uceko placed second, Reed Kessler and Mika […]
Owner Cherry Knoll Farm and rider Todd Flettrich made the decision to withdraw Otto from the selection process and no longer wish to have him considered for the team. As a result, Heather Blitz and Paragon move up into Flettrich’s sixth place slot. The updated ranked order of eligible combinations is as follows: 1/3. […]
With the USEF Dressage Festival of Champions Grand Prix tests concluding today in Gladstone, N.J., it appears the four combinations that will travel to London to compete for the U.S. at the 2012 Olympics are: Steffen Peters/Ravel, Tina Konyot/Calecto V, Jan Ebeling and Rafalca and Adrienne Lyle/Wizard. Legolas 92, with whom Peters won the National […]
The Press Club of Long Island presented equestrian journalist Diana De Rosa with its prestigious Phil Spahn Award at the group’s annual awards dinner. The Phil Spahn award is presented to a PCLI member who has demonstrated outstanding service to journalism, PCLI or to the community. For the past three years De Rosa has been […]
The North American Junior and Young Rider Championship Zone 10 team finals took place at the Blenheim June Classic I, June 6-10 at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano. Both Junior and Young Riders rode towards a cumulative high point standing over the course of the week. By Sunday, the top […]
After winning hearts in London and New York (where it also won five 2011 Tony Awards, including Best Play), “War Horse” is coming to Southern California. The play begins performances at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on June 14 and has its official opening on June 29, running through July 29, at which point […]
With six USEF National Dressage Championships and selection for U.S. Dressage Team for the 2012 Olympic Games on the line, the 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions will be a nail-biter this year. Running the two weeks from June 8-10 and June 14-17, ponies to grand prix contenders will be vying for national titles at […]
