The Government Accountability Office (GAO) in June issued a report on the economic of horse welfare that is generating controversy among predictably partisan lines: organizations supported by breeders, veterinarians and other commercial interests have endorsed the 69-page study, Horse Welfare: Action Needed to Address Unintended Consequences from Cessation of Domestic Slaughter; animal welfare groups are […]
Riding for Australia, Harley Brown and Cassiato earned the blue sash at the $50,000 Grand Prix of Showpark, presented by the Grand Del Mar. The Sept. 3 event was the first World Cup Qualifier on the West Coast, taking place during the Blenheim EquiSports Showpark All Seasons Summer Classic, which ran Aug. 31-Sept. 4. The […]
Ooh Ah, an 18-month-old Thoroughbred cross bred by Santa Ynez-based Leslie Nelson, has been named the 2011 Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Grand Champion. The chestnut filly with the large blaze competed against several dozen horses in Southern California at the Del Mar Horse Park on August 31 to claim the title Best Young […]
Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the Pan American Games. The Pan American Games will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, October 14-30, 2011. Held at the CCI2*, five horses will compete for both team and individual classification, with the best three scores to […]
Morgan Geller and Fabricio were named Grand Champion at the USEF National Junior Hunter Championships-West Coast, which wrapped two days of intense competition Aug. 17 at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano. Geller, a 16-year-old from Manhattan Beach, rode her 11-year-old liver chestnut Czech Warmblood gelding to a cumulative score of […]
It’s been a long time since anyone’s taken the King’s Cup from British soil, but Kent Farrington is bringing it back to the U.S. after a spectacular victory aboard Uceko earned him the title winner of the Longines King George V Gold Cup. The Sunday contest took place at the Royal International Horse Show in […]
Southern fliers from Zone 4 grabbed the gold in both the Junior and Young Rider jumper divisions at the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships in Lexington, Kentucky, Friday. In the YR division, California’s Zone 10 took silver, and Zone 2 – New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania – earned bronze at […]
For the second consecutive year, Canada team took gold for the 2011 SmartPak Reining Team Championships at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships, with the country also sending a bronze medal north of the border. The top-placed score at the July 29 event in Lexington, Kentucky, was 623 for Alberta/Manitoba riders Jessica […]
The USEF short list of eventing riders for the Pan Am Games includes three California riders. The complete list of horse/rider combinations the United States Equestrian Federation has selected for its Short List/Nominated Entry for the 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team to represent the United States at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, […]
Zero faults, 55 seconds: That secured the American rider, McLain Ward, the victory with his 10-year-old Artos son, Rothchild, in the Yageo Prize speed class at the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany, July 17. The 35-year-old McLain Ward, who lives in New York, won team gold at the Olympic Games in 2008. He […]
