Palace Malice won the 145th Belmont Stakes on June 9. Preakness winner Oxbow finished second, and Kentucky Derby champ Orb third. Ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, Palace Malice was leading for most of the race, then exploded in the homestretch to win by 3 ¼ lengths in a time of 2:30.70. The […]
Advance tickets for the 2014 Alltech World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, go on sale today. Purchasers of package deals can reserve tickets and plan ahead for the Aug. 25-Sept. 6 event through one of the following official agencies: Equestrian Tours – USA Groupe Voyage Québec – Canada Equitours – Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway Oxer […]
Team Orb has declared “game on!” The Kentucky Derby winner will take on Preakness winner Oxbow in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Orb trainer Shug McGaughey said barring any unforeseen setbacks. Following a lackluster performance that led to a fourth place finish in the Preakness, McGaughey had said he would ship the colt to Belmont […]
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named Tiana Coudray, Buck Davidson, Will Faudree and Clark Montogomery to represent the U.S. at the the Aachen CICO3* as part of the Land Rover Eventing Team. This marks the first time the United States has fielded an eventing team to compete at the prestigious German competition, taking […]
Up-and-coming Los Angeles riders have the opportunity of a lifetime courtesy of the United States Hunter Jumper Association — a clinic with Joe Fargis. Fargis, who won the Individual Gold Medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles for his ride aboard Touch of Class, returns to the city of angels Aug. 1-4 (details below). […]
Susan Artes won, and the course came in second. That was the verdict out of LEG’s $30,000 Memorial Day Classic Grand Prix Monday afternoon. A single round contest over Danny Foster’s extremely curvy, yet articulate course resulted in a single fault-free round, for Artes and Zamiro, hence no jump-off. The event drew a packed audience […]
Christine McCrea finished week one at HITS Saugerties with two grand prix wins on Avenir, including the $50,000 EMO Grand Prix yesterday. “I think I have found my new favorite course designer,” she joked after the class. Marina Azevedo of Campinas, Brazil set the courses in the Strongid C 2X Grand Prix Stadium at the […]
Christine McCrea and Avenir nabbed the first high-performance blue of the 2013 HITS on the Hudson season, winning the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix presented by Zoetis on Saturday, March 25 in Saugerties, NY. McCrea of East Windsor, CT, rode a 13-year-old Belgium Warmblood gelding owned by Candy Tribble & Windsor Show Stables, Inc. The pair […]
It was a triumphant return to the show ring for Ashlee Bond and Cadett 7 with victory in the LEG Memorial Day Classic Horse Show Welcome Stake yesterday. The $5,000 open 1.40m class took place on the grass at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. Bond also placed fourth on the young mare Wistful and seventh […]
The USEF has named its teams and riders for the Nations Cup competition at the CSIO5*s at the Spruce Meadows Continental and in Rotterdam. The United States Equestrian Federation was invited to send two teams to the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows, June 13-16, in Calgary, Canada. For the CSIO5* Rotterdam the U.S. will be represented by […]
