Category archives for: Jumpers

Joint Jumpin’ for Flintridge

Foursome and baby under the oaks at the Flintridge Riding Club.

The 91st Annual Flintridge Horse Show ― the first organized by Dale Harvey and his Palms West ― is an unqualified success even before the first hoof hits the arena tomorrow. The stabling sold out and a wait list was started weeks in advance of the event, which runs through Sunday. A cocktail party hosted […]

Fellers Pours It On at World Cup

Rich Fellers and Flexible on course and in close-up.

Rich Fellers and Flexible are the new Rolex FEI Jumping World Cup champions―the culmination of a story 13 years in the making. In 1999 Flexible’s sire, Cruising, came in second to Rodrigo Pessoa’s legendary Baloubet de Rouet at the World Cup Finals in Gothenberg, Sweden. In 2008, Fellers and Flexible finished second to Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum […]

Fellers and Flexi World Cup Champions

Rich Fellers and Flexible soar over the Rolex oxer at the World Cup Finals.

The USA’s Rich Fellers and Flexible claim the Rolex FEI World Cup of Show Jumping in a nail-biting jump-off with Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat and Nino Des Buissonnets that saw the team from Sherwood, OR, win by nearly a full second. Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer and Carlina came in third, with a rail and one time fault […]

Schwizer Leads WC Jumpers

Pius Schwizer clears a jump on Carlina

U.S. rider Rich Fellers and the stallion Flexible advance to Sunday’s decisive Rolex FEI World Cup Final day three enviably positioned in a tie for second place in the overall standings. Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer starts Sunday’s final rounds in first place with a total of zero faults. His countryman Steve Guerdat is tied with Fellers, […]

Fellers King of the ‘World’

Rich Fellers and Flexible

U.S. rider Rich Fellers and his superstar mount Flexible topped the competition on day one of the 2012 Rolex FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final, April 19 at the Indoor Brabant, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. The 16-year-old Irish Sporthorse stallion has the distinction of being the oldest horse in the competition, and observers marveled that he […]

Parker Doubles Fun at Blenheim

Michelle Parker and her gray mare soar over a jump.

  Coming off a spectacular victory in the $10,000 Jumper Classic, Michelle Parker again swept the competition in the $40,000 Blenheim Spring Classic Grand Prix, presented by Summit General Insurance on April 7. With the stands filled, spring in the air and the sun shining, all eyes were on Parker as she guided her fearless […]

Tops-Alexander Tops in Doha

Edwina Tops-Alexander soaring on her red horse.

Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander and her show jumping superstar Cevo Itot du Chateau did not disappoint in the opening leg of the 2012 Global Champions Tour, winning the $600,000 Grand Prix of Qatar in Doha on April 7. After two initial rounds, the reigning 2011 GCT champion bested rivals in a high-powered jump-off of seven. Tops-Alexander […]

Stewart and Bristol nab Blenheim Blue

Rusty Stewart and his blood bay Bristol clear a jump.

Rusty Stewart and Bristol won the first major contest of the 2012 Blenheim EquiSports show season, taking blue in the $40,000 Royal Champion Grand Prix on Sunday, April 1. Stewart and his home-bred horse, owned by Grey Fox Farm, mastered the Leopoldo Palacios track, besting the field of 21. He was one of six horse […]

USEF sets YR Euro Tour

The USEF has named the following athletes to the 2012 Show Jumping European Young Rider  and Junior Rider Tour. Two west coast riders-Annie Laurie Cook (Woodside, CA) and Navona Gallegos (Santa Fe, NM)-made the cut to compete  at the following prestigious shows: CSIOYJ Bonheiden (BEL): May 17-20 CSIOYJ Reims (FRA): May 31-June 3 CSIOYJ Hagen […]

Kessler, 17, Wows Jumper Crowd

Reed Kessler and Cylana jump a bright green oxer built on a "house" motif.

  Seventeen-year-old Reed Kessler is the youngest rider to make a play for the Olympic gold ring, and she got there on a horse that competed in her first grand prix only weeks before the trials. Not only did Kessler and her mare, Cylana, make the cut for try-outs, they were No. 1 on the […]

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