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USEF’s first ranked Olympic Show Jumping Long List

Flexible, a fiery chestnut stallion with a distinctive white blaze, propels rider Rich Fellers over an oxer at St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Following the conclusion of the USEF Olympic Selection Trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team, the United States Equestrian Federation  has released the following ranked athlete/horse combinations to the USEF Long List for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games. In addition to the 20 who made it through all four rounds […]

Engle, Kessler Top Olympic Trial

Mane flying, Margie Engle pilots the great gray Indigo over a jump.

Reed Kessler and Margie Engle ended the first leg of the 2012 Olympic trials in a tie. Each had one rail on the final day of jumping and finished the four-round contest with 12 points. They decided to forgo a jump off, sparing their horses after an arduous week of competition, splitting the winner’s share […]

Fellers, Engle, Kessler Triple Play

Rich Fellers in a red jacket and his horse Flexible clear a huge white oxer.

Day two of the USEF selection trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games concluded with a three-way tie at the top of the standings: Margie Engle, Rich Fellers and Reed Kessler share the No. 1 spot, each carrying eight points heading into Saturday’s fourth and final round. Insofar as today’s […]

8 Clear Day 1 of Olympic Trials

Reed Kessler and Cylana clear a vertical jump.

Wellington, FL – There were eight clear rounds on Day 1 of the USEF Selection Trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympics. The four-round competition is  formally known as the 2012 USEF National Show Jumping Championships and concludes Saturday. It takes place at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, during Week […]

Michaels-Beerbaum and Cantano win at WEF

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Cantano soar over a jump.

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum notched her first major victory aboard her new grand prix horse, Cantano, taking the blue in the $32,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic, March 17 at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Palm Beach, FL. Michaels-Beerbaum―who was born and raised in Los Angeles and now rides for Germany―got the ride aboard the 12-year-old Holsteiner […]

Offel a Ukrainian Surprise!

Ukrainian rider Katharina Offel hoists her trophy above her head.

The dark horse rode to victory at the $263,380 Grand Prix Hermès Sunday, March 18, at the Grand Palais in Paris, with 35-year-old Ukrainian rider Katharina Offel beating such top competitors as Germany’s Christian Ahlmann, who came in second, Ireland’s Bill Twomey (third), Germany’s Ludger Beerbaum (fourth) and Gerco Schroeder of the Netherlands (fifth). “This […]

USEF releases list of Olympic jumping contenders

Saer Coulter and her bay horse clear a red vetical jump.

The United States Equestrian Federation has released the list of riders that submitted applications for the U.S. show jumping team for the 2012 London Olympics. Included on the list are West Coast riders Cara Anthony, Karl Cook, Saer Coulter, Lucy Davis, Rich Fellers, Duncan McFarlane and Will Simpson. (Ashlee Bond and Kirsten Coe recently relocated […]

Springtime in Paris

Orange-tinged graphic of a horse jumping against the backrop of the Grand Palais' ornate roof.

The Saut Hermès is a horse show of palatial proportions. Taking place in the heart of Paris March 16-18, the third edition of the event brings together 58 riders from 15 European nations, competing in nine classes up to CSI5* under the beautiful glass-domed roof of the Grand Palais. The legendary Hermès fashion house was […]

Catapulting to the Top

Piebald horse leaping over a jump.

Here’s something you don’t see every day. French trainer Michel Robert won the Prix GL on a piebald mare, Catapulte. The class took place March 17 at Saut Hermes, a CSI5* jumping event, March 16-18 at the au Grand Palais, Paris. A 9-year-old Belgian Sport Horse, Robert has been bringing her along for five years. […]

Pratt Luxury Cruise at HITS

Chris Pratt and his bay horse Cruise sail over a yellow oxer jump.

Chris Pratt cruised into the winners circle, taking the blue in the HITS $200,000 Lamborghini Grand Prix March 11, and, two days earlier the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, riding Indigo Farms, LLC’s Cruise. It was a spectacular end to the 2012 HITS Desert Circuit for the Canadian jumper, who collected a $60,000 check for his […]

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