Pepperdine University is reigniting its equestrian program and has named as coach Erin Rorabaugh of Fairview Farms. The team is expected to be competing in Intercollegiate Horse Show Assn. events by October. It will be based at Rorabaugh’s Pegasus Equestrian Center in Agoura, just minutes from Pepperdine, off Kanan Dume Road. It becomes one of […]
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 […]
After winning the Warsteiner Prize on July 13 – beating top international competition including her brother-in-law Ludger Beerbaum on Chaman and Laura Kraut on Teirra – Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum announced the retirement of the incomparable Shutterfly, now 18 and notching his 10th competition at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO at Aachen, Germany. “The victory in the […]
Ukraine and Japan will both be represented in the Olympic Jumping events at London 2012, following their success at the Olympic qualification event held July 10 on opening day of the CHIO in Aachen, Germany. Ukraine secured a team slot and Japan one individual place during Sunday’s qualifier for Olympic Groups C – Central and […]
The Blenheim EquiSports June Classic series got off to a high-flying start, with Lane Clarke and Granville’s Casseur de Prix soaring to victory in the $30,000 Blenheim Classic Grand Prix presented by the Orange County Register. That was on June 12. The following three grand prix proved a trifecta for international riders visiting from Mexico, […]
RESULTS $30,000 Red, White & Blue Grand Prix (7/2/11) 1. Charro – Salvador Onate (Salvador Onate) 0/0/38.774 2. Callao – Antonio Maurer (Francisco del Rio) 0/0/39.012 3. Avargo – Tina DiLandri (Highpoint Farm LLC) 0/0/40.220 4. As Hyo Hugo – Antonio Maurer (Francisco del Rio) 0/0/40.575 5. Cantano – Susan Hutchison (El Dorado 29) 0/4/35.972 […]
The United States Equestrian Federation’s selection process for Zone 10’s Adequan FEI North American Young Rider and Junior Rider Championship show jumping teams concluded at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano last month. The two teams will represent California and Nevada at the only Fédération Équestre Internationale championship held annually on […]
How fitting that John French took off for the Riviera immediately after the Hunter Challenge at Blenheim Equisports. He had a lot to celebrate ― having won first and second place at the June 12 event! Thirty horse and rider combinations took to the expansive grass field at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in […]
We had to know! What’s the deal with Lane Clarke’s helmet? The 25-year-old Australian was the picture of style when The Equestrian News photographer Michael J. Marten captured him winning the Blenheim June Classic Grand Prix in his custom Antarès Sellier head gear. “The neat thing about Antarès helmets is they’re completely customizable,” Clarke said. […]
Skill, scope and agility are three very important components that mark the world’s best show jumping combinations. It took all of this and more to win the $350,000 Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Monaco, where Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson prevailed as the only one of 48 starters to jump two no-fault rounds. Riding the stallion […]
