RED BLUFF, Calif. – Crazy Eights is the name of a popular card game, but it also described J.R. Vezain’s wildly-successful weekend.
Month: April 2013
Sparkling line-up of Jumping super-stars for Rolex Final
By Louise Parkes
With just days to go to the opening of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2012/2013 Final at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden, there is already a sizzle of excitement. This most treasured series will end its 35th season in the place where it all began when Austria’s Hugo Simon was crowned the very first champion back in 1979 on Gladstone. And this year’s Final line-up is a spectacular one, including London 2012 individual Olympic gold medalist Steve Guerdat from Switzerland amongst a host of other stars.
Sparkling line-up of Jumping super-stars for Rolex Final
By Louise Parkes
With just days to go to the opening of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2012/2013 Final at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden, there is already a sizzle of excitement. This most treasured series will end its 35th season in the place where it all began when Austria’s Hugo Simon was crowned the very first champion back in 1979 on Gladstone. And this year’s Final line-up is a spectacular one, including London 2012 individual Olympic gold medalist Steve Guerdat from Switzerland amongst a host of other stars.
With just five days until the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event , don’t miss your chance to take a sneak peek at who is preparing for the trip. Read more about your favorite horse and rider in this Featured Riders installment! Be sure to check our website to see if your favorite horse and rider have entered the 2013 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event!
Brewster, NY – April 18, 2013 – Phelps Media Group, Inc. International is pleased to welcome Pegasus Therapeutic Riding to its client roster, leading up to the 32nd Annual Pegasus Horse Show held Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, 2013.
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USEF Weekend Preview
Major equestrian competitions attended by U.S. athletes, both domestic and overseas, are listed in this weekly preview. Please look below to find competition listings by discipline* and breed. We hope you will follow the competitions that most interest you, but check Equestrian Weekly on Monday for a report of any top finishes by U.S. Equestrians.
Wellington, FL – Ten teams of international dressage riders met on Friday for a chance to win the Wellington Nations Cup CDIO3* presented by Stillpoint Farm, America’s only CDIO3*. And though there was plenty of good competition, Team U.S.A I (the U.S. was represented by two teams) was clearly the day’s best.
Lance Kramer Tops in Judges’ Voting; Miguel Mouchess Tabbed in Fan Favorite Category
Arcadia, CA, April 15 — A pair of $10,000 first prize winners were announced Sunday at Santa Anita in HRTV and Santa Anita’s second annual “A Day at the Races” Film Festival, a competition that required film makers to produce short subject films of under five minutes that were created solely at Santa Anita.
ARCADIA, Calif. (April 14, 2013)—Sister Kate, a California-bred 5-year-old full sister to 2006 Santa Anita Derby winner Brother Derek, pressed the pace in Sunday’s $70,000 Santa Lucia and overhauled Candrea and David Flores late to win by three quarters of a length under Corey Nakatani, getting 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.22.
Wellington, FL – Cesar Parra (Whitehouse Station, NJ) clinched second-place Individual
honors today at the Wellington Nations Cup CDIO3* presented by Stillpoint Farm riding Michael and Sarah Davis’ Van the Man. The combination scored 74.375% in Friday’s FEI