As the first to go clear in the $134,000 Grand Prix de Penn National Saturday night at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS), Beezie Madden set a scorching time to beat. Her sharp turns and speedy footwork aboard Abigail Wexner’s Coach posted a time of 34.93 seconds, and onlookers wondered how it might be matched. […]
It was another marquee win in Tryon for McLain Ward (USA) with Noche de Ronda after racing to win the $384,000 Gary Sinise Foundation Grand Prix CSI 5* at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) at Tryon Resort, halting the jump-off timers in 32.837 seconds. Eugenio Garza Perez (MEX) piloted Armani SL Z, a 2008 Zangersheide […]
Heading into a five-horse jump-off, Ashlee Bond (ISR) didn’t get to watch the riders ahead of her before entering the ring aboard 8-year-old Donatello. “My mentality these days is just to go do what I feel is right for me and my horse in the moment,” she said. “Tonight, I just felt a little bit […]
International stables shopping at Sale of the Rising Stars More and more international stables have discovered what is for sale at Sale of the Rising Stars. Young, quality showjumping horses, expertly trained, that can soon move on to international level. Earlier auctioned horses are proving themselves world-wide and this new group of auctioned showjumping horses […]
Very rarely do competitors tie in a one-round speed class, but Canada’s Erynn Ballard and Israel’s Sydney Shulman did just that in the $36,000 Keystone Classic Speed Stake Friday night at the 2019 Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS). Both went clear during their rounds and stopped the clock at an unbeatable 52.59 seconds. Riding ninth […]
Jos Verlooy (BEL) and Igor won the $132,000 Horseware Ireland Welcome Stake CSI 5* at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) at Tryon Resort, stopping the short-course timers in 36.997 seconds. Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Babalou 41, Jack Snyder’s 2005 Oldenburg mare (Balou du Rouet x Silvio I), received second after their 37.217 second jump-off performance, […]
Testament to the perennial attraction of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ series, World No. 1, Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat, has signed up for the opening leg of the new Western European League qualifying season which kicks off in Oslo, Norway this weekend. The man who has topped the Longines world rankings since the beginning of […]
Many top jumper riders were first seen in the New Holland Arena at this year’s Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS) Wednesday night competing for a total of $25,000 in the 1.40m Speed Challenge and the 1.45m Dash for the Cash. A preview of what’s still to come in classes such as Thursday’s $60,000 Pennsylvania Big […]
Omaha’s own Brooke Cudmore won the $100,000 InIt2WinIt Speed Jumping Series qualifier, riding Igor, at the American Royal in Kansas City, MO. A clear round in a time of 61.999 seconds on the Phil Devita designed course secured the win for the pair, who also won the event in 2018. Cudmore, who has been a […]
Jordan Coyle (North Salem, NY) and Elan Farm’s Essenar Crixus came out on top in Sunday’s $30,000 American Standard Grand Prix at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) at Tryon Resort, stopping the jump-off timers at 36.89 seconds. Kristen VanderVeen (Wellington, FL) piloted Bull Run’s Almighty, the Bull Run Jumpers Six LLC-owned 2008 Hanoverian gelding (Caspar […]
