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 Devin Ryan and his former IJF Champion Calissandro (Conejo HF x Caracas) posted the only triple clear performance to win the YJC Midwestern League 7/8YO Final. Shawn McMillen photo. Continue reading Calissandro, Hidden Creek Valiant, Comet are YJC Midwest Champions  Rendezvous 22 (Roc USA x Roving Minstrel xx) and Nick Novak topped the 2010 YJC 7/8YO Midwestern League Finals. August 24, 2011 – Georgetown, KY – The YJC Midwestern League Finals of the Young Jumper Championships will return to the Kentucky Horse Park during the Kentucky National Horse Show, September 21-25, 2011. The Championship will showcase top-ranked young jumpers from around the midwest in three age groups: YJC 5-Year-Old Western League Final Click on the link below to view the list of qualified entries for 2011.
Continue reading YJC Announces Qualifying Lists for Midwestern League Finals Gemini (Good Twist x Noble Jay). Photo courtesy of Mary Chapot. In 2012 Chado Farms of Frank and Mary Chapot will be welcoming the first foals from Gemini, the clone of Gem Twist — Olympic Silver Medalist and Best Horse at the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm. Gem Twist was born in 1979. His dam [...]  Peterbilt by Wild Turkey Farm's Lio Calyon, and Guy Thomas at the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games. Stockimageservices.com photo. August 10, 2011 – Georgetown, KY – The Wild Turkey Farm Western League Finals of the Young Jumper Championships will return to Showpark during the Showpark All Seasons Tournament August 31 – September 4, 2011. The Championship will showcase top-ranked young jumpers from around the west coast in three age groups: Wild Turkey Farm 5-Year-Old Western League Final Click on the link below to view the list of qualified entries for 2011. Continue reading YJC Announces Qualifying Lists for Wild Turkey Farm Western League Finals  Devin Ryan and Barbara Rowland's homebred No Worries (d'Accord II x Galoubet A). Zara Kohr Photography. Littlestown, Pa – June 19th, 2011— The 6th Annual PJA Grand Prix was the featured event of the PJA Jumper Classics two day all-jumper show. The change of location to the beautiful and spacious Swan Lake Stables was a huge success and resulted in opening a second ring to accommodate all the entries. Oscar Soberon of Monterey, Mexico set a challenging 17 jumping effort course for the 23 starters which resulted in 5 clean rounds, 2 with time faults and 4 with just 4 faults. First to return was Paige Johnson aboard the Salamander Farms entry “Chiron S” who set a very fast 4 fault effort in 39.552. Next to go was double gold medalist Joe Fargis aboard Sandron’s “Lariat” (another IJF graduate), with a ride that could win the medal finals, Joe went clean in a time of 43.140 to take the lead. Third in the jump off was speed demon Devin Ryan aboard Barbara Rowland’s hombred “No Worries” (D’Accord x Galoubet A ), Devin did not disappoint the crowd, jumping clean in the winning time of 38.781. Continue reading No Worries & Devin Ryan Top a Field of American-breds in PJA Grand Prix  Lane Clarke and Granville's Casseur de Prix (Caretino x Lord) win their first Grand Prix. © Flying Horse Photography. The $30,000 Blenheim Classic Grand Prix presented by the Orange County Register welcomed twenty-nine horse and rider combinations onto the International Field on Sunday afternoon. As expected course designer Linda Allen built a demanding track. At the end of the round one, nine horse and rider teams managed to jump without fault to earn an invitation back for the jump-off. Although many seasoned equestrians were part of the mix, it was 25-year-old Australian Lane Clarke who took home the top prize by delivering the only double clear of the day aboard Granville’s Casseur de Prix. “This is only the fourth grand prix [Granville's Casseur de Prix] and I have done together so to come out with a win this early in our partnership is pretty amazing,” smiled Clarke. As a large group gathered to congratulate him, the young professional said, “It’s great to have everyone in my barn come out and support me, especially on a day like this!” Clarke works with Hayden Show Jumping in Laguna Hills. Although he navigated both the first and second round courses without fault, Clarke still recognized many difficulties posed by Allen’s design. Continue reading Lane Clarke and Granville’s Casseur de Prix Garner First Grand Prix Win  YJC Graduate Lennox Lewis 2 (Laureatus x Weizenkorn) and Leslie Howard deliver a knockout punch in the Nexen Derby at Spruce Meadows. Calgary, AB – June 12, 2011 – 21 riders entered in the Nexen Cup Derby on the final day of the Spruce Meadows National, providing great excitement for the 36,000 fans in attendance. . Even the sun came to play just in time for the start of the competition. Eduardo Menezes (BRA) entered the ring, 8th in the order of go, on his 13 year old gelding, Percynality. Menezes had a 4 fault round, but time caught up and he finished with a total of 5 faults. Fans flocked to the International ring to watch their favourite athletes compete for the $175,000 purse, tackling a complicated course designed by course designer Leopoldo Palacios (VEN), involving 25 obstacles and an allowed time of over 2 minutes. Rail after rail came down for top riders like Michael Whitaker and Eric Lamaze. American Leslie Howard managed to make it through with only 4 faults at a time of 158.420 seconds. Second place finisher Eduardo Menezes (BRA) commented after the competition that he was thrilled to have placed so high, considering it was only his second time in a derby on his 13 year old gelding, Percynality. Continue reading Lennox Lewis, Howard, Deliver Knockout Punch at Spruce Meadows  Nick Skelton (GBR) and Carlo 273 (Contender x Cascavelle) win the Grand Prix St Gallen, Switzerland. St Gallen, Switzerland – June 5, 2011 – Fifty-four year old Nick Skelton won the Grad Prix of St. Gallen with his ten year old Holsteiner gelding Carlo. It was his third Grand Prix victory on Swiss ground. 1993 he was best with Dollar Girl in St. Gallen and 2006 with Arko in the Grand Prix of the CSIO in Lucerne. The CSIO St. Gallen ended successfully for the show jumping riders who have been representing the United States at the first three shows of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup Series. In Sunday’s Longines Grand Prix of Switzerland, Rich Fellers and Flexible defied both the tiny chestnut stallion’s size and the weather, jumping impressively to second place behind Great Britain’s Nick Skelton in a deluge of rain. Christine McCrea rounded out a successful U.S. effort with a fantastic third-place effort on Romantovich Take One. Out of the 36 starters, 10 went forward to the jump-off. Five went clear again so the clock decided the winner. Skelton’s flashy grey Carlo outran Flexible by just over a second, but Fellers and Harry and Mollie Chapman’s Irish Sport Horse stallion’s time of 44.83 proved he was clearly in the right league with his effort in the soaking conditions. Continue reading Skelton Wins the Grand Prix at St. Gallen, Fellers and Mc Crea Close Behind
Nations Cup jumping is never predictable, which is one of the reasons for its continuing popularity more than a century after it all began. But few could have expected that the host country – defending series champion and winners on their home turf in 2010 – would finish second-last, followed only by the newcomers from Denmark. On a difficult day for the Danes, already disadvantaged by the withdrawal of second-line rider Emilie Martinsen after her horse, Caballero, suffered a colic attack, they retired early in the second round. So they go into the next leg in Rome (ITA) in two weeks’ time already trailing on the leaderboard, and with a mountain to climb if they are to survive their debut-season at the elite level of this super-tough sport. Continue reading Irish Clinch Victory in Thrilling Season Opener at La Baule
Wild Turkey Farm's Lio Calyon. Winner of the 2010 USEF South Pacific Award presented to the leading US-based sire of show jumpers. Lio’s progeny are making big impressions: His New Zealand-bred daughter Delphi (Liocalyon x Brilliant Invader xx) has finished in a tie for 6th place in the 2011 Rolex FEI World Cup Final in Leipzig, Germany. Two [...] |
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