Video of Taylor Flury and IJF graduate Role Model (Roc USA x Flying Pidgeon xx, bred by Nancy Whitehead) winning the 6YO YJC Qualifier [...]
 Duncan McFarlane and Mr. Whoopy (Contendro x Watzmann) get some serious air in Saturday night's $53,000 HITS Grand Prix CSI2*W, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California. © Flying Horse Photography. THERMAL, CA (February 13, 2012) – In Saturday’s $53,000 HITS Grand Prix CSI2*-W, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, New Zealand’s own Duncan McFarlane worked his magic aboard Simon Coxe’s Mr. Whoopy and posted the only double-clear effort in the class to capture their first Grand Prix victory of the season together. This dynamic duo has a history together, and a rich one at that! The pair cleaned up last September with a second-place finish at the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York and went home with a handsome check for $200,000. So it’s no surprise to see them back at it with their sights squarely set on making a return trip to Saugerties for this year’s Pfizer Million. In Saturday night’s feature class at the HITS Desert Circuit, McFarlane and Mr. Whoopy, who has a habit of being a rather rambunctious partner, met the challenge of Course Designer Florencio Hernandez’s 1.60 meter World Cup course. Continue reading Duncan McFarlane works out a win aboard YJC Graduate Mr. Whoopy at HITS Thermal Wellington, FL – February 3, 2012 – Venezuela’s Andres Rodriguez had a great morning at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on Friday, earning the top two prizes in the $1,500 Adequan Seven-Year-Old Young Jumper Qualifier.  Andres Rodriguez and Aberdeen (Heartbreaker x Indorado). ©sportfot.com. Week four of the FTI WEF runs February 1-5, and is sponsored by Adequan. The Budweiser Clydesdales will be making two appearances at the FTI WEF this week. The first will be before the $80,000 Adequan Grand Prix, CSI 2* on Saturday, February 4, and again on Sunday, February 5 before the Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic. The 2012 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival has 12 weeks of competition that conclude on April 1, 2012, and they will be awarding more than $6 million in prize money through the circuit. Showing over a course set by Guilherme Jorge of Brazil, Andres Rodriguez jumped his horses Aberdeen and Fifty-Fifty to first and second place in the class of 35 entries. Ten went clear over the first round course to jump-off, and Rodriguez captured the two fastest times out of six double clear rounds.  Rich Fellers races through the course aboard YJC Graduate Colgan Cruise (Cruising x Clover Hill) in Friday's $32,000 Desert Classic, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California. © Flying Horse Photography. THERMAL, CA (February 3, 2012) – Grand Prix action got underway at Desert Circuit II yesterday as West Coast veteran Rich Fellers piloted Chapman & Fellers’ Colgan Cruise to a win in the first of the circuit’s FEI classes, the $32,000 HITS Desert Classic, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. This week’s Desert Classic was the first of four $32,000 kick-off classes for High-Performance riders. Course Designer Bernardo Cabral of Lisbon, Portugal posed a 12-effort course to 22 horse-and-rider pairs that saw nine move on to the second round. Fellers and Colgan Cruise were one of nine to advance and one of only two to go double clear. “It was a nice technical course and just right for the first FEI Grand Prix,” commented Fellers.  Jonathan Millar and Cantero Z (Cumano x Primo des Bruyeres) on course in the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. ©ESI Photography As pre-circuit competition came to a close, Jonathan Millar of Ontario, Canada, found success in the weekend’s featured Grand Prix class after he placed first and second in the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. Millar claimed the blue ribbon aboard Iron Horse Farm’s Cantero Z and then added a second-place finish aboard Contino 14, owned by Millar Brooke Farm, LTD. Course designer Doug Russell of Ocala, FL set a first-round track that produced five clear rounds for the jump-off. Advancing to the jump-off along with Millar and his two horses where Jordan Coyne of New Port Richey, FL aboard her own Lazaro; Patty Stovel of Chester Springs, PA and her own Carigor Z; and Hugh Graham of Ontario, Canada aboard King Ridge Stables’ Distant Star 3E. Continue reading Jonathan Millar Finishes 1-2 in $25,000 HITS Grand Prix THERMAL, CA (January 30, 2012) – Helen McNaught took coming back strong from an injury to a new level when she captured Sunday’s $50,000 EMO Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, aboard Alison Heafey’s Lariccello to cap off a week of action-packed competition at the HITS Desert Circuit in Thermal, California. “I should break my neck more often,” joked McNaught, who just two days before finished second aboard Lariccello in Friday’s $25,000 SmarkPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health,. “This is my first show back after I fell off at home. The doctor told me I could ride again in January and here I am. Who would have thought I would have been back so fast.”  McLain Ward with Oh D'Eole (Kannan x Papillon Rouge) at the 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival. Photo © sportfot.com. Wellington, FL – January 12, 2012 – Olympic gold medalist McLain Ward (USA) was able to beat a field of 39 competitors to take the first round victory in the $30,000 WEF Challenge Cup Series at the 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival. He and Oh d’Eole triumphed in the jump-off over Charlie Jayne (USA) on Chill R Z and Darragh Kerins (IRL) with Hot Wheels. Today’s grand prix marked the start of an exciting show jumping season, where riders will compete over 12 weeks to win bonus money in the $100,000 FTI Consulting Rider Challenge. The first week of the FTI WEF runs through Sunday, January 15, and is sponsored by Surpass. The 2012 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival has 12 weeks of competition that conclude on April 1, 2012, and they will be awarding more than $6 million in prize money through the circuit. The highlight jumper class in week one is the $30,000 Surpass Grand Prix on Saturday, January 14, at 7 p.m. Continue reading Round 1 of WEF Challenge Cup Series Goes to McLain and YJC Graduate Oh d’Eole  Billie Howland Steffee was awarded the Frederick Harris Goff Philanthropic Leadership award by the Cleveland Foundation. Photo by Robert Muller. Buffalo, NY – December 20, 2011 -The Cleveland Foundation honored Billie Howland Steffee at their biannual Frederick Harris Goff & Legacy Societies Leadership recognition event. Steffee was awarded the Frederick Harris Goff Philanthropic Leadership award for her dedication to the community and belief in the power of philanthropy. Steffee’s love of animals is apparent at her home at Craighead Farm of Novelty, Ohio, as well as through her many philanthropic actions. Steffee sponsors and supports many organizations such as the International Jumper Futurity, International Hunter Futurity, USET Foundation, Kentucky Horse Park and Kentucky Horse Park Foundation, the American Gold Cup and the Rider’s Club. In the Chagrin Valley PHA Horse Show, Steffee and Craighead Farm sponsor the Welcome Stake, Sportsmanship Award, Hunter Derby and the Grand Prix. She also is a Chagrin Valley Hunt Club member and on its stables’ Board of Directors. Steffee was a member of the Miss Independent Group sponsoring Laura Kraut and Miss Independent throughout their international career. Continue reading Billie Steffee Receives Frederick Harris Goff Philanthropic Leadership Award  Leslie Howard and Lennox Lewis 2 (Laureatus x Weizenkorn). © ManciniPhotos. Wellington, FL – November 30, 2011 – Leslie Howard and her longtime mount Lennox Lewis 2 took home the first big win of the week at Equestrian Sport Production’s (ESP) 2011 Holiday and Horses competition. The show kicked off on Wednesday at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL, highlighting the exciting $10,000 Wellington Equestrian Realty Open Stake class in the International Arena. Wellington Equestrian Realty has been a great supporter of equestrian sport and will be an official sponsor of the upcoming FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival.
 Charlie Jacobs and Leap of Joy (Lovari x Silbersee) won the Ericsson Grand Prix at the CSIO-W Buenos Aires. Photo By: Haras El Capricho. US Team Places 5th in FEI Nations Cup Buenos Aires, Argentina -November 28, 2011 – The United States Show Jumping Team finished fifth during the FEI Nations Cup at CSIO-W Buenos Aires in Argentina held November 25, 2011 at Haras El Capricho, with 29 faults. The Jumping team included Charlie Jacobs of Buffalo, NY, aboard Leap of Joy, Ali Wolff of New Albany, OH, with Blacklick Bend Farm’s Lanoo, Cara Anthony of Redmond, WA, riding Potcreek Partners, LLC’s YJC Graduate Woodpecker de Vilars, and Cara Raether of Bedford, NY, aboard another YJC graduate, Trelawny Farm’s Lyonell. Jacobs also won three individual classes, including the Ericsson Grand Prix with Leap of Joy and the Nissan International Speed Derby with Flaming Star. Following a strong first round of competition, the United States Show Jumping Team, competing in the FEI Nations Cup at CSIO-W Buenos Aires on Friday, had to settle for a fifth place at the end of the day. Three of the U.S. horse and rider combinations, Jacobs and Leap of Joy, Anthony with Woodpecker de Villars and Raether on Lyonell, all had four faults in round one. The first round drop score was that of Lanoo and Wolff who had two knockdowns. The team total of 12 faults had the US squad sitting seven faults off the lead in third place following the first round of action. Continue reading Charlie Jacobs Wins Ericsson Grand Prix at CSIO-W Buenos Aires |
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