Olympic course designer Linda Allen brings you the complete guide to course building on DVD. Carst VDL (Harley VDL x Calido I) owned by Stephanie Vijan and ridden by Todd Minikus, is the third young jumper to earn a perfect score (0 faults, 90 points) in 2012. The 5YO gelding has won 3 YJC qualifiers during WEF, which guarantees him the top slot for the YJC Eastern League Finals at The [...]
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 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and YJC graduate Cantano (Cascavelle x Acord II). © Sportfot.com Wellington, FL – March 17, 2012 – The $32,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic was held under the lights on Saturday night at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center with a win for Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and YJC Graduate Cantano. (Note: Cantano finished 9th in the 2007 YJC Western League Finals with Susie Hutchison). Twenty-six entries showed over a challenging course set by Michel Vaillancourt of Aiken, SC, and the pair completed the only clear round for the win. With just one faultless round, no jump-off was necessary. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Cantano were the winners, and nine four-fault entries ranked in order of their times to follow.  Francie Steinwedell-Carvin riding Taunus (Koriander x Exkurs xx) at the CSI2*-W Thermal in California (USA). Photo: Flying Horse Photography / ROLEX. The Rolex One to Watch for March 2012 is awarded to Francie Steinwedell-Carvin (USA). Based at Meadow Grove Farm in California, the 51-year-old jumped from 338th to 231st during February – a move up the Rolex Rankings of 107 places. In recent years, Steinwedell-Carvin has enjoyed successes at a variety of high calibre competitions, taking part in numerous Grands Prix and FEI World Cup events with her many talented mounts, including YJC Graduates Splitfire (Hinault x Elberton), Twistar (Starman x Good Twist xx, bred in USA by Carlene Blunt) and Toldine (Baloubet du Rouet x Nimmerdor). 2011 was a successful year for the American rider, who finished third at the CSI2*-W in Burbank (USA) with the 12-year-old gelding, Taunus, in September, before going on to claim victory at the CSI2*-W in Las Vegas (USA) two months later with the same horse. Continue reading Francie Steinwedell-Carvin Named The “Rolex One to Watch” for March 2012 Chaman competed in the Young Jumper Championship series on both coasts: in 2005 (Federico Fernandez & Antonio Maurer) and 2006 [...] Ultima V (Calato x Langata Express xx) owned by Wild Turkey Farm on course in the 7/8YO class at Desert Circuit. IJF Graduate WT Levioso (Lavita x Caligula) also [...]  Richard Spooner and YJC Graduate Cristallo (Caretino x Cicero) stretch over the final oxer in the jump-off of the $100,000 Fidelity Investments CSI 3* Grand Prix. © Sportfot.com Wellington, FL – February 25, 2012 – California’s Richard Spooner and Show Jumping Syndications International’s 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding Cristallo (Caretino x Cicero) galloped to victory in Saturday night’s $100,000 Fidelity Investments 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. |
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