Wellington, FL – February 23, 2012 – Jason Canton and his four-year-old Oldenburg stallion, Supremat OLD, once again achieved the highest score at the Global Dressage Festival National 1 Horse Show on Thursday. This time they received a 75.417% in the USEF Training Level, Test 1 – Open class. On Wednesday the pair scored 80.714% in the USEF Training Level, Test 2 – Open class.
Kimberly Herslow was a close second for high score on Thursday with 74.872% in the USEF Third Level Test 3 – Open class riding Rosmarin. Alix Szepesi and William improved on their Wednesday score of 70.517% in the USEF First Level Test 1 – Open class to finish with 71.724% on Thursday.
Wellington, FL – February 22, 2012 – Great Britain’s Ben Maher finished first and second in today’s $32,000 G&C Farm 1.45m Classic aboard his horses Tackeray and Quiet Easy 4, both owned by Mrs. Emma Phillips. Held as a Rolex FEI world ranking competition, the class was the feature event on Wednesday as the seventh week of the 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) got underway.
Sponsored by Fidelity Investments, week seven will host the $100,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix CSI 3* on Saturday, February 25, at 7 p.m. Other highlights include the $15,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix on Friday, February 24, at 7 p.m. and the $32,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic on Sunday, February 26, at 1 p.m.
Wellington, FL – February 22, 2012 – Jason Canton, 45, scored an amazing 80.714% on Supremat OLD at the Global Dressage Festival National 1 Horse Show on Wednesday. Canton achieved this high score in the USEF Training Level Test 2 – Open with only a week’s preparation in Florida.
“I just got him out of quarantine last week,” said Canton of his stallion. “We bought him at the auction in Vechta, Germany. I was very pleased with him today; it was a good ride.”
Supremat is an Oldenburg (Sandro Hit x Feingau x Rubenstein) and is only four years old. His credentials include a second place in the Bundeschampionate in the Three-year-old Riding Stallions class. He was also Reserve State Champion of the Three-Year-Old Stallions at the Oldenburg State Championships in Rastede, Germany. Canton is on the move again with his new charge to the Lone Star State.
Lexington, KY – Tasked with protecting the welfare of equine athletes and ensuring the balance of competition, the USEF Equine Drugs and Medications Program consistently monitors new products and product claims. From time to time products appear on the equine supplement market making claims of their effects on the performance of horses in competition.
Recently, reports of the use of a product called “Carolina Gold” have been brought to the USEF Equine Drugs and Medications Program. One of the principal constituents of this product is gama aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter.
While initially not considered a forbidden substance, the use of GABA as a “calming supplement” does violate the spirit and intent of the Equine Drugs and Medications Rule. During recent research and administration trials involving “Carolina Gold,” many adverse reactions were documented. The nature of these reactions has prompted immediate action from the USEF Equine Drugs and Medications Program.
Wellington, FL – February 22, 2012 – Kimberly Herslow of Stockton, NJ, and Rosmarin had the highest score on Tuesday, February 21, in the Global Dressage Festival 1 National Horse Show. Herslow and her Hanoverian gelding, owned in partnership with Robert and Lisa Fritschy, scored 72.561% in the Third Level Test 2 – Open class. Herslow feels that the best is yet to come for her horse that is turning seven years old this year.
“I am sure that he will be going to the Grand Prix level,” said Herslow. “He is a very special horse with lots of potential.”
Kim found “Reno”, as he is affectionately called, in Germany as a three-year-old and she has been training him ever since at her Upper Creek Farm in Stockton, NJ.
Aiken, SC – February 22, 2012 – For the second year in a row, the ‘Salute to Driving’ weekend benefit hosted a beautiful Dinner & Live Auction on Saturday, February 18, 2012, for the benefit of the United States Equestrian Team Foundation to help support the USEF High Performance Combined Driving. The successful evening was held at Wendy O’Brien’s beautiful Trout Walk Farm in Aiken, SC. The event was held to help raise funds for the USET Foundation that will be dedicated to helping train the best drivers and equines to represent the USA in World Driving Championships with the goal to bring home Team and Individual Medals.
The dinner began at 6:30 pm, and during the evening’s Live Auction, attendees bid on auction items which included lessons with top driver Michael Freund in Florida, lessons with Chester Weber during the Live Oak Driving Event 2012, a dinner for six presented by Jack Wetzel at his newly restored 1780s log cabin in Aiken, a week-long vacation in a four bedroom Victorian home on Block Island in Rhode Island, a Picnic Supper for 20 people at Wendy O’Brien’s Trout Walk Farm hosted by the Bronze medal winning team from the Pony World Driving Championships, and a Ride on a Coach with the Four-in-Hand Club with lunch in the Audubon Nature Preserve. In addition to the live auction, a silent auction featuring 30 quality items was held throughout the day on Saturday, and came to close following the dinner.
Ocala, FL – February 22, 2012 – The success within the hunter rings continued this week for SBS Farms at the HITS III Ocala Winter Festival. Professional rider Jennifer Alfano guided numerous horses to the top honors this past week, including riding the young Maggie May to the High Pre-Green Hunter Championship.
Maggie May is a six-year-old Bradenberger mare owned by Billie Steffee, who Alfano showed to the championship tricolor in the High Pre-Green Hunter division. The young mare is always improving, and the pair took two blue ribbons over fences and the second place award for their efforts in the under saddle.
“She has been great; I am really excited about her this year. She keeps getting better and better every week, and she is really growing up a lot,” Alfano explained. “It’s really fun to be a part of her coming along, and being able to watch it all unfold.”
Lausanne (SUI), 22 February 2012 – The London 2012 Olympic Games marks 100 years of equestrian sport in the Olympic movement, and FEI President HRH Princess Haya is looking forward to celebrating the centenary at Greenwich Park this summer.
“We are really proud to be celebrating 100 years of Olympic equestrian sport at the London 2012 Games and it’s wonderful that we will be doing that at an iconic venue like Greenwich Park right in the heart of the Games,” FEI President HRH Princess Haya said today.
“Greenwich Park is the second largest venue in London 2012 and tickets for the Cross Country were one of the fastest to sell out. Demand has been so high for our sport that tickets for all the equestrian disciplines were sold out in a matter of weeks, establishing us as one of the most popular sports in the Games.
WHERE: The Jacksonville Equestrian Center, Jacksonville, FL, featuring a large indoor coliseum with 3,000 seats, two outdoor ring and 500 permanent stalls.
FEATURES
Southeast Junior 3′ Medal Finals
Southeast Adult 3′ Medal Finals
ASPCA Maclay Regionals
Region Three Maclay Equitation Classic
Florida Equitation Classic
Zone 4 USEF Pessoa National Hunt Seat Medal Finals
Lexington, KY – The following riders have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. in America’s only Nations Cup which will be held in Wellington, FL on March 2, as part of CSIO Wellington. The Palm Beach International Equestrian Club’s International Arena will host some of the best horses and riders from across the globe as they vie for top honors in the $75,000 FEI Nations Cup presented by G&C Farm.
The United States will be represented by the following four riders who have each been entered on two horses:
Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, NY) on Abigail Wexner’s Cortes ‘C’ and Simon
Cortes ‘C’ is a 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding
Simon is a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding