Lexington, KY – October 31, 2012 – The 2012 Alltech National Horse Show, 129th Edition, greeted the Open Jumper riders with an inviting $50,000 Triumph Project Welcome Stake, sponsored by The Davis McCullough Foundation, for their first day of competition. Speed was the name of the game and Belgium’s Nicola Philippaerts was right on point with his new mount Cortez. The pair blazed around the track in a clear time of 61.370, which would prove unbeatable for the win. McLain Ward was close on his heels aboard Pjotter Van De Zonnehoeve, while a fault-free round while Palm Sunday helped Aaron Vale round out the top three.
Richard Jeffery of Bournemouth, England, presented riders with a technical speed track that 35 entries tackled. It opened with a bending line from the in gate and also included an oxer-vertical and a vertical-oxer double combination. The first combination, a wide oxer by the gate, and a slick turn to one of the final fences, proved to be the most challenging areas. Ten riders managed to cross the finish line with all the rails in their cups.
Lexington, Kentucky – October 31, 2012 – The live webcast of the Alltech National Horse Show, temporarily knocked off the air because of storm related power outages earlier in the day, is back up and running.
Lexington, Kentucky – October 31, 2012 – The live webcast of the Alltech National Horse Show has been temporarily knocked off the air because of storm related power outages at the home base of LiveStream, the company that feeds the live webcast to the internet.
October 23rd, 2012 – Equus Events is excited to announce that its Atlanta Spring Challenge Horse Show has been selected as the 2012 United States Hunter Jumper Association Member’s Choice Award AA-rated winning horse show in Zone 4. The show was held May 16-20, 2012 at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, GA and is produced by Equus Events and manager J. P. Godard from Aiken, SC. “Many thanks to all of our loyal sponsors, exhibitors, and staff for making this award a reality,” said Godard. “I feel our goals as a horse show are much in tune with this award as we try offer unique exhibitor friendly horse shows that strive to excel in a high level of quality, competition, and hospitality.” The Atlanta Spring Challenge Horse Show is 1 of only 10 other AA-rated shows in the country that will receive this prestigious honor for the 2012 season and was chosen out of an impressive group of events in Zone 4 including some of the country’s largest and most well-known winter circuits on the East Coast.