The $75,000 FEI Nations Cup presented by CN is one of the highlight events of the year at the 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. This year’s FEI Nations Cup is on Friday, March 5, 2010, at 7 p.m.
Tickets for the event are now available for purchase online at www.equestriansport.com, where there is a “Nations Cup Tix” button on the main page.
Stadium Seating is $25, VIP Box Seats are available for $60, Tiki Hut Tables for 8 are available at $600, and general parking is $20 per carload.
The $75,000 FEI Nation’s Cup presented by CN is a must-see event in which countries compete against each other over two thrilling rounds of show jumping, with fences set at 1.50m high.
Aiken, South Carolina, February 26, 2010 – Bridle Creek Equestrian Development and Phillip and Evie Dutton are pleased to announce the third annual Olympic Gala in Aiken, SC, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 7:30pm. Supported most generously by Bruce Duchossois and Jake Wetzel, the Olympic Gala gives the Aiken Community a chance to come together in support of the U.S. Eventing High Performance programs as a portion of the proceeds will go to the United States Equestrian Team Foundation.
“Partnering with Bridle Creek Equestrian Development,” Evie Dutton explained, “we wanted to put together a fundraiser in Aiken to benefit the USET Foundation and the High Performance riders in their quest for the Olympics and the World Equestrian Games. This is our third year, and we’ve had a lot of fun doing it.”
Duchossois added, “Gatherings like the Aiken Olympic Gala allow everyone to participate. The event is fun and affordable, and it gives young riders the chance to be exposed to world-class riders. The goal has been to get the community to participate and to support the USET Foundation. If each zone or area had events such as this (Olympic Gala) for every discipline, it would certainly aid the USET Foundation in achieving its goal of raising awareness for our high performance equestrians.” Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10373
Caroline Weeden and Croquet were victorious during last year's $15,000 ASG Software Solutions/USHJA International Hunter Derby. Photo By: Lauren Fisher/PMG.
Lexington, KY – February 23, 2010 – Kentucky Spring Horse Shows’ management company, Kentucky Horse Shows LLC, is pleased to announce that the hunter/jumper competition’s prize list is currently available online. The prize list and entry blank are posted on the internet at www.kentuckyhorseshows.com. Entries for the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows close on March 30, 2010.
The Kentucky Spring Horse Show will mark the first week of competition, from May 12-16, 2010, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The first week is scheduled as a World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) recognized hunter competition. An important change to the hunter schedule this year is that all the Junior and Children’s Hunter classes will be held on Saturday and Sunday so as not to interfere with school. Hunter exhibitors will be pleased to find that the OTTO Sport footing system has been installed in the Murphy Ring to match the surfaces in the Stonelea Ring and main hunter schooling area.
The top hunter riders from across the country will gather to compete during the $15,000 Chronicle of the Horse/USHJA International Hunter Derby Presented by Dietrich Insurance. This annual event will be held Saturday, May 15, in the Main Stadium. Each year the derby includes jumps reminiscent of the hunt field, such as a natural post and rail, a stonewall, a coop, an aiken, hedges, logs, banks, and ditches.
The American Quarter Horse Journal, February 24, 2010 – Oklahoma City will host the 2010 Youth World Cup July 3-11, and the American Quarter Horse Association is calling on volunteers – two-legged and four-legged – to make the event a success.
What began as a competition between Australian and U.S. youths more than two decades ago has evolved to include kids from a number of countries – 17 countries are expected for the 2010 Youth World Cup.
Each Youth World Cup team consists of five American Quarter Horse Youth Association members plus a coach. The youth take part in eight days of educational seminars, riding and showmanship clinics, leadership training and competition. Alternate members of the teams attend the educational and leadership seminars. Each team draws a pool of six volunteered horses to use throughout the two-day competition. Each horse is ridden at least once in each class. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10364
Christopher Payne and Gracious, owned by Maggie Little, returned to the winner’s circle during the fifth week of the 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, once again winning the Baby Green Hunter Championship. (Photo courtesy of Randi Muster Photography)
Wellington, FL (February 25, 2010) – Trainer Christopher Payne and Gracious proved three times a charm at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, winning the Baby Green Hunter Championship for the third time during the winter show circuit. Draper Equine Therapy, makers of therapeutic products for horses and riders, sponsors the Baby Green Division.
Payne and Gracious, who is owned by Maggie Little, are dominating the Baby Green Hunter Division and Payne couldn’t be more pleased with the four-year-old Dutch gelding. “We bred him ourselves and he is a fantastic young horse,” said Payne, who along with David Belford owns New Hope in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Payne was awarded with a Draper Therapeutic Nap Blanket for his win, and was very pleased to be in the winner’s circle yet again. “A huge round of congratulations is due to Gracious and Christopher. So much preparation goes into getting horses to the show ring, but to make it to the winner’s circle this many times at the start of their career, is pretty amazing.” said Kat Wojtylak, Product Manager of Draper Equine Therapy. “We just hope that the pair continues to thrive through the rest of circuit and hope that Draper can be a part of that journey after all the prizes they continue to mount up.”
Sidelines Barn Book logo courtesy of Sidelines News
Harrodsburg, KY — February 25, 2010 — The list of supporters for the inaugural Camden Spring Fling show, April 7-11, continues to grow. Chairman Robert Hunt announced Sidelines Magazine, based in Wellington, FL. has signed on as sponsor of the Green Hunter Division as well as “official publication” for the event.
Established in 1988 and based in the winter hot spot of the horse show world, Sidelines remains at the fore front of the social scene, fashion trends, and news in the equestrian community. The publication is devoted to the personalities and lifestyle trends that comprise the exciting world of all things horse. Whether the readers’ interest lie with the thrills of show jumping, the grace of Dressage, the drama of Eventing, or the grit of Polo, Sidelines has something to intrigue everyone. From the latest news of equestrian sports to getting personal with favorite competitors or introducing emerging talents the publication brings readers an insight above and beyond. The magazine also produces the wildly popular Barn Book, an extensive directory of anyone and anything an equestrian could ever need that now covers Florida (broken into two books, Central and South regions), North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the Mid Atlantic.
New Grand Prix Winners Emerge, 50 Show in the Devoucoux Derby, While the Social Scene Is Buzzing in Ocala
OCALA, FL (February 24, 2010) — The second week of show jumping at HITS Ocala wrapped on Sunday with warm weather and exciting action, proving that the ‘Horse Capital of the World’ is also the ‘Land of Opportunity,’ as the Grand Prix Arena saw some new faces emerge in the winner’s circle.
In Thursday’s $25,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, Lacy Morrone-Cramer from Pittstown, New Jersey earned her first Grand Prix win of the season riding Ulysses Van De Krekebeke, owned by Equi Sport, LLC. The duo bested 36 pairs and, according to Morrone-Cramer, it was all thanks to a last second decision. “From the triple bar to the triple combination everyone was jumping the line in the eight,” explained Morrone-Cramer. “When I was out there it was a last second decision, but I decided to jump it in the seven and it worked!”
Sunday’s $50,000 Charles Owen Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, marked the first-time victory for Grand Prix newcomer Full A’s, shown by Matthais Hollberg of Apex, North Carolina. Owned by APEX Equestrian Center, it was only the fifth Grand Prix the horse has ever competed in. “He’s won a few ribbons but this was the first time he’s ever jumped clean in a Grand Prix, let alone win,” exclaimed a very happy Hollberg after the class.
Finishing alongside Hollberg in the top three were Hugh Graham on Executive Privilege 3E and Kristen VanderVeen on Bull Run’s La Bamba.
Wellington, FL – February 23, 2010 – Kelsey Thatcher had an exciting week in Wellington as she rode several of her top horses in the Winter Equestrian Festival’s World Champion Hunter Rider (WCHR) week. Thatcher earned the opportunity to compete in the WCHR Hunter Spectacular on Saturday night after earning the Small Junior Hunter 16-17 championship with Sublime. The pair received scores of 90 and 88 in the division’s final two classes over fences.
Sublime is a handsome bay gelding owned by Jessica Springsteen and her family’s Stone Hill Farm of Colts Neck, NJ. Thatcher is leasing Sublime for the WEF circuit and has already had great success. The pair earned a respectable fifth place ribbon on the first day this week with a score of 84, and then on day two they blew away the competition. Thatcher received her first ever score of 90 in the first class over fences and another high score of 88 in the stake class. They were presented with the championship tricolor for the division and Sublime was dressed in the special WCHR championship cooler.
Thatcher described Sublime as a “been there, done that kind of guy” and was very excited to receive her first score of 90. “They were normal hunter courses but they had their tricks because the course designer definitely had some handier hunter jumps in there and the lines were very forward, so that got a lot of people,” she said. “He is pretty point and shoot and he gives you a great jump, so he did really well out there.” Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10357
United States rider Arlene ‘Tuny’ Page and Wild One won the Grand Prix Musical Freestyle during the 2009 Palm Beach Dressage Derby. (Photo courtesy of SusanJStickle.com)
Loxahatchee, FL (February 23, 2010) – The best dressage riders in the world will soon descend on Loxahatchee, Florida, all with the goal of becoming a winner at one of the country’s most prestigious dressage competitions – the 27th Annual Palm Beach Dressage Derby. This year’s Palm Beach Dressage Derby, March 4-7, has an added bonus for attracting top riders as it is a qualifier for the Selection Trials for the 2010 Alltech/FEI World Equestrian Games Dressage Team.
With more than $12,000 in prize money and awards, the Palm Beach Dressage Derby attracts the best riders in the world and also draws thousands of spectators to the Horse Park Equestrian Estates in Loxahatchee. Admission and parking are free and visitors can enjoy watching classes of all levels including the always popular musical freestyles, which will be held Sunday, March 7.
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Ginger Kathrens is an Emmy Award-winning producer, cinematographer, writer and editor as well as an award-winning author. Her documentary filmmaking trips have taken her to Africa, Asia, Europe, Central and South America and all over the U.S. She filmed and produced the acclaimed Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies and Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns for WNET’s Nature series on PBS. Cloud will return to PBS in November with Cloud: Challenge of The Stallions. Five years in the making, it is Kathrens’ next chapter in the life of the charismatic wild stallion she has documented since his birth in May of 1995. Ginger’s revealing journey with wild horses has been compared to Jane Goodall’s experiences with Chimpanzees. Her documentation of Cloud represents the only continuing chronicle of a wild animal from birth in our hemisphere. Kathrens was the co-producer and cinematographer of the two-hour Discovery Channel special, Spirits of the Rainforest, which won two Emmy Awards including one for Best Documentary. Additional projects for Discovery included The Ultimate Guide: Horses and The Ultimate Guide: Dogs. Kathrens also wrote, edited, and produced over two dozen segments of the Wild America series for PBS, and has filmed for National Geographic, Animal Planet and the BBC. In 2008, Kathrens completed the cinema verité one-hour program, They Crossed the Mountains, The History of the Western States Trail for the Western States Trail Foundation in Auburn, California. For twenty years, she was a political media consultant and producer, working with Presidents Reagan, Ford, and George H. Walker Bush. Her highly regarded political productions include the award-winning short subject, Steady under Fire, the story of former Colorado U.S. Senator Hank Brown. Ginger is the founder and Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to the preservation of wild horses on our public lands with special attention on isolated, historically significant and genetically unique herds like Cloud’s. She is an informed, impassioned and entertaining speaker on behalf of wild horses from coast to coast. She is an expert on Spanish wild horses and has served as a consultant for the television documentary, Horses of the Conquistadors. You can find GINGER under NON PROFITS.
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