Caitlin Ziegler and Take Off were champions in the High Junior Jumpers at the FTI WEF
Wellington, FL – March 16, 2011 – The FTI Winter Equestrian Festival is proud to have Artisan Farms, LLC as its week ten title sponsor for the 2011 show circuit. Based in Mequon, WI, and Wellington, FL, Artisan Farms is owned by Carlene and Andrew Ziegler and home to young rider Caitlin Ziegler. The Zieglers bought a farm in Wellington in 2006 and have been strong supporters of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival ever since. The family is invested in the horse show through Wellington Equestrian Partners, LLC and this is their first year as an official sponsor.
In addition to their generous title sponsorship, Artisan Farms is presenting the George Morris Excellence in Equitation Exhibition as well as the 2011 Artisan Farms Young Riders Grand Prix Series. Made up of four competitions during the WEF circuit, the Young Riders Series will qualify three riders to compete in the EY Cup Finals, which will be held at the FEI World Cup Finals in Leipzig, Germany. Through their sponsorship, Artisan Farms is providing this fantastic once in a lifetime experience to the many up and coming young stars competing at this year’s FTI Winter Equestrian Festival.
The first three qualifiers have already been held and the final event will be the $15,000 Artisan Farms Young Riders Grand Prix held on the grass derby field at The Stadium on Sunday, March 20, 2011. The Dutta Corporation & International Horse Transport will be shipping the winning horse to the Finals and covering travel expenses for the highest scoring rider in the series.
Lausanne (SUI), 14 February 2011 – The FEI Bureau has approved venues for two FEI championships – one Endurance and one Eventing – for the 2011 and 2013 seasons.
The FEI Endurance Young Riders/Juniors Championships 2011 have been allocated to Abu Dhabi (UAE). The championships will be held in the early part of December, but an exact date has not yet been finalised.
The FEI European Eventing Championships 2013 have been allocated to Malmö (SWE).
Jane Forbes Clark awards Whitney Stone Cup to Tucker Johnson with Brownlee O. Currey. Photo By: Rebecca Walton/PMG.
Wellington, FL – February 2, 2011 – The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation Board of Trustees hosted a cocktail reception on Friday, January 28, 2011, to honor the equestrian athletes that represented the United States during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), the recipients of the Foundations’ Gold Medal Club Anniversary Awards, the Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Trophy, and the Whitney Stone Cup. The reception was held at Player’s Club in Wellington, FL.
The reception opened with lovely remarks by Foundation President Jane Forbes Clark, recognizing the efforts of all the equestrian athletes that represented the United States during WEG, as well as their team of supporters. The United States earned a Team and Individual Gold Medal and an Individual Silver Medal in Reining, an Individual Gold Medal in Vaulting, a Team Silver and Individual Bronze Medal in Driving, and two Individual Bronze Medals in Dressage.
The party also recognized members of the Gold Medal Club, the most loyal and generous supporters of the USET Foundation. These individuals have been a vital and essential source of support to the U.S. equestrian teams. Special awards were presented to those supporters recognizing their giving at the Gold Medal Club level for 10, 15, 25 and 30 years.
Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister had a very successful year in 2010 to garner the 2011 Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Trophy from the USET Foundation. Photo By: Stock Images.
Gladstone, NJ – January 13, 2011 – The United States Equestrian Team Foundation is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2011 Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Trophy will be talented eventing rider Tiana Coudray. Each year this award is presented to a Young Rider in one of the Olympic disciplines who exemplifies both sportsmanship and horsemanship. In 2011 Coudray had a banner year, winning the Jersey Fresh CCI*** and the Galway Downs International Horse Trials CIC***, as well as leading the U.S. efforts at the Boekelo CCI*** in Holland.
“When the USET Foundation told me that I was the winner of this year’s award I went and looked it up,” commented Coudray. “I was pretty honored to look at the other names on the list throughout the years and think of what those people have gone on to do later in their careers.”
Over the years, Coudray has consistently shown her talent as a young rider. She won Team Gold at the North American Young Riders Championships in both 2004 and 2008, and took home the Individual Silver Medal in 2004. She has won the United States Eventing Association Young Rider of the Year Award an amazing three times in 2005, 2007, and 2009.
Debbie McDonald and Lendon Gray discuss young riders’ careers in dressage, their opportunities for riding different horses, spending time with horses out of the barn, and the importance of horsemanship in the sport. A fascinating conversation with two great horsewomen, so take a listen…
2010 Junior Equestrian, Kelsey Kimbler. Photo by Paschal Karl.
Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce Kelsey Kimbler as the 2010 Junior Equestrian of the Year. This highest of honor offered to a junior equestrian comes on the heels of another big honor Kelsey earned earlier this month – the 2010 USEF Youth Sportsman’s Award, sponsored by Breyer Animal Creations. This puts Kelsey in elite company, as one of only a handful of junior equestrians to accomplish both feats in the same year.
“My sister Kirsten won this award in 2007 and I’ve always looked up to her. When she won, I decided ‘That’s my next goal!’” Kimbler related. “It has been a whirlwind experience.”
The 17-year-old high school senior has shown an unwavering commitment to her sport. As a young child, she started in the show ring with walk-trot. Soon after, she continued her riding with endurance and has never looked back. Kimbler has won the AERC Junior National Hundred Mile Award twice in its four years of existence. This award is given to the junior rider who completes the most 100-mile rides in one year. Kimbler holds the record for being the only junior to complete five such endurance rides in one year. She also has represented the AHA Youth Association as her region’s delegate and through involvement in 4-H events with her Arabians. She was nominated by both the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) and the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC).
Gladstone, NJ – December 8, 2010 – Throughout the year, the United States Equestrian Team Foundation works diligently to honor the top riders in their disciplines as they excel at the highest level of the sport. In 2010, the USET Foundation presented 16 awards to riders in five disciplines to honor their incredible achievements. The mission of the USET Foundation is to support and foster America’s riders and they help do this by recognizing each athlete’s excellent accomplishments.
This year during their fundraising event, the USET Foundation recognized the Whitney Stone Cup recipient McLain Ward. The award is given to an active competitor whose consistent excellence in international competition, and whose standards of sportsmanlike conduct and contributions as an ambassador for the sport and for the USET, exemplify the Team’s highest ideals and traditions. In 2009, Ward was unstoppable as he consistently exhibited brilliance in international competition.
The Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Trophy was also presented in February and this year the award went to young rider Jennifer Waxman. The award goes to a Young Rider in one of the Olympic disciplines who exemplifies both sportsmanship and horsemanship.
L to R - Venezuela's Juan Andres Larrazabal (silver), Chef d'Equipe Juan Andres Sauce, Martin Jeri (gold) and Ariana Velutini (bronze) celebrate their success in the Young Riders competition at the Americas Jumping Championships in Caracas, Venezuela.
VENEZUELA, CHILE, ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA CLAIM GOLD
Caracas (VEN), 26 November 2010 – The host nation scooped all the medals in the Young Riders division at the FEI Americas Jumping Championship in Caracas, Venezuela last weekend. However Chile claimed gold in the Junior competition, Colombia came out on top in the Pre-Juniors and Ecuador stood top of the podium in the Children’s section.
The 2010 Championships were staged at the Escuela de Equitacion Negro Primero which is located at Fuerte Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela, and 10 nations participated in the exciting event. These Championships were previously held in Bogota, Colombia in 2009 and prior to that in Caracas in 2007 and Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2006.
KEENEST COMPETITION
Some of the keenest competition was seen in the younger divisions with both the Children and Pre-Junior and medals decided in a third-round jump-off. There were 13 starters in the Children’s Championship, and Ecuador’s Claudia Silva and Venezuela’s Victoria Karam impressively completed the first three classes on a zero score and so battled it out against the clock.
Inspiring young American riders Caroline Roffman and Meagan Davis tell us what it’s like to travel the world receiving awards and representing their country. Take a listen.
At its meeting held in Taipei today 1 November, the FEI Bureau approved venues for the following 2011 and 2013 FEI Championships:
The 2011 European Young Riders & Juniors Dressage Championships (EU-CH-YR-J-D-) have been allocated to Broholm Castle (DEN) from 21-24 July;
The 2011 North American Young Riders & Juniors Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, Reining Championships (NAm-CH-YR-J-S-D-C-R) will be held in Lexington (USA) – date to be confirmed;
The 2013 European Dressage and Jumping Championships (EU-CH-D-S) were allocated to Herning (DEN) and will run from 19 to 25 August for Dressage and 20 to 25 August for Jumping;
The 2010 World Reining Masters Final, which was allocated to Bökeberg (SWE), will now be called the FEI World Reining Final and will be held in 2011, exact dates to be confirmed.
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