Phoenix Cooke and Skys Burnin Blue. Devon, Pa. – May 30, 2016 – After a long road together, Phoenix Cooke and Skys Burnin Blue will bring home the best thing of all: a Devon blue ribbon. The pair produced the only double-clear effort in the $7,500 North American League Adult Amateur Jumper Classic at the…
(C) ESI Photography. Leslie Burr Howard and Up and Blue Chapelle. Saugerties, NY (May 30, 2016): The grand finale of an exciting first week at HITS-on-the-Hudson commenced with the $75,000 HITS Grand Prix. A talented field of exhibitors tested the course designed by Marina Azevedo of Campinas, Brazil, but only two would advance to the…
Josephine Schnauffer and Sambuuca 10 (Trevor Holt/FEI) Lausanne (SUI), 30 May 2016 – The German team again showed their liking for the beautiful surroundings of Houghton Hall (GBR), third leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing 2016, and won for the second year running, narrowly beating Australia by just 0.4 penalties. The French, who are…
Championship Drive-Off Winner John White. Devon, Pa. – May 29, 2016 – For 120 years, the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair has prided itself on the exceptional talent that pours in to compete at the oldest horse show in the country. Tradition is an important staple of this 11-day event, and the Carriage Pleasure…
Katherine Coleman and Longwood (Libby Law Photography) Norfolk, England – On the third leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing series, seven nations took part in the Houghton International Horse Trials CICO3* with a field of 100 world-class combinations. Katherine Coleman, Tiana Coudray, and Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp represented the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team under the…
Eve Jobs and Sandor de la Pomme. Photo By: The Book, LLC. Devon, Pa. – May 28, 2016 – Eve Jobs has closed out her first and last Junior Weekend at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair on a spectacular note. Competing in the $20,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior Jumper Classic, Jobs…
Photography credited to Sebastiano Vitale. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (May 27, 2016) – Set among the sport and spectacle of the most prestigious polo tournament in the Middle East, The Raw Horse Project’s collection of unique equestrian images brought an artistic and philosophical element to the HH President of UAE Polo Cup, held in…
(C) ESI Photography. Laura Chapot and Thornhill Kate. Saugerties, NY (May 28, 2016): The weekend sounded off with a bang at HITS-on-the-Hudson I, and there was no shortage of excitement in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix. Four horses and riders returned to test the jump-off course, designed by Marina Azevedo of Campinas, Brazil, in Friday’s…
Lucy Deslauriers and Class Action. Devon, PA – May 27, 2016 – Junior Weekend at Devon Horse Show continued Friday as eight winners from sections of the four equitation divisions were invited back to the Dixon Oval to contend for the 2016 R. W. “Ronnie” Mutch Equitation Championship. For the first time, the coveted award…
Eduardo Alvarez Aznar and Fidux. (FEI/Nuno Pragana) Lisbon (POR), 27 May 2016 – Marco Fuste’s Spanish team won the tenth leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2016 series in Lisbon (POR). This was the fourth round of the Europe Division 2 League, and only the winners and the host nation were chasing points…
