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The EQUUS Foundation Spirit Award honors equestrians who have significantly elevated the image and desirability of horses. Brianne Goutal-Marteau has been selected to receive the EQUUS Foundation Spirit Award in 2026. Brianne made her mark as a junior rider, culminating with her winning all four equitation finals in 2004 – a feat that still only …
Pakia Vang and Endless Joy ©Kirsten Hannah Photography October 31, 2025 – Pakia Vang (Chapel Hill, NC) earned her “redemption” ride with Endless Joy (Indoctro x Varina) during the Triangle Wee Equitation Cup Finals. Just four riders were able to showcase their Equitation across all three phases: Over Obstacles, Flat, and a Test. Second place …
As is tradition on the first Sunday in November, the National Horse Show hosted North America’s top junior riders in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park for the 2025 ASPCA Maclay National Championship, presented by Chansonette Farm, concluding two weeks of competition. A total of 176 horse-and-rider combinations qualified for Sunday’s feature event, …
Cormac Hanley & For Dad in the $10,000 IDA Development Grand Prix © Grace Klement The ESP Florida State Fall Horse Show took place this weekend at the Equestrian Village in Wellington, Florida, offering an action-packed weekend of equestrian events and landmark performances. From Thursday to Sunday, the show highlighted numerous championship rides and featured …
Caroline Ingalls and Concerto. The HITS Del Mar Classic I launched another full week of top-tier hunter, jumper, and equitation action in Del Mar, California. Marking an extra-special week and an important stop on the summer calendar, the schedule boasts not only four days of FEI CSI2* action, but also a coveted designation as a …
The future of U.S. show jumping took to the International Arena at Wellington International on Thursday evening for the coveted WEF Equitation Championship, presented by NetJets, during the IDA Development-sponsored Week 11 of the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). As Wellington International gears up for its final week of the winter season, kicking off on …
Loxahatchee Groves, FL (January 24, 2024) – Famously fickle Florida weather couldn’t slow down The Ridge at Wellington Groves’ third week of hunter, jumper, and equitation competition, which ran from January 16-20, 2024. Beginning with a rainy but exciting USEF “B” Rated Hunter/Equitation Tuesday, Wednesday – Friday Level 2 Jumpers, and wrapping up with bustling …
Jumper action continued at the Equestrian Village Derby Field on Friday with the $32,000 Adequan® CSI3* WEF Challenge Cup Round 2. A competitive field of sixty-two riders took to the course designed by Germany’s Olaf Petersen Jr, with fifteen pairs returning for the jump-off. Of those fifteen returning combinations, two riders laid down an identical …
Eighteen-year-old Ansgar Holtgers Jr (USA) could not be caught in the $25,000 Hermès Championship Jumper Classic on Saturday of opening week at the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). He and Tulum, a fifteen-year-old stallion (Chacco Blue x Captain Paul I), owned by Gut Einhaus, bested a six-horse jump-off designed by Eric Hasbrouck (USA) to take …
he future of U.S. show jumping looked bright as junior equitation riders took center stage at Wellington International Wednesday for the WIHS Jumper Phase during ESP Holiday I Equitation. Rising to the occasion in the WIHS Jumper Phase was USA’s Caroline Olsen and Spark of Phoenix, owned by Olsen LLC, with a score of 84. …