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2016 Individual Pony Jumper National Championships

2024-10-14T22:44:26-04:00August 14, 2016|Looking Back, News|, |

Bailey Doloff and Wishlea Star Dasher (Photo: Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, KY. - The 2016 US Pony Jumper National Championships, held as part of the US Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm, came to an exciting conclusion on Saturday night with Individual titles up for grabs. Sixteen combinations came [...]

FEI European Reining Championships: Italy and Germany Claim Team Golds

2024-10-14T22:44:27-04:00August 14, 2016|Looking Back, News|

Juniors Podium at the 2016 SVAG FEI European Reining Championships for Young Riders and Juniors. Gold: Italy, Silver: France, Bronze: Belgium (Photo: Andrea Bonaga) Opening the FEI European Reining Championship for the younger riders was the Juniors competition. With a total score of 638.5 Team Italy slid to the highest [...]

Rio Olympics 2016 – Carl Hester's Plan For Charlotte's Final Olympic Ride on Valegro

2024-10-14T22:44:28-04:00August 14, 2016|Looking Back, News||

Christ the Redeemer in Rio Carl Hester, Dressage Team member and co-owner of Valegro who also trains the other riders on the Silver Medal British team, has a special plan to ensure Dujardin successfully defends her title. "I'm taking her to Christ the Redeemer tomorrow to pray for Monday," he [...]

Rio Olympics 2016: A Believer and the Horse of a Lifetime, the Story of Stephan Barcha and Landpeter do Feroleto

2024-10-14T22:44:30-04:00August 14, 2016|Looking Back, News|, |

Brazil’s Stephan de Freitas Barcha and Landpeter do Feroleto in the Jumping training session at Deodoro Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) today. (Photo: Arnd Bronkhorst) Everyone sat up and paid attention when a relatively unknown Brazilian called Stephan de Freitas Barcha produced two spectacular clear rounds in the super-tough [...]

Natalie Jayne Pilots Woodlands Stevie Ray to Second Medium Pony Hunter Championship at U.S. Pony Finals

2024-10-14T22:44:30-04:00August 14, 2016|Looking Back, News||

Natalie Jayne and Woodlands Stevie Ray Lexington, KY- A little on-again, off-again sprinkling of rain at the Kentucky Horse Park did not interfere with Natalie Jayne's impressive ride on Woodlands Stevie Ray in the Medium Pony Hunter division at this year's U.S. Pony Finals. Saturday's over-fences section saw 167 of [...]

Fourth Year is A Charm – Kyla Sullivan Earns Second Tricolor in Two Days at U.S. Pony Finals

2024-10-14T22:44:31-04:00August 13, 2016|Looking Back, News||

Kyla Sullivan and Not So Secret Lexington, KY - The Medium Green Pony Hunters boasted a grand total of 67 entries on the fourth day at the U.S. Pony Finals, and it was Kyla Sullivan aboard Back Country Farm's Not So Secret that reigned supreme. Sullivan was also reserve champion [...]

Zones 5/6 Team Claims Gold in 2016 US Pony Jumper Team National Championship

2024-10-14T22:44:32-04:00August 13, 2016|Looking Back, News|, |

Team medalists in the US Pony Jumper Team National Championship (Photo: Shawn McMillen Photography) Lexington, KY. - The Team Championship of the US Pony Jumper National Championships took place Friday evening in the Alltech Arena as teams competed in the two-round Nations Cup format. Following the first round, the top [...]

FEI World Reining Championships for Seniors: Consolation Gives Riders a Chance to Compete Individually

2024-10-14T22:44:33-04:00August 13, 2016|Looking Back, News|

Bastien Bourgeois (FRA) and Gunspinner, gaining one of the top scores in the Consolation. (Photo: Andrea Bonaga) The SVAG FEI World Reining Championships for Seniors Team Competition not only saw team Belgium claim the gold, team Germany the silver and team Austria the bronze medals. It also determined who would [...]

Rio Olympics 2016 – Germany Regains Dressage Team Gold Setting the Stage for an Individual Showdown

2024-10-14T22:44:34-04:00August 13, 2016|Looking Back, News||

Isabelle Werth, Dorothee Schneider,Sönke Rothenberger, Kristina Bröring-Sprehe - Team Germany Team Gold Rio Olympics 2016. Photo: Richard Juilliart/FEI Like re-booting to re-establish a connection, Germany clinched team Dressage gold in considerable style at the Olympic Equestrian Park in Deodoro today. Germany has now won eight of the last nine Olympic [...]

Rio Olympics 2016 – They Did It! USA Dressage Team On The Podium With Olympic Bronze

2024-10-14T22:44:36-04:00August 13, 2016|Looking Back, News|, |

Allison Brock, Laura Graves, Kasey Perry-Glass, and Steffen Peters (Shannon Brinkman Photo) The U.S. Dressage Team won the Bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Friday following the conclusion of the second half of team competition, the Grand Prix Special. Led by Chef d'Equipe Robert Dover, the team, [...]

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