Raeford, N.C.—March 23 As he’s galloping around a cross-country course, Will Faudree normally drowns out the sound of the announcer, but this afternoon at the Cloud 11-Gavilan North LLC Carolina International CCI3*-S, the announcer Brian O’Connor’s voice reached him just in time. O’Connor mentioned that Liz Halliday-Sharp had finished in a time of 6 minutes […]
Raeford, N.C.—March 23 The advanced division at the Cloud 11-Gavilan North LLC Carolina International is often filled with a mix of new and veteran pairs as they move up or prepare for a spring three-day. As a result, only one pair, McKenzie Cumbea and Regiment, made the time of the 20 combinations to start. Waylon […]
Ocala, Fla.—March 23 Walking up to the board to look at the order of go for a $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby at HITS Ocala and seeing your name at the top of the start list can be nerve-wracking for some riders. You want to lay down a standard that the remainder of the class […]
Raeford, N.C.—March 23 Leaving the CCI4*-S start box on her overnight leader Fernhill By Night, Liz Halliday-Sharp had the luxury of knowing she’d already won the division at the Cloud 11-Gavilan North LLC Carolina International with a clear round inside the time on Deniro Z earlier in the afternoon. But even so, she knew the […]
 Wellington, Fla.—Mar. 23 In his first trip to the United States, Denmark’s Emil Hallundbaek rode the 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding Chalisco to top honors in the $209,000 Wellington Agricultural Services Grand Prix CSI4*, held at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. Hallundbaek has been developing Chalisco for the past six years, and his efforts paid off on the […]
Ocala, Fla.—March 23 Katie Johnson wasn’t sold on Loose N Capable when she first laid eyes on him, not until she saw the look in his eye. She and Kerry Shanahan, who is a Thoroughbred restarter, had come to the Charles Town (West Virginia) racetrack in search of a pretty dapple gray for a client. […]
Wellington, Fla.—Mar. 23 Sam Walker and Elli Yeager were the last to know how they fared in the final standings of the George Morris Equitation Championship, held at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. Yeager and Copperfield 39, victors in last year’s Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund Equitation Finals at the Washington International Horse Show (District […]
Ocala, Fla.—March 22 Before she headed into the ring for the second round of the HITS Equitation Championship, Addison Reed knew she had to focus on one thing: making sure she had the right canter. The 14-year-old from Mechanicsville, Virginia, qualified for the feature equitation class of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit last year but […]
Raeford, N.C.—March 22 Fifty-six CCI3*-S pairs tackled Marc Donovan’s show jumping course today at the Cloud 11-Gavilan North LLC Carolina International, and Holly Payne Caravella and CharmKing moved into the lead with a clear round when overnight leaders Kristen Bond and I’m Sew Ready dropped a rail “He was really rideable,” said Caravella of CharmKing […]
Raeford, N.C.—March 22 Rails were falling today over Marc Donovan’s CCI4*-S show jumping course at the Cloud 11-Gavilan North LLC Carolina International, but it didn’t stop Liz Halliday-Sharp from jumping clear rounds on all three of her horses and dominating the top 10. Halliday-Sharp held her lead with Fernhill By Night and moved into second […]