Halliday-Sharp Hangs On To Her Lead At Carolina International CCI4*-S

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 […]

FEI Confirms Definite Entries For FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final

Five U.S. show jumpers have entered the Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final, which will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden, April 3-7. The following riders will attend: Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, New York) with Breitling LS, Abigail Wexner’s 13-year-old Studbook La Silla gelding Georgina Bloomberg, (North Salem, New York) with Chameur 137, Purple Road LLC’s […]

Halliday-Sharp And Payne Face Off At Carolina International CCI4*-S

Raeford, N.C.—March 21 Every time Liz Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill By Night canter into the dressage ring, it’s almost guaranteed they’ll top the leaderboard. And as predicted, they took the top spot today in the CCI4*-S at the Cloud 11-Gavilan North LLC Carolina International, scoring a 27.9. Halliday-Sharp is also lying third with Deniro Z (29.5). […]

Who Jumped It Best? The Young Hunters Of HITS Ocala

Ocala, Fla.—March 21 It’s so much fun to watch the green and young hunter divisions. It’s often your first opportunity to watch the horses that will go on to have their names grace scoreboards at shows like the Devon Horse Show (Pennsylvania), Washington International (District of Columbia) and possibly even the USHJA International Hunter Derby […]

One To Watch: Brown Is Back To The Blue Numbers At Carolina International

Completing her first four-star [that would be a five-star today] at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in 2012 on Mojito, a horse she produced from the beginning, was an accomplishment Kate Brown will never forget. Now, seven years later, she’s back to jumping the blue numbers this weekend at the Cloud 11-Gavilan North LLC Carolina […]

Ringside Chat With: Amanda Derbyshire

Amanda Derbyshire likes a good, solid plan, and after her first round in the Winter Equestrian Festival’s $134,000 Horseware Ireland Grand Prix CSI3* on March 16, she was in a good position to formulate one: last to go in the jump-off. She watched her competition navigate the course and created a strategy to win. “I […]

USEF Names New Appointees To International Disciplines Council And Endurance Sport Committee

The U.S. Equestrian Federation has approved the appointment of Jan Stevens (Ashland, Montana) to the International Disciplines Council, and Cheryl Newman (Candler, North Carolina), Natalie Muzzio (Clifton, Virginia), Lisanne Dorion (Williston, Florida), Meg Sleeper (Frenchtown, New Jersey), and Carolyn Hock (Riverside, California) to the Endurance Sport Committee. These appointments will remain in place until, or […]

Cairo Gets A Foster Brother

Somewhere around Week 2 of waiting for Cairo’s stone bruise to heal, I got a message from Darla Clark at Strawberry Mountain Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, a horse rescue I had fostered for a couple of years ago. Darla had a new rescue who she thought had potential as a sport horse and did I […]

USHJA Opens Applications For Over $90,000 In Grants And Scholarships

The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association has opened applications for more than 50 zone grants and scholarships, offering over $90,000 in funding. Each USHJA Zone Committee establishes grants and scholarships that support the needs of members in their area. Grants and scholarships support members pursuing higher education, participation in the 2019 Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging […]

Junior Spotlight: Roseboom Makes It Two In A Row

Eleven-year-old Shiloh Roseboom and Heavenly Patch Of Blue won the USHJA $1,500 Pony Hunter Derby held during HITS Desert Circuit VII, March 5-10 in Thermal, California. This was their second year in a row winning a derby during that circuit. Roseboom rides Heavenly Patch Of Blue, a 13-year-old Welsh Pony (Pendock Larkspur—Lianna’s Golden Girl) bred […]