Photo by Flashpoint Photography (Shakira do Jacare and owner Sarah Owen during the retirement ceremony.) Shakira do Jacare, the brilliant 14-year-old Brazilian-bred chestnut mare owned by Sarah Owen and Muny Sunk Stables officially retired from the sport of show jumping in an emotional ceremony during the 2010 Atlanta Summer Classics. Dubbed the “Queen of Speed” by her competitors, Shakira’s presence alone at many a grand prix was enough to rattle the nerves of most seasoned jumpers. However,...

The summer weather is heating up and so is the competition in the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series. Lisa Goldman rode Morroco to lead the June standings and be named as the Cavalor Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for June. Goldman competes in the Series' East Conference Amateur-Owner division with her mount Morroco. The month of June was a huge success for the pair, as they swept first-place honors in Series classes held at the Showplace Spring Spectacular I,...

Photo by Flying Horse Photography (Michelle Parker and Socrates de Midos) In honor of the Fourth of July holiday weekend and to wrap up four weeks of competition managed by Blenheim EquiSports, the $25,000 Red, White & Blue Grand Prix presented by the St. Regis Monarch Beach, invited 19 horse-and-rider duos onto the Michel Vaillancourt-designed course at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park. Vaillancourt remarked, “I think today’s course dimensions are very worthy of this class. It is...

Kim Stover and her Connemara/Thorouighbred-cross gelding, Tricreek Greystone Laughlin, have been selected to represent the United States at the World Singles Driving Competition in Italy. He just won his division at the Garden State CDE and has been competing consistently at selection trials. He is the son of Greystone McErrill (Hideaway’s Greystone Alex X Erin’s Lassie, by Toureen Laddie), who stood here at Triple Creek Farm for many years. His dam was the Thoroughbred mare Wise Precept....

A dramatic win by Darragh Kenny of Ireland in the $75,000 Hermès Grand Prix CSI 2* for the Whitney Perpetual Challenge Trophy highlighted the 41st Annual Lake Placid Horse Show. Only five entries from the starting field of 24 succeeded in completing the 16-jump, first-round course designed by Olaf Petersen, Jr., of Germany without penalty. They returned for the nine-jump jump-off at the North Elba Showgrounds. First to go was Callan Solem of Chester Springs, PA, who set the mark to beat by...

Christine McCrea of East Windsor, CT, rode Sweetheart to victory in the Champlain Valley Equipment 1.45m Jump-Off to kick off the 33rd Annual I Love New York Horse Show. Hillary Dobbs of Sussex, NJ, took an early lead in the class with the first of five clean rides over the 12-jump, first-round course at the North Elba Showgrounds, which she followed with a clean jump-off ride in 39.055 seconds. Her lead held until McCrea matched her double-clean rides but with a faster jump-off time of 38.664...

Lexington, KY - The Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) will take center stage at the Kentucky Horse Park in just a few short weeks and there is still time to get involved. The only FEI Championships held annually in North American offers the future stars of equestrian sport the opportunity to gain international competition experience. This prestigious event is also an opportunity to support the equestrian stars of tomorrow. These...

Jumping In Canada, competition continued at Spruce Meadows with the Canada One Tournament. On Friday, US riders swept the $31,000 WestJet Cup - Charlie Jayne and Athena won, Reed Kessler and Mika were second, and Mario Deslauriers and Urico were third. Deslauriers and Urico went two better on Saturday to the win the $31,000 Talisman Energy Cup. Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo were the big money winners over the weekend, blazing to the win in the $50,000 RBC Cup on Saturday and jumping...

Photo by Randi Muster (Kelley Farmer will return to Horse Shows by the Bay for her second year.) The 2010 Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival is pleased to welcome many of the country's top horses and riders to northern Michigan this summer for four weeks of exceptional equestrian competition. Set in the heart of scenic Traverse City, MI, competitors will enjoy world-class competition at the beautiful Flintfields Horse Park from July 8 through August 1, 2010. Dressage by the Bay Series I...

Photo Courtesy Continental Divide Horse Show (Terri Rickford’s equine portraits are given as trophies in the Continental Divide Horse Show Championship classes and have proven to be extremely popular.) What is more beautiful than the northern plains of Colorado in late August with the snow capped Rocky Mountains as a backdrop. This is the scene that will greet the exhibitors of the 42nd Annual Continental Divide Horse Show. Continental Divide started out in 1968 as a Morgan horse show but as...