Press Release

The Gucci Gold Cup which took place this evening carried a prize of $122,500 US dollars, and brought together the best 25 riders in the world. Participants included some of the biggest names in the discipline such as world number one Christian Ahlmann from Germany, London Olympic Gold medalist Ben Maher from the UK, the world’s number one female rider Edwina Tops Alexander from Australia and former European Champion Kevin Staut from France.

Michael Hughes, of Allendale, NJ has been named the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for February.

Hughes competes in the East Conference Junior division of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series aboard Dromma. The month of February was successful for Hughes and his riding partner, as they earned a 1^st place finish at the Ocala Winter Classic, and then another 1^st place finish at the next week’s Ocala Winter Festival. 

Due to recent concerns over the spread of EHV-1 in Florida, the Live Oak International organizing committee is enacting biosecurity measures to ensure the safety of all horses participating in the event, which runs from March 20 to 24 at Live Oak Plantation in Ocala, FL.

Buckeye® Nutrition knows the benefits of digestive health for horses, which is why it created EQ8TM Gut Health - a scientifically formulated source of nutrition targeting the health of the digestive system.

SmartPak has taken another step in the effort to keep horses healthy with the launch of SmartGut® Ultra, a breakthrough gastric health formula that is clinically proven to work.

The Red Hills International Horse Trials on March 8–10 will showcase Viva Florida 500 and the Paso Fino. For the sixth year as the only invited breed organization, members of the North Florida Paso Fino Horse Association (NFPFHA)  and their horses will be at Red Hills Horse Trials on Sunday, March 10, to demonstrate the versatility of this historic breed, as they gear up for their annual show in Marianna, Florida at the end of April.
 

The Vermont Summer Festival is celebrating 20 years of bringing top hunter/jumper competition to the Manchester, Vermont, region.  The six-week equestrian competition will return to Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset, just north of Manchester, from July 2 through August 11, 2013.

Chef and racehorse owner Bobby Flay has been selected as the recipient of the Earle I. Mack Thoroughbred Champion Award, annually given to an individual for outstanding efforts and influence on Thoroughbred racehorse welfare, safety and retirement.

The award will be presented, fittingly enough, to Flay at his Bar Americain restaurant in New York City June 6 as part of the 2013 Belmont Stakes Celebration, which will serve as a fundraising benefit for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.

Cheers, suspense and jubilation marked today’s inaugural Longines Hong Kong Masters, which opened with the spectacular Longines Speed Challenge before thousands of show jumping fans and guests at the sold-out equestrian arena of the AsiaWorld-Expo.

The competition showcased speed and precision as the world’s top 25 riders competed to clear a course of 16 1.45-meter fences in the fastest and most accurate way possible, with two second penalties for every fault.