Month: October 2023

Maggie King Takes The Win in The Hamel Foundation National Horse Show 3’3” Equitation Championship The 140th National Horse Show showcased its unwavering commitment to equestrian excellence as the spotlight shifted to the highly anticipated Hamel Foundation National Horse Show 3’3″ Equitation Championship. In this prestigious event, riders demonstrated exceptional skills and grace in this challenging equitation competition. The equitation […]

Golden Repeats Grand Performance, Tarumianz Captures WIHS Pony Equitation Finals on Last Day of 2023 WIHS Ponies closed out competition on Sunday, October 29, for the 2023 Washington International Horse Show, presented by MARS Equestrian™. Betsee Parker’s Brixton and Vivian Golden won the Grand Pony Hunter Championship, presented by the Castellanos Family, for the second year in a row. Victory in […]

Nichols, Ball, and Wagman Capture Wins at Desert Dressage, Presented by Adequan® Desert Dressage 1, presented by Adequan® –the first of four weeks of dressage competition at the Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) in Thermal, CA – wrapped Sunday with elite West-Coast dressage athletes taking home top honors. Young rider Erin Nichols stepped into the Grand Prix level for the first time […]

Double Podium Finish for Maya Ines Denis Chambon in $25,000 Perfect Products Grand Prix The 2023 Fall Series returned this week for its third week of competition, ESP Fall III. The $10,000 Bainbridge Companies 1.40m Stake commenced this week’s competition on the Derby Field with twenty-five horse-and-rider combinations taking to the course. Of the twenty-five pairs, seven returned for the shortened course […]

Mändli and Chartraine Pre Noir Chase Victory in $78,000 Speed Final CSI5* at 2023 WIHS Swiss Olympic team silver medalist Beat Mändli headlined the feature class on Friday, October 27, at the 2023 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), presented by MARS Equestrian™. Riding Chartraine Pre Noir, Mändli outraced the field to win the $78,000 Speed Final CSI5*, capping off the exciting […]

140th National Horse Show CHILDREN’S & ADULT HUNTERS STEAL THE SHOW Hunters took to the ring for the first time at the 2023 National Horse Show on Saturday evening, with the NHS $10,000 Children’s Hunter Classic and the NHS $10,000 Adult Hunter Classic taking place in the Alltech Arena. Each hunter classic brought forth horse and rider combinations competing over […]

Dinan Delights WIHS Crowd with a World Cup Win Capping off a spectacular day of equestrian sport at the 2023 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), presented by MARS Equestrian™ in Upper Marlboro, MD, Katie Dinan (USA) saved the best for last, winning the $450,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Washington CSI5*-W for the President’s Cup presented by Experience Prince George’s. Junior phenom Maddie Tosh topped […]

Dittmer Dominates Opening Night of International Jumper Competition at 2023 WIHS The 2023 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), presented by MARS Equestrian™ heated up on Thursday, October 26, at Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD, where daytime junior hunter competition gave way to the first evening session, featuring the opening international jumper classes during MARS Barn Night. It was newcomer […]