Hunter/Jumper

Jad Dana Continues Winning Streak at Winter Equestrian Festival Jad Dana is on a streak at the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival, and it’s a hot one. The 29-year-old Lebanese rider piloted After Eight to win the $32,000 Hermès CSI3* 1.50m Classic on Sunday to close out WEF 1 at Wellington International. Dana and the 14-year-old Swedish Warmblood mare (Diarado x […]

Megan McDermott and Nintendo Reach Next Level in $25,000 U.S. Bank Grand Prix Megan McDermott is becoming the one to watch out for at Desert Circuit. After a win on Thursday, she came back feeling extra confident in her new desert kingdom and snatched the win in the $25,000 U.S. Bank Grand Prix aboard Nintendo, owned by Counter Balance LLC. […]

Ben Maher is Back and Winning at WEF British Olympic Champion Ben Maher and Enjeu de Grisien wowed a Wellington, FL, crowd in the first ‘Saturday Night Lights’ grand prix of the season at Wellington International on the evening of January 13. The pair won the $140,000 Southern Arches CSI3* Grand Prix from a 45-horse field over tracks designed by […]

Darragh Kenny Doubles Down in Dodd Technologies CSI3* 1.45m Speed Darragh Kenny was seeing double on Friday afternoon after winning his second FEI class in the same number of days during the Winter Equestrian Festival’s Week 1. This time, the Irish Olympian piloted Serendepety to win the $32,000 Dodd Technologies CSI3* 1.45m Speed from a field of fifty-six riders over […]

Megan McDermott Makes Winning Debut in the Desert in $10,000 1.45m Open Classic Megan McDermott has only been in the desert for two days, and she’s already winning. The Ridgefield, CT, native came out west with an impressive string of horses and landed a one-two finish in Thursday’s $10,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic, making her trip already worth it. Amidst […]

Odette Rises to New Heights in $5,000 Keyflow Feeds USA 3’3” Green Hunter Classic A new classic was introduced to the WEF hunter schedule with Thursday’s $5,000 Keyflow Feeds USA 3’3” Green Hunter Classic. Held in the E.R. Mische Grand Hunter Arena, riders and horses from the 3’3” Green Hunter division had the opportunity to compete for additional prize money […]

Darragh Kenny Bests the Rest During WEF 1 Ireland’s Darragh Kenny opened international competition during the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) with a win in the $32,000 Adequan® CSI3* WEF Challenge Cup Round 1 on Thursday at Wellington International. Kenny and Irwin, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion (Kannan x Paladin des IFS) owned by HKC Collection LLC, topped a field of […]

5 Years Strong! TCHS and SOJT Extend Their Dynamic Partnership We’re pleased to announce the extension of our partnership with the Silver Oak Jumper Tournament (SOJT), presented by the Davis McCullough Foundation, through 2026. This year will mark the fifth year of the collaboration at the Traverse City Tournament of Champions. Since 2020, the TCHS-SOJT partnership has notably elevated show jumping standards […]

Saratoga Horse Shows Announces 2024 Show Schedule The ever-popular Saratoga Horse Shows return in 2024 with a jam-packed schedule of nine weeks of hunter, jumper, and equitation competition at White Hollow Farm in Stillwater, NY. “We are looking forward to another fantastic year of competition in Saratoga,” said Adele Einhorn of Southbound Saratoga Management Group. “Having celebrated our 25th anniversary […]

Jad Dana Closes Out Premiere Week with Prestige Italia Grand Prix Win Lebanon’s Jad Dana is back on top to start the 2024 season of the Winter Equestrian Festival with a win in the $75,000 Prestige Italia Grand Prix to cap Premiere Week at Wellington International on Sunday. Dana, 28, and ABC Quantum Cruise, owned by Wyndmont, set an uncatchable […]