National Reining Breeders Classic (NRBC) Update: May 24-31 Dates Confirmed Until Further Notice

The National Reining Breeders Classic (NRBC) board and management team and the Great Southwest Equestrian Center continue planning to hold the NRBC May 24-31 if Texas and Harris County restrictions from the Covid-19 Virus permit. In a meeting held April 16, Amy Uniss-Coleman, General Manager of the GSEC along with Tom McCutcheon, Colleen McQuay, Tim McQuay, Pete Kyle, Dell Hendricks and Cheryl Cody discussed the future of the event.

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2020 European Reined Cow Horse (ERCHA) Show Season Update

Dear Friends,
Considering the worldwide health crisis and the national suspension of all sports activities, in order to protect and facilitate all our members on both national and international levels, we took the decision to move the 2020 ERCHA/NRCHA Derby and ERCHA/NRCHA Futurity to the Salone Del Cavallo Americano which was postponed and will be held on September 8-12 in Cremona, Italy. The format of both the Derby and Futurity will be class in class for the qualifiers and finals.

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Emily Moffitt and Tipsy du Terral Find the Edge in the $137,000 CSI5* Palm Beach Masters Classic

Photo Kathy Russel Photography
Photo Kathy Russel Photography

When Emily Moffitt (GBR) walked the course for the $137,000 CSI5* Palm Beach Masters Classic, she was not feeling overly confident. Alan Wade’s (IRL) 1.55m track didn’t pull any punches, and Moffitt worried it was a big step up from her warm-up class with Tipsy du Terral two days earlier.

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Kristen VanderVeen Scores Second Five-Star Win in Ninth Week of 2020 Winter Equestrian Festival

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Photos Copyright © Sportfot

The ninth week of the 2020 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) continued on Friday, March 6, with a second win for Kristen VanderVeen (USA) and Bull Run’s Faustino de Tili. They sped to the top of the $37,000 Bainbridge 1.45m CSI5*. Brazil’s Fabio Leivas Da Costa and Randon Pleasure were lightning fast to earn the podium spot in the $37,000 Griffis Residential 1.45m CSI2* while Clara Propp and News Day were victorious in the $5,000 USHJA Pony Hunter Derby.

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Joao Ricardo Vieira Earns Bad Boy Mowdown Opening Round Win

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Photos courtesy of Andy Watson, BullStock Media - PBR

Vieira Collects 20 World Points to Close No. 1 Jose Vitor Leme’s Lead

Keeping his early-season winning ways going, Brazilian João Ricardo Vieira (Itatinga, Brazil) took home the Round 1 win at the 2020 Bad Boy Mowdown inside Simmons Bank Arena, on the banks of the Arkansas River. The veteran Vieira was able to make it to the 8-second whistle aboard Crossover (GT Bucking Bulls) in section six of action on night one of two. Masterfully conquering his bovine counterpart, Vieira was marked 89.5 points for his efforts, good enough to hold off Colten Jesse (Konawa, Oklahoma) by 2.25 points.

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WEF 2020 Week 8: Sydney Shulman Unbeatable in Hermès Under 25 Grand Prix Series Semi-Final

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Sydney Shulman (ISR) held onto her spot at the top of the Hermès Under 25 leaderboard by winning the $37,000 Hermès Under 25 Grand Prix Series Semi-Final CSIO4* aboard Azilis du Mesnil under the lights in the International Arena during week eight on Friday, February 28, at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL.
WEF continues at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) through March 29, 2020, with 12 consecutive weeks of world-class competition and $13 million dollars on offer. The eighth week of competition, sponsored by Premier Equestrian, runs through March 1 and is recognized as a CSIO4* Nations Cup by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). Highlights still to come for the week are the $150,000 Nations Cup CSIO4* during “Saturday Night Lights”, and the $214,000 Premier Equestrian CSIO4* Grand Prix to close out the week on Sunday.

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Rising Cutting Horse Star Hottish Humanely Euthanized

Photo by Alan Gold Photo, courtesy of NCHA
Photo by Alan Gold Photo, courtesy of NCHA

Hottish, a rapidy rising star among young cutting horse sires, was humanely euthanized on February 7, at the Springtown, Texas ranch of his owners, Dustin and Deena Adams. At the time of his death, Hottish ranked fourth only to Metallic Cat, Dual Rey, and High Brow Cat, among 2020’s leading sires. His three lifetime performing crops had also produced earners of over $3.3 million, for an average of $31,709, including 2017 NCHA Futurity Open champion Dual Reyish LTE $383,364 and 2018 NCHA Open Horse of the Year and Super Stakes champion Cool N Hot LTE $358,835.

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Canadians Prove Untouchable on Home Ground at Langley – But Miss Out on Barcelona Final

Photo by FEI/Rebecca Berry
Photo by FEI/Rebecca Berry

There was plenty to celebrate when the hosts posted an emphatic victory in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley (CAN) today, where Ireland finished second and USA slotted into third ahead of Mexico in fourth and Israel in fifth place. However despite his side’s overwhelming success, Canadian Chef d’Equipe Mark Laskin said, “it was a bit bittersweet. It’s great to win here, especially on our home field, but there were two parts to this equation. The first part we took care of, but the second part we just missed” he pointed out.

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Canadians Prove Untouchable on Home Ground at Langley – But Miss Out on Barcelona Final

Photo by FEI/Rebecca Berry
Photo by FEI/Rebecca Berry

There was plenty to celebrate when the hosts posted an emphatic victory in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley (CAN) today, where Ireland finished second and USA slotted into third ahead of Mexico in fourth and Israel in fifth place. However despite his side’s overwhelming success, Canadian Chef d’Equipe Mark Laskin said, “it was a bit bittersweet. It’s great to win here, especially on our home field, but there were two parts to this equation. The first part we took care of, but the second part we just missed” he pointed out.

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