HJN Content posted on September 8th, 2006

Show Jumping Fan Rides with Eight-time Olympian Ian Millar at Spruce Meadows

CALGARY, September 8, 2025 – Show jumping fan Helen Warness of Thunder Bay, Ontario, rode with the best in Canada today after winning a BMO Financial Group contest that included a riding lesson with eight-time Olympian and show jumping legend Ian Millar. (Read on…)

SAMANTHA HARRISON AND OLIVIA ESSE FINISH ONE-TWO IN THE ROSEWOOD FINALS

BURBANK, CA - Samantha Harrison came to the 2006 Rosewood Medal Finals, held September 2-3 during Gold Coast 6, hoping to have fun and ride well. Harrison concluded by not only riding well, but winning the overall championship. “I wanted to just come to have fun and to try my best,” said Harrison with a grin. (Read on…)

Vermont Summer Festival Expands to Six Weeks in 2007

East Dorset, Vermont — The Vermont Summer Festival, New England’s largest “AA” rated hunter/jumper horse show, will expand to six weeks in 2007. (Read on…)

Welles, Cheska, Levine and Nor Lead 2006 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Series Following August Competitions

Tampa, FL—September 7, 2006— The 2006 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series saw 10 exciting events in August—seven in the East Conference and three in the West. The Series kicked off in February and continues through November, culminating in a Year-End Championship at the National Horse Show in Wellington, FL. (Read on…)

RIDING FOR READING

BURBANK, CA - Riding For Reading launched its inaugural event with overwhelming success. Fifty riders, ranging from second grade to high school seniors, rode for their schools in the Riding For Reading Class at the Riding For Reading Benefit Show (September 4, 2025) at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. The fifty riders represented 46 different schools, and every rider earned a grant for his or her school’s library. Riding For Reading will distribute almost $5,000 worth of library grants to schools throughout the greater Los Angeles Area. (Read on…)

Where There’s a Will – There’s a Way

(SPRUCE MEADOWS, Calgary, AB): “I came here to ride,” says Will Simpson, who captured the Cana Cup (Sec. II), the feature event on the International Ring Thursday afternoon.

With three horses clear in the 7 horse jump-off, it came down to speed, which Simpson and his Dutch Warmblood El Campeons Tosca had in spades. (Read on…)

“Holy Hoopla” Canadian Jill Henselwood leads the way in the USGPL standings

CULPEPER, VA (September 8, 2025)Thanks to her win in the $150,000 Grand Prix of the Desert at the HITS Desert Circuit, Canadian Olympian Jill Henselwood leads all Grand Prix Riders in the USGPL Standings that concludes with the $100,000 USGPL Invitational Grand Prix at HITS Culpeper on October 1. (Read on…)

USEF Youth Sportsman’s Charter Award Debuts in 2006

Lexington, KY - On December 2, 2005, the United States Equestrian Federation® (USEF) announced the debut of the USEF Youth Sportsman’s Charter Award. This new program is designed for junior members who are current members of both the USEF and their recognized national affiliate. The youth candidates are to demonstrate an ongoing commitment and dedication to the USEF and their affiliate through the promotion of the horse. This person is to serve as a role model for their peers. (Read on…)