HJN Content posted for April, 2007

FLASHPOINT MEDIA SERVICES: THE WEEK IN REVIEW

AIKEN, S.C.—APRIL 30, 2007— Flashpoint Media Services clients continued with exciting Hunter/Jumper action during the Aiken Spring Classic, April 25-29, which was highlighted by the $25,000 William D Haggard Memorial Hunter Challenge and a $25,000 Grand Prix.

This week, the riders of the Monroe, N.C.-based HUNTERS LANE FARM were in the limelight, beginning with budding junior rider Alise Oken, who bested a seasoned group of professionals—including Scott Hofstetter and Daniel Geitner—to captured the $25,000 Hunter Classic aboard the Oken-Don Stewart-owned mare Alisette. (Read on…)

USET Foundation Offers Athlete Portrait Campaign Posters for Sale at www.uset.org to Benefit High Performance Programs

GLADSTONE, NJ – April 26, 2025 – The extraordinary Athlete Portrait Campaign posters created by Elma Garcia that were on display and for sale at the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup™ Finals in Las Vega, Nevada (April 18-22) can now be purchased via the USET Foundation website at www.uset.org. There are five different posters available for a donation to the Foundation of $35 each. All proceeds from the sales of the posters benefit the U.S. equestrian team athletes and their High Performance programs. (Read on…)

HITS is bringing the family fun back to Saugerties

Saugerties, New York (April 25, 2025) - The horse shows that bring $50 million to the surrounding area’s economy are coming back to town! Beginning on Wednesday, May 30 the HITS facility will open its gates for three consecutive weeks of Olympic-level equestrian competition. HITS will feature two Grand Prix classes each week: on Thursdays it’s a $25,000 purse sponsored by Ariat and on Sunday afternoons the stakes are higher as riders and horses vie for up to $75,000 in prize money. (Read on…)

Action Set to Begin at Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Farnam

Lexington, KY April 25, 2025 - Some 45 horses are set to start the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, on Thursday, April 26, after passing this afternoon’s first veterinary inspection. The three-member ground jury decided after careful and lengthy deliberation not to pass one horse this afternoon, but that one horse was Ocotillo, the mount of Lexington-based Cathy Wieschhoff. (Read on…)

ROLEX KENTUCKY TO RUN IN WITHOUT STEEPLECHASE FORMAT IN 2007

The 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event will be run in the “without Steeplechase” or “short” format as in 2006. We at Equestrian Events, Inc. continue to be staunch supporters of and believers in the classic (long) format of the Three-Day Event, at all levels. (Read on…)

Reminder: Rolex Kentucky Live Online on NBC at MediaZone

Equestrian sports fans around the world will be able to watch the 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, as it happens thanks to the world’s first-ever full, live, end-to-end webcast of a Four Star Three-Day Event. (Read on…)

Back in the Spotlight: Retracing Some of History’s Outstanding Olympic Moments

With some 471 days to go till the 2008 Olympic Games and a week during which the eyes of the sports world are turned to Beijing where the SportAccord convention is currently taking place, let us take stock from the past, from the inspirational to the downright remarkable feats in equestrian Olympic history. (Read on…)

FEI WORLD CUP™ JUMPING IS COMING HOME…..

As the curtain was coming down on the 29th FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final in Las Vegas last weekend, thoughts were already beginning to turn to the 2007/2008 finale which will be staged in the city considered to be the true home of World Cup show jumping - Gothenburg, Sweden. (Read on…)

Flashpoint Media Services: The Week in Review

AIKEN, S.C.—April 24, 2007—The Aiken Spring Classic, which kicked off April 18 at the Aiken Horse Park in Ford Conger Field, was a Flashpoint Media Services family affair. On the show grounds and in the ribbons for the inaugural week were Daniel Geitner, of the Aiken-based DFG Stables, the riders of the Monroe-NC-based Hunters Lane Farm, new locals Michael and Luke Tokaruk, of Tokaruk Show Stables, and Finally Farm’s Elizabeth Towell-Boyd and Jack Hardin Towell Jr., who hail from Camden, S.C. (Read on…)

Charlotte Jumper Classic Win Gives McLain Ward Unprecedented Lead in American Grand Prix Association (AGA) Rider of Year Race

Wellington, FL – April 24, 2025 – McLain Ward, winner of the $150,000 Grand Prix of Charlotte, CSI 4* on April 15, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina, has broadened what was already an almost insurmountable lead in the race for 2007 American Grand Prix Association (AGA) Rider of the Year. (Read on…)

Top riders to compete at Royal Windsor Horse Show

If you are suffering from withdrawal symptoms from not seeing your favourite British Riders competing, then look no further. The entries for Royal Windsor Horse Show have closed and in the Show Jumping classes an incredible 15 out of the top 20 ranked British riders have entered, including family clan, and ranked by the BSJA (governing body) at 1, 2 and 3: Michael, John and Robert Whitaker. (Read on…)

THIS TIME IT WAS TEAM USA THAT WAS VICTORIOUS IN THE LAS VEGAS WORLD CUP HUNTER CHALLENGE

Las Vegas – April 23 – The World Cup Team Hunter Challenge rematch was met in stride, literally, as riders negotiated some of the nation’s top horses around the Richard Jeffrey designed course at the Thomas & Mack arena on April 21, 2007. In the end it was the U.S. team of Louise Serio, John French, Peter Pletcher and Scott Stewart who won against European show jumping riders Rodrigo Pessoa, Michael Whitaker, Christian Ahlmann and Marcus Ehning. (Read on…)

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT

Isabelle Werth Dances To Victory In Dressage and Beat Mandli Flys High In Show Jumping

The Final Rounds in Dressage and Show Jumping showcased incredible talent for the final two days of the Rolex World Cup in Las Vegas. It was clear that the finest horses and riders were on stage in this city of entertainment. The crowds came and witnessed some of the best performances ever and our cameras and pens captured all the action. (Read on…)

Switzerland’s Beat Mandli and Ideo du Thot Win 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup Title; McLain Ward and Sapphire Lead American Effort with 8th Place Tie

Las Vegas, Nevada—On the last day of the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup for show jumping, it came down to a battle between the Germans and Swiss. In the end, it was a win for Beat Mandli and Ideo du Thot, the 11-year-old Selle Francais gelding after putting in two rounds where they downed only one rail to finish on a score of five World Cup points. Some 15 nations were represented in the show jumping World Cup and the roster of international sport stars left the crowds very happy with amazing rounds of show jumping and enough thrills and spills to satisfy the most ardent fan. (Read on…)

Super Swiss Beat Mandli brings home the World Cup Title

There were even more surprises in store in the closing competition of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Finals this afternoon in Las Vegas where Switzerland’s Beat Mandli reigned supreme with Ideo du Thot.

In a class that seemed to be choreographed to produce maximum drama, Daniel Deusser rocketed up from overnight 14th to take second place while fellow-German Markus Beerbaum and Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat finished joint-third. (Read on…)

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