HJN Content posted on July 18th, 2007

Michigan Native Erin Haas Captures Top Two Places in Low Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Class on First Day of Horse Shows by the Bay

Traverse City, MI - July 18, 2025 - The first day of the fourth annual Horse Shows by the Bay I began this morning with competitors eager to test out the rings at the brand new show facility, Flintfields, located in scenic Traverse City, MI.

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Canada’s Tom Dvorak Finishes Fourth Individually at Pan American Games

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Tom Dvorak of Hillsburgh, ON, finished fourth in the Individual Dressage competition held Wednesday at the XV Pan American Games. He was edged out of bronze medal position by the smallest of margins, 0.05%, by Yvonne Losos de Muñiz of the Dominican Republic riding the 11-year-old Hannoverian stallion, Bernstein Las Marismas. (Read on…)

Jimmy Torano Takes Top Prizes at 2007 Vermont Summer Festival

East Dorset, Vermont — The ‘Manchester Summer Special’, the second of six weeks of equestrian competition at the Vermont Summer Festival, began Wednesday, July 18, with action in five all-weather rings. Despite the inclement weather, classes went smoothly especially in the grand prix ring where Jimmy Torano of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, finished first and second in both the Level 6 Jumper competition and the Open Jumper class. (Read on…)

Hampton Classic - Manhattan Mortgage Company’s Opening Day to Showcase Local Singers

WLIU Contest Winner to Perform the National Anthem

Bridgehampton, NY—July 17, 2007—The $20,000 Nicolock Time Challenge and the Hampton Classic/WLIU 88.3 FM National Anthem Contest will headline Manhattan Mortgage Company’s Opening Day activities at the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Sunday, August 26. (Read on…)

USEF and USDF Announce Qualifying Competitions for Dressage Championships

Lexington, KY— The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) are pleased to announce official qualifying competitions for the 2008 CN North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships presented by Gotham North and UlcerGard and 2008 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Dressage Championships for the Junior, Young Rider and Young Adult “Brentina Cup” divisions. (Read on…)

Hickey Delivers Gold, Sammis Takes Silver, in Debut International Competition at the Pan American Games Dressage Individual Finals

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—It was a double-medal day for Team USA at Deodoro Stadium as Maryland’s Christopher Hickey aboard Regent won the coveted Gold medal on a two-day averaged score of 70.725% after performing his freestyle before an appreciative crowd. New Jersey’s Lauren Sammis, who had led the scores at the end of the Team competition, finished in Silver-medal position (69.925%) after delivering an entertaining freestyle aboard Sagacious HF. (Read on…)

San Patrignano’s CSI5* begins Friday

San Patrignano’s CSI5*, the international show jumping competition dedicated to the founder Vincenzo Muccioli by the 1800 young men and women of the Rimini drug rehabilitation facility, has reached its eleventh edition. (Read on…)

Rolex becomes the title sponsor of the FEI World Jumping Rankings

The FEI is proud to announce that as of July 2007, Rolex will become the title sponsor of the FEI World Jumping Rankings, which will henceforth be known as the Rolex Rankings. (Read on…)

Horse Sports by the Bay to Host Five Fundraisers Over the Course of its Three-Week Equestrian Festival

Traverse City, MI - July 18, 2025 - From July 18 through August 5, 2007, Traverse City, MI, will be home to Horse Sports by the Bay’s three-week equestrian festival. The festival comprises Horse Shows by the Bay and Zada Enterprises, LLC’s Dressage by the Bay and features some of the top horses and riders in the country. (Read on…)

Rio Welcomes the Americas

The 15th edition of the Pan American Games was officially opened last weekend in the Estádio do Maracanã (Maracanã stadium) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A mythical venue at best, this football stadium is one of the largest in the world. It was inaugurated in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup, the final of which was attended by 175,000 spectators. (Read on…)

There’s Just No Other Place for Daniel Geitner

Tryon, NC. —July 17,2007—A little less than 5 years ago Kyle Register of Aiken, SC bought a horse that others had passed on because there was some question as to whether the headstrong youngster had the capacity to jump big. She [Kyle] believes there were two solid reasons to buy Trading Places, one “just a gut feeling” and two, “the best kept secret then, Daniel Geitner of DFG Stables.” That confidence paid off on Saturday as the pair took top honors at the EMO Grand Prix in Tryon, NC and marked their 3rd victory since moving up to this level of competition in 2007. (Read on…)

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