Press Releases & Announcements
Chip In for Kevin at Blenheim EquiSports
As the horse community pulls together for those in need, Blenheim EquiSports and the Wasserman Foundation would like to join in and be a part of the fundraising efforts for Kevin Babington. Since 2016, Blenheim EquiSports has offered the Chip in for Charity program,...
Three Champions are Crowned in the $45,000 Blenheim West Coast Young Jumper Series Finals, presented by Fairbanks Valley Farm
As the Blenheim EquiSports Del Mar season comes to a close for 2019, thirty-six youngsters from ages five to seven came to compete on the grass field at Showpark for the $45,000 Blenheim West Coast Young Jumper Series Finals, presented by Fairbanks Valley Farm. A number of these future stars…
Cassio Rivetti And Fenna Deliver Thrilling Finish In $25,000 Markel Grand Prix
For the second time this season, Cassio Rivetti took top honors in Saturday afternoon’s $25,000 Markel Insurance 1.45m Grand Prix. This week, during the Showpark All Seasons Summer Classic, Rivetti aboard Fenna, a nine year-old KWPN mare owned by Neil Jones Equestrian Inc., was the only rider to turn in a clear round…
Abby Steller, Avery Glynn, and Juliette Joseph Prove Consistency is Key in the 2019 CPHA Foundation Equitation Championships
Medal Final season signals the end of summer and the beginning of fall and this weekend 113 equestrians in three age sections were tested in the equitation arena. When competing in the California Professional Horsemen’s Association Foundation Equitation Championships, the equitation tests are uniquely built into the two rounds. Those who had put in extra hours with the counter-canter had an edge throughout the Championships, held August 24-25, at the Showpark Summer Classic at the Del Mar Horse Park.
Gegen Goes For It In The $50,000 Grand Prix Of Showpark
For the second year in a row, Nick Gegen led the victory gallop in Saturday’s feature event at the Showpark Summer Classic. Aboard Arc De Triomphe owned by Neaulani Farms, Gegen topped a field of twenty-one entries on another perfect #WestCoastShowcation day in beautiful Del Mar, California. Keri Potter and Jiminy Cricket, winners of the Markel Insurance Jumper Classic earlier in the week, finished a fraction of a second slower to earn second place honors.
Team Tres Palomas Victorious In Marquis Opening Event At Showpark Summer Classic
Twenty-eight horse/rider combinations took center stage for a special Thursday edition of the $25,000 Markel Insurance 1.45m Jumper Series during Showpark Summer Classic. The feature event, which was held concurrently with the $2,500 Blenheim EquiSports U25 Jumper Classic, resulted in a very special teacher/student victory as Keri Potter aboard Jiminy Cricket won the Markel while her student, Hannah Loly and her horse Ayma De La Demi Lune bested the young riders.
YOUNG JUMPER PROFILE: CHIPOTLE
Chipotle and Michelle Parker PC: Carol Brooks ParkerMichelle Parker is no stranger to developing young jumpers. Over the years she has successfully brought horses, like Cuplior, from the Young Jumper divisions to Grand Prix classes. One of her mounts this year, 7-year...
A Plethora of Pony Fun: Tinkerbell & Petey
At Blenheim’s June Classic III, or the week we like to call “pony palooza,” pony riders Paloma Primavera and Selma Eriksen gave us the scoop about each of their ponies. In a series of interview questions about what their ponies would be like as people, both of the...
Attention Junior Equitation Riders! Don’t miss your chance to win the 2019 Shelby Drazan Memorial Award – enter in August!
Win one round-trip horse flight to Indoors plus $2,000 towards the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal entries Now in its fourth year, The Shelby Drazan Memorial Award recognizes a Junior Equitation Rider that has displayed sportsmanship, integrity and passion in...
NEW Online Horse Show Software
In an ongoing effort to improve customer service and the overall experience at Blenheim EquiSports shows, we are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Showgrounds Live LLC to deliver the most advanced online software in the equestrian industry. Beginning with the Blenheim Fall Tournament (September 11-15, 2019), competitors may access the new online system for a broad range of real-time services, including:
Angel Karolyi And Cooper Shine In $25,000 Markel Insurance Grand Prix
The Markel Insurance 1.45m Jumper Series returned to the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park at San Juan Capistrano on Saturday with twenty-one horse/rider combinations competing on the The Oaks International Grand Prix field. In the end, it was Angel Karolyi and Cooper, owned by Joan Hope, finishing at the top of the leaderboard with Emily Esau-Williams and Crack One, owned by Ixchel Mosley, a close second…
Junior Avery Glynn and Amateur Rose Skloff are Victorious in the CPHA Medal Finals
ith gorgeous ribbons and fantastic awards, the two-day, three-round 2019 California Professional Horsemen’s Association (CPHA) Junior and Amateur Hunt Seat Medal Finals, held again in the Blenheim Farms Indoor Arena adjacent to the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park, welcomed 51 juniors, 20 amateur riders…