A New Twist in the Exciting World of Show Jumping Happened in Jacksonville, FL, Apr. 17-20

The 1st Annual City League event was held at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center with twenty teams from as far away as Bogotá, Colombia; Caracas, Venezuela; Mobile, Alabama; Lafayette, Louisiana testing their skills against the course and the clock. More>

See the winning Grand Prix ride by Derek Peterson video by Select Media

See a slideshow of pictures by Glossy Finish

See a slideshow of pictures by Teri Rehkopf

City League International Grand Prix Show Jumping - Over $400,000 in total prize money!

April 17-20, 2008  First Annual Grand Prix Show Jumping Extravaganza with Entertainment and Trade Show. Over $400,000 in total prize money for the 2008 series

Excitement! Thrills! Speed! Fun! That's Grand Prix Show Jumping! Come one, come all - SPECTATORS WELCOME!

"We're transforming Show Jumping into a spectator sport, something that people haven't done for hundreds of years." Vick Russell, City League Co-Founder

City League International  Show Jumping is coming to Jacksonville for its first event of their League series on April 17-20, 2008 at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. City League's mission is to support endeavors for the prevention and treatment of cancer. City League will achieve this by transforming Show Jumping into a spectator sport through establishing City teams, riders, and fans throughout the Southeast.

Teams of Grand Prix-level show jumping horses and riders from FIVE CITY LEAGUES will be navigating jump course obstacles as much as 5 feet high and 6 feet wide, with each rider trying to beat the time of the other rider. Each team will compete in three events over the course of the long weekend, which will end with a Saturday evening Grand Prix.

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Jared Peterson, with the Jacksonville Calvary in first place in individual standings after Thursday’s Speed Competition!

Jacksonville will offer four weeks of "AA" rated shows.

Week one will host an FEI / AGA Rated $75,000 Grand Prix in the multi million dollar covered arena.

Jacksonville International Winter Series

January 16-February 10, 2008, Clay County Ag Center (Green Cove Springs, FL)

Highlights:

See Flashpoint Photography for show photographs.

Also see HorsesintheSouth.com Calendar of Events under Hunter/Jumper events.

Jacksonville, Florida -- December 1-2, 2007 - Sharn Wordley wins the $30,000 Grand Prix Championship on Mr. Flanagan at the First Coast Invitational held at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center; Sharn then captures Third Place on Epsom.

Michael Morrisey takes 2nd place on Crelido, owned by Eugene Mische of Stadium Jumping, Inc.

What a beautiful day for a Grand Prix event in Jacksonville, Florida! With an amazing 54 entries for the Grand Prix event held on Saturday, December 1st on a new grass ring and next to newly finished stalls, the JEC has shown that Jacksonville has what it takes for a first-class show jumping venue.  Bill Joyce of Shadow Rock Farm in Ballston Spa, New York, the director, producer and show manager, put on an event that attracted the best of the best in the show jumping world.  The mini Grand Prix on the following day had 48 entries ‘to boot’!

The First Coast Invitational benefited Builders Care, a nonprofit division of the Northeast Florida Builders Association established to reduce substandard housing by providing repair services to seriously deteriorated homes belonging to the low income, elderly and disabled.

Eugene Mische of SJI was on hand to help Ringmaster, John Franzreb present the awards and personally congratulate his nephew, Michael Morrisey on his second place win.

Two-time Olympic silver medal winner and Captain of the USET, Frank Chapot and Wendy Chapot Nunn did a wonderful job as the show’s course designers.

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Green Cove Springs, FL­­ September 9, 2007— It was an exciting weekend for Sara Green as she and her horse Why Not Jack bested 54 of the region’s top competitors to capture the ASPCA Maclay Regional Championship (Region 3, the Southeast), held during final weekend of the 2007 North Florida Hunter Jumper Association’s Labor Day Horse Show. This was the first time the prestigious Region 3 Championship was held at the Agricultural Center in Green Cove Springs, Fl.

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Photo: Sara Green and Why Not Jack ©Flashpoint Photography

Rush Management Inc. - Rush Shows 2008 Dates

April 10-13 Tri-State II Chattanooga, TN USEF
April 17-20 Tri-State III Chattanooga, TN USEF
April 25-27 Mid-Florida I Ocala, FL USEF
May 8-11 RMI Spring Break Braselton, GA USEF
May 9-11 Mid-Florida II Ocala, FL USEF
May 17-18 RMI Sand Hills Southern Pines, NC NCHJA
May 23-25 Pinehurst Spring Southern Pines, NC USEF
May 23-25 Mid-Florida III Ocala, Fl USEF
June 6-8 Mid-Florida IV Ocala, FL USEF
June 7-8 RMI Vineyard Braselton, GA GHJA
July 19-20 RMI Summer Braselton, GA GHJA
July 23-27 RMI Summertime TBD, NC USEF
August 16-17 RMI Resort Braselton, GA GHJA
August 22-24 CE Summer Braselton, GA USEF
September 19-21 CE Harvest Braselton, GA USEF
September 27-28 RMI Fall Braselton, GA GHJA
November 12-16 Raleigh-UNC Benefit Raleigh, NC USEF/Grand Prix
2008 Tri-State Series
2008 Mid-Florida Series
2008 Elan Series
2008 Championship Series

Part of 2009 Show year
December 4-7 CE December I Braselton, GA USEF
December 11-14 CE December II Braselton, GA USEF
December 12-14 Mid-Florida Dec Newberry, FL USEF
December 19-21 RMI Holiday Aiken, SC USEF

Ocala January I
January 23-27
Ocala January II
January 30 - February 3

Off Week
February 4-10

Ocala Winter Classic
February 13-17

Ocala Winter Festival
February 20-24

Ocala Masters
February 27 - March 2
Ocala Tournament
March 5-9

Ocala Winter Finals
March 12-16

Show

Date

Venue

Charlotte Jumper Classic, CSI 4*

Apr 11-13, 2008

Charlotte Bobcats Arena 
Charlotte, NC

NOTE: Please be sure to check the above website venues for possible changes in their show dates or for show information.

SOLD!! - Chaviva Voltaire - Congratulations to Raewyn Robbins, of Braeburn Farm, Collingwood, Ontario on the purchase of Chaviva Voltaire

Sherry Smith's, Dogwood Sport Horses, new VOLTAIRE filly, born 4/29/07 Photo 2007 by Sherry Smith

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