Winners Roundup: January 2025

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The US Equestrian competition results for January are in (mostly), which means it is time to celebrate the first Maryland-bred winners of 2025. Maryland produced 10 winners in USEF-sanctioned events in January across four different disciplines — one Grand Prix Dressage winner, two Show Jumping winners, one Event horse winner, and five Hunter winners. The January winners show the diversity of Maryland’s breeding industry. Four of the winning Maryland-breds are Welsh pony types, three are off-the-track Thoroughbreds, one is an Oldenburg, one is a Hanoverian, and one is a Zangersheide. Dressage Vianne, is a 2016 Hanoverian mare bred by Catherine Haddad, foaled at Hilltop Farm in Colora, whose greatest accomplishment to date is winning Bronze in Para Dressage at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. She started her 2025 seasaon by winning two Para Grand Prix classes in Wellington, Florida — the CPEDI3* FEI Para Grand Prix class at the January ...
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Weekend Winners — Dec. 7-8, 2024

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Two Maryland Sport Horses brought home wins over the first weekend in December, one in Dressage and one in Eventing. On Saturday, December 7, Timothy Kammerer’s Holsteiner mare Epona WEF (Quinar x Rania (R Saluut II)) won the Third Level Test 1 class at the Stable View Winter Wonderland Dressage competition in South Carolina. This was Epona’s third win at the Third Level, the previous two being at the Summer Solstice competition in South Carolina on June 15, and the Spring Fever competition, also in South Carolina, on Apr. 20. Kammerer owns Sparling Rock Farm in Barnesville. Also on Saturday, trainer Tim Keefe’s unraced Thoroughbred gelding Wonderful Courage (Bourbon Courage x Wonderful Secret (Stevie Wonderboy)) won the Junior Training Rider division at the Rocking Horse December Horse Trial in Florida. This was the gelding’s third outing at the Training level. His first was at the Ocala Festival of Eventing last ...
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Maryland-Breds Dominate Oldenburg Premium Mare Awards

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Lismore
Every year, the Oldenburg North American Registry awards Premium Mare status to the 6 highest scoring mares in each region. This year, Maryland-breds dominated the East Coast Premium Mare award list by taking 4 of the top 6 spots, including Reserve Champion. The horses are: Reserve Champion — Lismore (pictured above), a 2021 Oldenburg bred by Elizabeth Callahan (Cool Na Grena Sporthorses), by Levisonn out of Avalon (Fine Romance). #3 — Peyton HTF, a 2020 Dutch Warmblood mare bred by Hilltop Farm, Inc., by Kjento out of Raj Mahal HTF (Royal Prince). #4 — Grace Bay, a 2018 Westphalian mare, also bred by Elizabeth Callahan, by Grafenstolz out of Rehobeth (Riverman). #5 — Georgia HTF, a 2018 Hanoverian, also bred by Hilltop Farm, by George Clooney out of Unicum-D (Negro).  They are pictured below starting with Lismore at the top and the next three in order of placing from left ...
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