After 17 Years, Richland Park Horse Trials Will No Longer Run
Bob and Kay Willmarth announced this morning that Michigan’s Richland Park Horse Trials will no longer run after 17 years of faithfully serving Area VIII and beyond.
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Elle Choate’s Epic Save at Richland Park
Elle Choate is up for the Spider Monkey Award of the Year after she managed to recover from what looked like an unavoidable fall at the Richland Park Horse Trials last weekend. Entered in the
...» Read More!Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights Produce Flawless Wire-to-Wire Win at Richland Park CIC3*
It’s a good feeling to know your horse loves his job, and there is no doubt in Colleen Rutledge’s mind that her homebred Covert Rights does. After injuries sidelined the 11-year-old Thoroughbred/Clydesdale for parts of
...» Read More!Sunday Video: Watch the Action at the Richland Park CIC3* Water
We can always count on RNS Video Media for a great cross country montage! Watch the CIC3* riders tackle the water complex at Richland Park yesterday and check out RNS Video on YouTube for more
...» Read More!Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights Hold Fast to Richland Park CIC3* Lead
Colleen Rutledge said she wasn’t going to push for time on the CIC3* cross country course at Richland Park, but her Clydesdale/Thoroughbred cross Covert Rights took matters into his own hands. “He was hysterical this
...» Read More!Saturday Helmet Cam: Dread Pirate Robby Sails to a Clear Round at Richland
I know we have some “The Princess Bride” fans out there because earlier this year we featured a horse named Inigo Montoya, and a whole lot of movie quotes popped up in the comments. We’ve
...» Read More!Lindsay Beer, Elisa Wallace Lead Richland Park CIC2*/CIC* Divisions After Two Phases
While the CIC3* division got a day off, the CIC2* and CIC* riders took to the show jumping arena today at the Richland Park Horse Trials in Kalamazoo, Mich. Marc Donovan’s show jumping course is
...» Read More!Colleen Rutledge & Covert Rights Set New Record at Richland CIC3*
Colleen Rutledge secured the best score of her FEI career today aboard her homebred Covert Rights to lead the Richland Park CIC3* on 33.3 at the conclusion of dressage at the popular summer destination horse trials in Michigan.
...» Read More!By the Numbers: Richland Park CIC3*
Richland Park kicks off the busiest portion of the fall eventing calendar, with Advanced and CIC3* events running almost every weekend through mid-October in the U.S. Year after year, Richland draws competitors to Michigan with
...» Read More!Ruppel Family Gives Area 8 Young Riders A Leg Up at Richland Park
Chris, Patty and their daughter Katie Ruppel have stepped forward to sponsor the new Richland Leg Up Award, which will be given to the lowest scoring Area 8 Young Rider in any Preliminary division at the 2017
...» Read More!Richland Park Remix: Best of Instagram Roundup
If a picture is worth a thousand words, Richland Park’s competitors, spectators and volunteers wrote a novel on Instagram this weekend. I’ll let you tell the story of how we’ll remember this year’s event. Chapter
...» Read More!How to Survive Your First FEI Event
You may have read my article last fall on how to survive your first long format event. Now I’ve officially survived my first CIC* at Richland Park Horse Trials, and I’m here with the next survival guide.
...» Read More!An Emotional Win for Katie Ruppel in Richland’s Philippa Humphreys Advanced
Even the announcer’s voice was cracking when it came time for the Philippa Humphreys Advanced division awards ceremony. Katie Ruppel and Houdini won the class by a landslide 10 points — and a more fitting
...» Read More!Will Coleman and Tight Lines Take Richland Park CIC3* Win
When overnight leader Whitney Mahloch ran into some trouble on today’s show jumping course, second-placed Will Coleman and Tight Lines suddenly found themselves in possession of the blue. Will describes “Phish” as an unorthodox jumper, but
...» Read More!All Clear Through Richland CCI2* and CIC3* Sunday Jogs
After a soggy Saturday everyone was happy to rise and shine with the sun this morning at Richland Park. By 8 a.m. the first horse in Open Training was sprinting away from the start box.
...» Read More!14 Brody Robertson Originals on the Richland Show Jumping Course
“If you can dream it, we can build it.” Those are words to live by at Brody Robertson Show Jumps, whose signature creations are easy to spot at events around the country: Rolex, Carolina International,
...» Read More!CIC3* Rookies Whitney Mahloch & Military Mind Have the Cross Country Ride of Their Lives at Richland
Whitney Mahloch couldn’t wipe the smile off her face all the way around her first CIC3* track here at Richland Park this afternoon. I watched her storm through two of the trickiest questions on the
...» Read More!Friday Video from World Equestrian Brands: ‘Who Jumped It Best?’ Richland CIC*
The CIC* division knocked out its show jumping this afternoon at Richland Park, and Marc Donovan’s course did its part to scramble the 39-horse scoreboard. The winding course sent competitors up and down the undulating
...» Read More!2nd Annual ‘Crouching Chinch, Hidden Chilla’ Richland CIC3* Course Preview
Whether it’s sailing over cross-country jumps at Bromont or drunkenly smashing into them at Luhmühlen, you never know what’s going to happen next when you lead an opinionated stuffed animal into the start box. Such was the case
...» Read More!Happy 15th Anniversary, Richland Park Horse Trials!
Every edition of Richland Park is special but 2016 marks an extra exciting landmark in the event’s history. It’s Richland’s 15th anniversary horse trial — here’s to you, Richland! The story of Richland dates back
...» Read More!Whitney Mahloch and $500 OTTB Military Mind Lead Richland Dressage in Their CIC3* Debut
Whitney Mahloch and Military Mind have come out swinging in their first three-star attempt, topping Richland Park CIC3* dressage on a personal best score of 44.6. Never mind winning — just making it to this level,
...» Read More!#ThrowbackThursday Video from Nupafeed: 2015 Richland Save of the Year
The 2015 Richland Park Save of the Year went to Darby Weerstra, who competed in the Junior Novice division with Seelie Court II. Darby and the Irish Sport Horse mare ran into a bit of
...» Read More!Sights and Sounds from Wednesday Afternoon at Richland Park H.T.
The most bustling corn field in America this week is located in Richland, Michigan, site of Richland Park H.T. The event gets underway tomorrow with one- through three-star dressage as well as the Advanced horse
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