United States Eventing Association

Last weekend’s Red Hills Horse Trials marked the first event of the 2011 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series. Allison Springer and her own Irish Sport Horse gelding, Arthur, took home the top prize earning 200 points for the win and 40 bonus points for a clean show jumping round. Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos sit in second with 215 points while Michael Pollard and Icarus round out the top three with an even 200 points. Check out the Gold Cup Leaderboard for current standings.

Six events remain in the 2011 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series, so there are plenty of opportunities to earn your place on the Gold Cup leaderboard. Next up, the Gold Cup heads across the country to the Galway Downs Horse Trials in Temecula, California on March 31 where the CIC3* will serve as the designated Gold Cup division. The current keeper of the cup is west coaster, Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and The Good Witch. The pair is certain to try and defend their title to earn this year’s $20,000 grand prize.

The following weekend the Gold Cup heads back to the east coast where riders in the Advanced Division at The Fork Horse Trials in Norwood, North Carolina will have their chance to take home points for a top spot on the Gold Cup leaderboard. Twenty riders are already entered in the Advanced Division including the current second placed pair, Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos, as well as Olympians, Phillip Dutton, Kim Severson, and Mara DePuy.

The 2011 Gold Cup Season is rounded out with CIC3* divisions at Twin Rivers Horse Trials, The Event at Rebecca Farm, and Richland Park Horse Trials before the grand finale at the USEA American Eventing Championships in the Merial Advanced Division.

About The Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series

Now in its eighth year, the Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series is an exciting format of competition and entertainment for U.S. Eventing, encompassing seven of the top eventing competitions from around the U.S. where the best of the best vie for prize money, trophies, and the title of Gold Cup Champion.

Winners of each of the seven Gold Cup events across the country receive an Adequan USEA Gold Cup Trophy, $500 in prize money, 7-dose box of Adequan, a three-month supply of SUCCEED, and a pair of Nunn Finer American Style open front boots. Second place finishers also take home a 7-dose box of Adequan and a pair of Nunn Finer American Style open front boots.

The overall Adequan USEA Gold Cup winner will receive a hefty check for $20,000 and a huge trophy at the 2011 USEA Annual Meeting & Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series is made possible through the support of its sponsors: Title: Adequan; Legacy: Nunn Finer and Nutrena; and Patron: Broadstone Equine Insurance Agency, and Succeed.

Interesting in sponsoring the Gold Cup? Contact Jo Whitehouse for more information at 703-779-0440 or email [email protected]