Beezie Madden and McLain Ward amongst the stars present at the Washington International Horse Show.

The CSI4*-W Washington International Horse Show began earlier today and as you can imagine there are plenty of stars from the USA present at the event and ready to take part in latest stage of the World Cup for the North American division. Amongst the big names from the North American continent, fans will have the chance to see Kent Farrington, McLain Ward, Beezie Madden and Laura Kraut all in action, in addition to the promising talents Katie Dinan, Reed Kessler, Jessica Springsteen and Brianne Goutal. However it isn’t just riders from the stars and stripes of the USA that will be on display at the event in Washington and there will be plenty of European riders ready to stake their claim for success in the trials scheduled on US soil. They are the Belgian duo and siblings Nicola and Olivier Philippaerts, Françsois Mathy as well as Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam. For a complete list of the riders at the event, see here: http://www.wihs.org/lower.php?url=article&aid=399&story=star-studded+lineup+of+international+show+jumpers++announced+for+2014+washington+international+horse+show There are many trials scheduled including the President Cup Grand Prix which has a staggering 125 thousand dollars of prize money up for grabs. There are also many other interesting competitions such as the unique and characteristic Shetland Pony Racing. For more, please see here: www.wihs.com