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Capitalizing on her horse’s impressive and well-known footspeed, Nicole Shahinian-Simpson (USA) navigated Silver Raven Farms’ Akuna Mattata to the victory ...
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It’s worth leaving your ringside seat to watch Akuna Mattata in the warm-up before a big class. The mare can ...
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Oscar Soberon (USA) tested 38 horse-and-ride pairs on his first-round track, with seven pairs qualifying for the jump-off contest. Shahinian-Simpson and “Nahla,” the 2008 ...
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Out of the starting field of 73, Shahinian-Simpson was one of only seven to reach the tiebreaking jump-off by riding without penalty ...
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But the strong performance didn’t quell Shahinian-Simpson’s concern that something might be off with Nahla, a horse she’s known since ...
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The highlight jumper class of week 6 at the 2019 Winter Equestrian Festival, the $134,000 CabanaCoast Grand Prix CSI3*, was ...
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Last to go in the $36,600  Turkish Airlines Classic CSI4*-W at Deeridge Farms, Nicole Shahinian-Simpson (USA) knew she had one more ace in her ...
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After making their Devon debut in 2018 with multiple top placings, the United States’ Nicole Shahinian-Simpson and Silver Raven Farms’ Akuna Mattata ...
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Competitors brought their A-game on Sunday afternoon for the final leg of the FEI CSI 3* Gold Tour. A sizeable ...
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Following just a 2-horse jump-off, Nicole Shahinian-Simpson (USA) and Silver Raven Farms’ Akuna Mattata topped the class ahead of the ...
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Blasts from the Past

"As for "Nicki," she seem perfectly content living by a stable. Our problem is getting her off the horses to ...
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"An exuberant Nicole Shahinian capped a fabulous year by taking home the blue at the Medal Finals in Harrisburg on ...
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"I'd dreamed of this kind of horse-show life since I was a little girl riding ponies with my friends, jumping ...
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In 1992 at the Devon Horse Show, Nicki was inducted into the Mickey Mouse Club Hall of Fame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zd_ozmpf8A ...
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"Nicole Shahinian, already the most decorated young rider in the nation, ended her junior career on a crescendo by passing ...
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