ESI Photography (Tracy Fenney and MTM Timon in the $100,000 DeLuca Toyota Tundra Grand Prix, presented by Great American Insurance Group.) Ocala, FL - HITS, Inc., is pleased to announce that the 2011 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit will mark the company's 30th anniversary of its popular Florida Winter Circuit. In anticipation of this important milestone, the 2011 season is shaping up with exciting news and improvements, staying dedicated to its honored tradition of providing the best value in show...

Cazenovia, NY - The Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament featuring the 127th National Horse Show looks forward to another fantastic year of equestrian competition and is pleased to invite spectators to many exciting events throughout the week. Held from November 2-7, the Syracuse Invitational welcomes the National Horse Show to Syracuse along with top-ranked equestrians from across the U.S. and from around the world to compete in the War Memorial at the Oncenter Complex. Besides the...

Cazenovia, NY - The Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament featuring the 127th National Horse Show looks forward to another fantastic year of equestrian competition and is pleased to invite spectators to many exciting events throughout the week. Held from November 2-7, the Syracuse Invitational welcomes the National Horse Show to Syracuse along with top-ranked equestrians from across the U.S. and from around the world to compete in the War Memorial at the Oncenter Complex. Besides the...

Jessica Springsteen and Iscariote won the second $25,000 G&C Farm Young Rider Grand Prix at the 2010 (Photo © Randi Muster/Mustphoto Inc.) Wellington, FL - The 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the Artisan Farms Young Rider Series during the upcoming circuit. The Artisan Farms Young Rider Series will consist of the three $15,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix classes and the Artisan Farms $20,000 Young Rider Team competition, which...

Michelle Parker and Reina at HITS Arizona (Photo by: © Brent Ericsen Photography) TUCSON, AZ - HITS, Inc. is pleased to announce that the 2011 HITS Arizona Winter Circuit will host six crucial qualifiers for both the $1 Million Grand Prix and the all-new $500,000 HITS 3’3” Hunter Prix Final that will take place September 10-11 at HITS-on-the-Hudson, in Saugerties, New York. The 2011 HITS Arizona Winter Circuit will get underway on Wednesday, February 2 and run for six consecutive weeks until...

Sidesaddle Champions Jill Wilson and All Aboard (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, Penn. - All Aboard turned in a sidesaddle performance with Jill Wilson today that will be a ride to remember. The 16-year-old grey gelding earned the tricolor during what may be his final Harrisburg championship with Wilson, his Louisa County, Virginia-partner who is moving on to a new horse. Scoring the top points in the Sidesaddle division, All Aboard, owned by Sally Lamb of Gordonsville, Va. turned in flawless trips,...

Champions Abbie Ross and TNT in the North American League Children's Jumper Finals (Al Cook Photo ) Harrisburg, Penn. - For the second year in a row Abbie Ross and TNT blew away the competition in the North American League (NAL) $10,000 Children's Jumper Finals. Owned by Lillie Ross, Abbie's older sister, and coach, TNT is a 16-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare who stands a petite 14.1 hands. As the smallest equine in the class, Abbie said, "In the first round the triple combination was difficult...

Sandra Ferrell and Showman receiving the Grand Green Hunter Champion award (Al Cook Photo ) Harrisburg, Penn. - Sandra Ferrell of Bernville, Penn. swept the competition aboard Showman, earning top honors as the Grand Green Hunter Champion. Showman is an 8-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Krista and Alexa Weisman of Sherborn, Mass. Competing on home territory, the 33-year-old Ferrell claimed the tricolor aboard Showman in the First Year Green Hunter Championship earlier in the day. Good...

SAUGERTIES, NY - Less than two weeks after announcing plans for a $100,000 Hunter Final for its popular 3’3” Devoucoux Hunter Classic, HITS has decided to quintuple the purse and make history again by offering the richest hunter class in the sport of show jumping. The $500,000 HITS 3’3” Hunter Prix Final will be a culmination of more than 30 Devoucoux Hunter Prix qualifying classes offered at all HITS horse shows from January 19 through September 4, 2011. The Final will be take place September...

Eirin Bruheim and Cicero 75 represented Zone 7 at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, PA - Junior rider Eirin Bruheim of Nordic Lights Farm traveled all the way from Texas this past weekend to compete at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show with her talented mount Cicero 75. The pair showed in the Junior Jumper Prix des States event representing Zone 7 and helped their team garner the fifth place prize. Bruheim began the Junior Jumper Prix des States competition...