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It Pays To Show Online With the New HorseShow.com Hunter Over Fences Shows, Offering Almost $12,000 in Prize Money

by Yellow Horse Marketing | 12/16/2011 2:31:10 PM

HorseShow.com, the premier online horse show network, announces the launch of a new line-up of digital competitions which includes their inaugural shows for the hunter discipline, the Landmark Hunter Challenge and Best of the Hunters. HorseShow.com offers a revolutionary way to assess a horse and rider's readiness for competition and receive expert feedback without the expense of actually traveling to a live show, and in celebration of the unveiling of their newly-updated website, HorseShow....

Todd Minikus rides to victory in Friday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York

by HITS Media | 7/30/2011 10:00:33 AM

Saugerties, NY — Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, FL, went two-for-four in Friday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, piloting two of his four mounts to the jump-off to ultimately take the blue on Candy Tribble & Windsor Show Stables’ Sweetheart at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, NY. Show jumping at HITS-on-the-Hudson is operating at full throttle as weeks V and VI welcome roughly 1,900 horses to the show grounds for what is sure to be some...

Richie Moloney Wins Hollow Brook Associates 1.45m Jumper Class at 34th Annual Intercat Inc. I Love New York Horse Show

by Marty Bauman/Classic Communications | 7/8/2011 3:00:00 PM

Lake Placid, NY — Richie Moloney of Ireland swept the top two places in the Hollow Brook Associates 1.45m Jumper Class Friday at the 34th annual Intercat, Inc. I Love New York Horse Show. Moloney, runner-up in Sunday’s $75,000 Mirror Lake Inn Grand Prix of Lake Placid, rode clean on two mounts, Slieveanorra and Ahorn Van De Zuuthoeve, over the nine-jump power portion of the course at the North Elba Showgrounds. Midway through the class, he took the lead on Ahorn Van De Zuuthoeve...

Show Jumping Returns to HITS Culpeper With All-new Grand Prix Footing and Next Round of Qualifiers for Pfizer Million and Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final

by HITS Media | 6/14/2011 10:00:59 AM

Culpepper, VA — The upcoming HITS Culpeper July Show Series offers two of the four remaining Culpeper stops on the road to the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix and the all-new Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final, the richest classes in the world. The Showday National will kick off the series July 6–10, followed by the Cavalier Classic July 13–17 for two consecutive weeks of show jumping at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. Entries for these July shows must be...

Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic Set to Begin July 8 - New This Year: Horse Show Offers Two Grand Prix Events

by Esther Morgan | 4/23/2011 4:00:16 PM

Moreland Hills, OH — The Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic will run from Friday, July 8, through Saturday, July 23, at the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field in Moreland Hills, OH. The prize list is available on the horse show website . New this year, the show’s second week will be rated “AA,” the top level of competition and prize money. Also new this year is the addition of a second grand prix, the new $25,000 CVPHA Grand Prix, plus the addition of the $5,000 National...

Tired of the Status Quo? Check Out the New Atlanta Summer Classics

by Robbi Meisel/Flashpoint Media Services | 4/8/2011 9:39:00 AM

Elizabeth Boyd & Brunello. (Flashpoint Photography.) Conyers, GA Spring has sprung and summer is just around the corner. The Classic Company has two weeks of horse showing not to be missed, with increased prize money, new classes and an array of special events. “We’ve taken many of our exhibitors’ suggestions and made them into reality for the Summer Classics. I believe they’ll be as excited as we are with the results," Bob Bell of Classic said. Hunter riders will take center stage during the...

Pfizer Million Sets New Standard in Show Jumping as Praise for World’s Richest Grand Prix Pours in from Around the World

by HITS | 9/22/2010 4:57:00 PM

McLain Ward and Sapphire on their way to the Pfizer Million winner's circle (© ESI Photography.) Saugerties, NY - Sunday’s Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix was an epic show jumping event that has sent waves of excitement throughout the world. When HITS announced its intentions to host a million dollar grand prix class as the finale to its 2010 show season, reactions ranged from excitement to disbelief since a purse of that size had never been offered before, especially in the United States. Fast...

Kelley Farmer and Habana Repeat Victory In Draper Equine Therapy Baby Green Hunter Championship at New Year’s Show

by By JRPR | 1/5/2010 3:01:00 PM

Courtesy Mancini Photos (Kelley Farmer and Habana) Kelley Farmer and Habana repeated their victory in the Baby Green Hunter division, sponsored by Draper Equine Therapy, at the Equestrian Sport Productions New Year’s Show. It was the second victory in the Baby Green Hunter Championship during the winter show circuit for Farmer and the four-year-old gelding Habana, who is owned by the Spencer Ranch, home of Popeye K, the 2008 and 2009 USEF Hunter Breeding Sire of the Year. “It is very exciting...

Zada Enterprises, LLC 6th Annual Dressage at the National Features Top FEI Riders and Debuts a New Test of Choice Format

by By Phelps Media Group | 11/21/2007 10:01:00 AM

Zada Enterprises, LLC, 6th Annual Dressage at the National will be held December 7-9, 2007, at the 124th National Horse Show & Family Festival in Wellington, FL. Presented in a two-ring showcase at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club, the dressage show will feature top international riders in the FEI (International Equestrian Federation) classes, including Denmark's Lars Petersen and Mikala Gundersen; Colombia's Marco Bernal; USA's Melissa Taylor; Bent Jensen and Susan Dutta. New this year at...

Friesians of Majesty's Ymkje named Model; First Friesian in history ever to be awarded this title in New England

by By Mary Cruickshank | 10/18/2006 11:04:00 AM

Friesians of Majesty entered eight horses to be judged at the New England Keuring held September 21-22, 2006 in Northampton, MA. All eight horses received premium ratings or better. Friesians of Majesty again shows the world the caliber of Friesian horses in its barns as this is the third year in a row that multiple top titles went to the horses of Friesians of Majesty. Ymkje was awarded the prestigious title of model given to very few mares. After spending a year in intense dressage training...