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...

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...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - More than 100 dignitaries, alumni, donors and students today celebrated the groundbreaking for a new equine center wing, the first-ever addition to the University of Louisville College of Business. The two-story, eco-friendly 7245 sq. ft. addition will cost $3.38 million and will include a green roof and sky garden. “Today we expand the college’s commitment to equine-business education and entrepreneurship, two programs that have distinguished the college internationally,”...

The New Indoor Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park will host the 2010 Kentucky Fall Horse Shows (Photo ©2010 Alltech) Lexington, KY- Kentucky Horse Shows LLC, is pleased to announce the addition of two premiere hunter/jumper competition's to its extensive list of events. The Kentucky Fall Horse Show will be held November 5-7, 2010, and the Kentucky Fall Classic will follow November 11-14, 2010. The prize list and entry blank for these exciting horse shows is currently available online and...

Hasbrouck Donovan and Falcao winning the first class of the show (Al Cook Photo) Harrisburg, PA - October 14, 2010 - From the first horse on course in today's Small Junior Hunters to the last jumper in the October 23 $75,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix de Penn National, more than 1,200 horses will gallop across the bright new footing at the 65th annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS). This prestigious indoor show attracts the nation's best riders to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and...

Rachel Perry and Major Fun, Champions, with HITS Acct. Exex. Lisa Engel (Photo by © ESI Photography) CULPEPER, VA (October 8, 2010) -- HITS Culpeper proudly recognized its 2010 SmartPak Circuit Champions. The HITS Culpeper show season began in April and featured six weeks of competition that culminated on Sunday, October 3, offering riders ample opportunities to accumulate points toward the coveted SmartPak Circuit Champion title. Prior to the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal...

Chris Nelson and Inside Out in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix (Photo by © ESI Photography ) CULPEPER, VA (October 6, 2010) -- HITS, Inc. capped off an exciting and record-breaking season when its 35th week of show-jumping competition came to a close on Sunday, October 3 at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. The final week of horse shows for the 2010 HITS season was highlighted with a variety of special classes that had top-notch prize money for both jumper and hunter riders. Without a...

Chris Nelson and Inside Out at the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix (Photo by © ESI Photography) CULPEPER, VA (October 4, 2010)--The road to the 2011 $1 Million Grand Prix kicked-off on Sunday when Chris Nelson and Lazy Creek Ranch's Inside Out captured the win in the final HITS Grand Prix of the year, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at the Culpeper Finals. Nelson, of Flower Mound, Texas, and nine-year-old Inside Out were one of 14 horse-and-rider combinations to ride the course designed by Marina...

CULPEPER, VA (October 4, 2010)--Kate Conover and Rock Steady were the top pair in Saturday's $10,000 Pre-Green Hunter Classic during the Culpeper Finals at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. Rock Steady is 10 years old and was imported from Europe by Emil Spadone in July. Since coming into the country, the horse has certainly lived up to his name in the show ring, and he put the icing on the cake with a win in Saturday's feature class for hunter riders. "He is so much fun to ride,"...

Harrisburg, PA - Running one of the most anticipated and successful hunter-jumper horse shows in the country requires a delicate balance of maintaining traditions and infusing change. The 65th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS), which returns to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Exhibition Center in Harrisburg, PA, October 14-23, is doing just that. While top-notch equestrian competition featuring ten national championships and over $350,000 in prize money will continue to...