Photo by ESI Photography (Jennifer Alfano and Fantabulous in Sunday's $10,000 Devoucoux Derby at HITS Ocala. ) HITS Ocala celebrated another action-packed week of AA-rated competition featuring the best in show jumping, as the Ocala Tournament wrapped up on Sunday, March 7. Members from the Marion County Chamber of Commerce enjoyed an outing at HITS Post Time Farm on Thursday and had the opportunity to experience first-hand the excitement and energy that makes Marion County and Ocala, FL, an...

Photo by Robbi Meisel (Eirin Bruheim and NLF Trans Atlantic) Thermometers were up and down, weathermen forecasted gloom and doom with the supposed arrival of three inches or more of snow, and like all good businesses the managers of the Gulf Coast Winter Classics decided to aire on the side of caution by cancelling Friday classes. The good news was that aside from some nasty rain, it truly was a “non event” day as Bob Bell co-chairman had hoped. Saturday saw the return of warmer temperatures,...

HITS Shows is pleased to announce the dates for HITS Saugerties Spring and Summer Show Series, as well as the 20th Annual Marshall & Sterling League National Finals. Throughout the nine-week hunter/jumper show series, May 26-September 19, 2010, HITS Saugerties will host 14 Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix Qualifiers, giving riders the chance to accumulate the Grand Prix classes and the prize money they will need in order to try to qualify for the unprecedented Pfizer Million, which will be held in...

A national Welfare Code of Practice has been endorsed by the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the American Quarter Horse Association, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, the United States Equestrian Federation and the U.S. Trotting Association. The Welfare Code of Practice, drafted by the American Horse Council, outlines in generic terms what it means for an organization to be committed to the responsible breeding, training, care,...

The United States Equestrian Federation has partnered with Harris Connect, a Virginia-based publisher of directories, to produce the 2010 USEF Membership Directory. The directory will enable USEF members to keep in touch with old friends, trainers and competitors. To ensure that the most up-to-date directory is printed, Harris Connect is mailing postcards to the members of the Federation asking them to respond to a toll-free number with their information. Those members not responding will...

Schedule to Include Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Kentucky Cup Dressage and Jumping Test Events Ticket packages for the 2010 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, April 22-25, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, will be available starting November 1. The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, part of the HSBC FEI Classics™ and one of the world's most prestigious equestrian competitions, features the best horses and riders vying for their share of $250,000 in prize money. Enhancing...

Lexington, KY - Tucker Johnson (Hobe Sound, FL) drove to the top of the leader board at the CAI-A4 Donaueschingen (GER) after a strong performance in the dressage phase. Driving his team of four horses, Johnson topped a tough field, including some of Europe’s best drivers. His score of 42.75 left him with a narrow lead after the first phase of the competition over Theo Timmerman of The Netherlands on 42.88. The marathon gets underway Friday at 1 pm local time. For complete results and...

The American Hackney Horse Society Foundation (AHHSF) will pay a premium of $1,000 to the owner of a registered hackney horse or pony that wins the championship in the respective divisions at the following competitions: American Show Pony World Championship Horse Show - American Show Pony Harness Pony World Championship - American Show Pony Roadster Pony World Championship - American Show Pony Pleasure Driving World Championship USEF Pony Hunter Championship Finals - Champion Small Pony Hunter...

LEXINGTON, KY– The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) would like to notify competitions, managers, stewards, instructors and exhibitors of a rule change that became effective April 20, 2009. The new addition to Equitation rule EQ119 states “At all World and National Championships and Finals, competitors must be allowed ample access to the competition arena in order to walk on foot the posted workout. A minimum of ½ hour is recommended.” Competitions are asked to plan accordingly to...

The Paso Fino Horse Association (PFHA) Board of Directors at their January meeting instituted a policy that will allow Trocha, Trote y Galope and Trocha y Galope classes. These classes may be offered at both regional shows and at the Grand National Championship Show. They will be broken down as follows for each of the above modalites: - Stallions and Colts - Mares and Fillies - Geldings In order for a horse to be shown in one of these classes, the horse must first obtain a Show Validation...