Ocala, Fla. - Riders vied for the top spot and a slice of the prize purse in the 2016 Ocala Winter Circuit's last qualifying opportunities for the $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix and the $250,000 Platinum Performance Hunter Finals at the HITS Championship in September in Saugerties, New York. Aaron Vale and Dress Balou on their way to a $25,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix win. (ESI Photography) Aaron Vale and Dress Balou Score Another Big Win in the $25,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix Devoucoux has...

Kent Farrington and Gazelle (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week 11 of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) concluded on Sunday, March 27, featuring the $86,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic, held on the derby field at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). For the second week in a row, the 1.50m win went to USA's Kent Farrington, this time aboard his own and Robin Parsky's Gazelle. He topped week ten's $35,000 1.50m aboard RCG...

Cooper Dean and Denver S on their way to a HITS Equitation Championship win. (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - The lights of the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium gleamed down on competitors for the return of the HITS Equitation Championship. Cooper Dean, of Fayette, Alabama, took home the evening’s top honors in Ocala, Florida. "This was a great opportunity and it feels amazing to win a class as important as this one," said Dean. "The course was tougher and was a good challenge; I thought the...

Michelle Parker and Vancouver 45 (McCool Photography) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. - A large and enthusiastic crowd cheered on twenty-seven entries as they kicked off the inaugural $25,000 Markel Insurance 1.40m Grand Prix of the 2016 season. With six returning for the jump-off, it was Michelle Parker and Cross Creek Farms, Inc.'s Vancouver 45 who brought home the blue on a beautiful Southern California spring day. FEI course designer Catsy Cruz of Mexico created the tracks in the...

Hunter Holloway and Cassevel on their way to a $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Now in its final week, the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit continued with Thursday’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, which brought out thirty-four competitors including Olympian Beezie Madden in preparation for Sunday’s Great American $1 Million Grand Prix. Hunter Holloway from Topeka, Kansas, fresh off her win in last week’s SmartPak Grand Prix, with VDL Bravo S, scored her...

Darragh Kenny and Red Star d'Argent (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Week eleven of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), sponsored by Artisan Farms, continued on Thursday with a win for Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Red Star d'Argent in the $35,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 11. Competing in the International Ring at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, the pair beat out Kent Farrington (USA) and Creedance in second, and Lorenzo de Luca (ITA)...

Ocala, Fla. - The countdown to the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix at HITS Post Time Farm on March 27 is on, but there was plenty excitment, not to mention big money opportunities in store for jumper exhibitors during Week IX of the Ocala Winter Circuit. Matthew Williams and Valinski S winning the $100,000 Sullivan GMC Truck Grand Prix (ESI Photography) $100,000 Sullivan GMC Truck Grand Prix The crowds turned out to see a field of 43 exhibitors compete for $100,000 in prize money sponsored...

Kelley Farmer and Baltimore on their way to a $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby win. (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - As the sun set over the mountain ridge at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California, an eager crowd gathered to witness thirty-nine riders and their elegant mounts compete for one of the most prestigious hunter victories, the $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby. Kelley Farmer, returned to HITS Thermal with several horses to compete in the Derby in Week VIII...

Leida Collins-Strijk and Zantros (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - Leida Collins-Strijk (NED) and Zantros finished with a win in the FEI Intermediaire I Freestyle CDI 1*, presented by Mike & Roz Collins, on the final day of competition of week ten at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), scoring a 73.250%. Lindsay Kellock (CAN) and Royal Prinz followed in second place with a 72.250%, while Christer Egerstrom (CRC) and Bello Oriente collected third place earning a 70.750%. AGDF...

Wellington, Fla. - Week ten of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), sponsored by Horseware Ireland, concluded on Sunday, March 20, featuring the $35,000 Suncast® Kent Farrington and Creedance (Sportfot) 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic in the International Ring at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBEC). The class saw a win for Kent Farrington (USA) and Creedance, with Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Picolo in second, and Abdel Said (EGY) aboard Luron S Z third. The 12-week WEF...