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Matthias Hollberg Takes Home the Blue in the $25,000 Brook Ledge Grand Prix

by HITS Horse Shows | 7/9/2016 6:46:36 PM

Matthias Hollberg and Czechmate on their way to a $25,000 Brook Ledge Grand Prix win. (ESI Phototgraphy) Culpeper, Va. - Show jumping returned to HITS Commonwealth Park during the Showday National, the first of the two-week July series at HITS Culpeper. The weekend kicked off with Friday’s $25,000 Brook Ledge and riders lined up to take their shot at the title. Seven advanced to the jump-off over the course set by Jerry Dougherty of Bokeelia, Florida, but the team to beat proved to be...

Laura Chapot Takes Home the Blue in the $10,000 Brook Ledge Open Welcome

by HITS Horse Shows | 5/27/2016 10:04:49 AM

Laura Chapot and Thornhill Kate on their way to a $10,000 Brook Ledge Open Welcome win. (ESI Photography) Saugerties, N.Y. - HITS Saugerties at HITS-on-the-Hudson is back in action as the first week of the series kicked off with the $10,000 Brook Ledge Open Welcome. The team to beat was Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, New Jersey, aboard Thornhill Kate, co-owned by Mary Chapot. A clear jump-off round had yet to be seen in the course designed by Marina Azevedo of Campinas, Brazil, until Chapot...

Harold Chopping Takes It to the Top in Culpeper Week I

by HITS Horse Shows | 4/26/2016 6:39:08 PM

Harold Chopping and Basje on their way to a $30,000 HITS Grand Prix win. (ESI Photography) Culpeper, Va. - One Grand Prix victory was not enough for Southern Pines, North Carolina, equestrian Harold Chopping in the first week of the HITS Culpeper Show Series. Coming off a hot streak with a first and second place finish in the $25,000 Brook Ledge Grand Prix on Friday, as well as a win in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix on Saturday, Chopping closed out the weekend in style by taking home the...

Polished Performance Earns Steffen Peters & Rosamunde Another Grand Prix Dressage Win on First Day of Festival of the Horse CDI

by Jennifer M. Keeler, Yellow Horse Marketing | 4/1/2016 8:59:52 AM

Steffen Peters and Rosamunde (Terri Miller) San Juan Capistrano, Calif. – Under glorious spring skies and set within the breathtaking vista of the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park, the Festival of the Horse CDI 3*/Y/J/U-25 (being held March 31-April 2) got underway Thursday in San Juan Capistrano, and as the final event in California Dreaming Productions’ 2016 season this international dressage showcase drew the largest classes of the year across all CDI divisions as Olympic Team...

The Competition Heats Up in Desert Circuit VI as Karl Cook Takes Home the Blue In the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix and $15,000 UltrOz Jumper.

by HITS Horse Shows | 3/7/2016 11:23:51 AM

Thermal, Calif. - Week VI's big competiiton and big money opportunities continued into the weekend. The rider in the winner's circle was Karl Cook, who took home back to back wins in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix and the $15,000 UltrOz Jumper. Karl Cook and Basimodo winning the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix. (ESI Photography) $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix Forty-three riders attacked the course in hopes of claiming the blue ribbon and the lion’s share in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand...

Olympian McLain Ward Takes Top Three Spots in Turf Tour Week 5’s $15,000 Grand Prix

by Equinium Sports Marketing | 2/7/2016 9:37:38 AM

McLain Ward and HH Ashley in Turf Tour Week 5's Grand Prix (Andrew Ryback Photography) Wellington, Fla. – Two-time US Olympic Gold Medalist McLain Ward brought three horses to compete in Friday’s $15,000 Grand Prix at Carben Farm on the 2016 Turf Tour, and proved once again that he is a force to be reckoned with. He took the top three spots in the class with double clears aboard Tine Le Boheme, HH Best Buy, HH Ashley over the turf course designed by Pierre Jolicoeur. An early double...

Charlise Casas Takes Charge, Vanessa Mannix Makes Her Mark, Liza Finsness Nails U25

by Classic Communications | 10/11/2015 10:54:49 AM

Charlise Casas and Alaika (SEL Photography) Lexington, Ky. - On a clear and cool Fall morning, the action in The Rock Jumping Field kicked off with the $7,500 UltrOZ™ Low Junior-Amateur/Owner Final, followed by the $7,500 Brook Ledge Horse Transportation High Junior/Amateur Final. Later, the afternoon show jumping commenced with the $15,000 El Milagro U25 Cup at noon, then the $100,000 CSI3* Grand Prix, presented by Split Rock Farm, rounded out the inaugural Bourbon International CSI3* on...

Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team Poised for Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final

by USEF Communications Department | 9/23/2015 4:11:42 PM

Barcelona, Spain - The eyes of the equestrian world will be on Barcelona, Spain, September 24-27 as the world’s greatest show jumping athletes contest the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final. The crown jewel of Nations Cup competition, this year’s contest will host 19 teams from six regions as they endeavor to earn the prestigious title of Nations Cup Champion. Each team climbed an arduous path to this Final through a difficult qualifying calendar. The season consisted of...

Alexa Lowe-Wiseman Takes Blue in $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix at Vermont Summer Festival

by Jump Media | 8/8/2015 5:51:30 PM

Alexa Lowe-Wiseman and Ami Du Houssoit on their way to victory in the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix on August 8, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. (Photo by David Mullinix Photography) East Dorset, Vermont – Alexa Lowe-Wiseman of Upperville, VA, boasted the only double-clear performance of the day to win the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix aboard Ami Du Houssoit on Saturday, August 8, at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, VT. The...

Tracy Fenney Takes Top Two Spots in $50,000 Lamplight Grand Prix

by Phelps Media Group | 8/2/2015 11:25:10 AM

Tracy Fenney won the $50,000 Lamplight Grand Prix with Reve du Paradis Wayne, IL - August 2, 2015 - Tracy Fenney was back on top of the leader board in Lamplight's $50,000 Grand Prix during week two of Equifest, held at Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, IL. Fenney was the only rider to go double clear, a feat she accomplished with her relatively new mount, Reve Du Paradis. Fenney with her three rides and Andrew Kocher with his six, had the most chances for the check and it proved...