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Kelley Farmer Claims the Crown, the Top Three Spots and a Big Payday in the $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby

by HITS Horse Shows | 2/28/2016 5:11:17 PM

Kelley Farmer and Mindful on their way to a $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby win. (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - The second $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby of the HITS Hunter Derby Tour paid a visit to HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, on Saturday during Week VI of the Ocala Winter Circuit. As the sun set, and the lights of Ocala Horse Properties Stadium flickered to life, the crowd watched in anticipation to witness who could master the course with finesse and the...

Hunter Riders Compete for a Blue-Ribbon victory in Ocala Week V

by HITS Horse Shows | 2/23/2016 3:02:49 PM

Ocala, Fla. - Riders at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, had another opportunity to garner a distinguished hunter victory in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix and the $1,500 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix. Many riders are preparing for the biggest hunter week of the season, the Ocala Masters, February 23-28, which features the $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, the World Championship Hunter Rider Week and the return of the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Zone 4...

Week III of the Ocala Winter Circuit Sets the Stage for Hunter Exhibitors

by HITS Horse Shows | 2/9/2016 1:59:27 PM

Ocala, Fla. - The $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix and the $1,500 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix resumed a weekend packed with big opportunities for horses and riders at HITS Post Time Farm. Robert Lee and Cameron winning the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix (ESI Photography) $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix A talented field of thirty-three tested the course to vie for the blue as well as a prestigious qualifying opportunity for the $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix at the HITS Championship in September...

HITS Hunter exhibitors jump for the money in Week I of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit

by HITS Horse Shows | 1/25/2016 1:36:29 PM

Ocala, Fla. - Big competition for hunter riders took place at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, on Saturday as exhibitors rode for the blue in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix and the $1,500 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix. Classified and Samantha Schaefer on their way to a $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix win. (ESI Photography) $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix Fine-tuned hunter competitors converged in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix, the first HITS Ocala qualifier for the $500,000 Diamond...

USEF Announces Nominees for 2015 USEF Horses of the Year

by USEF Communications Department | 12/21/2015 8:00:00 AM

Lexington, Ky .- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the six horses are up for the 2015 USEF Horses of Year honors. National Horses of Honor Brunello (Shawn McMillen Photography) Brunello (Breeding Unknown) 1998 Hanoverian gelding Owners: Janet Peterson and Liza Boyd Janet Peterson and Liza Boyd's Brunello has been turning heads in the hunter ring with his signature style and consistent top placings for years. With Boyd in the tack, the pair has been a...

Nicola Philippaerts Wins $50,000 Weston Canadian Open at 2015 Royal Horse Show®

by Jennifer Ward, Jump Media | 11/13/2015 8:51:58 AM

Toronto, Ontario – Belgium’s Nicola Philippaerts scored victory in the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open on Friday night, November 13, at the Royal Horse Show®, held as part of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in downtown Toronto, Belgium’s Nicola Philippaerts claimed victory riding H&M Harley vd Bisschop in the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open held Friday night, November 13, at the Royal Horse Show®. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography, www.benradvanyi.com ON. fastest time, coming...

Kelley Farmer Stacks $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Leader-board at National Sunshine Series II; Takes Home First and Third

by HITS Horse Shows | 11/12/2015 3:34:02 PM

Kelley Farmer and Dalliance on their way to a $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby win at National Sunshine Series II in Thermal, Calif. (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - The long-awaited HITS USHJA International Hunter Derby Tour is officially under way after Saturday’s first of four $100,000 nationwide events. Under the lights of the HITS Desert Horse Park Grand Prix Stadium, hunter riders from across the west coast and beyond gathered to take their chance at the two round derby...

"The Excitement is Infectious" on First Championship Day of US Dressage Finals Presented By Adequan®

by Jennifer M. Keeler, Yellow Horse Marketing | 11/7/2015 9:50:42 AM

Most competitors dread having to be the first rider to enter the arena in any class, let alone the first rider down the centerline on Day One of national championship competition First in the ring, Rachael Hicks & Fabio Bellini set the standard for the rest of the class and won the Intermediate I Adult Amateur Championship. Photo by Susan J. Stickle at the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, a unique national head-to-head competition being for exhibitors of all levels held...

Leslie Howard and Gentille Van Spieveld Win $85,000 Grand Prix De Penn National

by Classic Communications | 10/17/2015 11:22:02 AM

Leslie Howard and Gentille Van Spieveld Win $85,000 Grand Prix De Penn National (Al Cook - www.alcookphoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - Olympic veteran and World Cup winner Leslie Howard won the $85,000 Grand Prix De Penn National, the showcase event of the 70th Pennsylvania National Horse Show, and a class that the rider has never won before, on Saturday night riding Gentille Van Spieveld. Only four riders managed to get around Designer Michel Vaillancourt's 1.60 meter course. It wasn't...

Olivia Dorey And Ali Baba B Are The Best In $5,000 NAL Low Jr/AO Jumper Final Presented By Ultroz Inc.

by Classic Communications | 10/17/2015 10:49:05 AM

Olivia Dorey And Ali Baba B Win $5,000 NAL Low Jr/AO Jumper Final Presented By Ultroz Inc. (Al Cook - www.alcookphoto.com) Harrisburg, Pa. - Olivia Dorey, 23, from Sudbury.MA, and her horse Ali Baba B won the $5,000 North American League (NAL) Low Junior/Amateur Owner Jumper Final a the 70th Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Dorey and Ali Baba B, a seven year old gelding, were one of six horse and rider combinations to go clear over the first course to advance to the jump off round. Many of the...