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Rich Fellers and Flexible Win HITS Thermal $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix

by HITS E-News and iJump Sports | 3/1/2015 8:57:30 PM

Rich Fellers and Flexible, owned my Harry and Mollie Chapman won Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Rich Fellers and Flexible, owned by Harry and Mollie Chapman, won Friday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix, topping a field of 44 contenders at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California. Fifteen horses made the jump-off and nine went double-clear. John Pearce, of Bermuda Dunes, California, and Chianto, owned by Forest View Farm, Inc., went second...

Kris Killam and Black Diamond Win $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix

by HITS E-News | 3/1/2015 7:48:10 AM

Kris Killam and Mandy Killam's Black Diamond win Thursday's $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Kris Killam, of Naples, Florida, won Thursday night’s $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix riding his wife Mandy Killam’s 13-year-old Selle Français gelding, Black Diamond. Killam topped a field of 32 with several riders showing on multiple horses. Ten moved on to the jump-off. Andre Thieme, of Germany, was the first to attempt the short course and set...

David Beisel & Ammeretto T Win Ocala $50,000 HITS Grand Prix

by HITS E-News | 2/25/2015 11:53:23 AM

David Beisel and Ammeretto take first place in the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix Sunday at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - David Beisel, of Goshen, Ohio, took first place in Sunday’s $50,000 HITS Grand Prix on Ammeretto, owned by Equine Holdings, LLC. The Grand Prix took place in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium with a large crowd of spectators gathered around to watch the spectacle under beautiful, sunny skies. There were 16 efforts in the first round course designed by Coronado,...

Katherine Dinan and Nougat Du Vallet Win $50,000 Purina Animal Nutrition World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix at HITS Thermal

by HITS E-News | 2/23/2015 9:42:30 PM

Katherine Dinan and Nougat Du Vallet, owned by Grand Road Partners, jump in the $50,000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix CSI2*-W Saturday night at HITS Thermal (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Katherine Dinan and Nougat Du Vallet won the $50,000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix CSI2*-W FEI World Cup Qualifier Saturday night, after a fast paced two-horse jump-off that pitted two young promising American riders against each other for the blue under the lights at HITS Desert Horse Park....

Will Simpson Clinches 7th Grand Prix Win at HITS Thermal

by HITS E-News and iJump Sports | 2/21/2015 7:46:23 AM

Will Simpson and the Dude with the $34,000 HITS Desert Classic at HITS Thermal on Thursday, February 19 (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Olympian Will Simpson continued to set high standards with his Grand Prix winning spree at HITS Thermal, claiming his impressive seventh first-place win this season in the $34,000 FEI HITS Desert Classic on Thursday. Eleven horses made the jump-off and seven went double-clear. Simpson and The Dude, owned by Monarch International, went last to finish...

Andre Thieme and Contanga 3 Win $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS Ocala VI

by HITS E-News | 2/20/2015 8:48:14 PM

Andre Thieme and his Contanga 3 win the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS Ocala on Thursday, February 19 (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Million Dollar Man André Thieme from Germany and his Contanga 3 won the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS Ocala on Thursday, hitting top form while continuing his quest for a repeat win in the Ocala Great American $1 Million Grand Prix. As winner of last year’s Great American Million and the 2011 Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix, Thieme has...

Allison Brock & Rosevelt Win CDI3* Grand Prix at Global Dressage Festival

by Carly Weilminster for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. | 2/19/2015 11:01:37 PM

Allison Brock and Rosevelt (SusanJStickle.com) Wellington, Fla. - Allison Brock (USA) and Rosevelt captured another win this season at AGDF, topping the FEI Grand Prix CDI 3* class, presented by Havensafe Farm, scoring a 71.600%. Lara Griffith (GBR) and Rubin Al Asad followed in second with a 71.020%, and Shelly Francis (USA) and Danilo came in third receiving a 69.540%. Brock and Rosevelt added another Grand Prix victory to their string, as the pair also captured a win in the AGDF 1 FEI Grand...

Kirk Webby and Brando Du Rouet Win the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix at HITS Ocala

by HITS E-News | 2/10/2015 2:21:18 PM

Ocala, Fla. - A star studded 41 entries competed in the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix held in the picturesque Ocala Horse Properties Stadium. Kirk Webby from White House Station, New Jersey, came out on top of the line up on Brando Du Rouet owned by the Tolleshunt Investment Group. Kirk Webby and Brando Du Rouet Win the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix in HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Competing over Bernardo Cabral’s course of 16 jumping efforts within the 83 second time allowed narrowed the field to a...

Will Simpson Claims A Sixth Big Win at HITS Thermal

by HITS E-News | 2/8/2015 1:29:04 PM

Will Simpson and Monarch International's Katie Riddle (ESI Photography) Thermal, Calif. - Will Simpson took one more HITS Desert Circuit Grand Prix win Sunday afternoon, on Monarch International’s Katie Riddle in the $30,000 SmartPak Grand Prix. This is Simpson’s sixth Grand Prix win so far at HITS Thermal. Simpson topped a field of 41 riders – including eight others who made it to the jump-off – going double-clear and completing the second round in 43.203 seconds to...

Callan Solem on VDL Wizard Wins $50,000 Hits Grand Prix Over Challenging Course

by HITS E-News | 2/2/2015 10:06:40 AM

Callan Solem and Horseshoe Trail Farm LLC’s VDL Wizard in the presentation photo after winning the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Course designer Danny Foster of Milton, Ontario, gave the entries in Sundays $50,000 Hits Grand Prix a daunting course of 17 efforts and a time allowed that took no mercy. Only two riders jumped clear within the allotted time to advance to the jump-off: winner Callan Solem on Horseshoe Trail Farm LLC’s VDL Wizard and Tracy Fenney on MTM...