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Melissa Feller and Mahoney Ride to Top Honors in Adequan Working Hunter Division at Marshall & Sterling Insurance League National Finals

by HITS E-News | 9/16/2013 6:07:48 PM

Melissa Feller and Mahoney on their way to a win in the Adequan Working Hunter division as part of Marshall & Sterling League Insurance National Finals at HITS-on-the-Hudson (ESI Photography) Saugerties, NY – Melissa Feller of Lincoln Park, New Jersey made another run for the top in the Adequan Working Hunter division during the 23rd annual Marshall & Sterling League Insurance National Finals at HITS-on-the-Hudson. She and Robert Beck’s Maverick rode to Reserve Champion...

Fifi Schmidt and Gotta Dance Show No Signs Out of Step as They Capture Performance Hunter Championship at Fieldstone Summer Showcase I

by Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/15/2013 9:37:46 PM

Fifi Schmidt and Gotta Dance rode to the Performance 3'3"-3'6" Hunter Championship during the Fieldstone Summer Showcase I (Kendall Bierer/Phelps Media Group) Halifax, MA - Fifi Schmidt and Gotta Dance rode to the top of the Performance 3'3"-3'6" Hunter Championship today during the Fieldstone Summer Showcase I. Blue skies greeted riders at the Main Hunter Ring early this morning, welcoming the second day of competition at the Fieldstone Show Park. Lisa Foster and Castleguard returned...

Elizabeth Boyd and Casallo Showcase Winning Ways for Professional Hunter Grand Championship at Alltech National Horse Show

by Kendall Bierer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 10/31/2012 6:11:19 PM

With a clean sweep of the Regular Conformation Hunters over fences, Elizabeth Boyd piloted Casallo to the prestigious Professional Hunter Grand Championship. Lexington, KY - The Grand Champion Professional Hunter title at the Alltech National Horse Show, 129th Edition, is one of the country's most coveted awards, and this year it went to Elizabeth Boyd aboard Casallo. The pair swept the over fences classes in the Regular Conformation Hunters for the division's championship award, and...

Grand Pony Hunter Championship Title Goes to Madeline Schaefer and Hi Lite at 2012 US Pony Finals

by Kendall Beirer for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 8/11/2012 8:23:56 PM

Hi Lite and Madeline Schaefer Live the High Life, Taking Grand Pony Hunter Championship Lili Hymowitz and Rafael Pose for the Grand Pony Hunter Reserve Championship Photo Lexington, KY – It was the crowning of the champions today at the Kentucky Horse Park as the 2012 US Pony Finals and US National Pony Hunter Champions completed their fifth day of competition. It was the Large Pony Hunter Over Fences that dawned on the Walnut Arena early this morning, and Madeline Schaefer and Hi Lite...

Maria Takacs and Dominus Lead the Way In the Amateur-Owner Hunters at Kentucky Summer Horse Show

by Ashley N. Williams for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 7/28/2012 7:03:36 AM

Maria Takacs and Dominus lead the way in the Amateur-Owner 3'3" Hunter Division at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. (Ashley N. Williams/PMG) Lexington, KY - July 27, 2012 - It was a moist morning as the Stonlea Arena awoke from a stormy night to the Amateur-Owner competitors ready to show off their dime piece horses in over fences this morning starting at 8am. The first division for the day was the Amateur-Owner 18-35 Hunters, where Caruso and Kelli Sherrill took the blue ribbon in the first...

Hasbrouck Donovan Dominates the Small and Large Junior Hunters on the Final Day of Tampa Bay Classic

by Elizabeth Vieira for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International | 4/1/2012 2:00:00 PM

Hasbrouck Donovan and Lyle jogged for two winning ribbons in the over fences, ultimately setting a high standard for Sunday's remaining competitors. (Elizabeth Vieira/PMG) Tampa, FL - The final day of the Tampa Bay Classic has arrived, and riders worked diligently today to put in their concluding efforts for division championships. The week has seen substantial talent, and the success of the show and its exhibitors is drawing an increasingly large crowd of spectators to the Bob Thomas...

Show Jumping Returns to HITS Culpeper With All-new Grand Prix Footing and Next Round of Qualifiers for Pfizer Million and Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final

by HITS Media | 6/14/2011 10:00:59 AM

Culpepper, VA — The upcoming HITS Culpeper July Show Series offers two of the four remaining Culpeper stops on the road to the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix and the all-new Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final, the richest classes in the world. The Showday National will kick off the series July 6–10, followed by the Cavalier Classic July 13–17 for two consecutive weeks of show jumping at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. Entries for these July shows must be...

Double Gold Medalist Gunners Special Nite Named 2010 Farnam/Platform USEF Horse of the Year

by Joanie Morris | 1/21/2011 10:52:00 PM

Gunners Special Nite (Shannon Brinkman/USEF) Lexington, KY - The city of Lexington was largely defined by the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in 2010, so it proved a fitting setting to crown the 2010 Farnam/Platform USEF Horse of the Year. And the winner couldn't be more all-American. The only multiple Gold medal-winning horse for Team USA, Gunners Special Nite, a six-year-old American Quarter Horse brought the sport of reining to the forefront of the American equestrian community. People...

SmartPak™ Signs on as "Official Tack and Equipment Supplier to the USEF" and adds Sponsorship of the Adult Amateur Hunter Ranking List to its existing USEF Sponsorships

by By Leah Oliveto | 4/6/2010 4:57:00 PM

Expanding its already considerable support of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), SmartPak™ has signed on as "Official Tack and Equipment Supplier to the USEF". In addition, SmartPak will be adding sponsorship of the new Adult Amateur Hunter Ranking List to the list of other programs SmartPak supports, which include the USEF Week in Review and the North American Young Rider Reining Championship. "The USEF has done so much for equestrian sport, and we are grateful for their...

Twin Rivers Future Event Horse Event a Resounding Success

by By the United States Eventing Association | 10/5/2009 3:00:00 PM

The inaugural Twin Rivers Ranch Future Event Horse (FEH) competition was a huge success thanks to the support of West Coast eventing breeders, the Twin Rivers Ranch staff and organizers, and the Future Event Horse title sponsors—the Irish Draught Horse Society of North America (IDHSNA). Nineteen of the area's finest young eventing prospects came out to compete at the show held in Paso Robles, CA, on Saturday afternoon, and though the temperatures were in the triple digits, the spirits...