Saugerties, N.Y. - HITS Saugerties’ second qualifying opportunities for the $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix and the $250,000 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix at the HITS Championship in September, continued with the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix and $1,500 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix during Week II at HITS-on-the-Hudson. McKayla Langmeier and Czar-Z on their way to a $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix win. (ESI Photography) $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix Talented riders, including many...

Thermal, Calif. - Hunter riders stepped up for a shot at prestigious hunter victories and a chance to garner a slice of the prize purses in Week III's $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix, $5,000 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix and the $1,000 Pony Hunter Prix. John French and Maritime on their way to a $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix win. (ESI Photography) $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix With an exciting class of forty hunter riders, exhibitors waited for their turn in the spotlight, to prove they...

Lexington, Ky. - The 133rd annual CP National Horse Show, scheduled for the Kentucky Horse Park on November 1-6, 2016, today announced the judges for the highly competitive rated Hunter divisions and for the prestigious ASPCA Maclay Horsemanship Championships. The ASPCA Maclay championship will span two days over the weekend. On Saturday, all of the qualified junior riders will have the opportunity to compete in the over fences phase, as they set their sights on the most prestigious title of...

John French in his presentation for Leading Hunter Rider with WIHS Executive Director Bridget Love Meehan, Dr. Betsee Parker, and Archie Cox (Shawn McMillen Photography) Washington, D.C. – The 2015 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) continued with its second day of competition Wednesday featuring the presentation of championship honors in the professional and amateur-owner hunter divisions at Verizon Center in downtown Washington D.C. Representing the west coast, rider and trainer...

Scott Stewart rode Lucador to win the Regular Conformation Hunter Championship at the 40th annual Hampton Classic. (McMillen photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. -- As has been true for the last several years, Scott Stewart was the man to beat in the Anne Aspinall Ring, home of the hunters at the 40th annual Hampton Classic. Horses he rode or trained won two championships and three reserve championships. The 2015 Hampton Classic professional hunter champions were: Huntland First Year Green:...

Chloe Hase (mounted) and Brando were Co-Grand Local Hunter Champions at the 40th annual Hampton Classic. (McMillan photo) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Chloe Hase, 17, a senior at Southampton High School, and Sue Marder-O'Connor, 65, a teacher at the nearby Springs School, finished in a tie for the South Fork Perpetual Trophy, awarded to the Grand Local Hunter Champion at the 40th annual Hampton Classic. Hase rode Brando, 18, to the Local Junior Hunter, Sec. B, title on her way to the grand...

A Hunter on course at the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show (Blowing Charity Horse Show Foundation) Final preparations are underway for the arrival of 500 horses and 2,000 riders, trainers, owners and attendants at the 92nd Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show. The action begins at 8AM on July 21 with the first of two shows held from July 21 to 26 and the second from July 29 to August 2. Begun in 1923 along a dirt road on Green Hill in Blowing Rock, this iconic horse show has been held each summer...

Sandy Ferrell was named the Der Dau Leading Hunter Rider during week one Devon, PA - July 6, 2015 - Sunday afternoon marked the conclusion of two weeks of highly praised hunter/jumper competition at the Brandywine Valley Sumer Series. Held at the Devon Horse Show grounds and now in their fifth year, the premier rated horse shows saw a record number of entries, including top riders, owners and trainers from across the country. Among those top riders and trainers were Jennifer Bauersachs and...

Cleverist and Natalie Jayne (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - On the final day of competition for WEF 7, Natalie Jayne, from Elgin, IL, rode Daisy Farish's pony, Cleverist, to championship honors in the Medium Pony Hunters. The pair won the two over fences classes on Saturday, as well as the first over fences class on Sunday and the under saddle. "Cleverist has been going great, and today the courses rode really nicely," trainer Patricia Griffith explained. Emma Kurtz piloted GC Ponies'...

Jason Berry guides Upswing to success in the Hunter ring (ESI Photography) Culpeper, Va. - Earlier this year, Upswing was imported as a dressage prospect at three-day eventer Phillip Dutton’s barn. Quickly proving that piaffes and passage weren't his calling, Upswing left them in the dust for an over-fences career. Pamela Deslauriers purchased the eight-year old Mechkenburg gelding and handed the reins to Jason Berry (Verona, Virginia) less than three months ago. “He has come...