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2005 Garden State Horse Show Features New Classes and New Hunter Annex

by By Classic Communications | 3/23/2005 9:46:08 AM

The 54th annual Garden State Horse Show returns to the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, NJ, May 4-8, 2005, with a line-up of special featured classes and some exciting new additions for exhibitors and spectators alike. The Garden State Horse Show, presented by the Junior Essex Troop, Inc., features several classes and two jumper sections that are new for this year. In the jumper division, a new pony jumper section has been added, highlighted by the $500 North American League (NAL) Pony...

Virginia Millie Stearns Receives 2016 US Junior Hunter National Championships Grant

by USEF Communications Department | 9/7/2016 11:45:55 AM

Lexington, Ky. - Each year, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) awards a $1,000 US Junior Hunter National Championships educational grant. In 2016, the grant went to Virginia Millie Stearns of Watkinsville, Ga. Stearns competed at the US Junior Hunter National Championship - East Coast in the 3’3” Junior Hunter division with THS Enterprise’s THS Pia-Lena. Virginia Millie Stearns riding THS Pia-Lena (Cathrin Cammett Photo) The grant is awarded annually to the...

Social Hour and Luisant Crowned Grand Champions at US Junior Hunter National Championship West Coast

by Kathleen Landwehr | 7/27/2016 10:25:09 PM

Del Mar, Calif. - The 2016 US Junior Hunter National Championship West Coast came to a close on Tuesday, following two days of competition at the Del Mar Horse Park. Nearly 70 of the country’s top junior hunters headed to the championship to complete three phases in front of the judging panel of Michael Page, Bobbie Reber, and Jim Zulia over Joe Lombardo-designed Classic Round and Handy Round courses, which both counted for 40% of the overall score. The final 20% was earned in...

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...

Colvin Claims $50,000 iHeartMedia Hunter Derby At Hampton Classic

by Hampton Classic | 8/24/2015 12:23:35 PM

Victoria Colvin and Vaillero (Hampton Classic) Bridgehampton, N.Y. - Victoria Colvin guided Heritage Farm's Vaillero to the top score (182.5) to claim the $50,000 iHeartMedia Hunter Derby, presented by Ghurka, the kick-off hunter class at the 40th annual Hampton Classic. Galloping around two separate courses in the sprawling, grass-covered Grand Prix Ring, Colvin and Vaillero topped Kelly Tropin on Libertas Farms LLC's Chablis (174.0) and Daisy Farish on Heritage Farm's Pioneer (173....

Elizabeth Traband Receives 2015 US National Junior Hunter Championships Grant

by USEF Communications Department | 8/4/2015 4:52:54 PM

Elizabeth Traband and Huh (Cathrin Cammett Photo) Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the 2015 winner of the $1,000 Junior Hunter Finals competitor grant, Elizabeth Traband of Centre Hall, Pa. Traband competed at the US Junior Hunter Championships East Coast in the 3’3” Junior Hunter division with her own horse, Huh. The grant is awarded annually to the applicant who constructs the best essay detailing how his/her competitive...

Liza Boyd & Sterling Win International Hunter Derby in Atlanta

by Classic Company | 3/31/2015 12:16:51 PM

Liza Boyd and Sterling won Friday's $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby in the Olympic Arena at the Georgia International Horse Park. Atlanta, Ga. - The $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby saw a field of twelve horse and rider teams compete over a course designed by Vaillencourt in the Olympic Arena. Pony Lane Farm's Sterling, ridden by Liza Boyd of Camden, South Carolina won the class after earning a combined score of 354. Second place finisher was Ava, owned and ridden by...

Harold Chopping and Caramo Victorious in $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix

by HITS E-News | 2/26/2015 2:26:56 PM

Harold Chopping and Caramo win the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix Saturday, February 21, 2015, at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Hunters took over the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium on Saturday for the $5,000 Devoucoux Prix and the $1,500 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix. In the Devoucoux Hunter Prix, with is open to Juniors, Amateurs and Professionals, Harold Chopping of Southern Pines, North Carolina, riding Caroline Russell Howe’s Caramo had the high score of 87 in round one...

Amanda Steege and Zidane Win HITS Ocala $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix

by HITS E-News | 1/29/2015 11:33:01 PM

Amanda Steege and Dutch Warmblood Zidane (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - Amanda Steege of Bedminster, New Jersey, topped the HITS Ocala January Festival $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix on Dutch Warmblood Zidane, owned by Susan Darragh of Orefield, Pennsylvania. The consistent jumping by Zidane put him at the top of the leader board with matching first and second round scores of 85, after the previous Saturday, when Zidane and Steege had the highest first round score of 89, but a little playfulness...

Bragg First & Second in Devoucoux Hunter Prix at HITS Thermal

by HITS E-News | 1/22/2015 9:16:08 PM

John Bragg on Laura Strasburg's Social Hour take first place in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix (ESI Photography) Thermal Calif. - John Bragg left the show ring with a stack of ribbons after taking first, second, fourth, eighth and ninth place in the HITS Desert Circuit I $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix. The Rancho Santa Fe, California, native is no stranger to the HITS Thermal spotlight and claimed first place on Laura Strasburg's Social Hour, and second on his own Quesera. “It’s...