Margot Peroni and Orlon took the blue in the HITS Platinum Performance $250,000 Hunter Prix Final in Saugerties, NY, taking home a $75,000 share of the prize purse. It as a dramatic ascent for Peroni, of Califon, NJ, from last year’s 25th place finish in the competition riding the same horse. After Friday’s two preliminary rounds, […]
Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and her Bella Donna turned in a million dollar performance on Sunday, claiming top honors and a first prize of $350,000 at the AIG Thermal $1 Million Grand Prix. The duo barely squeezed out the win, as none of the 40 starters managed fault-free tours on designer Conrad Homfeld’s two-round course. Michaels-Beerbaum […]
HITS has sold out all of its permanent stalls in Thermal, CA, two months prior to the start of the Desert Circuit, Jan. 22-March 17. The company still has temporary housing available for late planners. “Lucky we invested in those great portable stalls. Still plenty of those left!” company president and CEO Tom Struzzieri said, […]
He’s bestowed plenty of trophies and prizes, but Oct. 25 marked HITS Inc. CEO Thomas G. Struzzieri’s turn for a victory lap as recipient of the 2012 John W. Galbreath Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship in the Equine Industry. Presented by the University of Louisville for the past 23 years, the Galbreath recognizes outstanding achievement in […]
It was worth the trip from Germany for rider Andre Thieme and Aragon Rouet, who will be leaving Saugerties, New York $350,000 richer after winning the HITS Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix Sept. 11. California-based Duncan McFarlane and Mr. Whoopy were the only other pair to make it to the jump-off, where they had two […]
Tom Struzzieri founded Horse Shows in the Sun (HITS) in 1982 and had long since made his mark on the hunter-jumper world when he decided to up the ante by creating the richest grand prix in the U.S., launching the Pfizer $1 Million in 2010. Not content with that, he went on to gift the […]
The HITS 2011 Dessert Circuit is one for the history books – qualifying West Coasters for the new $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix Final, offering jumper riders like Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum the chance to rack up points for the $1 Million Pfizer Grand Prix and catapulting 18-year-old Lucy Davis into orbit as a superstar. “The […]
