Five Olympians, international riders from Germany, Mexico, Ireland and Canada and two past HITS $1 Million title-holders are on the list of 41 riders unveiled by HITS to compete in its CP $1 Million FEI CSI 5* presented by Wells Fargo later this afternoon, making for what is sure to be an event spectacle. (Watch […]
The heart-pounding excitement of the HITS Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix will be webcast live and free to viewers on HRTV.com, Sunday, Sept. 8, beginning at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET. For the third year, HRTV will be presenting this cornerstone event, the culmianation of the HITS-on-the-Hudson circuit in Saugerties, NY. (Click here to watch.) […]
McLain Ward and Zander won the $75,000 AIG Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis, at HITS on the Hudson in Saugerties, NY, July 28. The nine-year-old gelding purchased by Ward and Grant Road Partners a year-and-a-half ago has picked up some impressive wins this past year, including the $33,000 Cargill Cup 1.50m CSI4* at the Spruce […]
A 25-year-drought, and then two years running! Beezie Madden and Simon are show jumping’s new world champions, winning the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, April 28. The pair from Cazenovia, NY, rose to the top on the strength of a grueling week of contests at the Scandinavum Arena that drew the top […]
Eleven of the United States’ best show jumping riders are heading to Gothenburg, Sweden in hopes of being named the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final champion. Included in the U.S. contingent is reigning champion Rich Fellers. In addition to Fellers, riding under the supervision of the newly installed U.S. show jumping team chef d’equipe Robert […]
HITS, Inc. has added a third $1 million grand prix to its 2014 roster. The Ocala $1 Million Grand Prix will be held March 23 to conclude the 10-week 2014 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit in Florida. HITS inaugurated the U.S.’ first $1 million show jumping class in 2010 in Saugerties, NY (which in its second […]
The 2012 Alltech National Horse Show, 129th Edition, marked the first day of Open Jumper competition with a $50,000 Triumph Project Welcome Stake, sponsored by the Davis McCullough Foundation. Speed was the name of the game and Belgium’s Nicola Philippaerts was on point with his new mount Cortez. The pair blazed around the track in […]
McLain Ward scored his second HITS Pfizer $1 Million win in three years, riding to blue aboard Antares F at the Sept. 9 event in Saugerties, NY. Ward also won the inaugural Pfizer Million aboard Sapphire in 2010. With the tunes of headline act Michael McDonald of Doobie Brothers fame playing in the background, Ward […]
The Chantilly leg of the Global Champions Tour featured nine U.S. show jumpers in the grand prix, with Beezie Madden making it all the way to No. 2 on Simon. It was Hans-Dieter Dreher of Germany that triumphed at the July 21 grand prix on his dark bay stallion Magnus Romeo, but with a week […]
Steve Guerdat of Switzerland and Nino de Buissonnet won the Individual Olympic Gold Medal for show jumping today in London, delivering two clear rounds over a very exacting course. Gerco Schroder of the Netherlands took Silver riding Landor S, and Ireland’s Cian O’Connor got Bronze, for his ride on Blue Lloyd 12. At the end […]
