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 […]
Patricia Griffith maintained regained her early lead to finish at the top of the HITS 3’3” Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final on Sienna. She rode off with a check for $150,000 Sunday, Sept. 9, at HITS on the Hudson VIII in Saugerties, NY. Chiara Parlagreco of Warrenton, VA, won the 3’ final, a $250,000 […]
At 19, Olivier Philippaerts of Belgium has become the youngest show jumper in history to win the $1 million CN International Grand Prix, Sept. 9 at the 2012 Spruce Meadows tournament in Canada. In a generational twist, his father Ludo came in third. The USA’s Beezie Madden and Simon placed second in the 1.60m contest. […]
Colic is responsible for more deaths in horses than any other disease, and SmartPak is fighting back. Users of SmartDigest Ultra can sign up for the company’s ColiCare program and become eligible for $7,500 in colic surgery reimbursement. “We’re so confident that SmartDigest Ultra will help keep your horse’s digestive system healthy that we’ve backed […]
Germany bounced back from its disappointing Olympics with a stellar BMO World Cup win at Spruce Meadows, jumping to victory in a super-tough class that saw the U.S. finish fifth (a tie with Canada) and 2011 champions France unable to advance to the second round. So commanding was the Deutscheland lead that anchors Christian Ahlmann […]
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 […]
“Many people new to racing are unfamiliar with the name of Jean Cruguet, and this is a pity. No, make that a sin,” began a 2009 Saratoga horse racing blog entry. Well, I saw this image, and loved it so much I had to get the story behind it. Look how the horse is lifting […]
There’s a new presence on the West Valley horse scene, the Malibu Creek Equestrian Center, which in August opened under new management on the site formerly known as Pegasus. That comes as welcome news to those who had heard the venue might be developed for non-equestrian use. But owner Philip Atwell says he’s in it […]
The Solano Land Trust of Fairfield, CA, has raised $13.5 million to complete the purchase of 1,500 acres of open space in the Bay Area which it will add to its existing 10,000 acre holding and turn into a public park, located about half-way between San Francisco and Sacramento. The deal concludes 18 months of […]
Jonathan Wentz wound up the highest-placed U.S. contender at the Paralympics, placing fourth at the Sept. 1 Grade 1b Individual Para-Dressage Championship by riding NTEC Richter Scale to a 70.348. Wentz (Richardson, TX) drew the second slot in the order, and his score of 70.348 kept him in medal contention until the second-to-last rider, Pepo […]
