Happy ponies and riders swimming in colorful ribbons gathered for victory laps at the conclusion of the 2015 National Dressage Pony Cup, September 5-6 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. After two days of competition, a full roster of 2015 champions was named for Intro through FEI levels in Open, Adult Amateur, and […]
Beezie Madden and Simon decisively won the HITS CP $1 Million FEI 5* Grand Prix today, taking home a $330,000 slice of the pie for the horse’s owner Abigail Wexner. The duo was the only team with a clear round over Steve Stephens razor’s edge of a course, and they did it in a speedy 88.320, […]
Aaron Vale and Dress Balou took blue and a stunning $150,000 check in the HITS Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Finals. The event is the richest hunter rider competition in the world, and played out over three days, Sept. 4-6, at HITS’ headquaters in Saugerties, NY. A total of 75 riders qualified, based on their […]
Michael Jung (GER) and his impressive La Biosthetique Sam jumped the perfect clear round to win the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in Great Britain, Sept. 4-6, 2015. The event was the sixth and final leg of the FEI Classics 2014/2015 tour. Burghley also saw Jung’s German compatriot Ingrid Klimke, 47, accept the FEI Classics 2014/2015 championship. […]
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, […]
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 […]
“In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.” So says Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, and he should know. Another knowledgeable source on this subject, Madeleine Pickens, has constructed a magnificent, horse-friendly eco ranch, Mustang Monument, in Northeastern Nevada. Ms. Pickens sent us this Labor Day greeting by way of promoting her destination […]
Conor Swail of County Down, Ireland, rode Fortis Fortuna to a memorable finish in the eighth and final $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix of the 2015 HITS Saugerties Show season. A first time visitor to HITS-on-the-Hudson, Swail rode this class for owners by Susan and Ariel Grange. Thirty-two competitors made their way through the round one course designed […]
Volker Brommann hosts an Amateur Dressage clinic Oct. 2-4, at the Starr Vaughn Equestrian Center in Elk Grove, just outside Sacramento. The event is sponsored by the California Dressage Society and DressageClinic.com. Brommann was born in Northern Germany, where he apprenticed in the German Equestrian Federation training program and went on to become a licensed Bereiter, F.N. […]
In a rather unusual turn of events, Heather Caristo-Williams and Pablo Barrios tied for first-place in the $34,000 FEI HITS Jumper Classic at HITS Saugerties today. The event was a qualifying class for Sunday’s Canadian Pacific $1 Million Grand Prix FEI CSI-5*. Spectators were on the edge of their seats down to the end when Barrios, of Wellington, […]
