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, […]
“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 […]
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, […]
Equine enthusiasts celebrate the cultural and storytelling aspects of the horse at the Equus International Film Festival and Conference, taking place in Missoula, MO, Sept. 18-20. The all-disciplines festival is expected to attract an international group of equine and equestrian filmmakers, trainers, wilderness and horse enthusiasts to soak up the best the bigscreen has to offer in […]
Laura Chapot and Quointreau Un Prince got things rocking at the first grand prix in the million dollar week that caps the HITS Saugerties Series in Hudson Valley, NY. The duo took the blue in the $34,000 FEI Saugerties Jumper Classic today. Chapot was up against some of the globe’s top athletes including Beezie Madden, Margie Engle […]
Germany’s Marco Kutscher and van Gogh seized a phenomenal victory in the highly-charged Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Valkenswaard, with Great Britain’s Scott Brash hanging on to his overall ranking lead with only three legs left in the 2015 title race. On Aug. 15, 18 of the world’s Top 20 riders took part […]
In just three years, the Huntington Beach Summer Classic has come into its own, offering up am exciting mix of hunter and jumper classes in a lovely setting, the 25-acre Huntington Central Park Equestrian Center — all that and a fundraiser too. It’s what exhibitors and spectators alike have come to expect from West Palms Events, whose […]
A 12-rider jump off topped off a dramatic finale as Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and his formidable stallion Casall Ask clinched victory in the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of London, where local Scott Brash was boosted to the LGTC series lead thanks to his sixth-place finish, aboard Hello Sanctos. Brash also currently sits atop the FEI world […]
Mandy Porter and Con Capilot were the only double clear in a field of 35 horse and rider combinations at the $54,500 Land Rover Sacramento International Grand Prix CSI-W 1.60m. The Oct. 5 event was the high-performance pinnacle of the Sacramento International Horse Show World Cup Week, Oct. 1-6 at the Murieta Equestrian Center. Heiko […]
