West Coast riders John Pearce (Chianto), Duncan McFarlane (Mr. Whoopy) and Nayel Nassar (Lordan), join a host of superstars participating in the HITS Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix tomorrow, capping the HITS-on-the-Hudson summer season. These include Margie Engle on Royce, Candice King on Campbell VDL and Jill Henselwood (CAN) on George. McLain Ward and Peter […]
California riders occupied three of the top four slots in round one of the HITS $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix today in Saugerties, New York. Calabassas-based Jenny Karazissis and Undeniable, owned by Kelly Straeter, led the field of 81 with a blue ribbon in round one of the 3’3″ test. Part two takes place tomorrow, […]
Like polo, larger ball, lose the stick. That’s horseball, which also shares elements of rugby and basketball. The French team has been crowned champion at the finals that took place at the multi-disciplinary Normandie Horse Show de Saint-Lô, Aug. 9-18. Following intense competition Aug. 13-17, the French Pro Elite team, known as the Blues, held […]
Brazil’s Alvaro de Miranda won the 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of The Netherlands, presented by VDL Group, riding AD Rahmannshof’s Bogeno. The CSI5* 1.60m event took place Aug. 17 at Stal Tops in Valkenswaard. The popular rider, known as Doda, set the arena on fire, shaving a full four seconds off the […]
There isn’t much room for improvement on a second-place finish, but Liza Boyd managed it, taking the blue in the $170,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, Aug. 17 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. It was the fourth appearance at the event for the 34-year-old Boyd, who clinched the win on Brunello, a 15-year-old […]
For the third consecutive year Scott Stewart has claimed victory in the Classic Hunter Round of the $160,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Rolex Stadium on Friday. Stewart and Garfield, owned by Rose Hill Farm, rode to scores of 90, 92 and 92 for a 286 total that was unmatched […]
Stal Tops in the Netherlands is the backdrop for the ninth stop on the 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour, Valkenswaard, and we’re adding this private equestrian estate to our list of the most most beautiful in the world. Tops – an Olympic gold medalist and GCT president – founded the International Concours Valkenswaard here 20 […]
Dutch Olympic Gold medalist Jan Tops has been working his magic for the Qatari riders as their coach on the Longines Global Champions Tour. In Estoril, Portugal, Faleh Suwead Al Ajami made history for his country as the first rider to qualify for a GCT grand prix jump-off on July 6. The 27-year-old Al Ajami […]
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 […]
The best junior hunter riders on the east coast travelled to HITS on the Hudson in Saugerties, NY to compete in the 2013 US Junior Hunter National Championships – East, July 29-31. The judging panel consisting of Jeff Ayers (Sellersville, PA), Scott Fitton (Royal Palm Beach, FL), and Hap Hansen (Encinitas, CA) assessed the field […]
