John Bragg lived up to his name and earned boasting rights at HITS, winning the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix on Feb. 5 with a pair of scores in the 90s aboard Castle Hill. Bragg, of Redwood City, CA, runs Bridgeport Farms. He rose to the top in a class of nearly 60 horse-and-rider combinations, over […]
Kate Considine and Caretano took top honors at the first major hunter test of the 2012 HITS Desert Circuit season, winning the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix on Sunday, Jan. 29. A trainer at the Lakeview Terrace-based Willowbrook Stables, Considine topped the field of 39 starters, riding for Hannah Goodson-Cutt, now studying t at Georgetown University. […]
Below are some of the LAHJA rule changes that will go into effect in 2012. Additions are shown in blue. Section 5: POINTS b. Points will be awarded 1st-9, 2nd-6, 3rd-4, 4th-3, 5th-2, provided at least five three entries compete. If ten or more entries compete, points will be awarded 1st – 12, 2nd – […]
Ooh Ah, an 18-month-old Thoroughbred cross bred by Santa Ynez-based Leslie Nelson, has been named the 2011 Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Grand Champion. The chestnut filly with the large blaze competed against several dozen horses in Southern California at the Del Mar Horse Park on August 31 to claim the title Best Young […]
Morgan Geller and Fabricio were named Grand Champion at the USEF National Junior Hunter Championships-West Coast, which wrapped two days of intense competition Aug. 17 at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano. Geller, a 16-year-old from Manhattan Beach, rode her 11-year-old liver chestnut Czech Warmblood gelding to a cumulative score of […]
How fitting that John French took off for the Riviera immediately after the Hunter Challenge at Blenheim Equisports. He had a lot to celebrate ― having won first and second place at the June 12 event! Thirty horse and rider combinations took to the expansive grass field at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in […]
Pegasus Equestrian Center has scheduled its third Hunter/Jumper show. Taking place June 25, 2011. this one will feature a Thoroughbred division. Proprietress Erin Rorabaugh promises “a fun-filled day of great classes and great prizes!” Rorabaugh said she conceived the series after hearing from many local riders that there was a need for one-day shows […]
HITS, Inc. has announced the 2012 HITS Desert Circuit will begin on Jan. 24 and run for six weeks at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, Calif. The company simultaneously announce that it has received approval from the USEF and the FEI to once again offer four CSI2*-W World Cup Qualifiers at the show. […]
John French wound down the HITS Desert Circuit with a flourish on March 12, finishing first and second in the $25,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix – the richest hunter prize on the six-week Thermal winter circuit. French claimed the blue on Oscany Inc.’s Clooney, and placed second with Jessica Singer’s Cruise. Jenny Karazissis came in third […]
There’s a new schooling show in town! Pegasus Equestrian Center in Agoura hosted a top-notch program on Dec. 11 that organizer Erin Rorabaugh said is the trigger for what she hopes will be four such shows this year. The idea, she explains, is to “run it like an A-rated horse show, but at a schooling […]
