There was joy and heartbreak as Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann seized his first grand prix win on the 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour, barely edging out Portuguese rider Luciana Diniz, who placed third in front of her hometown crowd in Estoril on July 6. As the day’s 104 degree temperatures subsided, the excitement built. Von […]
Richard Spooner and Cristallo won the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix du Prince de Monaco CSI5* 1.60m on June 29, producing the only triple-clear round out of three who made the jump-off. Great Britain’s William Funnel and Billy Congo were second with four-faults. Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander and Guccio were third with seven faults. In […]
Josephina Nor-Lantzman and Chello Z sailed to victory as the only double-clear at the Blenheim $30,000 June Classic III Grand Prix. Eduardo Menezes and Le Fleur 4 and Jamie Barge and Lasse were second and third. The event, presented by the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel, took place on the grass on another gorgeous, breezy Southern […]
The formidable all-female USA team of Lucy Davis, Lauren Hough, Laura Kraut and Beezie Madden finished second at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup on June 21 at the CHIO Rotterdam, Germany. The hometown team, Germany, took top honors among the eight international squads. With a total score of five faults the USA was in contention […]
It was a night of glamour in Cannes with packed VIP lodges looking on as the USA’s Laura Kraut regained her spot at the top of the Global Champions Tour circuit rankings. Kraut ultimately wound up tenth in the grand prix, won by Germany’s Marcus Ehning, but her four-fault performance on Jubilee d’Ouilly was enough […]
HITS, Inc. has named Verizon Wireless the Official Wireless Provider of HITS Horse Shows Nationwide. HITS has been breaking ground with its event broadcasting. On the Desert Circuit in Thermal, the company through its deals with AGoodShow.tv, iEquine.com and HRTV.com generated a webcast and a one-hour special around its AIG Thermal $1 Million Grand Prix. […]
It was a spectacular Spruce Meadows National tournament for Ashlee Bond and Little Valley Farms, landing in the money seven times in the International Arena over five days of competition, June 4-9. The strong performance also earned the Los Angeles-based rider and her mare Wistful the National’s Canadian Championship and a $15,000 bonus for their […]
Fifteen-year-old Lillie Keenan and her horse Pumped Up Kicks won the $125,000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix at HITS Saugerties on June 8. The event, presented by Zoetis, concluded three weeks of spring shows at HITS-on-the-Hudson with the only double clear of the day, mastering course designer Danny Foster’s track. The pair started competing together […]
Hometown hero Ben Maher took top honors in the Longines Global Champions Tour CSI-5* London Grand Prix on Sunday, sealing a patriotic victory on Cella on June 8. Second-place Nick Skelton, another Londoner, made it one of the most electrifying jump-offs in grand prix sport riding his Olympic gold medal stallion Big Star to eclipse […]
Eduardo Menezes and Le Fleur 4 were the first to enter the arena at the $30,000 June Classic I Grand Prix on June 9, and also wound up first in the victory lap! The Brazilian rider and the eight-year-old dappled grey jumped beautifully around Linda Allen’s first round course, making perfection the benchmark for all […]
