France has won the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final, marking a climactic close to the first-ever season of the Fédération Équestre International’s newly-configured Nation’s Cup series, now one of the richest circuits in the world thanks to a four-year pledge of support by the Saudi Equestrian Fund. From Sept. 26-29 the Olympic arena of […]
Jenni Martin-McAllister ruled the day at the $30,000 Los Angeles International Grand Prix, earning the blue ribbon on Casseur de Prix at the Sept. 22 event. Justin Resnik was second on Carisma Z. In other news, show producer the Langer Equestrian Group announced that the Los Angeles International Jumping Festival will veer from 30 years […]
A raft of high-profile show jumping horse sales has the industry talking. Most recent and splashy of the news is Dutch entrepreneur Jan Tops’ purchase, at a reported $14.8 million (€11 million), of Palloubet d’Halong, a 10- year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by Switzerland’s Hansueli Sprunger and until recently under saddle to his 26-year-old daughter, […]
The World Cup has booked a return engagement in Las Vegas for 2015! The Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final and the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final will take place at the Thomas & Mack Center, April 15-19, 2015. The announcement was made today (Sept. 18) by the Fédération Équestre International (FEI), the […]
Nayel Nassar and Lordan won the HITS Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix, Sept. 8, in Saugerties, NY. The 22-year-old Stanford, CA, resident and his 9-year-old Hanoverian gelding topped a field of 39 riders and trotted off with a check for $350,000. Wellington, FL-based Todd Minikus and Quality Girl were second, and Wellington’s Sharn Wordley […]
Riding Emma Waldfogel’s King’s Peak, Petaluma, CA-based rider Hope Glynn vaulted into the lead during round two of the 3’3″ HITS $500,000 Diamond Mills Hotel & Tavern Hunter Prix Final this afternoon, Sept. 7. The third placed horse and rider combination, Jenny Karazissis and Undeniable, are also from California. Karazissis is based at Far West […]
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, […]
The heart-pounding excitement of the HITS Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix will be webcast live and free to viewers on HRTV.com, Sunday, Sept. 8, beginning at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET. For the third year, HRTV will be presenting this cornerstone event, the culmianation of the HITS-on-the-Hudson circuit in Saugerties, NY. (Click here to watch.) […]
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 […]
