HITS’ AIG Thermal Million Grand Prix presented by Lamborghini Newport Beach is generating buzz on the East Coast, where a number of top riders are strategizing how they can qualify for the highly anticipated class – one of only two seven figure competitions in the U.S., the other being HITS’ Zoetis Million Grand Prix, taking […]
The return of the HITS $1,000 Pony Hunter Prix on Feb. 2 was a huge success, as 20 pony-rider pairs rode the Outside Course to showcase their A games. Twenty contenders took to the ring, with 14 returning for round two. It was Lexie Looker and Center Field that finished at the top of the […]
It came down to a contest of two, as speed, scope, strategy and nerve were pushed to the extreme in the $54,500 Strongid C 2X Grand Prix CSI-W 2* presented by Zoetis. In the end, it was Rusty Stewart of Camarillo, CA, who prevailed on his Grey Fox Farm entry, Bristol in the first FEI […]
Sonoma Valley Stables’ Hope Glynn followed her stellar Desert Circuit I performance by winning her second $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix in a row at DC II, taking the blue Feb. 1 on Sloan Lindemann-Barnett’s Balios Z. The Penngrove, CA-based rider triumphed over a field of 41, scoring an 86 in round one and an 83 […]
It was a thrilling contest that came down to the final seconds of the jump-off as the $50,000 EMO Grand Prix brought the first week of competition in Thermal to a heart-pounding conclusion. Mandy Porter, on Plum Creek Hollow Farms’ Con Capilot, snatched victory from Mexico’s Enrique Gonzales on his own Quilebo Du Tillard. Gonzales […]
When Hope Glynn and Campari rode to the blue Sunday in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix, it capped a great week of competition at HITS Desert Circuit I and put an exclamation point on a string of successes by Sonoma Valley Stables. It also was one for the record books, marking the first high-stakes competition […]
The stabling area and exercise rings were a buzz of activity as new arrivals settled in the weekend of Jan. 19. Here is some of what we saw. Photos by Paula Parisi / HITS News Weekly
The stabling area and exercise rings were a buzz of activity as new arrivals settled in the weekend of Jan. 19. Here is some of what we saw. Photos by Paula Parisi / HITS News Weekly
The stabling area and exercise rings were a buzz of activity as new arrivals settled in the weekend of Jan. 19. Here is some of what we saw. Photos by Paula Parisi / HITS News Weekly
The stabling area and exercise rings were a buzz of activity as new arrivals settled in the weekend of Jan. 19. Here is some of what we saw. Photos by Paula Parisi / HITS News Weekly