Year: 2024

Vanderveen Lands One-Two Punch in $75,000 Voltaire Grand Prix Brisk temperatures and sunny skies set the stage on the first weekend of the 2024 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit as Kristen Vanderveen (USA) took the headlining win in Saturday’s $75,000 Voltaire Grand Prix. The 10-week series offers top-level hunter, jumper, and equitation competition at the HITS Post Time Farm for all […]

Allison La Joie and Santa Rosa Apolo Conquer $50,000 Adequan® Grand Prix Allison La Joie saved the best for last in the jump-off of the $50,000 Adequan® Grand Prix. Aboard Santa Rosa Apolo, owned by David Bustillos, she scored the fastest time and rose to the top of the field in the pair’s first grand prix victory together. La Joie […]

Twinning for Time: Abigail McArdle and Amanda Derbyshire Tie for First in Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup Jumper action continued at the Equestrian Village Derby Field on Friday with the $32,000 Adequan® CSI3* WEF Challenge Cup Round 2. A competitive field of sixty-two riders took to the course designed by Germany’s Olaf Petersen Jr, with fifteen pairs returning for the jump-off. […]

Pessoa Shines Under Saturday Night Lights It was once again time to shine under the ‘Saturday Night Lights’ of Wellington International for the $50,000 Palm Beach Equine Clinic Grand Prix during week two of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). The International Arena came alive for a win from Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa from a field of forty-five over tracks built by […]

A Totally Awesome Win for Simon Schroeder in $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, Sponsored by Adequan® One year prior, Teddi Mellencamp’s mount Totally wasn’t even jumping around the .80m, and on Friday of Desert Circuit 2, presented by Adequan®, he took a major win in an international hunter derby. In the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, sponsored by Adequan®, Simon […]

Aaron Vale Assumes Pinnacle Position in $25,000 Alliant Private Client Grand Prix  The first of many grand prix events throughout the 2024 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit debuted today at the HITS Post Time Farm with a win from Ocala’s own Aaron Vale. Premiering with its Ocala January Classic, the 10-week series hosts a variety of top-level hunter, jumper, and equitation […]

Jake Endicott Snags Victory in $30,000 1.45m Open Classic It hasn’t been too long since Jake Endicott was just learning the ropes of show jumping, and now he’s a top contender every time he steps in the ring. On Thursday of Desert Circuit 2, presented by Adequan®, he rode to a big win in the $30,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic […]

Britt-Leon and Lauwers Share Champion Tricolors in The Rein Family 3’6” Performance Hunters Week two at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) welcomed professional hunters to kick off the week in the E.R. Mische Grand Hunter Arena with the 3’6” Performance Hunter, sponsored by The Rein Family. The division saw a staggering seventy-eight trips on Thursday, allowing the class to be […]

Paul O’Shea and Hellcat Back in Winning Form in $32,000 Dodd Technologies CSI3* 1.45m Down to the wire, Ireland’s Paul O’Shea and Hellcat picked up the win in the $32,000 Dodd Technologies CSI3* 1.45m on Thursday during the second week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Show jumping competition returned to the derby field at Equestrian Village for WEF 2, […]