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HITS Announces 2025 HITS Culpeper Show Schedule 2025 HITS Culpeper Show Series and VHSA & The League Show Prize Lists Now Available January 21, 2025 – Kingston, NY – HITS is pleased to announce the 2025 show schedule at HITS Culpeper, which features 12 weeks of competition, including the exciting six-week long HITS Culpeper Show Series, as well as six VHSA […]

Kent Farrington is Unstoppable With Toulayna in the $200,000 UF Health Grand Prix CSI4* A star-studded lineup of world-class riders had spectators packing the stands for the $200,000 UF Health Grand Prix CSI4* during Week III of the 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series. The air was electric with anticipation as some of the sport’s fastest athletes and most decorated Olympians prepared to […]

Richard Vogel and Cydello Claim Repeat Win in $140,000 WeatherTech CSI3* Grand Prix Exactly one year ago, Cydello claimed his first grand prix victory with Richard Vogel (GER) on the derby field at Wellington International, and the duo repeated history, taking the win again Sunday in the $140,000 WeatherTech CSI3* Grand Prix to wrap up Week 2 of the Winter […]

Tony Stormanns Realizes a Dream in Palm Beach Equine Clinic Grand Prix From the time he was 11, Tony Stormanns (GER) would sit ringside at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and dream about competing in the International Arena. During ‘Saturday Night Lights’ of WEF 2, the 17-year-old made that dream come true in winning fashion in the $50,000 Palm Beach […]

Gregory Wathelet Goes Home with the Win in $75,000 Go Rentals Grand Prix It did not take Gregory Wathelet long after landing back in California to also land back on top of the leaderboard at the Desert International Horse Park. On Saturday night, January 18, the Belgian rider kicked off his 2025 Desert Circuit with victory in the $75,000 Go Rentals Grand […]

Nick Haness and Navarino Go Two-For-Two in USHJA National Hunter Derbies  In the first two weeks of Desert Circuit at the Desert International Horse Park, Nick Haness and Navarino are now two-for-two on USHJA National Hunter Derby victories. After taking home a win during Week 1, Haness and Navarino returned on Friday, January 17, to capture the top spot in […]

Jessica Mendoza Takes Flight on In The Air to Win $32,000 CSI3* Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup Round 2 A week ago, British show jumping athlete Jessica Mendoza was on a horseback safari in Africa admiring elephants and other wildlife from the comfort of the saddle. This week, she switched gears for week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and […]

Lorcan Gallagher Gets the Win in $30,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic After more than a decade of winters spent competing in Florida, this year marks Lorcan Gallagher’s first full season at the Desert International Horse Park, and on Thursday, January 16, he showed that he is in Thermal, CA, to be a serious contender. Aboard his longtime partner, Hunters Conlypso […]

Geoffrey Hesslink and Sandori Named Equine Tack & Nutritionals 3’6” Green Hunter Champion Geoffrey Hesslink of Wellington, FL, is off and running at the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), picking up championship honors Thursday to kick off Week 2. Aboard Sandori, owned by Meridian Farm, Hesslink earned the tricolor in the Equine Tack & Nutritionals 3’6” Green Hunter division. “He’s […]

Henrik Von Eckermann and Glamour Girl Take Command in $32,000 Dodd Technologies CSI3* 1.45m World no. 1 Henrik Von Eckermann (SWE) came out swinging on Thursday afternoon as he took the win in the $32,000 Dodd Technologies CSI3* 1.45m aboard Glamour Girl to open competition on the grass derby field during Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at […]