Nayel Nassar and Ivory TCS Dazzle in the $31,020 Dapper Horse CSI3* Jumper Classic During HITS Hudson Valley VIII
The final week of the 2025 HITS Hudson Valley summer season launched top-tier show jumping competition in the Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Stadium on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. Located in the heart of the Hudson Valley in Saugerties, New York, the summer series has brought the best of the best, with five weeks of FEI international show jumping, elite hunters with several weeks of World Champion Hunter Rider (WCHR) action, and impressive equitation. As the crescendo to a full season, Championship Week boasted a plethora of highlight events, including four days of designated CSI3* competition and yet another WCHR week for the hunters. International show jumping stars took center stage on Wednesday afternoon as the $31,020 Dapper Horse CSI3* Jumper Classic crowned the week’s first winner in Olympian Nayel Nassar (EGY) and Ivory TCS.
World-renowned course designer Alan Wade (IRL) constructed his debut course for the week for a field of 35 horse-and-rider combinations. Eight nations had representatives in the starting line up, including Canada, Egypt, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Venezuela, and, of course, the home nation of the United States. Riders took on the opening power phase followed by the second half of the course consisting of the speed portion. A majority of the contenders brought their A-game, with the lead changing hands a variety of times over the entirety of the class. However, as the class crossed the halfway point and the pressure intensified, Nassar made his single performance one to remember, flying to a speedy finish of 35.50 seconds with Ivory TCS, the Evergate Stables LLC’s 12-year-old KWPN mare (Falaise de Muze x Ukato).
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