HJN Content posted on April 25th, 2007

HITS is bringing the family fun back to Saugerties

Saugerties, New York (April 25, 2025) - The horse shows that bring $50 million to the surrounding area’s economy are coming back to town! Beginning on Wednesday, May 30 the HITS facility will open its gates for three consecutive weeks of Olympic-level equestrian competition. HITS will feature two Grand Prix classes each week: on Thursdays it’s a $25,000 purse sponsored by Ariat and on Sunday afternoons the stakes are higher as riders and horses vie for up to $75,000 in prize money. (Read on…)

Action Set to Begin at Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Farnam

Lexington, KY April 25, 2025 - Some 45 horses are set to start the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, on Thursday, April 26, after passing this afternoon’s first veterinary inspection. The three-member ground jury decided after careful and lengthy deliberation not to pass one horse this afternoon, but that one horse was Ocotillo, the mount of Lexington-based Cathy Wieschhoff. (Read on…)

ROLEX KENTUCKY TO RUN IN WITHOUT STEEPLECHASE FORMAT IN 2007

The 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event will be run in the “without Steeplechase” or “short” format as in 2006. We at Equestrian Events, Inc. continue to be staunch supporters of and believers in the classic (long) format of the Three-Day Event, at all levels. (Read on…)

Reminder: Rolex Kentucky Live Online on NBC at MediaZone

Equestrian sports fans around the world will be able to watch the 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, as it happens thanks to the world’s first-ever full, live, end-to-end webcast of a Four Star Three-Day Event. (Read on…)

Back in the Spotlight: Retracing Some of History’s Outstanding Olympic Moments

With some 471 days to go till the 2008 Olympic Games and a week during which the eyes of the sports world are turned to Beijing where the SportAccord convention is currently taking place, let us take stock from the past, from the inspirational to the downright remarkable feats in equestrian Olympic history. (Read on…)

FEI WORLD CUP™ JUMPING IS COMING HOME…..

As the curtain was coming down on the 29th FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final in Las Vegas last weekend, thoughts were already beginning to turn to the 2007/2008 finale which will be staged in the city considered to be the true home of World Cup show jumping - Gothenburg, Sweden. (Read on…)