HJN Content posted for July, 2007

Texas’ Sleepy P Ranch wins the first ever HITS Saugerties Golf Tournament at Rip Van Winkle Country Club

SAUGERTIES, NY (July 31, 2025)-The group of golfers from Sleepy P Ranch, in Bartonville, Texas captured the first ever HITS Saugerties golf tournament held on Monday, July 30 at Rip Van Winkle Country Club, in Palenville, New York. (Read on…)

Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show Has Huge Economic Impact

East Dorset, Vermont — The Vermont Summer Festival, the largest ‘AA’ rated hunter-jumper horse show held in New England, has a huge economic impact on the state of Vermont with approximately $20 million spent locally on goods and services throughout the duration of the six-week competition. (Read on…)

Competition Underway at CN North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships, Presented by Gotham North and UlcerGard

Lexington, VA—July 31, 2007—Young equestrians from across North America are getting their first feel for what it’s like to compete in the Olympic Games with the opening of competition in the 2007 CN North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships (NAJYRC), presented by Gotham North and Merial, the makers of UlcerGard, at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA. The Championships continue through Sunday, August 5. (Read on…)

Equine Canada Launches Exciting New Website

Ottawa, Ontario — Equine Canada is pleased to announce the official launch of its new and improved, fully bilingual website, www.equinecanada.ca. (Read on…)

Anne Kursinski and Roxana 112 capture the $75,000 Tavern on the Green Catering Grand Prix at HITS Saugerties

SAUGERTIES, NY (July 30, 2025)-Anne Kursinski and her mount Roxana 112 negotiated the fastest double-clear round on course designer Danny Foster’s route to take home the blue-ribbon in the $75,000 Tavern on the Green Catering Grand Prix Sunday at HITS Saugerties. (Read on…)

Kentucky Horse Shows Announce Current Standings for Hagyard Challenge Series Rider Bonus

Lexington, KY - July 30, 2025 - The Hagyard Challenge Series will continue this week at the Kentucky Summer Horse Shows, held at the beautiful Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. A series of seven major show jumping competitions, the series offers $170,000 in prize money and an overall Hagyard Challenge Series rider bonus of $30,000. (Read on…)

KENTUCKY HORSE COUNCIL ANNOUNCES SPRING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Lexington, Kentucky, July 30, 2025 - Each year the Kentucky Horse Council provides scholarships for students of equine studies. Three $1000 scholarships are awarded in the spring, and three $1000 scholarships are awarded in the fall. (Read on…)

Happy Birthday to Hans Günter Winkler

On 24 July 2007, Hans Günter Winkler celebrated his 81st birthday. The German rider holds the finest record ever of any German Jumping rider and his overall record internationally is rivalled only by France’s Pierre Jonquères d’Oriola and Italy’s Raimondo D’Inzeo. But Winkler’s name cannot be dissociated from that of his bay mare Halla. (Read on…)

USET Foundation’s $20 Million “Campaign to Achieve Competitive Excellence” Reaches $12 Million Mark Six Months After Public Launch

WELLINGTON, FL - July 30, 2025 - The USET Foundation is proud to announce that since the Kick Off Gala in Wellington, Florida, on February 10, 2007, donors have contributed more than $2 million to the Campaign to Achieve Competitive Excellence. The Campaign has now reached $12 million towards the goal of $20 million. (Read on…)

International Horses Arrive for Good Luck Beijing Equestrian Events

New York (July 30, 2025) – Eight horses from three European countries have arrived in Hong Kong on July 28 to take part in next month’s Good Luck Beijing – HKSAR 10th Anniversary Cup equestrian competition. (Read on…)

Bluegrass isn’t blue, is it?

It’s a state; a region; a music genre—even a lifestyle. Oh yes, it’s grass, too. Legend has it that when early settlers looked out on the fields of Poa pratensis in Central Kentucky, the seed heads took on a purplish hue. In the sun, it looked blue-green. Hence, the name bluegrass was born. (Read on…)

SHOW JUMPERS TAKE A BRONZE MEDAL BOW

Chapot, Hough, Minikus and Raether Medal Despite the Odds

The story from our Show Jumping Team USA may not have appeared as glamorous because the Medals that laced their necks weren’t Gold or Silver. Yet their Bronze Medal had a whole lot more meaning. By the time the Individual Final round took place, Laura Chapot joined Todd Minikus and Lauren Hough on the sidelines. (Read on…)

Holly Orlando Takes Great Pleasure in First Career Grand Prix Victory at the 2007 Vermont Summer Festival

East Dorset, Vermont — Riding in her sixth career grand prix, Holly Orlando of Wellington, FL, and Great Pleasure triumphed for her first victory in the $30,000 Otter Creek Grand Prix, sponsored by Devoucoux Saddles, on Sunday, July 29. Orlando was victorious over Steven Weiss and VDL Nuit de Pomme, as well as brothers Charlie and Louis Jacobs. (Read on…)

Jill Henselwood Wins Gold Medal, Eric Lamaze Takes Bronze at 2007 Pan American Games

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, won the Individual Gold Medal in show jumping on Sunday, July 29, at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking the first time in 24 years that a woman has claimed the honour. Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, won the Individual Bronze Medal. (Read on…)

Team USA’s Cara Raether and Ublesco Finish Eighth, Lead Americans in Individual Show Jumping at XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—The last of the three equestrian disciplines contested at the XV Pan American Games – show jumping – wrapped up at Deodoro Military Complex outside of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The final results were cause for celebration for Canada and Brazil. Team USA’s Cara Raether and Ublesco finished in eighth place, the highest spot earned by an American combination on the last day of the XV Pan American Games. (Read on…)

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