HJN Content posted on March 13th, 2006

Kacey McCann Wins Best Junior Rider Title For Fourth Time At HITS Ocala

Ocala, FL- March 13, 2006- For the fourth week in a row, Kacey McCann of Palmyra, Pennsylvania was named Best Junior Rider by the judges at the HITS V Ocala Finals show in Ocala, Florida. This is the fourth time in five weeks that McCann has received this prestigious award here in Ocala. (Read on…)

Becker College New Presenting Sponsor of USEF National Hunter Seat Medal Equitation Finals

Lexington, KY – Becker College, with campuses in Worcester and Leicester, Massachusetts, has joined title sponsor Pessoa, as one of the major sponsors of the USEF National Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Final. As the presenting sponsor, Becker College will receive national exposure in the equestrian world. The annual October event will now be known as the Pessoa/USEF National Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Finals presented by Becker College. (Read on…)

Artur 28 and Aaron Vale Run Off With $100,000 HITS Ocala Grand Prix, Vale Wins Circuit Championship

The HITS Ocala circuit came to a close, the $100,000 Grand Prix of Ocala drew a large crowd to cheer on the thirty-eight entries that arrived to take on the challenge set by course designer Leopoldo Palacios-Jugo of Caracas, Venezuela. Artur 28, owned by Millstream Inc., and Aaron Vale proved to be the best as they captured the first place honors for the second year in a row. (Read on…)

BLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANE SOCIETY COMPLETES FIRST YEAR OF SERVCE TO TEXAS AND ARKANSAS HORSE INDUSTRY

On February 28, 2005, a group of concerned horse enthusiasts in Texas and Arkansas came together to form Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society (BEHS). Their mission was to improve the lives of horses and other equine animals by educating and helping owners, assisting law enforcement agencies, rehabilitating abused and neglected equines, and placing them into safe, adoptive homes. The founding members possessed a wealth of equine rescue experience, and several were trained animal abuse and neglect investigators. (Read on…)

Chris Kappler: “Instant gratification” is Not in His Vocabulary!

Career highs and lows are inevitable in competitive sport, more so when you add four legs to the partnership equation. For the unassuming Chris Kappler, winning Team Gold and Individual Silver Medals at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was admittedly the most bittersweet experience of his entire life from which he personally wondered whether he would ever fully recover. (Read on…)

Budweiser American Invitational Qualifying List – Released 3/12/06

Place Total Rider NAT
QUALIFIED 2005 WINNER $42,973 Beezie Madden USA
2 $61,700 Norman Dello Joio USA
3 $45,470 Kimberly Prince USA
4 $37,705 Nick Skelton GBR (Read on…)

AARON VALE TAKES HOME THE GRAND PRIZE WITH ARTUR 28 IN THE $100,000 HITS GRAND PRIX OF OCALA

First in the jump-off is never an enviable position, but Aaron Vale managed to turn it to his advantage by setting a pace that put just the right amount of pressure on his rivals in the $100,000 Grand Prix of Ocala presented by Great American Insurance Group. (Read on…)