Wellington, FL – March 25, 2010 – Chris Payne earned another young hunter championship today when he piloted Gracious, owned by MK Equine Holdings LLC, to the Draper Therapies Baby Green Hunter Championship at the South Grounds of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. The reserve championship ribbon was awarded to Ken Smith and Charlestown, owned by Jennifer Smith.
Gracious is a four-year-old gelding that Payne bred himself, and is by the famous show hunter Saint Nick, owned by Caroline Moran. “He just started showing down here. He hasn’t done a lot before this year. He’s shown five times down here and has been champion several times,” Payne explained.
Payne is impressed with his mount’s attitude and behavior at such a young age, and noted, “He’s very naturally well-behaved. For a baby he’s very straight and direct to the jumps. He does natural lead changes, and just naturally wants to do all the right things.”
March 22, 2010 – Racing to the Ring is proud to present the Inaugural High Achievement Championship Award to “Current Man”, a 16 year old, bay TB gelding who is owned and shown by Cathy Bailey, D.V.M of Morristown, Fl.
Over the years “Current Man” (show name “Rapid Fire”) has won 33 Grand Championships, 19 Reserve Championships and 11 Year End awards. He placed first in 97 classes. His racing career ended with a bowed tendon injury and through rehabilitation and hard work Cathy gave him a new life and created a true Champion.
This presentation will take place on Sunday April 25th, 2010 in the Winners Circle at Tampa Bay Downs Racetrack in Oldsmar, Fl. Presenting the award will be Loraine Roe who founded Racing to the Ring in 2009. This program was designed to make it fashionable to own and show Thoroughbreds and to bring recognition to them for their second careers.
FEI TV – The last Western European League qualifying leg of the 2009/2010 Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping series takes place at s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands next Sunday, 28 March.
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The American Quarter Horse Journal, March 25, 2010 – Defending winner Separate Bet – winner of three stakes last year at Remington Park – tops the $100,000 Leo Stakes (G1) and highlights an impressive Saturday night stakes card at Remington Park.
Joining the 400-yard Leo on Saturday is the $35,000 Decketta Handicap for fillies and mares. Also, the $312,000 Oklahoma Futurity (G2) and $136,000 Oklahoma Derby will be contested after last Saturday’s card was postponed due to inclement weather.
Leo Stakes (G1)
Jimmy Harrel, Duane Harrel and Jo Ann Adams’ Separate Bet (Separatist-Better Bet On Me by First Down Dash) was the horse of the meet last year at Remington when he raced to three stakes wins in three starts. The gray gelding won the $50,000 Eastex Handicap, the Leo and the $200,000 Remington Park Championship (G1).
Super Solem Leads the Way for Grand Prix Riders, Texas’ Tracy Fenney in the Hunt for the Pfizer Million, and Hunters Embrace the $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby
OCALA, FL (March 26 2010) — The 2010 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit was certainly a successful tour for HITS Ocala Veteran Callan Solem.
The accomplished equestrian found victory in the Grand Prix ring several times during the eight-week horse show circuit at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, including a win in the $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, on Allison, owned by Quiet Winter Farm/BJ Maghan.
For her efforts, Solem captured the 2010 Catena Leading Grand Prix Rider Award and received a beautiful diamond-faced watch courtesy of Catena. Solem’s mount Allison was presented with the Leading Mare Award, from the Stallion Services Department of the Equine Medical Center of Ocala, and will receive a free embryo transfer performed by Dr. Corey Miller, head of reproduction at the Ocala-based veterinary hospital.
Carson City, Nevada – March 25, 2010 – The Franktown Meadows Hunter Derby is pleased to announce George H. Morris as one of the four judges comprising the panel for the Derby. An equestrian legend, Morris’ influence has been monumental in the evolution of this sport both as an international competitor and as the Chef d’Equipe for the United States Show Jumping Team. As a knowledgeable and experienced hunter derby judge, Morris will contribute his expertise to the team of four judges at this standalone equestrian event. The derby is set to take place at the Franktown Meadows Equestrian Facility in Carson City, NV on September 19, 2010, and will be a member event of the Chronicle of the Horse/United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) International Hunter Derby Series presented by Dietrich Insurance.
Throughout his equestrian career as an accomplished rider and teacher, Morris has experienced the thrill and challenge of being a rider in the show ring along with coaching the top riders in the world. At the age of 14, Morris not only won the prestigious ASPCA Maclay Horsemanship Finals, but also the American Horse Show Association (now the United States Equestrian Federation) Hunt Seat Medal Finals. Morris was the youngest rider in history to win both events, and from that point on he proceeded to excel as an international rider, a coach, and also as a judge.
One of the original supporters of high performance hunter classes, Morris is passionate about the evolving hunter derby program. Having hunter derbies allows the discipline to be in touch with its roots as it encourages riders to pick up a gallop, and navigate an open field of natural, solid obstacles resembling those once found in fox hunting fields. As one of the Franktown Meadows Hunter Derby judges, Morris will be looking for the horse that best portrays the ideal hunter; a forward moving horse that moves well, jumps well, and wears a good expression around the course.
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