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Archive for March 26th, 2010Chris Payne and Gracious Secure Baby Green Hunter Championship at 2010 FTI WEF Gracious and Chris Payne Claimed the Championship in the Baby Green Hunters, sponsored by Draper Therapies. © 2010 Randi Muster
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.” Racing to the Ring Presents Inaugural High Achievement Championship Award to Current Man
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 from s’Hertogenbosch – Rolex FEI World Cup JumpingFEI 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. Watch all the action LIVE ON FEI TV – transmission begins at 14.55 CET. Enjoy live and on demand streaming of the world’s most prestigious equestrian events – www.feitv.org. Separate Bet Highlights Big Stakes NightThe 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). HITS Ocala Winter Circuit in Review © ESI Photography. HITS' Lisa Engel presents The Catena Leading Grand Prix Rider Award to Callan Solem during the Parade of Champions. 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. |
