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Rose Hill Stays Strong Taking Performance 3’6″ Hunter Reserve Championship during HITS Ocala VIII Winter Finals

Jennifer Alfano and Rose Hill secured the Performance 3’6″ Hunters Reserve Championship during HITS VIII Ocala Winter Finals. Photo By: ESI Photography.

Ocala, FL – March 11, 2013 – Jennifer Alfano stole the limelight during Ocala HITS VIII Winter Finals this past week, earning numerous awards in the hunter rings with tricolor ribbons in every division. SBS Farms, Inc. has seen nothing short of success throughout the Ocala HITS circuit, with trainer Susie Schoellkopf and Alfano working side-by-side to ensure victories across the board. It was Rose Hill who snatched the Performance 3’6″ Hunter Reserve Championship, rising to the top of the leader board with ease.

The rose grey Dutch/Warmblood Thoroughbred is racking up the points in Ocala, and has been consistent throughout their stay. The mare already captured the $10,000 Devuocoux Hunter Prix with an impressive score of 89 during HITS V Ocala Winter Festival, and has only continued to excel. Her win earlier in the season solidified her return to the show ring after undergoing colic surgery in May 2012.

Affectionately known as Rosie, the 8-year-old mare took the first place finish in the Performance 3’6″ Working Handy Hunter, also snatching the second and fourth place ribbon over fences. Alfano and Rosie were awarded with the reserve championship, and Alfano admitted her excitement towards having one of her top mounts back in the ring and doing so well.

Shane George’s Timber Ridge secured the Conformation Hunter Championship with a slew of blue ribbons. Alfano piloted the bay gelding over the handy course to take the first place prize, as well as earning three more blue ribbons over fences and the first place in the under saddle.

Maggie May, owned by Billie Steffee, has continued to steal the show with each passing week. Last week she nabbed the First Year Green Working Hunter Reserve Championship with two thirds and the first place ribbon over fences, as well as the first place in the under saddle.

Based out of Buffalo, NY, SBS Farms’ Susie Schoellkopf and Jennifer Alfano run one of the foremost show hunter training operations in the country, and travel nationwide to compete in the nation’s most prestigious horse shows. SBS Farms, Inc. continues the proud tradition of the Saddle and Bridle Club as one of the top show stables in the northeast. Schoellkopf is also the Executive Director of the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center, which houses both The Buffalo Equestrian Center as well as SBS Farms. Built in 1922, the 160-stall facility is a historical landmark, with its unique English Tudor and gothic style architecture. For more information on SBS Farms and the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center, please visit www.thebtrc.org.

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