The second half of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit got underway with Week VI, where riders continue to shine in featured competition at HITS Post Time Farm.
Show Jumping
Ali Ramsay (CAN) and Casino cashed out big in the $100,000 Diamond Tour Grand Prix, sponsored by Adequan, at the Desert International Horse Park.
Spencer Smith won the $50,000 Dutta Corp/Guido Klatte Grand Prix CSI2*, while Catherine Tyree topped the $73,000 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m Classic CSI5*.
Norway’s Geir Gulliksen posted the first World Cup victory of his long and successful career riding the brave little VDL Groep Quatro in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ali Ramsay and Lutz landed in first place in the $40,000 Diamond Tour Speed at DIHP, followed by fellow Canadian Keean White with Vampyr van de Rib.
Two-time US Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward won his third CSI5* in two weeks by taking the $401,000 Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix CSI5* riding HH Azur.
Bertram Allen (IRL) continued a successful debut season at the Winter Equestrian Festival with a victory in the Bainbridge CSI5* with Lafayette van Overis.
Swiss rider Martin Fuchs showed why he is ranked number two in the world with a win aboard Stalando 2 in the Equinimity WEF Challenge Cup at WEF.
Beezie Madden and Jiva won the Douglas Elliman Real Estate while Georgina Bloomberg topped the Bainbridge Companies riding new mount Balotelli 5.
The FEI scrapped ranking points won at a controversial jumping venue in France, but the FFE finds it ‘painful’ the shows went ahead in the first place.