HITS Ocala Winter Festival
Ocala, Fla., Feb. 15-20

William Dobbs, Alex Boone & Kent Farrington’s Up Chiqui (Farrington, 0-0/29.05) won the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix over Andres Rodriguez & Andreas Olivares’s Larkanaro (Rodriguez, 0-0/30.06). Hunter champions included: first year green—CatWoman (Honor Farm); second year green—Miss Lucy (Helen Lenahan); green conformation—Cold Harbor (Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wheeler); high performance—Majestic (Tony Arena); 3’6”-3’9” performance—Galan (Kaleidescape LLC); 3’3” performance—Status Quo (Nouveau Hunters LLC); regular conformation—Hampton (Rachel DeMuro); amateur-owner, 18-35—Kingston (James Johnson); amateur-owner, 36 & over—Olivier De Upatoi (Page Flournoy); low amateur-owner—Prestigious (Dr. and Mrs. John McGuire); adult amateur, 18-35—Prestige (Ava Lindsay); adult amateur, 36-45—Soft Spoken (Carol Stillwell); adult amateur, 46-55—Tapestry (Donna Struve); adult amateur, 56 & over—Classic Control (Patricia Schindler); small junior, 15 & under—Harper (Greg Crolick); small junior, 16-17—Charlie Brown (Phoebe Keegan); large junior, 15 & under—Tache Rouge (Czech Mate LLC); large junior, 16-17—Peregrine (Adele Norton); children’s pony, 11 & under—Ducks Unlimited (Wendy Brayman); children’s pony, 12-17—At The Roxy (Traci Combs); children’s, 14 & under—Felicci (Alexandra Vespico); children’s, 15-17—McDreamy (Jessica Ungerer); small green pony—IGlitter (Megan D’Amico); medium green pony—Roxbury (Bibby Farmer Hill & Don Stewart); large green pony—Romeo (Morgan Ward); small pony—Flyer Miles (Ashley Hartman & Bernadette Louise); medium pony—Sassafras Creek (Farmer Hill); large pony—Losander’s Camelot (Isabelle Caccamise). Jumper champions included: low adult amateur, 18-49 (tie)—Cisco (Derek Petersen) & Indelible (Sharon Gordon); low adult amateur, 50 & over—The Patron (Cathy Evans); low children’s—Bling Bling (Nancy Maloney); pony—Cruzier (Elizabeth Ranzo); low junior (tie)—The Air Up There (Michael Balaz) & Deseree (Drumnacross Farm Ltd.); medium junior—Wullisina (Drumnacross Farm Ltd.); low amateur-owner—Sophia (Tracy Alexander); medium amateur-owner—Contino 46 (North Face Farm); high amateur-owner—VDL Theresa Lady (Maria Van Buskirk).

FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Week 6
Wellington, Fla., Feb. 16-20

Neapolitan Holding Company LLC’s Prima (Beezie Madden, 0/122.81) won the $50,000 G&C Farm Jumping Derby over Lindsay Cook’s Oscar (Ben Maher, 0/128.49) & Pablo Barrios & Gustavo Mirabal’s G&C Sinatra (0/129.64). Abigail Wexner’s Mademoiselle (Beezie Madden, 0-0/40.91) won the $31,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round 6 over Louisburg Farm’s Pjotter Van De Zonnehoeve (McLain Ward, 0-0, 41.72). Hunter champions included: adult amateur, 18-35—Tivoli (Warioto Farms Inc.); low adult amateur—Chamonix (Elizabeth Faraci); adult amateur, 36-50—Austin (Tammy Williams); sections of adult amateur, 51 & over—Well Adjusted (Melissa Ziegler) & Nevada (R. Bruce Duchossois); amateur-owner, 18-35—Take Away (Alise Oken); low amateur-owner, 18-35—Parkland (Catherine Cowie); amateur-owner, 36 & over—Lumiere (Jane Gaston); low amateur-owner, 36 & over—Avenue Blue (Carol Hoffman); sections of children’s, 14 & under—Heart And Soul (Karyn Whitely) & Cayero (John & Stephanie Ingram LLC); children’s 15-17—Edisto (Betsy Fauntleroy); first year green—Inclusive (Scott Stewart); green conformation—Empire (Becky Gochman); high performance—Castle Rock (Bryan Baldwin); children’s large pony—Valeska (Circle R Farms LLC); large junior, 15 & under—Inclusive (Stewart); large junior, 16-17 & 3’6”-3’9” performance—Small Affair (Iwasaki & Reilly); large pony—For The Laughter (Betsee Parker); medium pony—Better Then Good (Rose Hill Farms); sections of 3’3” performance—Primero (Sleepy P Ranch LLC) & Lonestar (Laurie Stevens); regular conformation—Sambalino (Gochman); second year green—Last Call (Lisa Cudahy); small junior, 15 & under—Tobasco (Dunwalke LLC); small junior, 16-17—Illusion (Oscany Inc.); small pony—Hi Lite (Madison Maners); children’s small/medium pony—Strawberry Kid (Paradysz Farm). Castle Rock won the Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular. Small Affair won the Junior/Amateur-Owner Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular. Jumper champions included: adult amateur, 18-35—Noce (Trinity Farm); adult amateur, 36-49—Wimula (Morgan Trexler); children’s, 13 & under—Caprifol (Palm Meadow Farm LLC); children’s, 14-17—Profyta Velvet VDL (Natalie Thompson); high amateur-owner—Leap Of Joy (Deeridge Farm); high junior (tie)—Ubico H (Gabrielle Bausano Inc.) & Creata Van Ten Biesen (Diamond Edge Farm); low adult amateur—Calypso (Casey Lorusso); low amateur-owner—Volarnah (Kenzie Donovan); low children’s—Tudor (Nathan Wegbreit); low junior—Manneken Du Coty (Pony Lane Farm); medium amateur-owner (tie)—Kix (Madeline Cox), HFB Frederica (Joao Vitor Marcon) & Valencio (Rafael Contreras); medium junior—Ultrafox (Michael Murphy); pony—Fire Van Battenbroek (Brooke Gunter).

Gulf Coast National II
Gulfport, Miss., Feb. 16-20

Patty Genn’s Happy Z (Wilhelm Genn, 0/41.58) won the $25,000 EMO Grand Prix over Abby Albritton’s Ariado (Theo Genn, 8/43.45). Hunter champions included: high performance working—Yes Indeed (Olivia Weaver); 3’6”-3’9” performance—Ovation (Taylor Reid); 3’3” performance—Casino (Cheryl Rubenstein); first year green—Figaro B (Linda Bobrik); second year green—Purple Heart (Lynn Rice); conformation—Stature (Allison Mills). On Tour (Olivia Weaver) was the children’s jumper champion, and Get Shorty (Katie Smith) was the adult amateur jumper champion.

HITS Tucson Winter Classic
Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 16-20

Bjorn Ikast’s Brave Heart (Ikast) won the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix over Ikast’s Colorado (Ikast). Hunter champions included: first year green—Anteros (Caitlin McGough); high performance/second year green—Shine On Me (Nancy Gray); amateur-owner, 18-35—Topsail (Kirsten Cooper); adult amateur, 18-35—Blue Dutch (Caitlin Burns); adult amateur, 36-49—Lipstick Z (Danine Summers); adult amateur, 50 & over—Rodeo Bay (Maia Robbins); large junior—Anteros (McGough); children’s—Allegro (Henrietta Louis); medium/large pony—Firenze (Mary Ann Funk); children’s pony—Nicodemus (Grace Tuton). Jumper champions included: low children’s/adult (tie)—King James (Catherine Harley) & Gideon (Rene-Numa Bourquin); high adult amateur—Saderma (Betsy Checchia); high children’s—Memphis (Natalie Martinez); low junior/amateur-owner—Chamonix (Elani Rager).

Raleigh Indoors Winter II

Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 17-20

Hunter champions included: small junior—Upshot (Amanda Miles); large junior—Luigi (Victoria Flagg LLC); green working—Gratitude (Emily Langhorne); conformation & low amateur owner—Surely (Debbie Ireland); small/medium green pony—Meadowview’s Sundance Kid (Victoria Skelding); large green pony—Roaring Run Magical Kiss (Roaring Run Farm); small pony—My Frosted Kiss (Theresa Tolar); medium pony—National Treasure (Megan Rosenthal); large pony—Celtics Creek Friar Tuck (Erin Dombroski); amateur-owner—Resilient (Alisa Berry); adult amateur, 18-35—Cavalier Forever (Joanna Delman); adult amateur, 36 & over—Annapolis (Michelle Downs); children’s, 14 & under—Turtle Bay (Patricia Crampton); children’s, 15-17—Keep The Faith (Katie Meagher); children’s pony—Starbucks (Kendall Mashburn); 3’3” performance—Tripoli (Cismont Manor Farm). Brulee (Laura Gaither) was the children’s/adult jumper champion.

Paradise Farm Horse Trials
Aiken, S.C., Feb. 18-20

Winners included: preliminary/training—Contortionist (Nicole Coffey, 29.6); divisions of open preliminary—Why Not (Jan Byyny, 27.9) & Indie (Jennifer Brannigan, 24.6); junior rider/young rider open preliminary—All The Buzz (Arden Wildasin, 37.4); divisions of open training—Kittengala (Kadi Eykamp, 20.0) & Ariel (Lillian Heard, 24.6); divisions of training rider—Legendary Chance (Anna Speth, 29.6) & The Gingerbread Man (Jacqueline Larouche, 30.5); training/novice—In Sync (Erin Flynn, 32.3); divisions of open novice—Ravi (Kurt Martin, 30.9), Marble Arch (Helen Brettell, 26.1) & Meisterwerk RF (Ryan Wood, 18.3); novice rider—Tres Cool (Susan Cipolla, 27.4); open beginner novice—Almost Voodoo (Jennifer Dougherty, 27.0); beginner novice rider—Prince Edward (Katie Lichten, 34.5); preliminary rider—Catalina (Candace Tribe, 37.7).

Las Cruces Schooling Horse Trials
Las Cruces, N.M., Feb. 19-20

Winners included: preliminary—The Grinch (Annamarie Curtin, 43.4); junior training—Buckwheat (Ella Algermissen, 33.6); open training—Cacharpas (Manuela Propfe, 94.4); senior training—Get Jiggy With It (Stephanie Gershon, 39.9); junior novice—Sgt. Pepper (Caitlin Kelly, 32.6); junior beginner novice—Dakota Night (Erin Kober, 37.0); open novice—Titanic (Elena Bronisz, 32.2); open beginner novice—Pebbles (Denise Krause-Spangler, 44.0); senior novice—Miss American Pie (Kristi Gottsponer, 34.8); senior beginner novice—Lady Black Hawk (Julia Skains, 36.5).

Ram Tap Horse Trials
Fresno, Calif., Feb. 19-20

Winners included: open preliminary—Boston (James Alliston, 45.6); preliminary rider—Aerolite (Dana Chase, 47.8); junior training—Camberley Z (Natalie Kuhny, 34.1); open training—Aida (Matthew Brown, 31.8); senior training—Puck (Melissa Myers, 36.3); junior novice—King’s Cross (Paulina Montgomery, 27.8); open novice—Wiscotti (Ruth Bley, 29.6); senior novice—Britannica (Annie Desmond, 26.2); junior beginner novice—Not Tonight Dear (Carley Burford, 34.1); open beginner novice—Onyx (Kirsi Hussa, 32.0); senior beginner novice—Half Pint (Katy Rishoff, 36.0).

Northern Winter Classic II
Rancho Murieta, Calif., Feb. 16-20

Hunter champions included: performance—Andiamo (Paige Pastorino); children’s pony—Allmosta Secret (Danielle Claeyssens); first/second year green & junior/amateur-owner—Stone Town (Sarah Frushell); children’s/adult—Posetta (Savannah Hadley); pony—Farmore Royal Charmer (Diane Sommers). Jumper champions included: low junior/amateur-owner (tie)—Corralino (Madison Bradshaw) & Livefire (Vicki Juelsgaard); low children’s/adult—Acappella (Jamie Schimandle); children’s/adult—Russian Roulette (Savanna Little).

Chagrin Valley Farms February
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Feb. 17-20

Hunter champions included: small pony—Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Madison Mitchell); medium pony—Smartie Pants (Dana Wille); large pony—Woodlands Jubilation (Catherine Weis); children’s pony—Time Of My Life (Emily Flynn); children’s—Song And A Dance (Erin Tukel); adult amateur—Elijandro (Stacey Friend); amateur-owner/low amateur-owner—O So Soxy (Kelly Jones); junior—Strictly Business (Andrew Farless); green pony—Woodlands Stevie Ray (Isabella Hendrickson). Exuberance (Payton Donnan) was the children’s/adult jumper champion, and Let’s Go Streaking (Lauren Downing) was the low children’s/adult jumper champion.

Bluebonnet Winter Blast
Irving, Texas, Feb. 19-20

Hunter champions included: 3’3” performance—Ascot (Alyssa Gallacher); pony—A Blond Moment (Lauren Walley); green pony—Watchamacallit (Gabby Walley); children’s pony—Kristull Knight Symphony (Amy Hirsch); children’s/adult—Millenium Edition (Samantha Staley). Game On (Kaitlin Miller-Roberts) was the children’s jumper champion.

Georgia Tech Benefit
Alpharetta, Ga., Feb. 19-20

Hunter champions included: green—The Duke Of Hazards (Frank Milward); adult amateur—Fine Print (Fit To Print Farm); pony—True Religion (Morgan Giesler).

STHJA Winter I
Tomball, Texas, Feb. 20-21

Flying Dutchman (Tiffany Bunnell) was the green hunter champion, and Nikko (Laura Schwab) was the children’s hunter champion. Goatzi (Isabella Carroll) & Texas Charm (Cate Rowles) tied for the low children’s/adult jumper championship, and Are You Ready For This (Meghan Martin) was the children’s/adult jumper champion.