New England Farm and Newbury Farm Win Arenus Tack Room Awards at the June HITS-on-the-Hudson Summer Shows

Two new farms took home top honors for their beautiful tack room displays at the Hits-on-the-Hudson Saugerties Summer Shows-the New England Farm in Bedford Hills, New York, and the Newbury Farm in Littleton, Massachusetts. The tack room competition award is sponsored by Arenus, a premier provider of innovative health and nutritional products for pets and horses, featuring the ASSURE^®, STEADFAST^®, EQUILITE^™ and SORE NO-MORE^® product families, and the winner takes home a prize bag filled with ARENUS^® products.

The Newbury Farm, managed by Jean Sheptoff, won the tack room competition during the second week of Hits-on-the-Hudson, while the New England Farm, owned by Cynthia Williams, won during Hits-on-the-Hudson III. Both farms were thrilled with their wins and said their tack rooms at the show grounds serve as a “home away from home” for their clients and staff.

Williams said New England’s tack room set up at the show grounds includes wicker chairs and wooden tack trunks on dark wood chips. “The tack room at the show is a home base where everyone gathers, eats and relaxes. It makes the horse show more comfortable and enjoyable,” Williams said, adding that she was already a fan of SORE NO-MORE^®. “I have been using the SORE NO-MORE^® products for a long time on my horses with great results. I look forward to trying the other products in the prize bag.”

Williams added, “I would like to thank my grooms for their hard work and for keeping our horses looking great. I would also like to thank Arenus for recognizing the extra effort.”

Newbury Farm boasts a beautiful tack room at their facility in Massachusetts, where trainer Cory Hardy, and barn manager Sheptoff, specialize in equitation training, boarding and selling hunters and jumpers. Their tack room at the HITS show ground also featured an award-winning look that not only keeps their clients comfortable, but found favor with the Arenus representative.

HITS, Inc. produces high-quality, international-level hunter/jumper horse shows. Based in upstate New York in the village of Saugerties, HITS has been producing shows since 1982 and is now a nationwide company with world-class circuits in California, Florida, Arizona, New York and Virginia. In 2010, HITS will take the industry to new heights when it hosts the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix in Saugerties on September 12. 

Grand Prix riders Jeffery Welles and Christine McCrea have spent years dominating the winner’s circle in shows all around the world, and they both added another win to their resumes during the June Hits-on-the-Hudson summer show series in Saugerties, New York. Welles and McCrea each won the Arenus Performance and Conditioning Award from award sponsor Arenus, a premier provider of innovative health and nutritional products for pets and horses that manufactures and distributes the ASSURE^®, STEADFAST^®, EQUILITE^™ and SORE NO-MORE^® product families.

 Welles, of Triton Venture Farm in Brewster, New York, has been competing on the Grand Prix circuit for over 23 years. During the Hits-on-the-Hudson shows, Welles has continued to win big with Armani, placing second in the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix aboard the Dutch Warmblood gelding he owns with Abigail Wexner. In April, Welles and Armani won the $200,000 Gene Misch American Invitational in Tampa, Florida.

“Since Armani is getting older we have to do a lot to keep him fit. He goes out twice a day four times a week and the second time is usually to go on a trail ride or just a light hack,” Welles said, adding that he gets help from all of his staff with keeping Armani and their other horses in peak condition. “Gareth Gair, my barn manager, my vets and farriers – all of these people make it possible to compete and ride and keep all the horses fit, going well and looking good. It is a team effort to get a horse into the show ring and I really enjoy the times that I get to jump Armani in the ring.”

Welles was thrilled that his barn won the Arenus Performance and Conditioning Award during the third week of Hits-on-the-Hudson, and said his barn uses SORE NO-MORE on all of the horses. “I want to thank all of my staff for helping us win this, they are all great with Armani and our other horses,” Welles said.

McCrea, of Windsor Show Stables in East Windsor, Connecticut, won the Arenus Performance and Conditioning Award during the second week of Hits-on-the-Hudson. McCrea has also been in the winner’s circle during the summer show series, including placing second in the $125,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix aboard Romantovich Take One, owned by Candy Tribble and Windsor Show Stables.

Both Welles and McCrea were presented with a prize basket filled with an assortment of Arenus products, including ASSURE, STEADFAST, EQUILITE and SORE NO-MORE products. Throughout the HITS show circuits, which includes HITS Thermal, HITS Ocala and HITS Saugerties Horse Shows, Arenus presents an Arenus Performance and Conditioning Award to a horse, barn or trainer based on their horse’s exceptional performance and level of conditioning. The winner is chosen by a team of independent judges.

Gavin Moylan and his Grand Prix jumper Icon won the Arenus Performance and Conditioning Award during the spring HITS-on-the-Hudson show in Saugerties, New York.

Moylan, who owns Meadowville Farm in The Plains, Virginia, was thrilled to win the Arenus Performance and Conditioning Award. “My performance and conditioning secrets are my staff,” Moylan said. “I have a great group of grooms and we use Arenus’s EQUILITE products. We love them all, but especially the SORE NO-MORE products.”

A veteran of the HITS shows -- he has been showing at HITS for the past 15 years -- Moylan said he usually takes about 15 to 20 horses to a show. “I have been competing Icon for about four years and this is his first year to consistently compete in the Grand Prix,” Moylan said. “My goal for him is on track because he has already qualified for the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson on September 12th.”

Throughout the HITS show circuits, which includes HITS Thermal, HITS Ocala and HITS Saugerties Horse Shows, Arenus will present an Arenus Performance and Conditioning Award to a horse, barn or trainer based on their horse’s exceptional performance and level of conditioning. Chosen by a team of independent judges, the winner receives a prize containing their choice of an assortment of ASSURE, STEADFAST, EQUILITE and SORE NO-MORE products.

HITS, Inc. produces high-quality, international-level hunter/jumper horse shows. Based in upstate New York in the village of Saugerties, HITS has been producing shows since 1982 and is now a nationwide company with world-class circuits in California, Florida, Arizona, New York and Virginia. In 2010, HITS will take the industry to new heights when it hosts the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix in Saugerties on September 12. 

Oak Meadow Farm Wins Arenus Tack Room Competition at HITS-on-the-Hudson

Thanks to a beautiful tack room setup featuring stunning flowers and a comfortable seating area, Oak Meadow Farm won the Arenus Tack Room Competition at HITS-on-the-Hudson I, in Saugerties, New York.

Oak Meadow Farm, located in East Windsor, Connecticut and owned by Nancy and David Hamilton, has been showing at HITS for the past 10 years. "We are really excited to have received the tack room award from Arenus,” Nancy said. “I am giving all the credit to our trainer Mark Rarick and the staff at our barn. They did a wonderful job planting the flowers and arranging the tack room.”

Oak Meadow brought nine horses to the world-class HITS show, although Nancy said they have about 50 horses at their farm in Connecticut. “I love coming to HITS. The show grounds are so beautiful,” Nancy said, adding that she wanted to thank their trainer Mark and all of their staff for their hard work. “Oak Meadow is dedicated to doing things top notch; from training to showing to horse care. Taking care of the horses, riders and owners -- right down to the stall setup is very important to us.”

Throughout the HITS show circuits, which includes HITS Thermal, HITS Ocala and HITS Saugerties Horse Shows, Arenus will present an Arenus Tack Room Competition Award to one winner stabled on the show grounds. Tack and stabling areas will be judged on aesthetics and suitability. The tack room winner will be selected by an Arenus representative and the winner will receive a prize basket from Arenus containing products from its ASSURE^®, STEADFAST^®, EQUILITE^™ and SORE NO-MORE^® lines.

HITS, Inc. produces high-quality, international-level hunter/jumper horse shows. Based in upstate New York in the village of Saugerties, HITS has been producing shows since 1982 and is now a nationwide company with world-class circuits in California, Florida, Arizona, New York and Virginia. In 2010, HITS will take the industry to new heights when it hosts the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix in Saugerties on September 12. 

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