New Heights
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HITS Always Hits a Home Run by Sheila McClarey
Thermal shows (HITS Desert Circuit) have found their stride in the show jumping world. Some of the best show jumpers in the world, including Flexible, have used these shows as a training ground for successful Grand Prix horses. Trainers are finding out that west coast Grand Prix venues, led by Thermal, can and do produce some of the best. The indoor arenas give west
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coast based riders the opportunity to jump inside versus outside, and the results in the recent World Cup Finals certainly stand as a statement of what is accomplished. Grand Prix’s are becoming the norm, however
fter five years of building, improving, changing, planting and blooming, the
Rich Fellers and Flexible Josephina Nor-Lantzman and Chello Z
high performance ones with the preparation, planning and certainly big money, are still a bit unique and can probably be counted on ones fingers. As the sport changes and moves on to the next generation of horses and riders, Thermal should be applauded for changing the face of show jumping in the west. While other shows are stepping up and providing great competition and tremendous show opportunities, HITS Thermal continues to build and develop new ideas each year.
The only show jumping facility in the west
that was built specifically for horse shows, the cost of getting to this point is phenomenal, and the vision of the management is now becoming clear. Just as any new venture has growing pains, the Thermal grounds are past the rough part. Keep your ears open for some pretty amazing announcements in the very near future, HITS never stops developing and with Tom Struzzieri’s visionary business approach, it’s going to be a doozy!!!!!
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