The Fifth-Annual AIG $1 Million Grand Prix In Thermal Now a 1.50m Class

Saugerties, NY (September 22, 2016) – HITS, Inc. is pleased to announce that the AIG $1 Million Grand Prix in Thermal, California, will return with new opportunity for riders on the West Coast. The prestigious 2017 class will mark half a decade of the $1 million dollar purse at HITS Desert Horse Park, but with a few special changes.

As the first jewel in the HITS Triple Crown of Show Jumping, the highly-acclaimed AIG Million will still serve as the captivating finish of the HITS Desert Circuit on Sunday, March 19, 2017. New in 2017, course height will be set at 1.50m, as opposed to a 1.60m as in previous years. Also new for next year's class, the top 20 riders who qualify for the AIG Million will be eligible to ride two horses in the class.

Exhibitors competing for a sweet slice of the $1 million prize, can qualify for the event by competing in at least one Grand Prix at four HITS Desert Circuit or National Sunshine Series shows prior to the week of the Million— qualifying begins with the HITS National Sunshine Series, November 2-13. For a National Sunshine Series Prize List, please click here

“The AIG $1 Million Grand Prix attracts the highest caliber riders, domestic and international, to HITS Desert Horse Park for the grand finale of the HITS Desert Circuit,” said HITS President and CEO Thomas Struzzieri. “We are proud to continue that tradition in 2017, as well as offer big opportunities to riders with the new 1.50m course height.”
 
 
 
 
 
About HITS, Inc.
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.

While hosting the richest weekend in show jumping at HITS-on-the-Hudson, HITS also formed the Triple Crown of Show Jumping. This includes the AIG $1 Million Grand Prix in Thermal, California, the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix in Ocala, Florida, and the Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix FEI CSI-5* in Saugerties, New York.

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