PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
February 6, 2006

TUCSON, AZ (February 6, 2006) -- A clear round for Brandie Holloway on the little mare she fell in love with was all it took to win Sunday's $25,000 Grand Prix during the opening week of the HITS Arizona Winter Circuit. Out of a starting field of 25 horse and rider combinations, Holloway and S&L So Be It were the only pair to master Mike Gallaway's challenging first-round course.

Gallaway's course was a sweeping series of combinations with a last line that included an oxer to a vertical to an oxer double combination finish. A test of scope for the horses, Brandie Halloway almost scratched S&L So Be It because she thought the course would be too tough for her. "I had my reservations because there were so many combinations and the course finished with an oxer to oxer in one-stride, which is very tough for her because she is so small." S&L So Be It is a 15'2 hand 10-year-old Warmblood. The little mare proved she had the heart, taking Holloway to victory with the only clean round of the field.

Brandie Holloway came across S&L So Be It two years ago when she was showing her in Canada for Mike McCormick, Flower Mound, Texas with the goal of selling her. "I ended up loving her and came up with a way to keep her," said Holloway. The partnership has been a successful one, S&L So Be It took second place in the same class last year and won the Grand Prix during the second week at HITS Arizona.

Course designer Mike Gallaway thought he would have three or four clean out of the class, but there were some hard luck stories along the way. "There were a couple of rails that didn't need to come down, they were just unfortunate rubs," commented Gallaway.

The 2006 HITS Arizona Winter Circuit will run for another five weeks at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, Arizona. Show jumping will resume at HITS Arizona on Wednesday, February 8, and the next Grand Prix show jumping event will be the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix on Sunday, February 12.

Other major award winners at HITS Arizona - Sundance Welcome include:

HBO Junior Medal - Navona Gallegos, Santa Fe, NM
HBO Children's Medal - Christine Gabel, Paradise Valley, AZ
Farnam Adult Hunter Division - Manitou ridden by Carrie Henderson, Wayzata, MN and owned by Tricah Partners
Adequan® Open Hunter Division - Alisette ridden and owned by Liza MacMillian, Delano, MN
Marshall & Sterling Children's Hunter Classic - Frampton ridden and owned by Katharine Loosley, Roseburg, OR
Marshall & Sterling Adult Hunter Classic - Edisto ridden by Annie Clark, Tulsa, OK and owned by Panther Ridge, LLC
Marshall & Sterling Child/Adult Jumper Classic - Jodi Johnson, Scottsdale, AZ riding Buster Brown

For complete horse show results please visit http://www.hitsshows.com.

$25,000 HITS Grand Prix - Sunday, February 5, 2006
Sundance Welcome - HITS Arizona Winter Circuit, Tuscon, AZ
Course Designer: Mike Gallaway, Eugene, OR

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