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The Rolex One to Watch for February 2012 is awarded to Willem Greve (NED). Based in Markelo, The Netherlands, the 28-year-old jumped from number 299 to 241 during January – a move up the Rolex Rankings of 58 places.Willem Greve had a very successful early career riding ponies before moving on to compete in both the Juniors and Young Riders’ Championships where he displayed a great deal of talent. When he was only 20 years old, Greve demonstrated that he was to have a promising future ahead of him, when he was named as the Rabobank Talent of the Year 2003.

Thermal, CA - February 10, 2012 - Canadian Olympic Silver Medalist Jill Henselwood came to the HITS Desert Circuit laser focused on punching her ticket to the London 2012 Olympic Games and it showed. In Thursday’s $32,000 HITS Desert Classic, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, Henselwood teamed up with Brian Gingras’ IV Ever and beat all other starters to take the top prize, a check for $10,560.

The United States Equestrian Federation, Inc is pleased to announce the following dates and locations of the 2012 National Hunter Championships: 

Tampa, FL - February 9, 2012 - The 2012 Tampa Equestrian Series is pleased to announce that it will be featuring 'AA' rated hunter divisions during their 2012 competition. Stadium Jumping, Inc., one of the nation's leading horse show production companies, will be hosting the two-week equestrian event at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, FL.