BOYS' TOYS

After the Award ceremony in the glass VIP room we enjoyed the Grand Finale of F.E.I.’s Jumper Horse Competition at the covered arena.

Part II of the HOUSTON EXOTIC AUTO FESTIVAL will be held at MSR Houston, this time in September, Saturday 23rd, and Sunday 24th, where great weather is expected. And this time around it comes with the great addition of Autoart World! Don’t miss it!

For the past eight years, HARAS Hacienda has hosted Houston’s most exquisite equestrian events, clinics, and shows, both for the general public and equine audiences. 2023 marked a significant landmark for our city, as HARAS was able to add for the first time in Houston the acclaimed Jumper Horse Competition through its Switzerland-based governing body Fédération Equestre Internationale -F.E.I.-. The 4-day Grand Prix event combined its Grand Finale day with the 2023 Houston Exotic Auto Festival. If you missed it, mark your calendar for May 2-5, 2024, for the second edition of this exciting competition.

Dressage is the home discipline of HARAS, being the most prominent national breeder of the beautiful and versatile Lusitano horses. HARAS Hacienda now hosts four level two recognized dressage shows and several schooling dressage shows. HARAS also hosts the Central Championship annual finals for both Young Horse Show Series and the United States Dressage Federation’s Southern Series

Final for Dressage Sport Horse Breeding in hand. The Hunter Jumper shows have taken off and HARAS now hosts multiple annual events, including two Grand Prix: the Haras Cup and the Haras Jumping Spectacular FEI. HARAS Hacienda welcomes competitors that are just starting out all the way through top-level ranks.

Grand Prix Winners

Juventus Academy Houston started building its soccer legacy in Houston in 2015. Partnering with one of the best professional soccer clubs in the World, was just the beginning. Teaming up with the best people was crucial.

Juventus is one of Italy’s oldest and most successful clubs based in Turin, with more Italian league championships than any other team; one of the most followed football clubs in the world, with over 300 million supporters as well as 2 Champion European Leagues.

Their partnership opened to four years of successful and sold-out Summer Camps in Houston, bringing the international coaches from Juventus, Italy, to train young Houstonian players; in 2019 they decided to jump into an annual program in the Katy and Richmond areas, with one focus in mind: to lead kids to grow in the world of soccer by developing their technical and mental skills using the “Juventus Way”.

As a nonprofit organization, it is their mission to advocate for youth and community soccer education by taking small steps towards big change; having generous sponsors to support this program, made their footprint even bigger.

2020 was a tough year for humanity, but it didn’t stop their motto of “Never miss a practice”; they quickly implemented online classes and then came up with a social distance layout in the field to keep players doing what they love the most: playing soccer.

Time flies and in 2023 the success keeps on expanding, as they are growing roots in the Woodlands, Conroe, and Tomball areas.

Players are also offered international programs to give them a broader experience and exposure; they have the well-known “Juventus Training Experience”; this program puts players and families in Italy for a week, to have soccer training while enjoying cultural activities.

The most important annual tournament that takes place in Italy every summer: The “Juventus Academy World Cup”. This is where all Juventus academies worldwide meet to compete and win the CUP; it’s the closest any kid can get to feeling what real professional soccer players go through in the big tournaments.

The partnership with Juventus also provides methodology, game model, guidelines, and documentation, with expert-led support, and real people to train the local coaches and make them become better innovators in the field with capabilities to adapt, thrive and shape their game.

As Juventus Academy Houston cares for every detail of its program, they offer the best available fields in the area; they count on turf fields for practice, which turns into almost no practice cancellation unless extreme weather conditions are present.

They offer a variety of developmental soccer plans for girls and boys ages 5 to 19, that include youth recreational and competitive programs, and semi-pro teams. Juventus Academy brings sports and fitness to engage children of the community to invest their time in healthy living habits.

Jhonny Di Girolamo, coming from a family that migrated from Italy after World War II, and having been raised in Venezuela and married a Venezuelan, lives by a core principle: “Treat others the way you want to be treated”. And with that in mind, their coaches are high achievers who train players to make a positive impact on their soccer skills and attitude, inside and outside the field.

Jhonny is grateful for the opportunity to share with many families a way to see their kids grow and develop, keeping the Juventus philosophy of “raise people before players”. He’s very grateful to his family, and especially his wife, who are driving this project to become a legacy.

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