Holly Shepherd and Cascaron won the $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby.
The $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby presented by Brook Ledge and the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby presented by Tucci made for a double hunter header Friday.
Riders were treated to courses designed by Nancy Wallis of Lambertville, New Jersey in Hunter I which was resurfaced with Kruse Cushion Ride footing for this year’s circuit.
Twenty horse and rider teams tackled the course in the $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby presented by Brook Ledge. Renowned hunter rider, Holly Shepherd of Grand Bay, Alabama, won the top two honors with Margaret Camp’s Cascaron and Loretta Patterson’s Manchester, respectively.
Durgin Park, owned by Henrietta Hall and ridden by Sarah Invicta Williams of Santa Fe, New Mexico, took home the third place ribbon. Player, owned by Jeanne Pitre and ridden by Thomas Le Blanc of Folsom, Louisiana, took home the fourth place honors.
Tim Maddrix of Birmingham, Alabama rode LPF Woodford, owned by LPF, LLC, to the fifth place ribbon, while Andrew, owned by Code Four Show Stables, was piloted to the sixth place position by rider Guy Cambria of Middleburg, Virginia.
Seventh place was awarded to Rose Gold, owned by Oak Ledge Farm and ridden by Jason Berry of Verona, Virginia. Maddrix returned for the eighth place honors in the irons of Andy Kocher’s Cabriole while Shepherd followed with ninth aboard Debbie Holland’s Flamboyant.
Tenth place was awarded to Longstreet, owned by Barbara Risius and ridden by Shepherd, while eleventh place went to Isabel Coleman’s Antwerp, ridden by Livia Steffee of New Orleans, Louisiana. Zazou, owned by Nestledown Equine Services and ridden by Quinn Larimer of Smyrna, Georgia, wrapped up the class with twelfth place.
The $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby presented by Tucci saw fifteen horse and rider combinations compete in the main hunter ring and experience the newly installed Kruse Cushion Ride surface.
“The footing is excellent,” commented course designer, Nancy Wallis. “We’ve been hearing nothing but how excellent the new KCR footing is and how well the horses are performing with the new surface,” commented Gulf Coast Winter Classic Coordinator, Janet McCarroll.
Well-known professional rider Tim Maddrix of Birmingham, Alabama and Emily Joyner’s Ramsey won the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby presented by Tucci. The pair earned the highest scores in both the first and second rounds with 88 and 86, respectively, for a total winning score of 174.
Look Again, owned and ridden by Rebecca Baker of West Chester, Pennsylvania, followed with high scores and took home the second place honors with an overall score of 170.
Heather Geller of Akron, Ohio and her own Pommegranate turned in a first round effort with a score of 81 and handy round of 86.5 for a total 167.5, which would see them finish in third place overall.
Liddy Strickland of McDonough, Georgia piloted her own Judgement Call to the fourth place ribbon after turning in a first and second round score of 84 and 83, for an overall score of 167.
Amanda Forte of Glenmoore, Pennsylvania rode Rebecca Patterson’s Vecchia Murano to the fifth place ribbon after turning in first and second round scores of 84 and 82 for a total score of 166.
Sixth place was awarded to Maddrix and Frank Hernandez’ Rio’s Show Time and seventh place was awarded to Jordan Gilchrist of Flower Mound, Texas in the irons of Susan Moriconi’s Churchhill.
The Classic and Gulf Coast Classic Companies are USHJA’s Members Choice Award winners, recognized for producing top quality show jumping events in the United States. Together, they offer the best exhibitor-friendly, top quality hunter jumper events each winter. Please visit them on the web at www.ClassicCompany.com or call them at 843.768.5503.
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Bob Bell
The Classic Company, Ltd.
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