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Archive for March 21st, 2010Richard Spooner Wins Two Days in a Row, Takes $30,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round 10 Victory on Ace at 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Richard Spooner and Ace won the $30,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round 10 at the 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. All photos © 2010 Randi Muster Louise Serio Pilots Paisley Park to the Championship in the Equisport Agency Pre-Green Hunter 3 & 4 Year Olds Wellington, FL – March 18, 2010 – Richard Spooner (USA) aboard Ace, owned by S&B LLC Corporation, produced a blazing time to win the $30,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round Ten. Second place honors went to Lauren Hough (USA) on her horse Prezioso S, owned by Highlife Farms. Third place award went to Alexander Hufenstuhl (GER) on Lacapo 4, owned by Sabina Illbruck. The tenth week of the FTI WEF is sponsored by Equine Couture/TuffRider and runs through Sunday, March 21, 2010. The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival has 12 weeks of competition that conclude on April 4, 2010, and they will be awarding almost $6 million in prize money through the circuit. Ticket Sales, Travel Plans on Track for 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian GamesFebruary 11, 2010 – LEXINGTON, KY – Visitors to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games should make their ticket purchases and reserve their accommodations quickly, as the World Games 2010 Foundation is well on track to meet, and exceed, its projected sales goals. Fans around the world are planning trips to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. from September 25 through October 10, 2010, for eight world championships in equestrian sport. The 2010 Games will mark the first occurrence of this event outside of Europe. “Company is coming,” said Jamie Link, CEO of the World Games 2010 Foundation. “With the arrival of 2010, we are seeing a steady increase in sales each day as people around the world make their plans and purchase their tickets to the 2010 Games. We strongly recommend that fans make their plans now before the best seats are gone.” Sally Slater & Loose Lucy Accelerate to the Win in the Masters Jumpers at FTI WEFWellington, FL – March 21, 2010 – The Masters Jumpers showed their skills on Saturday morning when they kicked off competition in the Mogavero Arena at the 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. The Masters division, kindly sponsored by the Palm Beach Post, offered a speed round for its competitors. Riders jumped a single round in which the fastest clear time would eventually win the class. Sally Slater and her mount Loose Lucy were deemed the winners in today’s Masters class after racing around the course in a very speedy time of 57.974 seconds. The tenth week of the FTI WEF is sponsored by Equine Couture/TuffRider and runs through Sunday, March 21. The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival has 12 weeks of competition that conclude on April 4, 2010, and they will be awarding almost $6 million in prize money through the circuit. The FTI Great Charity Challenge, a pro/am relay competing for a targeted $500,000 in money to be distributed to 24 Palm Beach county charities, is on Saturday, March 20, with festivities starting at 6 p.m. The $75,000 Equine Couture/TuffRider Grand Prix, CSI 2*, is on Sunday, March 21. It is scheduled, weather permitting, to be held at The Stadium at 3 p.m. Lars Petersen & Beemer Victorious in WEF Dressage Classic FEI Grand Prix Special, CDI 3*Wellington, FL – March 21, 2010 – The WEF Dressage Classic concluded yesterday with classes for dressage riders in the International Arena. The main class in the morning was the FEI Grand Prix Special, CDI 3*. Denmark’s Lars Petersen, who resides in Wellington, FL, won the class on Beemer, owned by Global Dressage Sales LLC, with a score of 70.750%. Shawna Harding (USA) and her own Come On III were second thanks to their score of 69.625%, while Mikala Munter Gundersen (DEN) and Leonberg, owned by Horses Unlimited Inc. and Cesar Parra, were third with 69.417%. The tenth week of the FTI WEF is sponsored by Equine Couture/TuffRider and runs through Sunday, March 21. The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival has 12 weeks of competition that conclude on April 4, 2010, and they will be awarding almost $6 million in prize money through the circuit. The WEF Dressage Classic CDI 3* dressage competition was the highlight in the International Arena this week. The FTI Great Charity Challenge, a pro/am relay competing for a targeted $500,000 in money to be distributed to 24 Palm Beach county charities, is on Saturday, March 20, with festivities starting at 6 p.m. The $75,000 Equine Couture/TuffRider Grand Prix, CSI 2*, is on Sunday, March 21. It is scheduled, weather-pending, to be held at The Stadium at 3 p.m. Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy Win the $10,000 Chronicle of the Horse/USHJA International Hunter Derby, Presented by Dietrich Insurance, at HITS Ocala for the Second Year in a Row © ESI Photography. Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy on course in the $10,000 Chronicle of the Horse/USHJA International Hunter Derby at HITS Ocala.
OCALA, FL (March 18, 2010) — The $10,000 Chronicle of the Horse/USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by Dietrich Insurance, saw Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy, owned by SBS Farms Inc., take home the win for the second year in a row at HITS Ocala on Saturday night. Alfano also won the USHJA International Hunter Derby at HITS Ocala in 2008 on Rockstar, and just two weeks ago won the $10,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby aboard Fantabulous. “I really enjoyed the course tonight,” said Alfano after Saturday night’s class. “It allowed the horses to go nicely and it gave us a lot of nice options on that field – I just gave it my all out there.” Alfano and Jersey Boy have a lot of experience in Hunter Derbies, but this was the first win of the year for the eight-year-old. |
