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Ransome Rombauer Wins $50,000 Hermès Under 25 Grand Prix Final

Ransome Rombauer and Emorkus RE. Photo © Sportfot.

Lacey Gilbertson Named Overall Series Winner

Wellington, FL – March 25, 2018 – Week 11 of the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) concluded on Sunday, March 25, with competition for up-and-coming stars of show jumping. In the $50,000 Hermès Under 25 Grand Prix Final, 19-year-old Ransome Rombauer of St. Helena, CA sped to the win riding her own Emorkus RE. The series winner was 24-year-old Lacey Gilbertson riding Baloppi.

There were 30 entries in the $50,000 Hermès Under 25 Grand Prix Final, and 11 found the ticket to a clear round and advanced to the jump-off. The fastest in the jump-off by nearly three-and-a-half seconds (43.73 seconds) was Rombauer and Emorkus RE, a nine-year-old KWPN gelding by Quasimodo van de Molendreef x Haarlem.

Second-place finisher Coco Fath of Fairfield, CT was especially pleased with her performance in the final after falling off in the semi-final. She and Huckleberry, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Hillside Farm LLC, finished double clear in 47.06 seconds.

Third place in the final went to Daisy Farish of Versailles, KY riding Great White, a 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding by Cumano x Julio Mariner. They were clear in 49.86 seconds.

Leading from the very beginning of the series with a win in the first grand prix in week two was overall winner Lacey Gilbertson, 24, on Seabrook LLC’s Baloppi. The pair also won the semi-final in week 8. While they had four faults in the final jump-off, their consistency throughout all of the events easily landed them the series victory.

Aly Muir and Paparazzi Prevail in Palm Beach International Academy Children’s Hunter Horse Older

The last day of week eleven at the Winter Equestrian Festival celebrated a championship win for Aly Muir and her entry, Paparazzi, in the Palm Beach International Academy Children’s Hunter Horse Older division. Muir, of Allison Park, PA, piloted the 17-year-old Hanoverian gelding to a first, second, and eighth over fences with a third-place finish on the flat.

Noa Diener secured reserve honors aboard Linden, an entry of Derby Lane, LLC. The pair finished sixth in the under saddle in addition to a first and second over fences.

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