Tim Maddrix and Riverside.

Tim Maddrix of Birmingham, Alabama rode Holly Labry, LLC’s Riverside to the win the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby, presented by Legend, besting a field of twenty-seven horse and rider teams.

Maddrix himself rode five of the horses and earned ribbons for four of them!

Maddrix and Riverside earned the highest score of 92 in the Classic round, followed by Naddel, owned by Hilary Baylor and ridden by Daniel Geitner of Aiken, South Carolina, who earned a first round score of 90. Sitting in third position before the Handy round was Face Time, owned by Harris Hill Farm and ridden by Jennifer Bliss of Wellington, Florida. The pair earned a Classic round score of 87.

Sitting in fourth position after the first round was Maddrix and Holly Labry, LLC’s Red Rooster with a Classic score of 86, and Aaron Vale of Williston, Florida and Aberdeen Ventures, LLC’s Madewell sat in fifth place after posting an 85 in the Classic round. Geitner and Geddaway Farm’s Bella Vida found themselves in sixth place with a score of 82, and Maddrix and Cheryl Rubinstein’s Capisce placed seventh in the Classic round with a score of 81.5.

Maddrix and Missy Nolen’s Favorite earned a first round score of 81.25 in the Classic round and sat in the eighth position, while Louise Petz’s Wellington, ridden by Megan Wexler of Reddick, Florida, earned a Classic score of 81 and sat in ninth position.

Elbo VDL, owned and ridden by Angela Pollex of Troutman, North Carolina, sat in the tenth position after the Classic round with a score of 80.75, and Frances Robinson’s Relax Jack, ridden by Wexler, sat in eleventh place with a Classic score of 80.5. King Bee, owned and ridden by Louisa Brackett of Grayslake, Illinois, sat in twelfth place after the Classic round with a score of 80.

Maddrix and Favorite were first to go in the Handy round and earned a score of 44. Their overall score of 125.25 would see them finish in eleventh place overall.

Pollex and Elbo VDL followed Maddrix and Favorite, earning a second round score of 77 for a combined total of 157.75 and an eighth place overall. Wexler and Relax Jack were next in the order and earned a Handy score of 69 and a combined score of 149.5 for a ninth place ribbon. Geitner and Bella Vida earned a second round score of 84 and a combined score of 166 which would see them move into a fifth place finish. Maddrix and Capisce followed in the order and earned a Handy score of 86 for a combined total of 167.5 and moved up to finish fourth place overall. Louisa Brackett and her own King Bee followed in the Handy order and earned a score of 85 for a combined 165 which moved them up to finish in sixth place overall.

Bliss and Face Time sat in third place after the Classic round, but a Handy score of 33 earned them an overall score of 120 and the pair finished in twelfth place overall. Maddrix and Red Rooster sat in fourth position after the Classic round, but their Handy score of 90 for an overall total of 176 moved them into second place overall.

Geitner and Naddel moved from their second place position after the first round to third after earning a Handy score of 84 and a combined score of 174. Wexler and Wellington sat in ninth place after the first round, but after earning a Handy score of 49 for a combined total of 130, finished in tenth place overall.

Vale and Madewell earned a Handy score of 78 and a combined 163 for a seventh place overall finish.

Maddrix and Riverside sat in the first position after the Classic round and their Handy score of 92 for a combined 184 would see them hold their lead and take the win.

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