Todd Minikus and Quality Girl win the $25,000 Bluegrass Classic at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show (Photo courtesy of Shawn McMillen Photography)
Lexington, Kentucky (May 18, 2015) – Vita Flex Victory Team member Todd Minikus jumped to first place on not just one but three horses at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show in the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington on May 6-10. This past weekend on May 15 in the Kentucky Spring Classic, Minikus won the $20,000 1.45m Bluegrass Classic on a fourth horse. He claimed victories aboard well-known mount Quality Girl, young horses Con Capilot and Maharaja Del Juncal, and Oldenburg gelding Cordonos. Vita Flex, a leading equine supplement brand with products designed to help horses carry their riders to victory, is proud to congratulate Minikus on his successes. The victories in Kentucky came as no surprise to spectators, as seasoned competitor Minikus has already been extremely successful earlier this year in Wellington, Florida’s Winter Equestrian Festival and in the Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach.
Minikus opened the Kentucky Spring Horse Show by winning on a new mount – Plum Creek Hollow Farm’s 12-year-old Westphalian stallion Con Capilot – in the $5,000 1.45m Open Jumper Class. Maharaja Del Juncal, a young horse owned by Two Swans Farms, finished first in the Six-Year-Old Jumpers. Quality Girl, owned by the Quality Group, bested the competition in the $25,000 Bluegrass Classic.
Quality Girl, a 12-year-old Oldenburg mare (Quidams Rubin x Dobrock), has been ridden by Minikus for the past three years. The pair have enjoyed much success, including winning the 2014 Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix at HITS Saugerties, NY. Quality Girl was also named Horse of the Year last year. At the Kentucky Spring Horse Show, Minikus and Quality Girl were one of only three clear rounds and blazed through the jump-off to beat the starting field of 37 combinations with a time of 33.609 seconds. The victory earned the pair valuable points for the USEF/Rolex Show Jumping Rankings.
During the Kentucky Spring Classic, Minikus and Cordonos (Lordanos x Tin Rocco), owned by Matthew de Grande, raced to first place in the $20,000 1.45m Bluegrass Classic. Of the forty-seven riders who competed in the speed class, only eleven cleared Bernardo Cabral’s course. Minikus and Cordonos’s time of 60.766 put them ahead of closest contender Shane Sweetnam and Beluga.
The Vita Flex Victory Team rider Todd Minikus credits a well-planned training program complemented by conscientious nutrition and supplements from Vita Flex as helping achieve such success in show jumping. “The fine line between good and great is paying attention to your horses,” Minikus explains. “To be able to feel that power and speed and athleticism is very special. Vita Flex helps me keep my horses in tip-top condition for competing, and makes sure that we stay in the winner’s circle.”
Vita Flex, with advanced supplements specifically created for equine athletes, will be with Minikus and his horses as he campaigns for a spot on the U.S. team for the Pan American Games in Toronto in July. Vita Flex® products include health supplements, antioxidants, electrolytes, joint supplements, performance supplements, topical ointments, vitamins, and minerals. For more information about Vita Flex, its products, and the Victory Team members, visit www.vitaflex.com or call (800) 848-2359.
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