Emily Dehoff Claims Her First Three-Star Win in Traverse City
Week three of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival, presented by B&D Builders, continued on Thursday with the $32,000 CSI3* Welcome Stake in the Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel International Ring. An even 30 horse-and-rider combinations took to the Michel Vailliancourt (CAN) designed track, with a win for USA’s Emily Dehoff.
The 11th season of GLEF enters the halfway stage, in six weeks of FEI competition running through August 10, showcasing an FEI Nations Cup CSIO3*, the FEI North American Youth Championships and the return of Major League Show Jumping CSI5* competition to Traverse City. Highlights also include the $100,000 USHJA World Championship Hunter Rider Central Spectacular and weekly qualifiers for the all-new $150,000 Traverse City Equitation Championships debuting in September.
At just 21 years old, Dehoff was one of the youngest on Thursday’s start list, but proved her skill by topping the charts to claim the first three-star win of her career. Atop long-time partner Manou de Muze, owned by The Sporty Game, LLC, Dehoff beat out a jump-off field of five with a final time on the clock of 33.02 seconds.
“I’ve had Manou for three and a half years now,” said Dehoff of the 13-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare by Arko III. “She’s super special to me and has helped me achieve so many of my wins, so to be able to continue this with her is special.”
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