Mark Bluman and S&L Sunshine Blaze to the Win in $62,480 CSI3* Welcome Stake
Thursday, July 23, at the HITS Hudson Valley venue in Saugerties, New York, featured yet another win for Mark Bluman (ISR). The young Israeli rider has been blazing a trail throughout the first two weeks of the HITS Hudson Valley Jumping Tour™ and continued on his hot streak in the $62,480 CSI3* Welcome Stake. Boasting impressive entry numbers across disciplines, the second of the three-week series was highlighted by both a CSI3* division, as well as a World Champion Hunter Rider (WCHR) designation, bringing out the nation’s best in both jumper and hunter competition. As he has already done multiple times in the most recent two weeks, Bluman led off the victory gallop at the completion of the $62,480 CSI3* Welcome Stake, besting a field of 35 horse-and-rider duos aboard S&L Hello Sunshine.
Representatives from eight nations elected to contest FEI Level 3 course designer Ken Krome’s (USA) opening track, which made careful use of both related distances and a tidy time-allowed to test the entries. Bluman was one of several entries to qualify in the first half of the opening round, but with a strong field of opponents still to come, the qualifiers for the short course turned out to be an even dozen.
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