Rene Dittmer’s Luck Runs Strong in $226,000 Holiday & Horses CSI4* Grand Prix, Sponsored by Keyflow Feeds USA
USA’s Ashley Vogel picked up a win on the opening day of ESP Holiday and Horses in the $6,000 Bainbridge Companies Holiday & Horses Opener 1.40m. Besting the field of twenty-eight horse-and-rider athletes, Vogel was the quickest double-clear with a time of 20.52 seconds aboard her own entry, Bellissimo Z. On Vogel’s heels to take home the red rosette was Elena A. Haas (USA) and Centana with a clear 31.25 while Carly Anthony (USA) and Jet Blue, owned by Portfolio Horses LLC, rounded out the podium with a time of 31.43 seconds.
Continuing Thursday’s competition in the International Ring was the $50,000 TRM CSI4* Grand Prix Qualifier. Thirty-two entries tackled the large and technical track designed by USA’s Anthony D’Ambrosio. Brazil’s Luiz Francisco De Azevedo was the quickest out of the four double-clears in the shortened course, stopping the timer at 37.29 seconds. Second place went to Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) and Artemis Equestrain Farm LLC-owned Dhalida with a clear 37.95 while Ireland’s David O’Brien bookend in 38.05 seconds aboard El Balou Old, owned by Chansonette Farm LLC & Leap Year Farm LLC.
Jumper competition continued Friday morning with the $39,000 Score at the Top 1.45m taking place in the International Arena. Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) ran away with the win aboard Lord Lucio, owned by Astemis Equestrian Farm LLC.
A total of thirty-two entries tested the course with nearly half putting in a clear ride. Twelvth to test the course was Pesso and his mount, Lord Lucio, laying down the quickest clear ride with a time of 64.01 seconds. Caroline Mawhinney (USA) had a clean effort in 65.27 seconds with her own entry, Stella Levista, for the second-place title. In third place was Luiz Francisco De Azevedo (BRA), who stopped the clocks in 65.6 seconds riding Santa Cecelia Stables-owned, HFG Quaman.
The USA’s Richard Neal piloted his own entry, Catemaco LS, ahead of thirty-six entries in Friday’s $10,000 Bainbridge Companies 1.40m Stake. Ten of the thirty-six entries managed to secure themselves a spot in the jump-off round over D’Ambrosio’s track but four fell victim to an unfortunate downed rail in the short phase. Neal brought his best in the competition and found the fastest way around to clock in 29.076 seconds.
Wilton Porter (USA) was fast on Neal’s heels, only missing the lead by one-and-a-half seconds as they rounded out two clear rounds with a final time of 30.618 seconds. Israel’s Sydney Shulman Desiderio rode her way to a placing on the podium aboard J-Boston S.E, owned by Jill Shulman, with a time of 31.382 seconds.
Twenty-nine elite show jumping combinations contested the $226,000 Holiday & Horses CSI4* Grand Prix, Sponsored by Keyflow Feeds USA. Saturday night. The battle for the win pitted riders from all over the world against one another but it was young professional Rene Dittmer (GER) who raced to the lead with his partner, Corsica.
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