Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Show Jumping
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 4-9
Germany (Plot Blue/Marcus Ehning, Cellagon Lambrasco/Janne Friederike Meyer, Checkmate/Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Corradina 2/Carsten-Otto Nagel, 17.80) won the team championship over France (Katchina Mail/Patrice Delaveau, Lord De Theize/Olivier Guillon, Mylord Carthago HN/Penelope Leprevost, Silvana De Hus/ Kevin Staut, 24.32) & Belgium (Bufero VH Panishoff/Dirk Demeersman, Cavalor Valentina Van’t Heike/Jos Lansink, Vigo D’Arsouilles/Philippe Le Jeune, Cha Cha Z/Judy-Ann Melchior, 24.7). The United States (Urico/Mario Deslauriers, Quick Study/Lauren Hough, Sapphire/McLain Ward, Cedric/Laura Kraut, 38.69) placed 10th. Vigo D’Arsouilles (Phillipe Le Jeune of Belgium) won the individual show jumping gold over Seldana Di Campalto (Abdullah Al Sharbatly of Saudi Arabia) & Hickstead (Eric Lamaze of Canada). U.S. placings included: seventh—Sapphire (Ward).
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Driving
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 7-10
The Netherlands (Ijsbrand Chardon, Theo Timmerman, Koos De Ronde, 279.77) won the team championship over the United States (Chester Weber, Tucker Johnson, James Fairclough, 300.92) & Germany (Christoph Sandmann, George Von Stein, Ludwig Weinmayr, 322.20). Boyd Exell of Australia (294.64) won the individual championship over Chardon (303.45) & Johnson (337.31). Other U.S. placings included: ninth—Fairclough (391.69); 10th—Weber (375.81); 16th—Josh Rector (439.61); 18th—Gary Stover (495.88); 19th—Mike McLennan (560.98); 20th—Cindy O’Reilly (571.98); 24th—Casey Zubek (449.33); 25th—Bill Long (518.20).
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Para-Equestrian
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 5-10
Great Britain (Rivaldo Of Berkeley/Sophie Christiansen, Teddy/Anne Dunham, Gentleman/Lee Pearson, Estralita/Jo Pitt, 440.37) won the team championship over Germany (Women Of The World/Hannelore Brenner, Aquilina 3/Britta Napel, Empaque IV/Juliane Theuring, Ariva-Avanti/Angelika Trabert, 420.33) & Denmark (Preussen Wind/Annika Lykke Dalskov, Labbenhus Snoevs/Stinna Tange Kaastrup, Rostorn’s Hatim-Tinn/Caroline Cecile Nielsen, Rexton Royal/Henrik Weber Sibbesen, 418.38). The United States (Raison D’Etre/Robin Brueckmann, Carlingford JD/Laura Goldman, Moneypenny/Susan Treabess, NTEC Richter Scale/Jonathan Wentz, 398.06) placed seventh. Rivaldo Of Berkeley (Christiansen, 76.10) won the Grade 1a individual championship over Teddy (Dunham, 73.20) & Purdy’s Dream (Emma Sheardown of Great Britain, 71.90). U.S. placings included: fourth—Carlingford JD (Goldman, 69.70); 15th—Dashers Destiny (Kim Decker, 60.90). Purdy’s Dream (Sheardown, 78.55) won the Grade 1a freestyle championship over Rivaldo Of Berkeley (Christiansen, 77.85) & Teddy (Dunham, 74.80). U.S. placings included: 11th—Dashers Destiny (Decker, 64.30) & Carlingford JD (Goldman, 63.55). Gentleman (Pearson of Great Britain, 76.43%) won the Grade Ib individual championship over Academy Award (Ricky Balshaw of Great Britain, 72.87) & Labbenhus Snoevs (Kaastrup, 70.17). Gentleman (Pearson, 82.50) won Grade Ib freestyle championship over Labbenhus Snoevs (Kaastrup, 77.00) & Rosie (Katja Karjalainen of Finland, 72.85). Toscane (Petra Van De Sande of the Netherlands, 69.23) won the Grade II individual championship over Aquilina 3 (Napel, 67.90) & Rostorn’s Hatim-Tinn (Caroline Cecilie Nielsen of Denmark, 67.23). U.S. placings included: 11th—Norteassa (Rebecca Hart, 63.61); 18th—NTEC Richter Scale (Wentz, 60.28). Ariva-Avanti (Trabert, 75.90) won the Grade II freestyle championship over Triumph (Gert Bolmer of the Netherlands, 75.85) and Estralita (Pitt, 74.95). U.S. placings included: 11th—NTEC Richter Scale (Wentz, 68.55) & 14th—Norteassa (Hart, 67.20). Women Of The World (Brenner, 72.40) won the Grade III individual championship over Preussen Wind (Dalskov, 71.06) & Applewood Odorado (Sharon Jarvis of Australia, 68.86). U.S. placings included: eighth—Lateran (Wendy Fryke, 64.06); 12th—Delectari (Erin Alberda, 60.26). Women Of The World (Brenner, 79.20) won the Grade III freestyle championship over Preussen Wind (Dalskov, 75.40) & Applewood Odorado (Jarvis, 74.70). U.S. placings included: eighth—Lateran (Fryke, 65.60); ninth—Delectari (Alberda, 65.10). Pinocchio (Sophie Wells of Great Britain, 71.67) won Grade IV individual freestyle over Tiesto (Frank Hosmar of the Netherlands, 70.12) & Rexton Royal (Sibbesen, 69.41). U.S. placings included: sixth—Raison D’Etre (Brueckmann, 65.87), ninth (tie)—Moneypenny (Treabess, 64.83) & Kranak (Jennifer Baker, 64.83); 13th—Paxton Abbey (Mary Jordan, 63.41). Pinocchio (Wells, 78.50) won Grade IV freestyle championship over FBW Rainman (Michele George of Belgium, 78.05) & Tiesto (Hosmar, 77.25). U.S. placings included: 10th—Moneypenny (Treabess, 69.65), 14th—Raison D’Etre (Brueckmann, 68.50), 15th—Paxton Abbey (Jordan, 66.00) & 17th—Kranak (Baker, 64.40).
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Vaulting
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 6-10
The United States (Devon Maitozo, Rosalind Ross, Blake Dahlgren, Annalise Van Vranken, Mary Garrett, Mari Inouye & Emily Hogye, 8.029) won the team championship over Germany (8.010) & Austria (7.990). Patric Looser of Switzerland (8.498) won the men’s individual gold over Kai Vorberg of Germany (8.463) & Nicolas Andreani of France (8.452). U.S. placings included: 10th—Todd Griffiths (7.425); 13th—Kenny Geisler (7.084). Joanne Eccles of Great Britain (8.413) won the women’s individual gold over Antje Hill of Germany (8.322) & Simone Wiegele of Germany (8.281). U.S. placings included: fourth—Mary McCormick (8.270), fifth—Megan Benjamin (8.165); seventh—Alicen Divita (8.082).
Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals-East
Gladstone, N.J., Oct. 9-11
Brittany Hurst won the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals-East over Laura Pfeiffer and Michael Hughes.
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Capital Challenge
Upper Marlboro, Md., Oct. 4-10
Scott Stewart won the WCHR Professional Finals over John French and Kelley Farmer. Porter Allen’s Maddox (Molly Sewell) won the WCHR Emerging Pro Challenge over Taylor Alexander’s Valentine-Em Pro (Miranda Scott) & Darby Toben’s Black Tie Affair (Jordan Siegel). Other WCHR Challenge winners included: professional—Small Affair (Iwasaki & Reilly); amateur-owner—Lumiere (Jane Gaston); junior—Rosalynn (Ernest Oare); pony—One More Time (Anna Rossi); adult amateur—Music Street (Krista & Alexa Weisman); children’s—Notoriety (Lexi Maounis); low amateur-owner—Sea Walker (Nicole Oliynyk); handy—To The Nines (Ken Mackenzie). Hunter champions included: sections of first year green—To The Nines (Mackenzie) & MTM Braggin Rights (Taylor Sutton); grand first year green—MTM Braggin Rights (Sutton); second year green & grand green—Small Affair (Iwasaki & Reilly); regular working—Rosalynn (Ernest Oare); green conformation, grand conformation & grand hunter—Listen (Jane Gaston); regular conformation—Garfield (K&S Show Services); adult amateur, 18-35—Tucker (Joy Harrington-Graue); adult amateur, 36-50 & grand adult amateur—Music Street (Krista & Alexa Weisman); adult amateur, 51 & over—Wind Dancer (Laura Lee Montross); amateur-owner, 18-35—Sunny Moon (Jaime Auletto); amateur-owner, 36 & over & grand amateur owner—Lumiere (Jane Gaston); low amateur-owner—Showtime (Veronica Miller); small junior, 15 & under—Coffeetalk (Whitney Downs); small junior, 16-17—Caretano (Hannah Goodson-Cutt); large junior, 15 & under—Walk The Line (Meg O’Mara & Don Stewart); large junior, 16-17—Poetic (Maggie Boylan); children’s, 14 & under—Best Of (Gabriella Conte); children’s, 15-17—Mactier (Bella Cramer); children’s pony—Crimson Sky (Chelsea Cohn); small pony—Elation (Betsee Parker); medium pony—Ever Luvin (Scott Stewart); large pony & grand pony—For The Laughter (Betsee Parker).
Woodside Fall Horse Trials & The Chronicle Of The Horse/USEA Adult Team Challenge—West
Woodside, Calif., Oct. 8-10
The Chronicle Of The Horse/USEA Adult Team Challenge winners included: preliminary—Area VI So Cal Wonders (Dana Estes/Worth Opponent V.E., Ruth Bley/Sexy Rexy, Sandy Boling/V.E. Finnegan, 116.4); training—Area VI WEG Wannabes (Julie Flettner/Ping Pong, Elizabeth Fisher/Jamaica Me Proud, Sophie Perrin Leleu/Figaro, Matthew Walley/Fuerst Fenomenon, 99.9); novice—Area VI Team Chestnut (Elisabeth Mehner/Good Day Gali, Brenda Peters-Beare/Let’s Salsa, Alexandra Eastman/Spellcheck, Matthew Walley/Tango, 112.0); beginner novice—Area VII And Area VI “Togetherness” (Chelsey Sevigny/Israels Surprise, Connie Bowman/Surprise Package, Melissa Hollatz/Courting Tompkins, Tinsley Cohen/Nemo, 111.5). Other winners included: open intermediate—Ballinakill Glory (Kelly Prather, 31.6); ATC preliminary—Sea Smoke (Ruth Bley, 43.5); open preliminary—Jefferson (Natalie Rooney Pitts, 33.9); preliminary rider—Worthy Opponent V.E. (Estes, 30.1); ATC training—Stormont (Sevigny, 32.9); junior training rider—Kingston (Kristin Cook, 30.5); open training—Bratton Little John (David Acord, 28.6); senior training amateur—Mojo (India McAvoy, 33.6); divisions of senior training rider—Rainier II (Maryann Simmons, 32.7) & Ping Pong (Flettner, 26.7); training horse—Yes We Can (Stephanie Goodman, 31.8); ATC novice—Good Day Gali (Mehner, 34.5); junior novice rider—ShoShoni Safe Cracker (Naima Valentin, 30.0); novice horse—Facile (Auburn Excell Brady, 32.0); open novice—Hot Fudge (Alexis Helffrich, 29.5); senior novice rider—On The Road (Sandra Johnson, 36.0); junior novice rider—Just Buddy (Amber Pearson, 32.5); ATC beginner novice—Israels Surprise (Sevigny, 33.8); junior beginner novice rider—Good Night Good Lookin (Ainsleigh Mitchell, 27.1); open beginner novice—Happenstance (Prather, 31.6); senior beginner novice amateur—Sebastian (Anne Bianucci, 41.6); senior beginner novice rider—Home Advantage (Monica Dettmer, 29.5).
Colorado Horse Park Fall Horse Trials
Parker, Colo., Oct. 8-10
Winners included: Area IX intermediate championship—Gaelic Marriage (Martha McDowell, 39.2); open intermediate—Cappataggle Clover (Meighan Ferguson, 40.0); open preliminary—Dene Court (Lynden Fasso, 33.3); Area IX preliminary championship—Las Trampas (Jamie Philpott, 35.0); open training—Buenos Aires (Julie Wolfert, 24.6); Area IX training championship—Sidecar (Kathy Cain, 31.5); training rider—Wunder-bred (Denise Norton-Brost, 32.3); Area IX novice championship—Captain Jack Sparrow (Jacqueline Larouche, 22.5); novice rider—Hannah Bay (Camilla Mason-Jones, 37.0); open novice—Page Me Later (Ghislaine Homan, 33.0); Area IX beginner novice championship—Sparrow Cappuccino (Jill Hopcroft, 28.6); beginner novice rider—Future (Stephanie Brunkow, 30.7); open beginner novice—Get Tricky (Britany Crown, 30.5).
Meadowcreek Fall Horse Trials
Kosse, Texas, Oct. 9-10
Winners included: open preliminary—Clifton Grover (Kristin Daniel, 45.3); Area V preliminary championship—Novelle (Angela Grzywinski, 40.2); open training—Pasadena Fling (Heather Morris, 30.0); Area V junior training championship—Genial (Lindsey Coontz, 28.6); Area V senior training championship—Sportsfield Maisie Grey (Cherye Huber, 28.2); divisions of training rider—Xander Blue (Sydney Raabe, 38.6) & Han Solo (April Walker, 35.9); divisions of novice rider—Wolfgang (Morgan Ruble, 31.7) & Bingos Mystery Bandit (Melanie Gatewood, 28.7); divisions of open novice—O’Reilly (Kaitlyn Charles, 32.3), MacArthur (Heather Morris, 31.0) & Just By Chance (Allison Sumrow, 30.0); divisions of beginner novice rider—Widow Maker (Jacqueline McCall, 30.5) & Ben There Done That (Dresden Sutherland, 26.5); open beginner novice—Billy The Kid (Christiana Earle, 31.0).
The Maryland Horse Trials III
Adamstown, Md., Oct. 9-10
Winners included: divisions of open intermediate—Sylvester Z (Sarah Cousins, 37.6), Troy (Cousins, 35.2) & Ever So Lucky (Kendyl Tracy, 41.2); divisions of junior/young rider preliminary—Walstraed (Julia Ennis, 25.0) & Jazz King (Nina Ligon, 30.9); divisions of open preliminary—Lillian Pink (Boyd Martin, 31.8), Allforit (Tiffany Catledge, 18.6), Fantasy Impromptu (Kim Severson, 27.8) & London By Night (Jamie Gunyula, 34.1); junior open training—General MacArthur (Mary Ballew, 30.5); divisions of open training—Arundel (Abbie Golden, 27.7), Ultimate Cachet (Hanna Owens, 35.5), Wundermaske (Sharon White, 31.4), Port Scatho (Elizabeth Bennett, 26.4), Carousel (Nancy Wise, 31.3) & Central Park (Suzanne Stevenson, 34.6); divisions of junior open novice—Nickels And Dimes (Skyler Decker, 26.5) & Crayola (Kaitlyn Schmitt, 32.6); divisions of open novice—Dante’s Diva (Lauren Kieffer, 25.7), Mill Hollow Surprise (Kurt Martin, 28.4), Surefire’s Twice A Star (Anisa Tracy, 29.3), High Roller V (Laura Beebe, 28.7) & Sir Hector (Annie Bishop, 33.9); junior beginner novice—FMF Griffin (Grace Fulton, 28.5); divisions of open beginner novice—Arizonas Wildfire (Jessica Howard, 36.0), Finders Keepers (Yvette Seger, 38.0) & All Salute (Brenda Taylor, 27.0).
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Fall Horse Trials At The Ark
Monroe, N.C., Oct. 9-10
Winners included: open preliminary—Legend VII (Elizabeth Aboody, 38.0); open training—Triumph II (Lindsay Staiano-Williams, 29.6); divisions of open novice—Serendipiter (Andrew McConnon, 33.0) & In The Zone (Jamie Miess, 32.1); divisions of open beginner novice—Big Way (Jennifer Don, 26.2) & Reveille (Jordan Byrd, 34.8).
Pine Top October Horse Trials
Thomson, Ga., Oct. 9-10
Winners included: open preliminary—Royal Ruckus (Erin Flynn, 43.0); preliminary rider—Full Bloom (Dayne Lee, 34.9); open training—Caspar (Candace Tribe, 32.3); training rider—Mr. Starbucks (Minge Wiseman, 39.5); novice rider—Sportsfield Cocktail (Carroll Ann Bowers, 34.7); open novice—Ben (Julie Richards, 23.5); junior/young rider open novice—Even Steven (Alivia Livesay, 28.7); junior beginner novice—Finders Keepers (Lindsey Graulich, 27.0); open beginner novice—Fursythe Park (Abbie Jones, 28.5).
Poplar Place Farm October Dressage
Hamilton, Ga., Oct. 9-10
FEI-level winners included: sections of Prix St. Georges—Cruiser (Trae LaPorte, 61.84%) & Something Special (Jodi Olshina, 57.36); sections of Intermediaire I—Doneau (Barbara Johnson, 62.63 & 61.84).
North Carolina State Fair
Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 6-10
Hunter champions included: green conformation—Surely (Debbie Ireland); first year green—Stonewall (Pam Baker LLC); second year green/regular working—Quintessential (Paulexi LLC); amateur-owner, 18-35—Hpnotiq (Caroline Willard); amateur-owner, 36 & over—Legendary (Diane Monroe); low amateur-owner—Vignette (Christina Gaither); small junior, 15 & under—Toltec (Warren Lang); small junior, 16-17—Ferragamo (Lizabeth Fisher); large junior, 15 & under—Nickolas (Adele Marchant); large junior, 16-17—All The Best (James Fisher); small pony—Church Mouse (Carly Hoft); medium pony—Petunia Mae (Katherine Buhrer); large pony and green pony—Meadowbrooks Elegant Edition (Madeleine Lohr); children’s pony—Prom Night (Claudia Fass); adult amateur, 18-35—Braveheart (Sweet Briar College); adult amateur, 36-50—Northstar (Cece Williamson); adult amateur, 51 & over—Frederic (Tamara Jones); children’s, 14 & under—Montserrat (Pat Dodson & Keith Hastings); children’s 15-17—Me And Julio (Shannon Bartlett). Jumper champions included: children’s—Surprisingly Dotty (Brittany Carter) & adult amateur—Its All About Me (Kirsten Tillotson).
Blue Ribbon Fall Festival
Glen Rose, Texas, Oct. 7-10
Hunter champions included: junior—Lavasco (Paige Brodbeck); children’s—According To Me (Erin Thomas); adult amateur—Ascot (Monica Schenkel). Rubato (Jan Beavers) won the junior/amateur-owner jumper championship.
