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American Gold Cup

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North Salem, N.Y.—Sept. 18  

It’s not often that grand prix winners salute the crowd from the ground, but Kent Farrington took a bow—literally!—after winning the $216,000 Longines FEI World Cup New York World Cup qualifier.

Just as he and Gazelle had galloped through the timers in their winning jump-off round, Gazelle spooked and catapulted Farrington out of the saddle, demonstrating even an Olympic silver medalist and winner of the American Gold Cup still falls off from time to time.

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