Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 6
Margie Engle’s not known for going slow, but she’s getting used to it. And it’s paying off, as careful and conservative won the day for her in the $100,000 Detwiler Fenton World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse presented by G&C Farm.
Engle rode Indigo to the top of a three-horse jump-off against two international challengers, Harrie Smolders of the Netherlands and Marie Hecart of France. Hecart and Smolders made Engle’s life a little easy, pulling a rail each in the jump-off.
Cazenovia, NY – November 4, 2010 – The hunter divisions at the 127th National Horse Show concluded on Thursday afternoon with the presentation of championship awards followed by a special $50,000 National Horse Show Hunter Classic, held to honor Charlie Weaver. Hannah Goodson-Cutt rode Caretano to victory in the $50,000 Hunter Classic and was also named Best Child Rider on a Horse for her excellent success over the two days of hunter competition.
Organizers of the 127th National Horse Show have announced they will add a $50,000 hunter classic to this year’s Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament (N.Y.) on Nov. 2-7. The classic will be held in memory of Charlie Weaver.
Weaver was a fixture in the hunter ring for more than 30 years and rode a number of well-known show hunters, including Ruxton, Stocking Stuffer and Super Flash. He was inducted into the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame and also served on their board of directors. He suffered a broken neck in a fall on Feb. 12 and passed away on June 7.
“If I had to lose to anybody, I’m happy it was my best friend,” Hillary Dobbs quipped after placing second in the $100,000 Budweiser World Cup Qualifier to Darragh Kenny.
“The two of us are just a tiny bit competitive,” she joked.
Kenny and Dobbs, both 21, train with Missy Clark and John Brennan, and they went head-to-head in the jump-off of the grand prix tonight, Oct. 31, at the Syracuse Sporthorse International Tournament. Kenny was just fractions of a second faster on Obelix than Dobbs was on Quincy B to take the top check.
Eric van der Vleuten made quite a long trip from his homeland in the Netherlands to compete in the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament this week. But he made sure to make the effort worthwhile, however, by claiming the top spot in the $75,000 Budweiser World Cup of Syracuse CSI-W aboard Audi's Jikke.
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