Luis Sabino Goncalves and Vick Du Croisy profitable the $75,000 Florida Coast Gear Grand Prix. Picture by Andrew Ryback Images
Ocala, FL – Saturday night time Grand Prix motion thrilled crowds as soon as once more at World Equestrian Heart – Ocala throughout Week I of the 2024 November Present Sequence. Spectators flocked to the WEC Grand Area to witness top-level competitors within the $75,000 Florida Coast Gear Grand Prix, the place 26 achieved horse-and-rider combos navigated difficult programs designed by FEI Stage III course designer Peter Grant (CAN). After an thrilling 10-horse jump-off, it was Luis Sabino Goncalves (POR) and Sigma Stables LLC’s outstanding mare, Vick Du Croisy (Lord Carthago x Merveille Ducroisy), who claimed victory, repeating their win from the identical week in 2023.
Grant’s first-round course proved formidable, with rails down throughout a number of components and the triple mixture inflicting essentially the most faults all through the night. Ten combos representing New Zealand, america, Australia, Portugal, and Eire mastered the clear path to qualify for the jump-off, the place solely 4 managed double-clear rounds.
Goncalves returned fourth within the jump-off and had his sights set on the primary clear spherical. “Primary and two had been good. To the double, I didn’t get pretty much as good a distance as I might have favored, so I wanted so as to add an additional stride. Then, I used to be in a position to flip brief to the vertical,” he defined. “Typically we’re a bit quicker than the horse—we do an excessive amount of, and that’s how we lose the category. So I needed to be sensible and do sufficient to place the stress on the remainder.”
Luis Sabino Goncalves and Vick Du Croisy settle for their first-place awards, offered by Karen Leland and Sharon Moncada of Florida Coast Gear, alongside Jim Wolf of the World Equestrian Heart. Picture by Andrew Ryback Images
Goncalves piloted the seasoned 15-year-old Selle Français mare via the rest of the course, taking an extremely tight flip again to the penultimate fence, flying via the final line and stopping the clock at 44.072 seconds, which proved unbeatable.
Returning after some downtime, Goncalves mirrored on their progress, saying, “Within the low season, I made a couple of errors together with her. The great is an enemy of the optimum. When one thing is nice, you need a little bit extra, however generally while you ask for extra, you break. We misplaced our match, and I had an accident. So we’re simply coming again, however she feels tremendous, and I really feel tremendous.”
Chloe Reid (USA) and Workforce Reid LLC’s scopey 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding Crossover 4 (Cascadello x Chakira) secured second place with a swift jump-off, ending in 46.183 seconds.
Sharn Wordley (NZL) claimed third on Della Wordley’s 10-year-old Zangersheide gelding Brin D’or De Haute Melen Z (Bamko De Muze x Perle d’or de Saulieu) with a transparent spherical in 46.725 seconds.
Richard Spooner (USA) and Present Leaping Syndications Worldwide’s Lyjanair earned the ‘Quickest 4-Faulter’ title, ending their first spherical in a speedy 78.781 seconds with one rail down.
Matt Cyphert (USA) claimed the ‘Luck of the Draw’ award.
$75,000 Florida Coast Gear Grand Prix Outcomes
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