Ocala, FL – The $40,000 Juniper Grand Prix took middle stage on Sunday afternoon, with 22 horse-and-rider mixtures vying for the highest prize. The thrilling competitors culminated in a six-horse jump-off, the place Kristen Vanderveen (USA) secured victory aboard her new accomplice, Bull Run’s Celestial (Cicero Z Van Paemel x Celeste), owned by Bull Run Jumpers, Inc.
Course designer Ben Townley (GBR) crafted a difficult monitor, which noticed seven pairs advance to the jump-off, though one selected to preserve their horse for one more day.
Eire’s Jonathan Corrigan and Ritual Vitseroel have been first to return however confronted two unlucky rails, ending in 40.615 seconds. Megan Wexler (USA) adopted aboard Charly Brown 353, delivering a fast and clear spherical in 38.956 seconds, setting the tempo.
Tracy Fenney (USA) and her new accomplice Farno D’or then overtook the lead with a time of 37.901 seconds. Sharn Wordley (NZL) raised the bar even increased aboard Valentine Automotive (Son of Juan Automotive x Sofia Automotive), finishing the course in a powerful 36.049 seconds.
Dorothy Douglas and MTM Pablo (Perigueux x Celina), a 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding owned by Davenport Farms, got here shut, stopping the clock at 37.223 seconds to slip behind Wordley.
Kristen Vanderveen was final to go along with Bull Run’s Celestial. “I watched Sharn go, and I do know Valentine Automotive may be very quick, however I attempted to only follow my plan. I don’t know the horse tremendous effectively, so I examined his massive stride by leaving out strides within the first two traces. I used to be capable of get a greater flip again to the mixture than I truly anticipated. Then from there, utilizing his massive stride to only run for the previous couple of jumps, was fairly enjoyable,” she mentioned.
The pair flew down the ultimate line, hovering over the Juniper oxer and stopping the clock at a blistering 34.969 seconds to take the win.
Vanderveen spoke about her promising new accomplice, a coming 10-year-old Zangersheide gelding. “He’s fairly new. I received him a number of months in the past. We received him in Europe, the place he jumped a number of 1.50m lessons. He’s a really delicate horse, so it’s taken me a little bit bit to get to know him. I really feel like now we’re type of clicking. I confirmed him in Toronto in a two-star, and he felt nice, however right now was probably the most comfy I’ve felt with him.”
Kristen Vanderveen and Bull Run’s Celestial accepting their first place awards offered by Jim Wolf of World Equestrian Heart. Picture by Andrew Ryback Images
Wanting forward, Vanderveen added, “After this week, I feel he’ll soar the rating lessons in subsequent week’s four-star. His larger class for subsequent week would be the qualifier, and we’ll see how he does with that. However the purpose is to construct him up into being backup or side-by-side with [Bull Run’s Jireh].”
Different highlights included Kama Godek (USA) receiving the Quickest 4-Faulter award with Girl Stakkata, ending with one rail down in 65.647 seconds. Addison Reed took dwelling the ‘Luck of the Draw’ award.
$40,000 Juniper Grand Prix Outcomes
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