Brooke Kemper Claims Victory in $25,000 Rockbridge Grand Prix at Virginia Horse Center

When Brooke Kemper first started showing at the Virginia Horse Center, it was aboard ponies in a ring on top of a hill. The Horse Center did not yet house its large Anderson Coliseum, and Kemper was not yet clearing the five-foot fences that she so easily sails over today. Both Kemper and the Virginia Horse Center have come along way since the childhood days that Kemper fondly recalls spending there.

On Saturday night inside the Anderson Coliseum, Kemper claimed the $25,000 Rockbridge Grand Prix victory aboard her mount, Classified. The grand prix was one of the feature events of the AA-rated Lexington Spring Premiere held April 22 – 26, 2015. Kemper and the 11-year-old Classified were one of six combinations to finish without fault over the first round course to advance to the jump-off round in front of the crowd on Saturday night.

Just before Kemper entered the ring to jump off, eventual second place finishers and defending champions Maryann Charles and FVF Sailor Man turned in a quick, clear round to move to the top of the leader board.