On a sunny show jumping Sunday in San Juan Capistrano, Blenheim awarded Enrique Gonzales with the top prize in the $40,000 Fall Tournament Grand Prix, sponsored by EquiFit, inc., and Joie Gatlin the blue in the inaugural CashCall Mortgage Futurity Finals.
A total of twenty-five horse and rider combinations galloped onto the International Grand Prix Field in the two highlight events on this final day of the 2013 Blenheim grand prix season in Orange County. With tracks set by mastermind course designer Anthony D'Ambrosio, the challenges on course resulted in only two fault-free rounds in the twelve entry grand prix and three clean in the thirteen entry futurity finals.
Regarding the grand prix, D'Ambrosio explained his strategy, "I didn't change the dimensions, this is a 1.50M track and people came here for a 1.50M course. Because the field was smaller than usual, I kept the distances relatively straightforward. I gave them some places where they have to move up and negotiate something that is a little delicate or they have to steady and negotiate something that is a little scopey. But I didn't do anything to an extreme, like setting on the half stride. That's how I accommodated the smaller field of horses rather than just making a 1.50M course lower."
The Canadian Tatiana Dzavik aboard her Tal Milstein Stables horse, Dahlia, scored a 9th place after jumping two rails down in this $40,000 Grand Prix.
RESULTS
$40,000 Fall Tournament Grand Prix, presented by EquiFit, inc.
Place - Horse - Rider - Owner - Faults/Time
1 - Quilebo du Tillard - Enrique Gonzales - Enrique Gonzales - 0/0/38.078
2 - Sig Zulieka - Susan Hutchinson - SIG International, Inc. - 0/4/38.689
3 - Centuria 2 - Gabriella Salick - Gabriella Salick - 4/83.901
4 - Agro Star - Ashlee Bond - Little Valley Farms - 4/84.356
5 - Ranville - John Perez - Zeidler Farm Canada - 4/84.570
6 - Socrates De Midos - Michelle Parker - Cross Creek Farm - 8/80.071
7 - Lasse - Jamie Barge - Jamie Barge - 8/81.310
8 - Charly - Joie Gatlin - High Voltage Farms, LLC - 8/82.888
9 - Dahlia - Tatiana Dzavik - Ilan Ferder - 8/83.717
10 - Think Big Van TL - Nicole Bloom - Rhys Farms, LLC - 11/87.751
11 - Caspa 7 - Tasha Visokay - Georgy Maskrey Segesman - 12/88.117
12 - Quanto Fino 2 - Eric Navet - Signe Ostby - 14/86.172
© equnews.com / Blenheim press release
On a sunny show jumping Sunday in San Juan Capistrano, Blenheim awarded Enrique Gonzales with the top prize in the $40,000 Fall Tournament Grand Prix, sponsored by EquiFit, inc., and Joie Gatlin the blue in the inaugural CashCall Mortgage Futurity Finals.
A total of twenty-five horse and rider combinations galloped onto the International Grand Prix Field in the two highlight events on this final day of the 2013 Blenheim grand prix season in Orange County. With tracks set by mastermind course designer Anthony D'Ambrosio, the challenges on course resulted in only two fault-free rounds in the twelve entry grand prix and three clean in the thirteen entry futurity finals.
Regarding the grand prix, D'Ambrosio explained his strategy, "I didn't change the dimensions, this is a 1.50M track and people came here for a 1.50M course. Because the field was smaller than usual, I kept the distances relatively straightforward. I gave them some places where they have to move up and negotiate something that is a little delicate or they have to steady and negotiate something that is a little scopey. But I didn't do anything to an extreme, like setting on the half stride. That's how I accommodated the smaller field of horses rather than just making a 1.50M course lower."
The Canadian Tatiana Dzavik aboard her Tal Milstein Stables horse, Dahlia, scored a 9th place after jumping two rails down in this $40,000 Grand Prix.
RESULTS
$40,000 Fall Tournament Grand Prix, presented by EquiFit, inc.
Place - Horse - Rider - Owner - Faults/Time
1 - Quilebo du Tillard - Enrique Gonzales - Enrique Gonzales - 0/0/38.078
2 - Sig Zulieka - Susan Hutchinson - SIG International, Inc. - 0/4/38.689
3 - Centuria 2 - Gabriella Salick - Gabriella Salick - 4/83.901
4 - Agro Star - Ashlee Bond - Little Valley Farms - 4/84.356
5 - Ranville - John Perez - Zeidler Farm Canada - 4/84.570
6 - Socrates De Midos - Michelle Parker - Cross Creek Farm - 8/80.071
7 - Lasse - Jamie Barge - Jamie Barge - 8/81.310
8 - Charly - Joie Gatlin - High Voltage Farms, LLC - 8/82.888
9 - Dahlia - Tatiana Dzavik - Ilan Ferder - 8/83.717
10 - Think Big Van TL - Nicole Bloom - Rhys Farms, LLC - 11/87.751
11 - Caspa 7 - Tasha Visokay - Georgy Maskrey Segesman - 12/88.117
12 - Quanto Fino 2 - Eric Navet - Signe Ostby - 14/86.172
© equnews.com / Blenheim press release