Sydney Shulman is on a roll, and she is not showing signs of slowing down. In the past month and a half the young rider has won four grand prix - first at the Ox Ridge Hunt Club, then at the Fairfield County Hunt Club and just four days ago in the $50,000 Rood and Riddle Kentucky Grand Prix. On Thursday night she returned to the Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park to capture the win in the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic. Shulman and Wamira, owned by BCF Group, dominated the class at the Kentucky Summer Classic from beginning to end. They were the very first to enter the ring and contest the Florencio Hernandez designed course, finishing clear and advancing to the jump-off. From the 51 total entries, six other combinations would also qualify to give Shulman and Wamira a run for their money in the jump-off, but none would catch the pair's double clear effort completed in a time of 35.547 seconds. In addition to Wamira, Shulman also qualified Jill Shulman's Quidam 13 for the jump-off, and she was joined by Lorcan Gallagher and Sweet Oak Farm's Casper, Scott Lenkart and Fleur De Lis Farm's Ziezo, Wilton Porter and Sleepy P Ranch's Paloubet, Shane Sweetnam and Spy Coast Farm's Eregest Van't Kiezelhof and David Beisel and Equine Holdings' Ammeretto. At the end of the night, the rider results bore a striking resemblance to Saturday night's $50,000 Rood and Riddle Kentucky Grand Prix, with Shulman and Sweetnam taking the top two spots for the second time in a row in Kentucky grand prix competition, but this time on different mounts. Sweetnam was one of only three to go double clear, finishing in second on Spy Coast Farm's Eregast Van't Kiezelhof with a jump-off time of 36.109 seconds. Finishing in third with their own double clear effort were Beisel and Ammeretto.
