Venezuela’s Juan Carlos Maurin, Emanuel Andrade, and Victoria Karam were the winning team on behalf of Danny and Ron’s Rescue at the sixth annual Great Charity Challenge, presented by Fidelity Investments® (GCC), on Saturday evening at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. A signature event of the 12-week Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), this year’s GCC will distribute approximately $1.5 million to 34 lucky Palm Beach County charities that were chosen at random to be represented in the pro-am team relay competition. Each team was made up of junior and amateur riders competing side by side with top professionals. The winning team of Maurin, Andrade, and Karam, sponsored by Hollow Creek Farm and corporate sponsor Gold Coast Feed and Supply, earned the top prize of $150,000 for Danny and Ron’s Rescue with the fastest combined time of the night in 88.43 seconds. The animal rescue was one of two wild card charities that were selected at random the night of the event. Coming in second place was the team for Propel, sponsored by Back Country Farm as well as corporate sponsor Visse Wedell. The team of Sydney Shulman, Cloe Hymowitz, and Alexa Effron completed the course with a combined time of 88.55 seconds to earn $125,000 for their charity. Kid’s Cancer Foundation finished third and won $112,500. The team was made up of Darragh Kenny, Allison Epstein, and Andre Mershad, sponsored by Mershad Stables and corporate sponsors La Victoria Farm. They finished on 94.44 seconds.
