The pinnacle event of Thursday’s competition on the Equestrian Village derby field during the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) Week 4 was heavily populated with some of the sport's best international competitors. Athletes representing eleven different nationalities lined up to contest Anderson Lima’s (BRA) first round track in the CHF50,000 CSI4* Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup Round 4.
This horse is quite new for me, I've only had her for eight months,” Lambre stated. “I jumped her on the grass two weeks ago for the first time and she did very good so I felt she was ready for this week.”
While she is new to his string, Lambre’s brother had Casey for several years in Mexico and Lambre believes she has all the makings to become an international star.
“She originally was competing in Mexico with my brother before she got sent to me last year,” he added. “I know the mare and she just needs some miles but she has proved that she is a fast horse and I think she is ready for the five-star next week.”
Derbyshire settled for second with her longtime partner Cornwall BH, a 15-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Con Air x Cambridge 8) owned by Gochman Sport Horses, LLC, with a finishing time of 36.91 seconds. Ashlee Bond added Israel to the ribboning results as she rounded out the top three on Aurora Farms, LLC, and Stal Horn’s 12-year-old KWPN gelding (Chellthago Z x Numero Uno) Garfield.