Colborne Secures Victory In 15 Horse Jump Off At Royal West

Jacqueline Colborne secured the win tonight in the $35,500 Heavy Metal Equipment Cup CSI2* concluding second day of Royal West 2018. Colborne and Flemins Bouncer, a 10-year-old Irish breed gelding and new partner, locked in their position on the podium with a quick jump-off time of 43.39 seconds. Holly Scapa and Tarrabas Du Maraly went eleventh in the jump off, jumping a tidy round just off the pace with 43.85 seconds on the board. Finally, John C Anderson and Terrific reserved the third place position with 44.15 seconds.

“I trust him a lot,” explained Colborne on her inside turn to the triple bar, “We haven’t done a whole lot together so it is still quite a new partnership.”

Tonight’s Cup began with a total of 42 entries and 15 continued to the jump-off. Werner Deeg designed the tough 15-effort course. “It was a great course tonight – both the first round and the jump off. I was a little slow in the beginning but then I heard my trainer [Kyle King] say, “get going” and then after that it all went smooth,” said Scapa.

“Jesse and Danielle [Heavy Metal Equipment] have been great supporters of Rocky Mountain Show Jumping and this is their first year at Royal West,” organizer, host and competitor of Royal West, John Anderson said. “I want everything to be right and it’s hard but for 50 seconds in the ring – I can be in my own space and focus. It is fun and my horse jumped super tonight so I was happy.”