Alfano and Jersey Boy win $100K hunter finals
Professional passenger Jennifer Alfano too her renowned mountain Bailiwick of Jersey Boy won the $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals at the Kentucky Horse Park on Sabbatum night.
Elizabeth Boyd too Brunello rode to the instant house honors, piece Scott Stewart too Garfield took the tertiary house award.
The Rolex Stadium was packed at the Kentucky Horse Park equally the Handy Round brought the contest to a unopen during the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show.
After a 12-month qualifying period, the hunter elite were invited to compete for the coveted entitle title. With a tape issue of 95 entrants, the Derby Finals got nether way on Fri inwards the Rolex Stadium, with the overstep thirty Equus caballus too passenger combinations returning to tackle the handy hunter course. The scores from the Classic Hunter Round carried over into Sabbatum night’s competition, factoring into the overall score for each pair.
Rob Bielefeld, Patrick Rodes, Linda Hough, Geoff Teall, Betty Oare too Scott Williamson judged the rounds, scrutinizing the mode too handiness of each trip. Steve Stephens of Palmetto, Florida, designed the in conclusion course of didactics too riders were able to growth their overall score past times attempting the high options, adding an additional signal per struggle to their base of operations score, equally good equally earning ‘handy points’ from the judges’ panels for their ingenuity too ability.
The scene was laid with obstacles evocative of a traditional hunt field, beautifully laid with rustic carriages too natural foliage. The Handy Round provided 4 commutation areas where riders had the chance to showcase their handiness too earn the crucial bonus points. From start to finish, the Handy Course demanded excellence from Equus caballus too passenger alike.
Jennifer Alfano remarked, “I idea the course of didactics was great. It was actually my form of a course of didactics because you lot could actually but maintain galloping; you lot could remain actually shine too but remain on a practiced pace. There were no places where you lot actually had to dull downwards if you lot didn’t desire to, which is the best thing for me too Bailiwick of Jersey Boy.”
Scott Stewart was 22nd inwards the companionship to receive got on the course. With Garfield he posted scores of 88, xc too 95 with all 4 high options too overstep handy points of 8, 10 too 8. It seemed equally though no ane would trounce his high-scoring round, but with 8 to a greater extent than to compete, the onlookers watched with anticipation.
Lillie Keenan entered the telephone too left absolutely zero to chance. She sliced the opening plow to the foremost fence, making a grandiose exertion to best the contest with her mountain Monterrey’s handy ability. She was dually awarded 10 bonus points from each judging panel for her veracity, but her in conclusion score of 304 was alone practiced plenty for the 6th house finish. Her exertion did notwithstanding laid the measuring for the residual of the pack.
Fellow immature passenger Victoria Colvin rode Inclusive to the impressive scores of 91, 85 too 93. She also chose all 4 high options too her rigid measuring too tidy turns provided the dyad with 8, seven too 8 handy points. She eventually earned the 4th house seat equally her trainer; Scott Stewart continued to concur the Pb on Garfield.
Stewart’s score stood unyielding equally each dyad issue their best, but roughshod shy of the overstep tier. It wasn’t until Jennifer Alfano too Bailiwick of Jersey Boy took their plow at the course of didactics that the possibility of defeat seemed plausible.
“Pretty much I kept my plan,” Alfano explained. “Originally I was going to become within the wagon to the tertiary jump, too I but didn’t holler upward I could produce nine strides inwards the foremost describe of piece of occupation too teach inside. Like I said, Lewis’ best thing is galloping. I idea for me too him the best thing would last to maintain galloping, teach it inwards nine too teach around it, too teach inwards upward elsewhere. It worked out perfect.”
The chestnut gelding strode into the Rolex Stadium too seemed to brighten beneath the lights. Although Alfano chose to avoid a risky plow to the foremost or tertiary fences, she kept a measuring that outshone all those prior. Bailiwick of Jersey Boy is good known for his handiness, having competed with Alfano inwards the irons for the in conclusion 3 years, too earning prestigious titles including the 2012 Horse of the Year.
“Finally!” Alfano exclaimed equally she exited the telephone from her victory gallop. “I actually am too thus happy to win because I receive got done it all 4 times too I experience similar Bailiwick of Jersey Boy actually deserved to win this class. He was awesome, correct from the infinitesimal I started schooling – this evening he but felt perfect. He was actually release too galloping, too sometimes he tin last a petty snarky inwards the schooling area, but this evening he was perfect; he was ready.”
Alfano trains amongst renowned horsewoman too trainer Susie Schoellkopf out of Buffalo, New York. They receive got been a squad from the beginning, competing with overstep mounts across the land too working difficult to gain their dream of the Derby Finals Championship.
“Hats off to Steve Stephens. That was unbelievable-two days of unbelievable courses, what a genius,” Schoellkopf explained. “This way everything. Bailiwick of Jersey Boy has been an amazing Equus caballus too and thus much fun. Jen told me to come upward out to the ring, but I told her that it is all virtually you lot too that horse. Watching Jen too that Equus caballus was the thrill of a lifetime.”
Earlier inwards the afternoon, riders previously ranked 31-60 were invited to render for the Consolation Round, a recent invention to the Derby Finals Agenda. It was Erin Bland too Weatherly who rode to the overstep of the rankings. Although the dyad had competed inwards the midpoint of the pack, their beautiful handy exertion caught the judges’ eyes equally they rode to the high-scoring circular of 280 points. Their combined two-day amount earned them the bluish ribbon, equally good equally the Leading Amateur-Owner Rider Award.
Junior passenger Allison Toffolon too Class Action were awarded the instant house complete with an overall score of 276 points for their efforts, ranking but ahead of Gary Young too Gold Coast, owned past times Becky Nuth, who secured the tertiary house position.
USHJA High Performance Hunter Committee Chair Ron Danta beamed at the determination of the night, “I holler upward the greatest thing virtually the newly developed format this twelvemonth is the Consolation Round. It brought inwards a lot of immature riders too amateurs. It made them experience that no thing what, they came all this way too soundless had a risk to produce a handy circular too a risk at the prize money. It’s non ever virtually winning; sometimes it is virtually the experience too the mileage you lot give your horse.”
$100,000 USHJA INTERNATIONAL HUNTER DERBY FINALS RESULTS
ORD # Horse Name Rider Name Score
1 26 JERSEY BOY JENNIFER ALFANO 588.250
2 56 BRUNELLO ELIZABETH BOYD 588.000
3 17 GARFIELD SCOTT STEWART 575.000
4 22 INCLUSIVE VICTORIA COLVIN 569.000
5 13 BASES LOADED KELLEY FARMER 557.100
6 84 MONTERREY LILLIE KEENAN 556.500
7 11 TAKEN KELLEY FARMER 553.500
8 30 FRIDAY NIGHT SANDY FARRELL 533.250
9 89 SIENNA PATRICIA GRIFFITH 531.000
10 62 RALPH LAUREN BRIAN FEIGUS 527.000
11 94 CARLSON TAMMY PROVOST 520.000
12 95 COPPERFIELD PETER PLETCHER 511.250
13 83 ARICO PATRICIA GRIFFITH 506.750
14 54 YES INDEED JACK H. TOWELL 506.250
$15,000 DERBY CONSOLATION ROUND RESULTS
ORD # Horse Name Rider Name Score
1 7 WEATHERLY ERIN BLAND 492.750
2 82 CLASS ACTION ALLISON TOFFOLON 486.000
3 58 GOLD COAST GARY YOUNG 480.250
4 6 DOLCE SUE TAKATA 471.000
5 41 CASTLEWELLAN ERIN MCCABE 461.000
6 45 BROOKE RACHAEL HERKOWITZ 461.000
7 49 BLACK LABEL MARTIEN VAN DER HOEVEN 450.500
8 79 ISLAND TIME TIMOTHY MADDRIX 445.850
9 92 DRUMLINE NICOLE LYVERE 443.000
10 27 PROMISE ME CHRISTIAN ROGGE 433.850
11 66 DINNER FOR TWO REBECCA REYES 426.000
12 88 CATALYST WINN ALDEN 423.000
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