Katie Dinan and Nougat sweet in $250K GP win
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Harvard pupil in addition to international showjumper Katie Dinan won the Alltech $250,000 Grand Prix CSI-W 5* at the National Horse Show at the weekend, riding her veteran mountain Nougat Du Vallet to a flawless double clear.
Dinan flew inward for the Alltech National Horse Show at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park on Wednesday, in addition to yesteryear Sabbatum she was at the operate yesteryear of the leader board. She volition furnish to Harvard amongst a large banking concern check in addition to valuable points inward the World Cup standings.
Thirty-six of the world’s operate yesteryear Equus caballus in addition to passenger combinations took centre phase inward the Alltech Arena on Sabbatum night. Course designer Conrad Homfeld challenged riders amongst large fences in addition to technical lines that led to a four-horse jump-off.
The pathfinder during the 2d circular was McLain Ward of Brewster, New York, amongst Sagamore Farms’ Rothchild. The duo flew around the brusk course, easily leaving out strides in addition to taking all of the within options. Their luck ran out though equally they galloped to the lastly vertical, incurring iv faults inward a fourth dimension of 42.06 seconds, which would agree upward for 4th place.
Dinan watched her trainer’s circular carefully in addition to decided to laissez passer on it everything she had amongst Nougat Du Vallet, field also existence careful plenty to larn out each rails intact. She left out a pace downwards 1 of the lastly lines, merely chose to practice the right divulge to double combination. Her programme proved to live the perfect answer to the examination in addition to she finished inward 44.85 seconds, which would seal the win.
“I idea I was rattling fast, merely I didn’t larn out the cry upward thinking I had won the class,” noted Dinan. “You tin ever hold off dorsum in addition to discovery fiddling moments where yous could receive got been quicker. I intend that if McLain had left all of the jumps up, at to the lowest degree amongst my fourth dimension now, he would receive got beaten me, merely I in all probability would receive got gone a fiddling faster, too.”
Belgium’s Nicola Philippaerts was tasked amongst trying to best Dinan’s fourth dimension riding Cortez for his father, Ludo Philippaerts. He had a conservative gallop to the firstly fence, merely started making upward fourth dimension yesteryear taking all of the within turns. His clear circular came close, merely non unopen enough, breaking the beam at 45.02 seconds for 2d place.
The lastly passenger to exhibit was Russia’s Ljubov Kochetova amongst Aslan, in addition to field they did give-up the ghost along the rails inward the their cups, Dinan was able to celebrate her victory when Kochetova took the exterior plough midway through her effort, leading to a fourth dimension of 46.42 seconds in addition to the 3rd house award.
Dinan was thrilled to add together this exciting victory to her resume, in addition to it made leaving schoolhouse early on this calendar week good worth it. “This calendar month has been a fiddling chip hectic,” she said.
“The swell affair is when yous receive got nights similar this, it makes it all appear worth it. When yous don’t, it form of makes yous wonder what you’re doing. I wasn’t able to practice the classes at the starting fourth dimension of the week, merely I’ve been trying to practice equally many Indoors equally I tin because I receive got a skillful string of horses, in addition to I experience similar my horses are going well. I desire to assay to maximize that, merely at the same fourth dimension I am a fiddling chip busy going dorsum in addition to forth amongst school.”
“Nougat Du Vallet is unbelievable,” she said. “He tries his pump out. He’s been my principal Equus caballus for the lastly ii years. I’ve been moving upward in addition to he’s been doing a lot. It’s his lastly exhibit of the year, in addition to to complete on a 2d similar this is unbelievable. He’s allowed me to attain a lot of my goals, field at the same fourth dimension existence competitive, in addition to super forgiving of my mistakes. I dear him!”
Kochetova’s consistent operate yesteryear placings throughout the calendar week also helped her win the Martha W. Jolicoeur Leading Lady Jumper Rider Award at the goal of the evening.
Philippaerts also scored operate yesteryear honors during the show, winning the Audi Leading Rider Award. “I intend it is super,” he expressed. “I intend the lastly ii classes made it upward for me. I was 2d yesterday, in addition to today 2d again. It’s super to live leading passenger of such a beautiful show. I actually am going to taste it.”
Class 206, $250,000 ALLTECH GRAND PRIX CSI-W
1 307 NOUGAT DU VALLET KATHERINE DINAN 0 0 0 76.090 0 0 0 44.850
2 268 CORTEZ NICOLA PHILIPPAERTS 0 0 0 76.140 0 0 0 45.020
3 241 ASLAN LJUBOV KOCHETOVA 0 0 0 72.040 0 0 0 46.420
4 292 ROTHCHILD MCLAIN WARD 0 0 0 75.570 4 0 4 42.060
5 232 CHILL R Z CHARLIE JAYNE 4 0 4 70.230
6 244 JUBILEE D’OUILLY LAURA KRAUT 4 0 4 72.060
7 258 SLIEVEANORRA RICHIE MOLONEY 4 0 4 73.620
8 347 POLINSKA DES ISLES FRANCOIS MATHY 4 0 4 73.950
9 217 ROYCE MARGIE ENGLE 4 0 4 75.530
10 255 SPECIAL LUX JONATHAN MCCREA 4 0 4 76.990
11 339 QUALITY GIRL TODD MINIKUS 4 0 4 77.430
12 226 UNEX CHAMBERLAIN Z TIM GREDLEY 4 0 4 77.570
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