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30th Cosequin Winter
Equestrian Festival Opens With Nutrena Wellington Classic
Wellington, Florida-January
28, 2002-The Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival opened its 30th season
with the Nutrena Wellington Classic, January 23-27 at the Palm Beach Polo
Equestrian Club with an exciting week of hunter and show jumping competition.
More than 4000 horses from across the nation and around the world traveled
to Florida to compete for $3 million in prize money during the 11-week
show series.
Olympic Bronze Medallist Normal Dello Joio of Wellington, FL, captured
the week's featured event, the $35,000 Nutrena Grand Prix of Palm Beach
presented by Western Hay Co., riding Glasgow, an 11-year old Dutch bred
bay gelding. Dello Joio had a clean first round over 13 obstacles. Dello
Joio then went clear in the jump-off with a time of 39.34 seconds to put
Markus Beerbaum of Germany in second place with a jump-off time of 41.55
seconds on Royal Discovery. Third place honors went to Gabriella Salick
of Thousand Oaks, CA in 42.79 seconds on Sandstone Pelota de Goma.
"It was a very hard test this early in the year," said Dello
Joio, who went second in the jump-off after Beerbaum. "I didn't see
Markus (in the jump-off) but I thought I could out-turn him between No.
2 and 3 and we would be quicker across the ground the rest of the way."
Opening week as a productive one for Eric Lamaze. The Canadian equestrian,
aboard Gazetto, bested a field of 41 competitors to win the $25,000 Nutrena/Western
Hay Challenge Cup. Only nine and horse-and-rider combinations advanced
to the jump-off round of the first grand prix of the season. Lamaze and
Gazetto, a 10-year-old German-bred bay gelding, turned in double clear
rounds and finished the jump-off in 37.60 seconds. Norman Dello Joio riding
Warsaw finished second behind Lamaze in 38.27 seconds. Third place went
to native Floridian Jimmy Torano on board Aguila, who finished in 38.77
seconds.
Lamaze, riding Kasjmein also captured first place in the $10,000 Cosequin
1.50 meter Classic with a time of 42.573 seconds. They were one of only
5 out of 40 horse-and-rider teams to make it to the jump-off round. Wellington's
Norman Dello Joio finished in 46.621 seconds on board Quriell to take
second place. Todd Minikus, U.S. Equestrian Team Alternate for the 2000
Olympic Games, had the fastest time with 41.682 seconds, but had a rail
down, putting him in third place with four faults.
Chris Kappler of Pittstown, NJ, aboard his mount Rafiki, bested 95 starters
with a fault-free ride over the Cosequin Time First Jump-Off 11 obstacle
jumping course, finishing in 32.23 seconds. Canadian Olympian, Eric Lamaze
finished in second place with a time of 32.56 seconds. Third place went
to Ramiro Quintera, finishing up just splits behind with a time of 32.62
seconds.
The $5,000 Americhoice NAL Speed Challenge prize went to Alice Debany
Clero of Paris, France. Debany Clero, up on Crackerjack, sped through
the course with the fastest clean round, clocking in at 61.839 seconds,
just splits ahead of US Equestrian Team Veteran, Donald Cheska of Waukesha,
WI with his mount, By Design. The Wisconsin duo, on of thirteen pairs
to complete a clear round from a total of 72 starters, timed in a 61.976
seconds for second place. Third place went to Amy Ylvisaker Reistrup,
of Lexington Virginia, with a clean round and jump-off time of 67.762
seconds.
The 2002 Consequin Winter Equestrian Festival offers 3 million in total
prizes during an eleven-week series which runs in Wellington, FL (January
23-March 10) and Tampa, FL (March 13-March 31). The Festival hosts the
$200,000 Budweiser American Invitational at the Raymond James Stadium
in Tampa on Saturday evening, March 30. The series then returns to Wellington
for the culminating event-the American Grandprix Association Championship-April
3-7.
$35,000 NUTRENA GRAND PRIX
Wellington, Florida - January 27, 2002
Course Designer: Frank Rothenberger (Germany)
Placing/Horse |
Rider |
Hometown |
Faults-Time |
Purse |
1. Glasgow |
Norman Dello
Joio |
Wellington, FL |
0-0-39.34 |
$10,500 |
2. Royal Discovery |
Markus Beerbaum
|
Germany |
0-0-41.55 |
7,700 |
3.Sandstone Pelota
de Goma |
Gabriella Salick |
Thousand Oaks,
CA |
0-4 |
4,550 |
4. Laddidor |
Francie S. Carvin
|
Villlage of Golf,
FL |
0-8 |
2,800 |
5. Cosequin's
Cgappie |
Debbie Stephens |
Glenmore, PA |
1 |
2,100 |
6. Viktor |
Mclain Ward |
Brewster, NY |
4 |
1,750 |
7. Lancelot Z
|
Joe Fargis |
So.Hampton, NY
|
0-4-37.686 |
1,400 |
8. Korina |
Chris Kappler
|
Pittstown, NJ |
4 |
1,050 |
9. Rhythmical |
Nona Garson |
Lebanon, NJ |
4 |
1,050 |
10.Wet Paint
|
Laura Kraut |
Oconomowoc, WI
|
4 |
700 |
11.Modra |
Barbara Bancroft |
Pittsdurgh, PA |
4 |
700 |
12.Lassergut
All Saints |
Helen McNaught
|
Switzerland |
4 |
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