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Jill
Henselwood And Toyz R Us Win The $25,000 HITS Ocala Grand Prix |
Ocala,
FL (March 7, 2003)Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, Ontario,
Canada, took the Grand Prix ring by storm, placing first and third
in Thursday's $25,000 HITS Ocala Grand Prix. Henselwood claimed
first place with Toyz R Us and third place with Cromwell. Both horses
are owned by Juniper Farms Ltd. Mary-Lisa Leffler finished in second
place with Graf Rossini S.
A
field of twenty-nine horses attempted the 13-obstacle course designed
by Leopoldo Palacios of Caracas, Venezuela. Eight horses had faultless
first rounds and advanced to the shortened jump-off course. Henselwood
was the only rider to post a double-clear round.
Henselwood
and Toyz R Us were first to ride in the seven-fence jump-off. The
pair set a blistering pace, leaving all the rails up in a time of
47.55 seconds. Their performance could not be matched by the next
six riders. Manuel Torres was second in the order of go, accumulating
17 faults for two knockdowns and a time fault. Rory Hovell and Quell
Damme Van De Heffinck also incurred a time fault, finishing their
round with a total of five faults. Tracy Fenney on Grace, went fourth
in the order. Fenney is enjoying an exceptional season at the HITS
Ocala Winter Circuit, winning the last four $50,000 Grand Prix.
Fenney finished her round with four faults in a time of 50.04 seconds
which put her in fourth place. Mark Jungherr and Enterprise were
fifth in the order, delivering a four fault performance in a time
of 50.46 seconds. Jill Henselwood was next up on her second mount,
Cromwell. The pair finished with four faults in a time of 49.20,
giving them third place. Mary-Lisa Leffler looked as if she would
topple the leader when she blazed through the course on Graf Rossinio
S. Their time was good, but a knockdown at the final fence left
them in second place. Callan Solem and Mianta finished out the field
with a four fault performance in a time of 52.06 seconds putting
them in sixth place.
Thursday's
$50,000 HITS Ocala Grand Prix was a qualifying class for the New
Marshall & Sterling League National Indoor Finals and the King
Shavings U.S. Grand Prix League Invitational Finals. The indoor
finals will be held at Worcester's Centrum Centre in Worcester,
Massachusetts, September 17-21. The King Shavings U.S. Grand Prix
League Finals will be held in Culpeper, Virginia, September 24-28.
With the addition of the new Indoor Finals at Worcester's Centrum
Centre, finals qualifiers will have the opportunity to compete in
two $100,000 Grand Prix classes over two consecutive weeks.
The
HITS Ocala Winter Circuit is now in its final week and show jumping
will conclude on Sunday, March 9th with the Grand Finale of the
circuitthe $100,000 Volvo Grand Prix.
$25,000 HITS Ocala Grand Prix - Thursday, March 6, 2003
HITS Ocala Winter Circuit V - Ocala, FL
Leopoldo Palacios, Caracas, Venezuela: Course Designer
Place Horse Rider Owner Prize Money Rd 1 Faults Rd 2 Faults JO Time
1st Toyz R Us Jill Henselwood Juniper Farms Ltd $7,500 0 0 47.55
2nd Graf Rossini S Mary-Lisa Leffler Bruce Chovnick LLC $5,500 0
4 46.98
3rd Cromwell Jill Henselwood Juniper Farms LTD $3,250 0 4 49.20
4th Grace Tracy Fenney Hidden Lakes Farm $2,000 0 4 50.04
5th Enterprise Mark Jungherr R A Francoeur $1,500 0 4 50.46
6th Mianta Callan Solem Quiet Winter Farm / Redfield Farm $1,250
0 4 52.06
7th Quelle Damme Van De Heffinck Rory Hovell Rory Hovell $1,000
0 5 60.63
8th Manuel Torres Malibu Tucker Stern $750 0 17 68.04
9th Promised Land Derek Petersen Derek / Anita Petersen $750 0 4
10th VDL Mercedes Summer Bruington Summer Bruington $500 0 4
11th Lavendel Andre Thieme Redfield Farm LLC $500 0 4
12th S&L Willie Tracy Fenney Tracy Fenney $500 0 4
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