Jad Dana & After Eight. Photograph © Sportfot.
The primary FEI week of the 2023 Winter Equestrian Competition (WEF) season ended with the CHF37,000 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m Traditional within the worldwide Ring on Sunday, January 15. Jad Dana (LBN) gained the day aboard After Eight because the solar set over Wellington Worldwide.
Nick Granat (USA) designed a difficult twelve-obstacle course with a time allowed of 72 seconds. Fifty-nine riders vied for a transparent spherical to take them into the jump-off. Solely ten pairs managed to make it to the second spherical. Ultimately, it was Dana and his tremendous mare, After Eight, a 2010 Swedish Warmblood (Diarado x Cardento) owned by Springhill Farm, with the quickest time of 37.70 seconds.
“She’s wonderful and he or she’s been in high type; she gained a grand prix two weeks in the past after which she got here out, was nice within the first spherical and an excellent higher jump-off,” stated Dana of the mount he had slightly over a yr. “That was so enjoyable to journey, and he or she makes it enjoyable.”
Julie Hogan Takes Grownup Novice Tri-Coloration
The Vogel Grownup Novice Hunter 36-49 (Sec B) class helped conclude an thrilling first week for hunters at WEF. The celebs of the day have been Julie Hogan and her pretty mare, Latoya, a 2013 mare by Languster Prydsholm, owned by The Ridge Farm LLC. Hogan and Latoya gained three over fences lessons and the below saddle to gather championship factors.
“The whole lot went actually easily at the moment,” she stated. “We had a extremely nice day yesterday, successful each over fences, and we gained the flat at the moment, and I simply wished to go in at the moment and put in a stable efficiency within the two over fences lessons. My mare jumped very well and he or she’s a star.”
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