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Mill Spring, NC – June 26, 2019 – Brenny Clare (Atlanta, GA) and Northface smoked the competition in their first National Derby appearance, claiming a Tryon Summer 2 win in the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby on a total score of 180 at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). Gisele Beardsley-O’Grady (Tryon, NC) and Virginia Barnette’s Januar, a 2006 Dutch Warmblood gelding (Junior Mariner x Poetri) collected a total score of 176 for reserve honors, while Elle Moreno (Wylie, TX) and her own All In Time, a 2004 Hanoverian/Thoroughbred gelding (All the Gold x Kokomo Island) received a 161 after two rounds to claim third.
Brenny Clare and Northface in their presentation ceremony.©Sportfot
Clare and the 2009 Holsteiner gelding (Cassiano x Scarlett VII) owned by Ashland Farms topped a field of 17 entries over the JP Godard (Aiken, SC) course, earning a first-round score of 88 and adding 92 in the handy round. Though the pair had never tackled a derby before, Clare shared that Northface’s strength in the Equitation ring lends itself nicely to the Grand Hunter Ring.
“The course rode really well. I love doing handy rounds – he’s so much fun to turn. I’ve done all the Equitation stuff on him, so it was really nice to be able to show off a little bit and do the tighter turns, because it’s so much fun and he loves it,” Clare said. “He’s really good at getting his eye on jumps early, so I can just let him lead the way.”
Brenny Clare and Northface©Sportfot
“Everything rode how I walked it, and everything was pretty straight-forward,” she reported. “The course designer did a good job preparing us for the questions, and everything pretty much rode as planned.” The plan was to showcase the gelding’s handiness in a way that distinguished him from the pack, and there were several places on the course where Clare was able to maximize that handiness, she explained:
“After the first jump in the handy we wanted to turn back as quick as we could to get to the second. He was really great and saw it well. For the trot jump, he’s really great at those, also, so we waited as long as we could to start trotting,” detailed Clare. “Finally, we did a turn after the two-stride and turned in between one of the bending lines, and it was a little bit tighter than I wanted, but he was really great there. Any turns we could do, as tight as possible – that was the plan.”
Gisele Beardsley-O’Grady and Januar©Sportfot
The duo have been getting to know each other in the Equitation and Junior Hunter rings, but Clare has her eye on Indoors this year, she elaborated. “I got Northface right before pre-circuit from Ken Smith, and then I’ve had him through all of circuit and have been doing him in the Junior Hunters, getting to know him. I’ve gotten to do both the Equitation and Hunters on him.”
Elle Moreno and All In Time©Sportfot
Clare concluded, “This year my goal is to have solid trips at Indoors, since it’ll be my first time at Indoors really showing in all the bigger stuff, so I want to have solid trips and improve on all the things I’ve been working on this year.”
For full results from the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby, click here.
Hunter Highlights
The Green Hunter 3’3/3’6 Division congratulated Robert Stucky (Waxhaw, NC) and Allie Rae Hayes’ entry, The Girl From Ipanema, for earning champion for the week. Reserve champion was awarded to Omazing, the Todd Minikus Ltd. entry, with Todd Minikus (Loxahatchee, FL) aboard.
In the USHJA Hunter 2’6” Division, Ashley Conkle (Wellford, SC) and Laura Hunt’s Dolce earned champion honors. Elle Moreno (Wylie, TX) piloted her own entry, All In Time, to reserve champion honors.
The Marshall & Sterling Adult-Amateur Hunter Division saw Katherine Ballentine (Columbia, SC) and her own entry, Lyons Creek Contador, claim the championship honors for the week. Reserve champion honors were awarded to Lydia Sorensen (Roebuck, SC) and her own, Nottingham.
Cyndi Griffith (Wellington, FL) and her own entry, Verkade, earned champion of the Amateur-Owner/Junior Hunter 3’3”/3’6” Division sponsored by Main Street Insurance. Leah Wilson (Dallas, TX) and her own, Heart Breaker, earned the reserve champion honors of the division.
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In the Pulse Equine Performance Hunter 3’3” Division, it was Tommi Clark (Tryon, NC) and her own Chosen to earn champion while reserve champion was awarded to Hayley Iannotti (Wellington, FL) and Carriage Hill Farm’s Czar Du Mesnil.
In the USHJA Hunter 2’3” Division, Ashley Conkle (Wellford, SC) rode Laura Hunt’s Lorena SLS to earn division champion. Caroline Cousar (Anderson, SC) rode her own entry, Zapour, to reserve champion honors.
The Foothills Hunter 2’6” Division congratulated Miranda Burchfield (Vestavia, AL) and Maarten Huygens’ Summer Vay-K on champion honors in the division. Reserve champion honors were awarded to Fabian Herrera (Charlotte, NC) and Alpine’s Santa Barbara, owned by Stella Hartman.
Jumper Highlights
Steve Schaefer (Maple Park. IL) and Wyndmont Inc’s Meadow Vale Cruise were crowned champion honors for the pair’s performance in the Adequan® 1.30m Open Jumper Division. Reserve honors were awarded to Schaefer’s other mount Favoriet U, also owned by Wyndmont Inc.
Carriage Hill Farms Inc’s Quinta ridden by Meredith Gallagher (Haines City, FL) claimed the champion title in the CaptiveOne Advisors 1.20m Open Jumper Division. Steve Schaefer (Maple Park, IL) aboard Wyndmont Inc’s Alter Ego received reserve honors.
In the $2,000 Medium/High Junior/Amateur Jumpers, Sophia Studd (Wellington, FL) and her own mount Hera-V claimed the first place win with a jump-off time of 34.102 seconds. Win a Date ridden by owner Judy Sutton (Maggie Valley, NC) raced to second place with a short-course time of 34.533 seconds. Finishing off the podium was Studd aboard her other mount Holsteins Eastwood, owned by Marie Studd, with a jump-off time of 38.216 seconds.
Marcus Barros (Sanford, FL) aboard Erfdame, owned by Helena Vasconcelos, were triumphant in the Low Junior/Amateur Jumper 1.20m Division taking home the title of champion. Reserve honors were awarded to Spring Girl, ridden by Ava Hoffman (North Palm Beach, FL) and owned by Todd Minikus LTD.
In the DJS 6/7 Year-old Young Jumper 1.20m-1.35m Division, champion honors were awarded to David O’Brien (Lexington, KY) aboard Spy Coast Farm LLC’s Nanette SCF. O’Brien also was awarded reserve champion honors aboard Merly Chin SCF, also owned by Spy Coast Farm LLC.
Uniek, owned by Carriage Hill Farms Inc, ridden by Jared Hersh (Boynton Beach, FL) secured champion honors in the 1.0m Low Children’s/Adult-Amateur Jumper Division. Reserve honors were awarded to Lila Cafferata (Boca Raton, FL) aboard Snapchat, owned by Carriage Hill Farms Inc.
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The Tryon Summer Series will continue through Sunday, July 21, and features six weeks of Hunter, Jumper, Equitation, and Dressage competition. To learn more, visit www.Tryon.com.
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