Samuel Parot and Captain Z Top $6,000 Power & Speed Stake CSI 2*

For Immediate Release
Connelly Grant for TIEC 

Mill Spring, NC – June 30, 2022 – Cassio Rivetti (BRA) and Cristal de Menardiere jumped to victory in Thursday’s $37,000 Horseware Ireland Welcome Stake CSI 2* with a time of 39.39 seconds. Second was Samuel Parot (CHI) on Captain Z, his own 2012 Zangersheide gelding (Calvino Z x Voltaire), at 40.45 seconds. Taylor Land (USA) rounded out the top three on the Pinetree Farms Inc. entry Get Go, a 2012 Hanoverian gelding (Grey Top x World Diamond O), with a time of 38.06 seconds and 4 faults.

Cassio Rivetti and Cristal de Menardiere
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“He’s an amazing horse. He’s 10 years old, [and has] so much quality. He did really well today,” said Rivetti about his mount. “This is one of my student’s horses who is in Europe right now, so that’s why I’m riding him.”

Samuel Parot and Captain Z
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Out of the 37 entries that challenged the Ivan Tagle (ARG) course, only eight qualified for the jump-off. Rivetti explained that the course was extremely technical. “The three-point angle was hard with the bending lines and the oxers. In the jump off, I was the first to go. He is a fast horse and I know him very well, so I tried to do all the tight turns, like a racecar a little bit,” Rivetti explained about his jump off strategy. 

Taylor Land and Get Go
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Rivetti’s first of three weeks at TIEC is off to a great start, and shared that his “Tryon experience] is really good! We are here for three weeks, to move a little bit from California. I came here when they had the Prix de States with one of my students. This place is beautiful; it’s so nice to ride here.”

Cassio Rivetti and Cristal de Menardiere in their winning presentation alongside TIEC Competition Manager JP Goddard.
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For full results from the $37,000 Horseware Ireland Welcome Stake CSI 2*, click here.

Samuel Parot and Captain Z top $6,000 Power & Speed Stake CSI 2*

June 29, 2022 – Samuel Parot (CHI) and his own Captain Z topped Wednesday’s $6,000 Power & Speed Stake CSI 2* at Tryon International Equestrian Center. The pair stopped the speed phase timers at 31.94 seconds. Coming in second at a time of 33.77 seconds was Elisa Broz (USA) atop her own Tinkerbell, a 2010 Warmblood mare. Broz also claimed third on her own Kardenta Van’t Meerhof, a 2010 Belgian Warmblood mare (Cardento x Majestic). Broz’s third place entry jumped to a time of 34.62 seconds. 

Samuel Parot and Captain Z
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Captain Z, the 2012 Zangersheide gelding (Calvino Z x Voltaire), is a new mount for Parot. “The horse is new. In the last three-star here, he went clear and got second place. I changed the bit, and am feeling a lot more comfortable. I think he’s coming along well. I am doing the Welcome tomorrow, and then the Grand Prix.”

“The course rode really well,” he said after his round. “The first phase is easy for the horses and then it is tough for the speed. I think it is really good for the first day. Tryon is the best,” Parot exclaimed.

For full results from the $6,000 Power & Speed Stake CSI 2*, click here.