ESP SPRING WIRE. Victoria Colvin and Vaillero Triumph in $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby to Conclude the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival

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1 PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN CENTER ESP SPRING WIRE Editor: Jennifer Wood Editor: Jennifer Wood McLain Ward and HH Carlos Z Victorious in $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI 5* McLain Ward and HH Carlos Z captured the biggest win of the 2015 WEF circuit in the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI 5*. Sportfot McLain Ward (USA) and Double H Farm s HH Carlos Z won the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI 5* in front of a packed house at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) Saturday night to conclude International show jumping at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Forty of the circuit s best horses and riders representing 13 different countries jumped for the winter s top prize. Daniel Bluman (COL) and Conconcreto Sancha LS finished second; Georgina Bloomberg (USA) and Lilli placed third. The $100,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Final was also held on Saturday with a win for Kent Farrington (USA) and Amalaya Investment s Waomi. Darragh Kenny (IRL) won the 12-week series overall. Steve Stephens (USA) designed the courses for Saturday s competition. He set a challenging track for the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI 5*, the biggest class of the circuit, which yielded three entries to advance to the jump-off. Bloomberg and Gotham Enterprizes LLC s Lilli jumped first with eight faults in seconds. Bluman returned next with one rail in seconds. Last to go, Ward and HH Carlos Z knocked the top plank off the second fence, and everyone held their breath. The pair cleared the rest of the course, coming home in seconds for the win. Hunter Harrison of Double H Farm purchased HH Carlos Z, a 13-yearold Zangersheide gelding (Chellano Z x Voltaire), for Ward to ride last winter and the horse has continued to impress. He is very careful and very competitive, but we did not buy him to jump this level of grand prix, Ward detailed. Last year in the summer we had to call on him a few times when Rothchild was resting for the WEG (World Equestrian Games) and he stepped up beautifully, including the Spruce Meadows Masters in September. We knew we had a little more in the tank than we had planned. I would say coming into WEF, it would not have been the horse I thought I would have ridden tonight, but as I always say to Mr. Harrison, he is one of those horses that is always worth getting dressed for because he is going to fight and try and dig. You really appreciate those kind of athletes. Commenting on his jump-off round, Ward explained, With three in the Please turn to page 2 Victoria Colvin and Vaillero Triumph in $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby to Conclude the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival The 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) completed its final day of competition on Sunday with a win for Victoria Colvin riding Heritage Farm, Inc. s Vaillero in the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby. Held on the beautiful grass field at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), the final feature saw a picture perfect day in Florida. The class was presented by Dietrich Insurance and hosted by Tailored Sportsman, sponsored by Charles Owen & Co., Dover Saddlery, The Clothes Horse and Essex Classics. The first round of derby competition was held in the E.R. Mische Grand Hunter Ring on Saturday, where 51 riders took on the first round course designed by Ken Krome. Two panels of judges scored each round, and riders were awarded extra points for jumping the high options. The top 25 entries then moved on to the derby field for Sunday s handy round, jumping Bobby Murphy s course with natural obstacles, including the table bank and an option to jump through the Devil s Dyke. Two panels of judges once again scored the contestants, awarding bonus points for high options as well as handiness on course. Judges Danny Robertshaw and Robert Crandall scored the rounds on panel one and Susan Humes and Chance Arakelian on panel two. At the end of the first round, Kelley Farmer and Mindful found their names at the top of the leader board, but the pair had an unfortunate refusal on the table bank in round two and placed out of the top twelve. Darcy Hayes rode Danielle Baran s Say When into the second position on day one with a total of 178. The pair maintained their standing with a handy round score of 182 for a 360- point total. They earned an 80 plus ten bonus points from panel one and an 81 plus 11 bonus points from panel two in the final round. Vaillero and Victoria Colvin finished the first round with a score of 175 to take the third spot heading into Sunday s competition. The pair then earned the top score in round two with a to bring their total to the Please turn to page 8 Victoria Colvin and Vaillero had a smooth and solid handy round on the derby field to win the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby. Sportfot

2 McLain Ward and HH Carlos Z Victorious Continued from Page 1 jump-off, the plan was not going to be too complicated. Kent Farrington is a great friend and competitor and we were talking about it as we were warming up. Georgina had the unenviable position of going first. When Daniel had the fence down, I said to Kent, Okay, we can win this two ways. That plank was a bogey; it was very dark up there with the crowd behind. It was hard to jump in the first round and even harder to jump in the second, so our plan was to try to go fast and clear obviously, but fast so that if you did have a fence down, you could make up the time. Luck was a little on my side. I had two weeks in the $1 million grand prixs where I lost by a hair and that is what sport is about. It is great. Probably at the end of the year that evens out; sometimes you are on the upper hand and sometimes you are on the lower. Along with the winner s share of $165,000, Ward was presented the Dennis D. Dammerman Perpetual Trophy. The trophy was created to honor the contributions to equestrian sport of Dennis D. Dammerman, a longtime owner of horses and founding member of the Wellington Equestrian Partners. Ward was also awarded a beautiful timepiece courtesy of Rolex Watch USA. Saturday marked Ward s third win in the finale grand prix of WEF over the years. His last was in Commenting on the evening s course, Ward noted, It was very difficult, but it was forty of the best from the circuit. There was a very unique, eye opening triple combination. I cannot say I have ever seen three oxers in a row. It was a good test. There was the difficult bicycle jump, which is always tough. There were some careful jumps. You really had three planks on the course. That is what the test should be for this grand prix. It is the premier event of the season and obviously I liked the result. Second place finisher, Daniel Bluman, previously won the finale grand prix in 2012 and was out for a repeat, but the cards did not play in his favor this year. Bluman was still very happy with his mount, Sancha LS, and acknowledged the experience that he has gained since their first win. For me, this grand prix means a lot because I won it already once before, Bluman stated. I was a little bit young to win it back then and lots of things have happened since. I have learned a lot of things. This year, I was able to understand what I was doing right back then. I knew I was coming back to a jump-off with three riders and I was already very excited. Georgina has had an amazing circuit and would be a hard one to beat and I knew I had McLain coming after me. McLain is McLain. I opened the door for him to do it. It was great sport, and I am very pleased with Sancha and my whole team. I have nothing but good feelings in my heart right now. For Bloomberg, Lilli was a second horse that has stepped up to fulfill the grand prix role this winter and exceeded expectations. I have to echo what McLain said, that if you had asked me at the beginning of the circuit who I would be riding in the class, I probably would have picked Juvina, Bloomberg admitted. We have had a little bit of bad luck with Juvina for a couple weeks and she is back and healthy now, but we decided to give her one more week before Miami. It is such a nice surprise that Lilli has stepped up to be a horse that I never knew she could be. I am pleased to be ending the circuit with another top ranking horse. She really did save our year. Joining the riders in the press conference were Peter Nicholson, Senior Advisor Rolex Watch USA, and Mark Bellissimo, CEO of Equestrian Sport Productions. Commenting on the evening, Nicholson stated, It is an honor to be involved. This is our second year and another successful year. We look forward to a very bright future with lots of improvements year after year. The level of competition is amazing, and we could not be happier to be down here. Bellissimo added, The relationship we have had with Rolex has been inspiring for our organization. It is great to have a partner with such a great commitment to the sport, our venue and the organization. We are very proud of that relationship. With their help we have been able to have four 5* competitions here and I think that is very important for the sport, the venue, our organization and the riders. When we took over it was $2.6 million in prize money and I think it was close to $9 million this year. In general it has been great to see. The crowd here tonight was the best we have ever had. It is great to see it build every week. I think that is something that has never happened for the sport in this country. In addition to the grand prix, several other awards were presented Saturday evening for the final week of competition in Wellington. Ben Maher accepted the Simba Run Perpetual Trophy on behalf of Tatiana Korsakova as the owner of Diva II, the open jumper who has earned the most prize money in classes held at 1.45m or more during the 2015 WEF. Diva II s groom, Daley Fischer, was presented with the Oliver O Toole Perpetual Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the groom of the horse who has earned the most money in the grand prix jumper classes. Artisan Farms was presented with The Harrison Cup Perpetual Trophy, which is awarded to the owner whose horses won the most jumper money in all of the open jumper classes held throughout the circuit. Other awards included the Overall Leading Lady Grand Prix Rider for the 2015 circuit, which was presented to Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (GER) on behalf of Martha Jolicoeur of Illustrated Properties. Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Artisan Farm LLC s Fine Lady 5 were presented with the Overall Champion Equine Insurance Jumper Style Award, which is awarded to the jumper whose style best exemplifies a show jumper based on scope, rideability, technique and competitive spirit. Venezuela s Emanuel Andrade earned the Hermès Talented Young Rider Award as the young jumper rider between the ages of that has earned the most points in all WEF FEI rated jumper competition. Michael Hughes (USA) was the recipient of the USET Foundation s 2015 Maxine Beard Award, an honor based on a rider s competitive record and potential to represent the United States in international competition. Final Results: $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI 5* 1. HH CARLOS Z: 2002 Zangersheide gelding by Chellano Z x Voltaire MCLAIN WARD (USA), Double H Farm: 0/4/ CONCONCRETO SANCHA LS: 2003 SLS mare by Chin Chin x Polydor DANIEL BLUMAN (COL), Daniel Bluman LLC: 0/4/ LILLI: 2004 Brandenburg mare by Lefevre x Diamir GEORGINA BLOOMBERG (USA), Gotham Enterprizes LLC: 0/8/ ROYCE: 2004 Oldenburg stallion by Café au Lait x Grandilot MARGIE ENGLE (USA), Elm Rock LLC: 4/ OHLALA: 2003 Swedish Warmblood mare by Orlando x Cardento LAUREN HOUGH (USA), The Ohlala Group: 4/ CORTES C : 2002 Belgian Warmblood gelding by Randel Z x Darco BEEZIE MADDEN (USA), Abigail Wexner: 4/ SHOWGIRL: 2000 Selle Francais mare by Gold De Becourt x Elf III YANN CANDELE (CAN), Watermark Group: 4/ VOYEUR: 2002 KWPN gelding by Tolano van t Riethof x Goodwill KENT FARRINGTON (USA), Amalaya Investments: 4/ BABALOU 41: 2005 Oldenburg mare by Balou du Rouet x Silvio I TODD MINIKUS (USA), Two Swans Farm: 4/ VINDICAT W: 2002 KWPN gelding by Guidam x Libero H JESSICA SPRINGSTEEN (USA), Stone Hill Farm: 4/ COLASKO: 2005 Oldenburg stallion by Coleman x Granus NICOLAS PIZARRO (MEX), Monica Burillo Eguia Lis & Nicolas Pizarro: 4/ GRAND CRU VD JIJF EIKEN: 2006 Belgian Warmblood stallion by Contact vd Heffinck x Heartbreaker CONOR SWAIL (IRL), Vanessa Mannix: 4/89.03 PBIEC Upcoming Events: Flavors Wellington Food + Wine Festival at PBIEC Tickets are officially on sale for the Flavors Food + Wine Festival at PBIEC, hosted on Thursday, April 9. The 12th annual Flavors features restaurants, wine tastings, cocktails, a big band at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center as the biggest foodie event yet! For tickets, please visit: events/event/flavors-2015/. For more information, visit wellingtonchamber.com/. ESP Spring Horse Show Series Just because WEF is over, doesn t mean the world-class competition is. The ESP Spring Horse Show Series features five weeks of top hunter/jumper competition March 31 through May 10, All shows feature a $10,000 Open Stake class. Spring 1-3 will feature a USEF Ranking Grand Prix each week. Spring 1, 2, and 3 will feature $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derbies and $5, m classes. Hunter Classics will be held for Amateur- Owners, Juniors, Adults, Children s and Ponies. USHJA $1,000 Zone 4 Handy Hunter Classics will also be held. Spring 1 will highlight Junior and Amateur-Owner Handy Hunter Classics and Spring 3 will feature a Pony Handy Hunter Classic. For more information, please call JUMP or visit com for the complete prize list. ESP Spring 1 Premier & Jumper Rated 4 The first week of the ESP Spring Shows kicked off on March 31 and runs through April 4 at the Main Grounds of the PBIEC. Competition began Thursday with the $10,000 Open Stake and continues with the $1,000 USHJA Jr/AO 3 6 Handy Hunter Classic on Friday. The week will wrap up with the $25,000 Nutrena Spring 1 Grand Prix on Saturday at 10 a.m. ESP Spring 2 Premier & Jumper Rated 4 Week 2 of ESP Spring runs April 8-12, The $10,000 Equiline Open Stake will start off the week at 2:00 p.m. at the Main Grounds of PBIEC, followed by $5, m Classic on Saturday. The $30,000 Spring 2 Grand Prix will serve as the finale event of the week on Sunday, April 12. ESP Spring 3 Premier & Jumper Rated 4 Week 3 of ESP Spring will take place April Following the weekly $10,000 Open Stake on Thursday, April 16, the third week of ESP Spring will host the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Classic and the $30,000 Spring 3 Grand Prix on Sunday, April 19. ESP Spring 4 National & Jumper Rated 3 ESP Spring continues through May with its fourth week of competition, which runs May 1-3 at The Stadium at PBIEC, site of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. The $10,000 Open Stake on Sunday, May 3, will conclude the week s competition. ESP Spring 5 Regional & Jumper Rated 3 The final week of ESP Spring will run the weekend of May 9-10, starting with the $1,500 Tackeria NAL Child/Adult Jumper Classic on Saturday, May 9. Sunday $10,000 Open Stake. Diva II s groom, Daley Fischer, was presented with the Oliver O Toole Perpetual Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the groom of the horse who has earned the most money in the grand prix jumper classes. Ollie O Toole worked for Laura Kraut as a groom. She remembered, It s great because it brings back the memory of Ollie. He was the most amazing person. I was the lucky one who first hired him from Ireland. He was only going to work for me during Florida and then I begged him to stay. He ended up staying for years. He was a wonderful person and it s nice to be reminded of him. I have known Daley for many years and he s a great, hard working person who does a fantastic job for Ben and definitely deserves this. Sportfot Open Daily at 4:00PM Wellington Green Shopping Center Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 170 Wellington, Fl Reservations Carlene Ziegler of Artisan Farms was presented with The Harrison Cup Perpetual Trophy, which is awarded to the owner whose horses won the most jumper money in all of the open jumper classes held throughout the circuit. Sportfot Ben Maher accepted the Simba Run Perpetual Trophy on behalf of Tatiana Korsakova as the owner of Diva II, the open jumper who has earned the most prize money in classes held at 1.45m or more during the 2015 WEF. Sportfot Page 2 ESP Spring Wire Page 3 ESP Spring Wire

3 WEF 12 Photo Gallery Lindsay Brock/Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. Wellington/PBIEC Schools Art Initiative Awards Top Right - MOST ORIGINAL: Okeeheelee Middle School ($1,500) Bottom Left - MOST INSPIRING: Binks Forest Elementary School ($1,500) Bottom Right - BEST OVERALL: Panther Run Elementary School ($2,000) Not pictured: BEST REPRESENTATIVE OF WEF: Wellington Elementary School ($1,500) Page 4 ESP Spring Wire Page 5 ESP Spring Wire

4 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE 2015 WEF CIRCUIT CHAMPIONS 2015 JUMPER CHAMPIONS 2015 HUNTER CHAMPIONS 2015 OVERALL AWARDS 2015 EQUITATION CHAMPIONS 1.45 Jumper Rosana Du Park Owner: Artisan Farms LLC Rider: Eric Lamaza Spy Coast Farm 1.40 Jumper Bradberry Laura Chapot Derby Gold Shavings 1.35 Jumper Topaze Blue Owner: Katie Prudent Rider: Abigail McArdle AD Sport Horses 1.30 Jumper Grand Pleasure Owner: Rachel Kennedy Rider: Kaitlin Campbell Adequan 6 YO Young Jumper Maharaja Del Juncal Owner: Two Swans Farm Rider: Todd Minikus Adequan 7 YO Young Jumper Bec Hugo Owner: Mary Chapot Rider: Laura Chapot High A/O Jumper Everything Owner: Pony Lane Farm Rider: Kelsey Thatcher Animo USA Medium A/O Jumper C. Jack Sparrow Z Owner/Rider: Emanuel Andrade Martha Jolicoeur Illustrated Properties Low A/O Jumper Firefly Owner: Turnabout Farm Rider: Philip Richter Charles Owen Adult Amateur Jumper Carambo s Son Owner: Emanuelle Clermont Rider: Jerome David Classical South Florida Adult Amateur Jumper 36 & Over Grisset Owner/Rider: Alissa Kinsey Horseware Ireland Don Little Adult Amateur Masters Jumper and Howard A Newman Perpetual Memorial Trophy Wup L Owner: Lionsway Farm Rider: Star Schatten Farmvet Adult Amateur Modified Jumper Wiedam Owner/Rider: Rachel Boggus Sleepy P Ranch High Junior Jumper Triviant Owner: Spy Coast Farm LLC Rider: Daisy Farish Hollow Creek Farm Medium Junior Jumper Psychee D Amour Owner: Sleepy P Ranch Rider: Lucas Porter Maria Mendelsohn Illustrated Properties Low Junior Jumper Nabuco Owner/Rider: Sheer Levitin Child Jumper 14 & Under Lady B Lucky Rosalie Biedron Rosenbaum Mollengarden PLLC Child Jumper Limerick Owner: Simonne Berg Rider: Anna Platek Griffis Residential Children s Modified Jumper Janosch Kimmee Gottwald Equiline Low Adult Jumper Otherwise Engaged Laura McKenna Pegasus Builders Low Adult 36 & Over Jumper Streetwise Eleanor Bright Crown Family Low Children s Jumper Sec A Sundance Rider: Sophie Gochman Crown Family Low Children s Jumper Sec B Serendipity Owner: Sweet Oak Farm Rider: Brooke Giacin Take 2 Thoroughbred Jumper Black Label Owner: John Beebe Rider: Hayley Ianotti Low Child/Adult Training Jumper Mephisto Owner: Monty Kelly Rider: Rachel Momrow Darby Wrenwood Farms High Performance Working Hunter and The Jay Matter Memorial Trophy A Million Reasons CWD Performance Working Hunter 3 6 Fredrick Amberway Equine Solutions Performance Working Hunter 3 3 Puppet Owner: John & Stephanie Ingram LLC Rider: Hayley Barnhill Pre Green Level 1 Wonderly Owner: Rivers Edge Perfect Products Pre Green Level 2 Celebration Loddon Stalls Pre Green 3 & 4 Year Old Expression Z Owner: Belhaven Stables Rider: Tim Goguen Equine Tack & Nutritionals First Year Green Catch Me Equine Tack & Nutritionals Second Year Green Simply Red Owner: Davlyn Farms Rider: Tara Metzner Shapley s Grooming Products Green Conformation First Light Owner: Stephanie Danhakl Shapley s Grooming Products Regular Conformation Lucador The Bainbridge Companies Amateur Owner Hunter Starina B Stephanie Danhakl Hunt LTD. Amateur Owner Hunter 36 And Over Empire Rider: Becky Gochman Shamrock Ventures Amateur Owner Hunter Enough Said Stephanie Danhakl FarmVet Amateur Owner Hunter & Over and Wendy B. Newby Memorial Trophy Fredrick Rider: Becky Gochman Asheville Regional Airport Adult Hunter Section A Shoreline Owner: Carolyn Gouse Rider: Tracy Scheriff-Muser Kingsland Adult Hunter Section B Iceman Owner: Kaile Rudy Rider: Caitlin Boyle Triple Crown Blankets Adult Hunter Section A Vizcaya Danielle Baran Karina Brez Jewelry Adult Hunter Section B Saratoga Owner: Patricia Raynes Rider: Laura Karet Camping World Adult Hunter 51 & Over Section A Blue Point Lynn Rogers Camping World Adult Hunter 51 & Over Section B and The Kenya Perpetual Memorial Trophy Smiles Caroline Clark Stoney Equestrian Sotheby s International Realty Small Junior 15 & Under Enjoy Owner: Rose Hill Farm Rider: Lilli Hymowitz EnTrust Capital Small Junior Ransom Owner: Saddle Ridge LLC Rider: Vivian Yowan Charleigh s Cookies Large Junior 15 & Under Cassanto Emily Perez Antares Sellier France Large Junior Small Affair Rider: Victoria Colvin ECHO Junior Hunter 3 3 Catch Owner: Marigot Bay Farm, LLC Rider: Jordan Stiller Coldwell Banker Children s Hunter 14 & U Romance Coldwell Banker Children s Hunter Landius Katelin Margard Autism Speaks Children s Pony Small/ Medium Watch Me Shine Owner: J T Farm Rider: Samantha Takacs Children s Pony Large Highland s Percival Owner: Pumpkin s Patch Farm, LLC / Rider: Emanuelle Greenberg Visse Wedell, Douglas Elliman Real Estate Small Pony Hunter Love Me Tender Owner: Dr Betsee Parker Rider: Sophie Gochman Medium Pony Hunter True Love Large Pony Hunter All My Love Owner: Dr Betsee Parker Riders: Emma Kurtz Small Green Pony and the James Jim Brundage Memorial Trophy/High Score Green Pony Hunter With Applause Owner: W/O Equine, LLC Rider: Taylor St Jacques Medium Green Pony Truly Yours Owner: Dr Betsee Parker Rider: Sophie Gochman Large Green Pony Vogue Owner: Rivers Edge Rider: Emma Kurtz Palm Beach Riding Academy Short Stirrup Hunter Deja Blue Owner: Forget Me Not Farm Rider: Nicole White Palm Beach International Equestrian Center JUMP (5867) Gold Coast Feed & Supply Baby Green Hunter Anchorman Owner: Asta Torokvei Rider: Jeff Rundle Crossrails Hunter - Younger Deja Blue Owner: Forget Me Not Farm Rider: Isabella White Crossrails Hunter - Older Stone Town Owner: Pinecone Farm Llc / Rider: Jill Brewer WEF Open Hunter 3 Ring Ling Owner: Jean Tuttle / Rider: Kelly Mullen WEF Open Hunter 3 3 Castle Watch Owner: Use The Ring LLC / Rider: Ashley Hotz Forré Fine Art Low Adult Hunter 2 6 Section A Special K Owner: Shaughnessy s Shamrock Ventures Rider: Mary Katherine Shaughnessy Ariat Low Adult Hunter 2 6 Section B Kindred Laura Karet Engel & Völkers Low Childrens Hunter 2 6 Sec A Double Dutch Isabel Ernst Engel & Völkers Low Childrens Hunter 2 6 Sec B Vermeer Owner: Pumpkin s Patch Farm, LLC Rider: Emanuelle Greenberg Low Hunter 2 6 Royce Owner: Rebecca Morgan Rider: Erin Hastings Low Hunter 2 9 Catch Phrase Owner: Windhaven Rider: Wayne McLellan Carolex Walk/Trot Buttons On Bows Owner: Jill Aureliano Rider: Elodie Watrous Take 2 Thoroughbred Hunter Early Note Owner: Richard Blue Rider: Sandra Ferrell Overall Owner/Rider Small Junior Hunter 15 & Under Enjoy Owner: Rose Hill Farm Rider: Lilli Hymowitz Overall Owner/Rider Small Junior Hunter Ransom Owner: Saddle Ridge Llc Rider: Vivian Yowan Overall Owner/Rider Large Junior Hunter 15 & Under Cassanto Emily Perez Overall Owner/Rider Large Junior Hunter Absolut Owner: John & Stephanie Ingram LLC Rider: Martha Ingram Overall Owner/Rider Small Pony Hunter Rollingwood Knee Deep Owner: Peacock Ridge LLC Rider: Zayna Rizvi Overall Owner/Rider Medium Pony Hunter True Love Overall Owner/Rider Large Pony Hunter Valor The Ramblewood Perpetual Trophy was awarded to John Gersch. WEF Overall Hunter Rider and Trainer - Scott Stewart WEF Overall Jumper Rider Laura Chapot WEF Overall Jumper Trainer Frank Chapot WEF Overall Hunter Owner David Gochman Champion Equine Insurance Overall Jumper Style Winner: Fine Lady 5 / Owner: Artisan Farms LLC Rider: Eric Lamaze Champion Equine Insurance Overall Hunter Style Winner: Lucador / 2015 SPECIAL AWARDS 11 And Under Equitation Alexandra Smith Equitation Brooke Giacin Equitation Hannah Patten Simba Run Perpetual Trophy Owner Of The Open Jumper Who Has Earned The Most Prize Money In Classes Over 1.45m Tatiana Korsakova (Diva II) Overall Leading Lady Grand Prix Rider, presented by Martha Jolicoeur of Illustrated Properties Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Potcreek Meadow Farm Junior Sportsmanship Trophy Presented To The Junior Rider That Consistantly Demonstrates Outstanding Conduct, Horsemanship, Attitude And Courtesy Appropriate For A Competitior At The Highest Levels Of Our Sport Lucy Deslauriers The Ramblewood Perpetual Trophy Recognizes Superior Exhibitor/Management Relations. The Trophy Acknowledges On Individual s Unique Dedication And Kindness To Exhibitors Of Wef By Any Member Of The Management Team John Gersch WEF Overall Hunter Owner, Wendy W Newby Memorial Trophy, Performance Hunter 3 6 and Amateur Owner Hunter & Over champion - Fredrick, owned by David Gochman and ridden by Becky Gochman Christy Conard Perpetual Trophy For Equestrian Excellence and Pin Oak Farm Perpetual Trophy (High Score Jr Jumper Rider) and Antares Sellier France, Large Junior Victoria Colvin Omega Alpha Adult Equitation Asta Torokvei Beval Palm Beach Adult Medal Series Winner Asta Torokvei WEF Overall Pony Hunter Rider - Sophie Gochman Suncast 1.50 Championship Jumper Series - Overall Leading Rider - Darragh Kenny All Photos Sportfot Page 6 ESP Spring Wire Page 7 ESP Spring Wire

5 Hunters Wrap Up a Fantastic Winter Season at WEF 12 To conclude WEF 2015 on a high note, Amanda Lyerly rode Kelly Bauernschmidt s horse, Iconic, to the championship prize in the Loddon Stalls Pre-Green Hunter 3 & 4 Year Olds. The pair was dominant over the two days of competition, winning all of the classes in the division. We bought him [Iconic] for Kelly [Bauernschmidt] to do in the amateur hunter divisions eventually, but I feel very lucky that I get to show him right now, Lyerly explained. Reserve championship honors in the Loddon Stalls Pre-Green Hunter 3 & 4 Year Olds went to Grayceland and Thomas Serio. Grayceland, an entry of Kathy Serio, finished second in two over fences classes and was third in the under saddle. Iconic, a four year-old gelding, had never been to the WEF show grounds until this past Tuesday. Kelly [Bauernschmidt] bough him [Iconic] 10 days ago, Lyerly started, When we brought him over to the show we didn t know what to expect, but he is an old soul and was great in the ring. No stranger to the winner s circle, Danielle Baran, from Ontario, Canada, and her horse, Say When, added another tricolor ribbon to their collection during the final week of WEF. This past weekend Baran earned a first, a second, and two fourths over fences on their way to topping the field of 17 riders in the Triple Crown Blankets Adult Amateur Hunter Section A. After kicking off WEF as champions during week 1, Baran exclaimed, We haven t had a down time during this entire circuit, which is incredible! Claiming the reserve champion spot was Carlotta with owner and rider, Ashley Hodges. Hodges rode Carlotta to a first, a second, and a fourth over fences in the Triple Crown Blankets Adult Amateur Hunter Section A. With a final championship during week 12, Baran secured the circuit championship with Say When in the Adult Amateur Hunter division. Baran also finished as reserve circuit champion with her horse, Vizcaya. She has had an amazing season! trainer Chris Sorensen stated. Wellington is always a big test for us because we go up against the best horses and riders in North America. Danielle [Baran] has been one of the top hunter owners in Canada for the past couple of years, so it is nice to see her come down here and have a great season. During the final week of WEF, Stephanie Danhakl, from Philadelphia, PA, won her first championship ribbon with her own horse, Starina B, in The Bainbridge Companies Amateur- Owner Hunter The pair was unbeatable the first day, winning all three classes, and finished third and fifth over fences the second day. With the top performance this week, Danhakl and Starina B also finished WEF 2015 as circuit champions of the Bainbridge Amateur-Owner Hunter division. Reserve Champion honors went to Savannah and Tracy Scheriff-Muser. Scheriff-Muser rode her own horse to a first, a second, and a third over fences in the division. Danhakl purchased Starina B during week 5 and has enjoyed getting to know her new horse during the second half of the circuit. We clicked right off the bat! I was reserve champion with her [Starina B] our first week showing during WEF 6, so I got to do her in the Peter Wetherill Hunter Spectacular, which was great, Danhakl explained. She [Starina B] has been such a great horse, Danhakl smiled. Every week and every round she goes in and wants to win. She always tries, and I m very lucky to have her. Maddy Stover Amanda Lyerly and Iconic were the Loddon Stalls Pre-Green 3&4 Year Old Hunter champions at WEF 12. Photo Sportfot Victoria Colvin and Vaillero Triumph in $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby to Conclude the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival Continued from Page 1 winning score of The judges at panel one scored a 90 with nine bonus points in the handy round. Panel two scored an 87.5 with nine additional points. Coco Fath and her own and Hillside Farm s Chemie Ancar moved from ninth place in round one to third place overall with a first round score of 168 and a second round total of 191. In the handy round, the pair scored an 87 plus nine and an 86 plus nine to bring their tally up to 359 points overall. Class winner, Vaillero, is a seven-yearold Zangersheide gelding (by Vaillant) that Colvin has shown in the equitation throughout the winter. This was Vaillero s first hunter derby, and the young horse and his young rider showed impressive talent and composure on the field. Vaillero s owner, Andre Dignelli of Heritage Farm, is also Colvin s trainer and spoke of Vaillero s background and experience. He imported the gelding from Germany late last summer with the idea that he was going to be a top equitation horse that could do some hunters as well as the derby. I am thrilled, Dignelli stated. He has been a really fun mount. Now he is qualified for the derby finals and we will take him to that. Hopefully this is the beginning of many accolades as an equitation horse or derby horse, or whatever he wants to be. I don t know him very well, Colvin said of her mount. I just started riding him at WEF for Andre. He has been winning some of the medals; he has been really good and we just thought, He jumps amazing, let s put him in the hunter derby and see what happens. He went amazing. We knew he jumped really well, and we put lighter shoes on. He had never done a derby. He just turned seven. He is a baby, so that is completely new for him. Second place finisher, Darcy Hayes, is based in Canada as a trainer at Sorensen Stables in Toronto. Chris Sorensen imported Say When three years ago when the horse was a threeyear-old, and Hayes has helped bring him along. Her student, Danielle Baran, purchased Say When and has also had great success with the horse in the Adult Amateur Hunters, including a championship win in WEF 12. The easygoing gelding had no problem moving from the adult division to one of the biggest hunter classes of the circuit. He is amazing. His first 3 6 jump at this horse show was Wednesday and then he did the adults on Thursday and Friday, Hayes noted. He has never done a derby here before, but in Canada he won one of the derby finals last year at the Royal Winter Fair. Today actually was the most nervous I have ever felt him on course. He is usually pretty laid back, Hayes detailed. The first three or four jumps, he was a little nervous and then once he got in his groove, then he was just great. He has done some derbies in Canada on the grass as well, but not to this extent. These were the biggest jumps and the biggest field he has ever been in. Fourteen-year-old Coco Fath finished third with her horse, Chemie Ancar, who was competing in his first derby ever. Fath also trains with Andre Dignelli at Heritage Farm and put in a great round with Ancar. He is actually my equitation horse, but he has been so great, Fath smiled. We were ninth at Medal Finals and that is when I knew he was the one. He is the best equitation horse and we decided it would be a good experience for me to do the derby, not think anything of it, just for good experience. We ended up in the second round, which was really nice and we ended up here in third, which was really great. This was my first time out here on the derby field. It is intense, but I had a lot of fun. The 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) began its twelfth and final week of competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Wednesday with a win for Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Artisan Farms and Torrey Pines Stable s Rosana du Park in the $34, m FEI speed class. Abigail McArdle (USA) galloped to second place with Cosma 20; McLain Ward (USA) and Azibantos finished third. Venezuela secured the remaining places in the top six. Emanuel Andrade and Walter 61 were fourth in seconds, Andres Rodriguez and Arao Enterprises LLC s Caballito placed fifth in seconds, and Luis Larrazabal and San Francisco Stables LLC s G&C Close Up finished sixth in seconds. Also showing on Wednesday, the $6,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m speed class was held in a California Split with wins for Alvaro Tejada and Voltaral Palo Blanco in Section A and Andrew Ramsay with Winn Winn in Section B. The Adequan 7-Year-Old Young Jumper division held its speed class in the International Arena in the morning with a win for David Beisel and Patrice Schreiber s Vigilante. The Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series concluded on Thursday with its twelfth and final round of competition at the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). For the second year in a row, Beezie Madden (USA) and Abigail Wexner s Cortes C were the winners in the $50,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 12. The duo, named 2014 USEF Equestrian and International Horse of the Year, easily laid down the winning track. Conor Swail (IRL) and Grand Cru vd Jijf Eiken finished second; Tiffany Foster (CAN) and Tripple X III placed third. A $34, m FEI speed class was also held at WEF on Thursday with a win for Venezuela s Andres Rodriguez and Caballito. Seventy five-entries showed, Sarah Scheiring and Eros SCFwon the $15,000 Adequan 6-Year-Old Young Jumper Classic. Photos Sportfot WEF 12 Jumper Highlights with 15 clear rounds. Rodriguez and Arao Enterprises Caballito had a blazing fast time of seconds. They beat Kent Farrington s round in seconds with Haity McNerney and Amalaya Investments Cha Cha Cha 7. Alvaro Tejada (GUA) with Palo Blanco Stables Voltaral Palo Blanco stopped the clock in seconds. Conor Swail (IRL) and Simba de la Roque placed fourth in seconds. Also showing on Thursday, the Adequan 6-Year-Old Young Jumpers jumped their speed class in the International Arena with a win for Gemma Paternoster and Julia Harrison Lee s EBay. Week twelve of the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), sponsored by Rolex, continued on Friday featuring the rising equine stars of the circuit in their young jumper finals. The $20,000 Adequan 7-Year-Old Young Jumper Classic saw a win for Darragh Kenny and Dirocco B, and the $15,000 Adequan 6-Year-Old Young Jumper Classic was won by Sarah Scheiring and Eros SCF. The $10,000 Holtgers 5-Year- Old Young Jumper Classic was held in the morning, rewarding clear rounds from the circuit s youngest horses. Todd Minikus and Spring Girl, Victor Amaya and Donald Cheska Stables Foreigner, Nick Novak and Ricochet, Ronan McGuigan and Blythe Masters Maximus, Charlie Jayne and Haylie Rolfe s Zara, Emily Hill and KBS Ronnin, and Candice King and Bellissimo LLC s First VDL all cleared the course without fault. In addition to their winning prize, Sheiring and Eros SCF accepted the Champion Equine Insurance Jumper Style Award for week twelve. The $100,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Final concluded on Saturday with a win for Kent Farrington (USA) and Amalaya Investments Waomi. The competition saw 63 entries in the first round during the day, and the top 25% returned to compete in round two on Saturday evening. Fourteen clear entries and the two fastest four fault scores from round one returned to jump off. Their cumulative scores from both rounds were combined to determine the winner. In the second round, two out of the 16 competitors were able to clear the course without fault. McLain Ward (USA) and HH Azur, owned by Double H Farm and Francois Mathy, were first to complete the jump-off clear in seconds. They finished second overall. Farrington and Waomi took the win with two clear rounds and the leading jump-off time of seconds. The victory marked Farrington s fourth in the 1.50m series for Three wins came with Waomi, a twelve-year-old KWPN mare by Lupicor x Boreas. He also topped one class with Amalaya Investments Willow. As the conclusion to the twelve-week Page 8 ESP Spring Wire Page 9 ESP Spring Wire The $20,000 Adequan 7-Year-Old Young Jumper Classic saw a win for Darragh Kenny and Dirocco B. Sportfot Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Series, Saturday s class served as the final allocation of points for the overall standings for the Leading Rider Award. Ireland s Darragh Kenny took the series overall with consistent results throughout the winter. For his win, Kenny was awarded a pre-paid two-year lease on a beautiful new 2015 Range Rover Evoque. Also showing on Saturday, the $15,000 SJHOF High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic was held in the International WEF 12 JUMPER CLASSIC WINNERS: $15,000 SJHOF High Amateur-Owner Jumpers Emanuel Andrade and Natif des Roches $10,000 Sleepy P Ranch SJHOF High Junior Jumpers Daisy Farish and Triviant $10,000 Animo USA Medium Amateur-Owner Jumpers Emanuel Andrade and Vangelys du Rieu d Amour $10,000 Hollow Creek Farm Medium Junior Jumpers Brianne Link and EBay $10,000 Martha Jolicoeur, Illustrated Properties Low Amateur-Owner Jumpers Gabriela Reutter and Femke $10,000 Charles Owen Adult Jumpers Jerome David and Carambo s Son $10,000 Classical South Florida Adult Jumpers Patricia Diamond Hennessy and Little Tom $10,000 Maria Mendelsohn, Illustrated Properties Low Junior Jumpers Katherine Strauss and Waterloo-S $10,000 Horseware Ireland Don Little Masters Deborah Morcott and Karida WEF 12 JUMPER CHAMPIONS: Arena with a one-two finish for Venezuela s Emanuel Andrade. Andrade won the class with Natif des Roches. He was second aboard Rufus de Violaines. Competing in the International Arena on Sunday, Daisy Farish and Triviant won the $10,000 Sleepy P Ranch SJHOF High Junior Jumper Classic. Gabriela Reutter and Femke topped the $10,000 Martha Jolicoeur, Illustrated Properties Low Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic. Children s Jumper 14 & Under Rosalie Biedron and Lady B Lucky Rosenbaum Mollengarden, PLLC Children s Jumper Katy Hamilton and Sacha 12 FarmVet Adult Modified Jumpers Julia Segalot and Aphrodite Griffis Residential Children s Modified Jumpers Amelia England and Herminas Equiline Low Adult Jumper Laura McKenna and Otherwise Engaged Pegasus Builders Low Adult Jumper 36 & Over Judith Sagal and Lalique Crown Family Low Children s Jumper Brooke Giacin and Serendipity; Zachary Yariv and ADC Quantas LV Z

6 WEF Week 12 Final Standings and Awards Leading Lady Jumper Rider, sponsored by Martha Jolicoeur of Illustrated Properties 1 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (GER): Abigail McArdle (USA): Marie Hecart (FRA): Schuyler Riley (USA): Beezie Madden (USA): 804 Artisan Farms Under 25 Grand Prix Series, presented by The Dutta Corp. in assoc. with Guide Klatte 1 Lucy Deslauriers (USA): Nicole Bellissimo (USA): Catherine Tyree (USA): Mavis Spencer (USA): Eugenio Garza (MEX): Sophie Simpson (USA): 186 Hermès Talented Young Rider Award (after 48 qualifying events) 1 Emanuel Andrade (VEN): Abigail McArdle (USA): Jessica Springsteen (USA): Lillie Keenan (USA): Daniel Bluman (COL): 566 Special Award Winners Overall Champion Equine Insurance Style Award, presented by Laura Fetterman: Fine Lady 5, ridden by Eric Lamaze Champion Equine Insurance Overall Hunter Style Winner: Lucador / / SSG Go Clean for the Green Week 12 winners: Eric Lamaze, Daisy Farish For the second week in a row, Daisy Farish of Lexington, KY, stood in the winner s circle following the $10,000 Sleepy P Ranch High Junior Jumper Classic and claimed her second consecutive $1,000 bonus from Jennifer Ward, accompanied by ringmaster Gustavo Murcia, in the SSG Gloves Go Clean for the Green promotion. Six riders managed to post a clear round over a tough track set by Steve Stephens. All six jump-off contenders were wearing SSG Digital riding gloves, ensuring that the $1,000 bonus would be awarded on the final day of competition. Last to go, Farish guided Triviant to a double-clear performance in a time of seconds to take the win over Hannah Patten riding Love. Clearly they are lucky! said Farish, 14, who wears SSG Digitals whenever she competes. I really like them. I ve had them for a long time and they are still working; a lot of my gloves would be broken by now. They have clearly worked! While Farish was a double winner, Canada s Eric Lamaze set a new record in the SSG Gloves Go Clean for the Green promotion, collecting a total of $15,000 during the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival. Lamaze won the weekly WEF Challenge Cup a total of five times, each time winning a $3,000 bonus from SSG Gloves. Over the course of the 12-week Winter Equestrian Festival, SSG Gloves offered $60,000 in bonus money to winning riders in the Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup, the High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic, and the Sleepy P Ranch High Junior Jumper Classic for wearing SSG Digital style riding gloves on their way to victory. Photo Sportfot Farrington and Waomi Take $100,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Final; Kenny Leads Suncast Series Overall The $100,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Final concluded on Saturday with a win for Kent Farrington (USA) and Amalaya Investments Waomi. The competition saw 63 entries in the first round during the day, and the top 25% returned to compete in round two on Saturday evening. Fourteen clear entries and the two fastest four fault scores from round one returned to jump off. Their cumulative scores from both rounds were combined to determine the winner. In the second round, three out of the 16 competitors were able to clear the course without fault. McLain Ward (USA) and HH Azur, owned by Double H Farm and Francois Mathy, were first to complete the jump-off clear in seconds. They finished second overall. Farrington and Waomi took the win with two clear rounds and the leading jump-off time of seconds. David Beisel and Ammeretto, owned by Equine Holdings LLC, finished third with a cumulative four faults and a clear second round time of seconds. I thought it was a difficult track right from the first round, Farrington said following his win. I was actually surprised there were that many clear. I think the lighting made it a bit more difficult for the jump-off, which also was still technical. When you have 16 horses coming back and a lot of fast riders, you know that it is going to be competitive, so I think everybody was putting it out on the line to try to win tonight. No one was conservative, and I think that is why you saw so many faults tonight in the jump-off. On where he was faster than Ward, Farrington noted, First, I think my horse is naturally faster across the ground, and I think my turns were probably a bit shorter. McLain was on a green horse, and I don t think he was really able to turn quite as short as I was to the fences. The victory marked Farrington s fourth in the 1.50m series for Three wins came with Waomi, a twelve-year-old KWPN mare by Lupicor x Boreas. He also topped one class with Amalaya Investments Willow. I started riding Waomi in the fall during the indoor season, and she pretty much started winning right from the beginning, Farrington said of their partnership. At the National, she won back-to-back 1.50m. Then she came to Florida here and kept right on track. I started her early in the WEF (Challenge Cup) classes, and she jumped one grand prix and also placed. As my other horses were stepping up, I put her more in the position to jump the 1.50m classes, and she has been super consistent and a real winner for me. As the conclusion to the twelveweek Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Series, Saturday s class served as the final allocation of points for the overall standings for the Leading Rider Award. Ireland s Darragh Kenny took the series overall with consistent results throughout the winter. For his win, Kenny was awarded a pre-paid two-year lease on a beautiful new 2015 Range Rover Evoque. Kenny had the opportunity to compete multiple horses throughout the series, and had his most consistent placings aboard Spruce Meadows Quiz, including a win during week five. Last year he was also very consistent in the 1.50m classes. I think he finished third in the league, Kenny recalled. This year he was really, really good. He is just a great horse to have in my string of horses. He has been very good all winter. He has done a lot and he has really produced some great results, so I am very happy with him. The series is brilliant for us to produce our younger horses, Kenny continued. I am not in the position that Kent is in right now; I don t have that many grand prix horses. I have a lot more horses that are building up and doing the 1.50m classes, so I focused more on this league. We are so lucky to have the Tisbo Family and Suncast as sponsors. I think it has been a great series all winter, and I was very happy to end up on top. On his prize, Kenny added, I have never won a car before. This is my first one, so I am actually quite happy with that. It is really nice. FINAL STANDINGS: Darragh Kenny (IRL): 368 Lauren Hough (USA): 342 Laura Kraut (USA): 328 Eric Lamaze (CAN): 315 Ben Maher (GBR): 306 Darragh Kenny took home a Range Rover Evoque through a pre-paid two-year lease for being the series winner, pictured here with Tom and Jeannie Tisbo of Suncast. Sportfot Kent Farrington and Waomi were the $100,000 Suncast 1.50m Final winners. Sportfot Thank you to WEF Exhibitors, Sponsors, Owners, and Trainers for making 2015 another incredible year! Page 10 ESP Spring Wire Page 11 ESP Spring Wire

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