The Young Jumper Championship Invitational – Round One

The opening round of the $80,000 Young Jumper Championship Invitational highlighted the Thursday morning schedule in the DeNemethy Arena at the 122nd National Horse Show and Family Festival.

The $80,000 Young Jumper Championships Invitational consists of three sections, one for horses 5 years of age, one for horses 6 years of age, and one for horses 7 & 8 years of age. Qualifying for the event took place between January 1, 2005 and October 9, 2005. Each section is restricted to thirty top entries.

The first two rounds of each section take place in the DeNemethy Arena and the Championships will be contested at the Internationale Arena on Sunday.

The top fifteen horse and rider combinations in each section advance to the Championship on Sunday. The scores from today are added to tomorrow’s second round scores to determine the top fifteen entries. Those competitors then start with a clean slate on Sunday for the Championship.

The $20,000 5-Year-Old Young Jumper Championship Invitational

The $20,000 5-Year-Old Young Jumper Championship Invitational consists of three classes, two scored under Table II, Sec 1, Time First Round and one, the Championship, under Table II, Sec. 2a, Time First Jump-off. Only the top 15 competitors with the lowest scores from the first two classes advance to the final event to compete for the $20,000 in prize money. Top prize is $5,600.

In today’s Round One competition, sixteen Five Year Old starters went to the post to compete over the course designed by Jose Gamarra of La Paz, Bolivia. Six competitors toured the speed course without penalty, while three picked up one single time fault. Two had four faults, and the balance of the class had ten or more.

Sebastian Kapel, riding the Millcreek Stables’ Millesime Du Valy, emerged victorious, posting the fastest clean round time of the day. Kapel crossed the finish line in 68.691 seconds for the win. The margin of victory for the duo was 1.46 seconds.

Tripping the timers in 70.117 seconds was second place finisher Tsavo M, owned by Glenview Stables and ridden by Germaine Dougherty. Just 3/10ths of a second behind them was third place finisher Eso, ridden by David Jennings and owned by Amy Lefferdink. Jennings’ time was 71.147 seconds.

Official Results - $20,000 Young Jumper Championship 5 Year Old Invitational – Round One – Table II, Sec. 1 -Time First Round –National Horse Show – December 1, 2005 – DeNemethy Arena

• 1 - 560 -Millesime Du Valy -Sebastian Kapel -Mill Creek Stables 0 /68.691
• 2 - 110 -Tsavo -Germaine Dougherty -Glenview Stables 0 /70.117
• 3 - 443 -Eso -David Jennings -Amy Lefferdink 0 /71.147
• 4 - 61 -Grey Goose -Ronan McGuigan- Blythe Masters 0 /71.814
• 5 - 54 -Lordano -Molly Kindniss -Netherton Holdings Molly Kindness 0 /72.537
• 6 - 66 -Moet Walk -Aaron Vale -Tatra Farm Patricia Garthwaithe 0 /73.777
• 7 - 99 -Rmw Sanfries- Eduardo Salas –Rocky Mt Warmbloods 1 /74.072
• 8 - 558 -Sandbya -Tanya Henning -Mill Creek Stables 1 /74.418
• 9 - 113 -Toronto -Candice King -AAA Equestrian 1 /74.606
• 10 - Blue Danube-Darragh Kerins -Tatra Farm Patricia Garthwai 4 /66.473
• 11 - 108 -Turbo -Christine Mccrea -Candy Tribble 4 /77.167
• 12 - 583 -Ginger Lily -Maggie Jayne-M. Heaton Bosky Acres 10 /75.281

The $30,000 Young Jumper Championship Six Year-Old Invitational

Scoring and eligibility is the same for both the $30,000 6-Year-Old Young Jumper Championship Invitational and the $30,000 7 & 8-Year Old Young Jumper Championship Invitational. The first place prize in each of these sections is worth $9,000.

There were twenty-three starters in the Six Year-Old section. And again, scoring was Table II, Sec.1. Time First Round.

Thirteen of the twenty-three produced clear rounds. While one duo had two time faults, another picked up three time faults and four had a single knockdown for four faults. Four competitors had more than four.

When the dust had settled, it was Kent Farrington and Olivia Weeks’ Woica taking home the top prize for Six Year Olds in Round One. Farrington blazed across the finish line clear in 64.924 seconds. His 2.234 second margin of victory was the largest of the three sections today.

Second place went to Phelox, owned by Erika Morales and ridden by Francisco Martinez. Martinez broke the beams in 67.158 seconds. Picking up the yellow ribbon for third place was Extraordinaire, ridden by Darragh Kerins for Sarah Pankosky, with a finish time of 67.398 seconds.

Official Results - $30,000 Young Jumper Championship 6 Year-Old Invitational – Round One – Table II, Sec. 1 - Time First Round –National Horse Show – December 1, 2005 –DeNemethy Arena

• 1 - 84 .Woica -Kent Farrington -Olivia Weeks 0 /64.924
• 2 -112. Phelox -Francisco Martinez- Erika Morales 0 /67.158
• 3 -104 .Extraordinaire -Darragh Kerins -Sarah Pankosky 0 /67.399
• 4 - 615 .Mosquitos Mounds Thunder -Stephen T. Heinecke -Angenita Grande 0 /67.587
• 5 - 52 .Splitfire -Laura Kraut -Starwood Farm 0 /68.046
• 6 - 74 .Accordian -Robert Kraut -Happy Hill Farm 0 /68.459
• 7 - 107 .Quick Son -Christine McCrea -Candy Tribble 0 /68.733
• 8 - 55 .Chantal -Wilhelm Genn -Laura Barnaclo 0 /68.790
• 9 - 82 .Cilthe Z -Nona Garson -The Ridge Farm 0 /69.079
• 10 - 88 Double Diamond – Hugh Graham-Kingridge Stable 0 /70.096
• 11 - 72 St Laurent -Laura Kraut -Turtle Rock Prtnrs 0 /70.555
• 12 - 90 Distant Star – Roberto Teran – Kingridge Stable 0 /70.834

The $30,000 Young Jumper Championship Seven & Eight Year-Old Invitational

There were twenty-four competitors over a Jose Gamarra designed course, for the Seven and Eight Year-Old section and again scored under Table II, Sec. 1.

Of the twenty-four starters, ten produced faultless efforts today. Nine horse and rider combinations had a single knockdown for four faults, while three had eight and two had more than eight.

The victory went to Providence and Robert Kraut. The Happy Hill Farm entry flashed across the finish line in 66.333 seconds, narrowly defeating Mademoiselle and owner rider Katy Levy. Levy’s time was 67.686 seconds.

Third place went to Happy Z and owner rider Wilhelm Genn. Genn’s finish time was 68.333 seconds.

Official Results - $30,000 Young Jumper Championship 7 & 8 Year-Old Invitational- Round One-Table II, Sec. 1 – Time First Round – National Horse Show – December 1, 2005 – DeNemethy Arena

• 1- 75 Providence -Robert Kraut -Happy Hill Farm 0 /66.333
• 2 - 64 Mademoiselle -Kate Levy -Kate Levy 0 /67.686
• 3 - 57 Happy Z -Wilhelm Genn -Wilhelm Genn 0 /68.333
• 4 - 109 Curioso Z -Pablo Barrios -Split Creek Farm 0 /68.416
• 5 - 69 Cajun -Amanda Flint -Amanda Flint 0 /70.455
• 6 - 63 Vent Du Nord -Kate Levy -Kate Levy Llc 0 /70.899
• 7 - 557 Kaiser De La Cour -Sebastian Kapel -Mill Creek Stables 0 /71.006
• 8 - 100 Rmw Estina -Eduardo Salas -Rockymt Warmbloods 0 /73.177
• 9 - 80 San Remo -John Brennan -Gabby Slome 0 /73.360
• 10 - 79 Urco -John Brennan -Missy Clark 0 /74.670
• 11 - 444 Rainmaker -David Jennings -Amy Lefferdink 4 /65.593
• 12 - 56 Hellboy -Wilhelm Genn -Bill Ryan 4 /66.912