Ramiro Quintana and Labelle Edge Laura Chapot with Three Coins by 3/100ths for Win in Section A of 1.40m Jumper

Wellington, FL - February 9, 2005 - With over 120 starters in the 1.40m jumpers, today’s class was divided into two sections. Scoring was under Table III, Faults Converted into Seconds. In Section A, the top four finishers all had single knockdowns that added four additional seconds to their original time.

Ramiro Quintana and Labelle, owned by the Turnabout Farms came home victorious, clocking in at 67.458 seconds to post a narrow win over Laura Chapot on Three Coins, owned by Windsome Farm. Chapot finished just 0.31 seconds shy of Quintana’s time in 67.489 seconds. Last week’s 1.40m winner, Sprite owned and ridden by Chapot finished third today. Sprite’s finish time was 68.432, off the winning pace by just .974 seconds.

Laurie Bucci on Lalelu, owned by Group Lalelu finished fourth, breaking the beams in 72.023 seconds. Fifth place went to Gran Lu, ridden by Ben Rosichan for ADBF, Inc., in 72.163 seconds and rounding out the top six was Game Twist, owned by Candy Tribble and ridden by Jonathan McCrea. McCrea stopped the clocks at 73.447 seconds.

In the late finishing B Section, Conor Swail and Natalie Johnson’s Jerremy were the winners flashing across the finish in 65.339 seconds. Coming up just fractions short again was Molly Ashe, this time riding Jane Clark’s Concerto. Ashe finished .08 behind Swail at 65.419 seconds.

Official Results -#1004A - $5000 1.40m Jumpers – Table III - 02-09-05 – Internationale Arena

• 1 – Labelle, Ramiro Quintana – 67.458
• 2 – Three Coins, Laura Chapot – 67.489
• 3 – Sprite, Laura Chapot – 68.432
• 4 – Lalelu, Laurie Bucci – 72.023
• 5 – Grand Lu, Ben Rosichan – 72.163
• 6 – Game Twist, Jonathan McCrea – 73.447
• 7 – Le Argento, Wilhelm Genn – 74.046
• 8 – Oliver Twist, Lisa Rex – 74.405
• 9 – Western Run, Dan White – 75.449
• 10 – Cataro Ask, Simon Nizri – 76.170
• 11 – Classic H, Carsten Jaeger – 76.478
• 12 – Maretty, Niall Grimes – 76.896