LAKE PLACID, N.Y.--Philip McGuane of Ireland on Orphea HQ won the $100,000 FEI 3* Grand Prix over a field of 34 on Saturday, July 5 at the I Love New York Horse Show,
Phillip McGuane on Orphea HQ (Photo by KindMedia)On Sunday, Sam Walker of Canada won the $25,000 1.45m Jumper Classic and JJ Torano placed first, second and third in the JuniorAmateur Classic and was champion and reserve.
In the Grand Prix, 14 were clean to go on to the jump-off over a course designed by Alan Wade of Ireland.
Fourth to go in the jump-off, 18-year-old Campbell Brown was the first clean on Colina Z, finishing in 41.91 seconds to eventually place fourth.
Four rides later, Katie Dinan went into the lead, clean in 39.65 seconds on Out Of The Blue SCF, then McGuane took over the lead with a clean round in 38.98 seconds for the win.
Beat Mandli od Switzerland on Coachella, clean in 39.41 seconds, placed second, with Dinan third and Brown fourth.
“I took a little bit of a risk at the beginning so I could have enough time to jump the last double, which caused some issues for some of the riders,” McGuane said. “My mare is an unbelievable jumper, super fast across the ground, so unless I make a mistake she doesn’t want to have a jump down. So I just tried to stay cool, and today it worked out."
“McGUANE'S victory, coupled with his sixth-place finish in last week’s $100,000 Grand Prix of Lake Placid, won him the Richard and Diana Feldman Perpetual Trophy for Excellence and $2,000 as the rider winning the most prize money in Lake Placid’s two Grand Prix events.
Sam Walker on Funny Star Semilly (Photo by KindMedia)Walker on Funny Star Semilly won the Jumper Classic Sunday over a 20-horse field.
Five were clean in the first round, and Walker was the only one to go clean again, finishing in 37.486 seconds.
Matthias Hollberg on Hachi placed second with the fastest four fault round of 36.980 seconds, and Christian Coyle on Ma Pomme De Tamerville was third with four faults in 37.745 seconds.
“This is a new partnership for me,” Walker said. “I’m real excited to have spent the last two weeks here in Lake Placid, not only to get to know him but also to win some prize money with him.”
In the $15,000 1.45m SJHOF Junior/Amateur Jumper Classic, JJ Torano swept the top three places.
He had two clean rounds on each of the three horses, and his jump-off time of 38.385 seconds on Good Mood Semilly proved the fastest, which gave him the win and the division Championship.
He placed second on Vitus K to get the Reserve Championship, and third on Oopsala.
