DEVON, Pa.--Parker Peacock of Winston Salem, N.C., won the R.W. “Ronnie” Mutch Equitation Championship on Friday, May 22 at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair.
Parker Peacock on Montverdi (Photo by Kind Media)JJ Torano won his second Junior Jumper class riding Lyon 50 in the evening session.
In the final three equitation classes, Elle Boyd of Camden, S.C. won Section A of the ASPCA Maclay Horsemanship Class, Violet Tatum of Los Angeles, Calif., won Section B and Peacock won Section C.
Peacock won the Championship after consistent top performances over two days of competition in Devon’s equitation divisions.
On the first day of Devon’s equitation competitions, she won both the WIHS Equitation Classic – Jumper Phase and the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search, while also placing second in the USEF Hunter Seat Medal Section B on Montverdi.
“I was nervous, but excited," said Peacock before the Maclay. "My horse was incredible yesterday, and I wanted to end with a bang the way it went yesterday. I am so glad it did!”
PEACOCK has ridden Montverdi for about a year and a half.
JJ Torano on Lyon 50 (Photo by Kind Media)“I would say we’re really close," she said. "I love this horse more than anything in the world. He’s really special to me, and I want to live up to him every single day.”
“I have been coming since I was a little kid, around 7 years old, riding ponies," said Peacock. "This is my first championship title, and I am so honored to be a champion here, and to add my name to the list of incredible riders that have been able to accomplish this.”
Now 18 years old, Peacock will continue her riding career at Auburn University as a member of the school’s equestrian team this fall.
JJ Torano on Lyon 50 won the $3,750, 1.40m Junior Jumper Friday evening in a six horse jump-off.
Second to last to go in the jump-off, Torano finished clean in 35.222, over two seconds faster than second placed Amy Krebs on Jabantos, clean in 37.615.
Torano had won Thursday's class on Lyon 50, and last year he had also won both the first two junior jumper classes, one on Lyon 50 and the other on Vitus K.
“It’s a great feeling to go two years in a row and win these first two opening classes,” said Torano.
Scarlett Samuels on Confidence was third, clean in 37.991, and Capri Truesdale on Hello Besi was fourth, clean in 41.431.
Eleanor Peiters on Ares ter Wilgen Z was fifth with four faults in 38.059, and Alexa Curry was sixth with four faults in 39.551.
