NORTH SALEM, N.Y.--Eight-time Olympic veteran Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil on Ziggy Stardust won the $5,000 2* Two Phase on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at the Old Salem Farm September Horse Shows.
Rodrigo Pessoa on Ziggy Stardust (Photo by ESL Photography)Pessoa was clean in 24.57 seconds to win, and he was also third on Giorgio D’Ellipse, clean in 25.50 seconds over the course set by Alan Wade.
Olympian Luis Fernando Larrazabal of Venezuela on Kannonball was second in 25.32 seconds.
“This horse has not shown in a couple of weeks, and he’s jumping again tomorrow,” Pessoa said. “Today was an opportunity to do a nice, working round. He goes better when he has a little bit of pace, so without looking to do anything crazy, my goal was to let him float around and get ready for tomorrow. I’m grateful we came up with a win.”
Earlier in the day, many of the FEI riders had their first rides in the Old Salem Farm International Arena during the national $3,000 1.30m Open Jumper, won by Samantha Schaefer on Emely Van De Pluimert Z, clean in 26.406 seconds .
The $2,000 1.20m Open Jumper immediately followed, with McKayla Langmeier on Conmitage winning in 31.572 seconds.
