Ocala Winter Circuit Week IV Sunday Jumper Round-Up

The $50,000 HITS Grand Prix featured an international group of riders on Sunday. Isabelle Lapierre of Levis, Quebec, riding her own Cescha M, was the faster of only two double clears to take home the blue.  German native Matthias Hollberg from Middleburg, Virginia, riding Aletta, owned by Olympic Dreams LLC was second. Mathew Williams, from Wellington, Florida, a two-time Olympian for the Australian team was third on Zephyr, owned by Michael Dorman & Wyndmont, Inc, and fifth riding Valinski S for the same owner. Andre Thieme from Plau am See, Germany was fourth on his own Cellisto.

 

Forty-three riders contested Sunday’s Grand Prix held in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium. Olaf Petersen, Jr., from Muenchen, Germany, designed a course of 16 jumping efforts set at 1.50 meters. The course challenged the skills of both horse and rider with multiple striding options and wide spreads followed by balancing distances. 

 

First to test the shortened course was Williams on Valinski S. They had a rail at fence 11B for four faults in a time of 42.791. Next up, was Thieme on Cellisto. The winner of the Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix and the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix in Ocala, had four faults and a time of 42.675 to take over the early lead.

 

Andrew Kocher of Lake St. Louis, Missiouri, on Ora Del Te Di La San Giorgio owned by the Ora del te LLC, had the second and third fences down for eight faults in a time of 42.298 to take seventh-place. Holloway followed and had a rail both A and B of the combination, to finish with eight faults in a quick time of 41.465 to take sixth.

Three remained in the jump-off and still no one was clear, until Hollberg stepped in to the ring on Aletta. The partnership with the 11-year-old Dutch mare is only four weeks old, but the team looked seasoned as they jumped the first clear round in a time of 45.551 to set the Great American Time to Beat.
 

Place	Horse	Owner	Rider	Prize	R.1 Faults	JO Faults	JO Time
1	Cescha M	Isabelle LaPierre	Isabelle LaPierre	$15,000	-	-	43.568
2	Aletta	Olympic Dreams LLC	Matthias Hollberg	$11,000	-	-	45.551
3	Zephyr	Michael Dorman Wyndmont	Matthew Williams	$6,500	-	4	42.603
4	Cellisto	Andre Thieme	Andre Thieme	$4,000	-	4	42.675
5	Valinski S	Michael Dorman Wyndmont	Matthew Williams	$3,000	-	4	42.791
6	VDL Bravo S	Hays Investment Corp	Hunter Holloway	$2,500	-	8	41.465
7	OraDelTe Di La SanGiorgio	Ora Del Te LLC	Andrew Kocher	$2,000	-	8	42.298
8	Spirit of Alena	Thinkslikeahorse	Aaron Vale	$1,500	4	-	-
9	Bon Giorno	Showcase 81 LLC	Bryn Sadler	$1,500	4	-	-
10	Liratus	Devin Ryan	Devin Ryan	$1,000	4	-	-
11	Le Conte	Andrew Kocher	Andrew Kocher	$1,000	4	-	-
12	Quidams Good Luck	Troy Glaus	Aaron Vale	$1,000	4	-	-

$1000 S.A. Comunale Low Adult Jumper Classic
Ciara Ciancuillo of Glencoe, Illinois, was the winner of the Ocala Week IV $1000 S.A. Comunale Low Adult Jumper Classic, riding Reflection, owned by Sapphire Riding Academy. Casey Millis of Milton, Georgia, was second on Rigoletto Du Lys, owned by B&C Equine Investments, and Kimberly Jungherr of Williston, Florida, was third on her own Dixie.
 
The $1000 S.A. Comunale Low Adult Classic was held over a course designed by Jack C. Robson’s .95-meter course of 12 jumping efforts. Nine horses and riders jumped clear to advance to the jump-off with eight jumping double clear. The first four riders to contest the jump-off all jumped clear with speedy times.
 
The fifth horse to step into the ring was Reflection, ridden by Ciancuillo. They took the jump-off by storm with a blazing time of 27.965 to take over the lead. Next up, was Jungherr and Dixie who got within three seconds to finish in a fault-free 30.132 to temporarily take over second, until Millis edged her out with a clear round in 30.016.
 
“My horse is awesome and loves his job,” said Ciancuillo. “I couldn’t do any of this without my amazing trainer, Doug Boyd, and all the staff at Sapphire Riding Academy.”
 

Place	Horse	Owner	Rider	Prize	R.1 Faults	JO Faults	JO Time
1	Reflection	Sapphire Riding Academy	Clara Ciancuillo	$300	-	-	27.965
2	Rigoletto Du Lys	B&C Equine Investments	Casey Mills	$200	-	-	30.016
3	Dixie	Kimberly Jungherr	Kimberly Jungherr	$160	-	-	30.132
4	Secret Agent	Casey Millis	Casey Millis	$130	-	-	30.826
5	Viking	Judy Boccaccio	Nicole Boccaccio	$110	-	-	31.131
6	La Sonara	Kelly Moore	Kelly Moore	$100	-	-	32.868
7	Tuukka	Corinne Milbury	Corinne Milbury	-	-	-	32.948
8	Fleetwood Mac	Ann Dotoli	Jackie Arakelian	-	-	-	35.953
9	Sandhya	Andrea Jackson	Andrea Jackson	-	-	4	32.990
10	Olympia	Katie Hlis	Katie Hlis	-	4	-	-
11	Victoriosa	Tom Navarro	Olivia Carr	-	4	-	-
12	Aramis Van Het	Jose Fernando Bonetti	Michael Ziebarth	-	4	-	-