T e 54th in e
Washington International Horse Show T e 2012 Wash-
ington International Horse Show opened October 23 at the Ve- rizon Center with 29 entries in the $10,000 W
WIHS Children’s Hunter Champion-
ship. Madison Goetzmann of New York claimed the championship with Maryland’s own Cath- erine Rodda earning the reserve. Catherine rode her horse Weekend Aff air to second with scores of 82 and 73, the total of 155 being only three points be- hind the winner. Night two of
WIHS kicked off
with the
Professional and Amateur- Owner Hunter divisions as well as the $10,000 Children’s and Adult Jumper
the WIHS Equitation Finals Hunter Phase to be ranked third at the start of the Equitation fi - nals, which continued into Saturday. At the end of Saturday’s WIHS Equitation Classic Finals, Jacob remained in the third place spot. T e quest to set a Puissance wall record and the action of the prestigious President’s Cup made Friday and Saturday evenings crowd pleasers. Six entries began the $25,000 Puissance, all
Locals Catherine Rodda and Weekend Affair captured the Reserve in the $10,000 WIHS Chil- dren’s Hunter Championship
Championships and the fi rst $10,000 Open Jumper speed class. Scott Stewart of Florida dominated most of the Professional Hunter divisions throughout the day. T e big Wednesday winner from Maryland was
Ericka Caslin of Parkville. She rode the 18-year- old Royal Dutch Warmblood mare Rioletto to win the $10,000 WIHS Adult Jumper Champi- onship. Twenty-seven entries jumped in the fi rst round with only nine advancing to the jump- off . Ericka was one of four double clean rounds in the jump-off and posted the fastest time at 30.945 seconds. T ey earned the Dorothy Foote “Goodie” Taylor Memorial Perpetual Trophy for the win. Chloe Reid was the fi rst to enter the
ring for the High Junior/Amateur- Owner Jumper Timed First Jump-Off on T ursday night and put in the fi rst of three clean rounds. In the jump-off , she jumped Damascus clean again, but was two seconds slower than Megan Nusz of Texas who earned the win. On Friday, the Hunter divisions con-
cluded with the fi nal championship ribbons and overall rider awards being presented. Ashley Foster rode Charade, owned by Mahala Rummell, to win the Large Junior Hunter 16-17 Champion- ship. She was presented with the Chance Step Perpetual Trophy after placing fi rst in the hack and second in both jumping rounds. Jacob Pope of Owings Mills scored an 88 in
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Australian Guy McLean’s at liberty demonstration was a huge hit at this year’s WIHS.
Ancel in the irons. Brittani Director placed fi fth aboard her own Rococo. Stacey Schaefer’s China Blue placed fourth in the WIHS Regional Hunter Finals-Ponies
clearing the wall at 5’9” and continuing on to the second round. Benjamin Meredith of Australia brought the blocks down at 6’3” with Kaskade, set- tling for sixth place. T e rest moved onto a third round. At 6’9”, three more horses knocked the wall down, leaving only two to attempt the wall at 7’. In the end, only Olivier Philippaerts of Belgium and Chicago VH Mole- neind were able to clear the wall to win the class. Saturday’s big event was the $100,000 President’s Cup Grand Prix. T e class was packed with 28 U. S. and international
riders in the class. Sean Crooks proved early on that the course was doable, jumping clean as the fi rst rider of the night. Six other riders joined him in the jump-off . T e crowds seemed the largest this night as spectators cheered for Reed Kessler as she jumped clean and fast to win the class. Paulo Santana of Brazil was the highest placing international rider. Sunday was devoted to the pony riders and
the WIHS Regional Finals. Chelsea Director of Potomac won the WIHS Regional Hunter Finals-Horse division while Streett Moore’s Be Eme Diablo earned the reserve with Alexis
division with Lauren Ginsberg on board. Sarah Boston placed fi fth riding Blue on Blue, owned by Chloe D. Reid LLC.
Local Weekend
T e 2012 Washington International Regional Horse Show and Zone 3 Finals took place at
continued... Bravo! Home Run!
• Entries were up, many of the big Grand Prix classes featuring more than 25 riders. • Guy McLean was excellent! A big crowd pleaser, very entertaining and informative for riders and non-horse people alike. • Kids Day: Great job moving most of the activities indoors. Lots of families came to WIHS this year specifi cally for all the great Kids Day activities. However, vendors missed a perfect sales opportunity with many of them not opening until the evening performances. What were they thinking? • T e Fidelity Investments® Club, the VIP dining platform fi rst off ered in 2011, is closer to the action than the Acela Club, and is eas- ily accessible on the concourse from the VIP entrance. • Great Charity Partner & Benefi ciary—how appropriate for a show based in the nation’s capital. TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) is a national organization help- ing the families of America’s fallen military heros, over 30,000 since its founding in 1994. With the help of sponsor Boeing, WIHS made a donation of $5,000 to TAPS this year. • T e live streaming webcast was a huge suc- cess, with 180,000 views during the course of the week!
Pump it Up! We like it, we love it—but we want more of it!
• Mutton Busting! A crowd pleaser for sure, and makes a fun replacement for the Jack Russell Terrier Races. Why not off er this every night? • T e U.S. Caisson Platoon Demonstration! It’s very good, but it seemed as if the show pulled its punch for “Military Night.” We would love to see this theme expanded with more military demonstrations and maybe some sort of meet- and-greets. T is is such a great theme for a show based in the nation’s capital! • More Demos! All the demos were good this year, but spectators are fi nding the evening “less than fi lling” and would like a bit more for their money (and trouble getting into the city). • More vendors please! Do whatever you have to do, but get more vendors in there. T ere has to be a way. T e shopping is part of the “Washington” experience. Lots of folks like to use this show to do their holiday shopping!
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