AUGUST 2017 THE RIDER /35


Rachel Schnurr has big week at Equestrian Festival in Palgrave!


By Graeme Frisque Rachel Schnurr won


two in a row last week dur- ing the Equestrian Festival at Caledon Equestrian Park, claiming top prize in both the $10,000 Modified Grand Prix Presented by Spruce- wood Tack Shop and the $25,000 Grand Prix pre- sented by Leon’s. Schnurr beat out a


starting field of 10 on Sun- day (July 30) in the $25,000 Grand Prix — Presented by Leon’s


riding PRINCE


GARBO. The pair won in exciting fashion with all five entries making the jump-off going double clear. Kim Farlinger and


Schnurr


Stanley Stone led things off in the second round with an impressive time of 36.87. Tottenham’s Erynn Ballard followed that up with an equally impressive run that saw she and her ride Extra B shave 0.15 seconds off Far- linger and Stanley Stone’s time to move into first place. That time stood until and PRINCE


GARBO — a 10-year-old Swedish Warmblood owned by Sara Tindale — posted the eventual winning time of 35.93 seconds. Jeff Brand- maier went last in the jump off posting a third-place fin- ishing time of 36.85, moving Farlinger into fourth by 0.02 seconds. “I watched the very


first girl (Kim Farlinger) go, she’s the one who beat me on Friday and I thought to myself there’s no way I’m beating that (time),” said Schnurr. I I think on Friday I started a little slower than I did today, and I think what really helped me is getting to the first jump a little quicker because I always enter the timers a little slow. So that was my go-to strategy today.” “I just got (PRINCE


GARBO) in January. I haven’t had him very long but he’s a super-fabulous an- imal. He wants to win just as badly as I do, maybe even more, so he’s fantastic and I love him,” added Schnurr following Sunday’s win. The Grand Prix win


was Schnurr’s second big win in as many days after also coming out on top in the $10,000 Modified Grand Prix — Presented by Sprucewood Tack Shop on Saturday. Saturday saw Schnurr


and her ride Daedalos Z tak- ing home the red ribbon after besting a starting field of 14 in the Modified Grand Prix. Both the Modified and the Grand Prix were held in the Jumper 1 ring,overseen for the week by Canadian course designer Dave Bal- lard.


Schnurr and Daedalos


Z — a nine-year-old of Zangersheide breeding — advanced to the jump-off along with seven other com- petitors. The pair beat out runners up Rachel Cornac- chia and VALKYRIE DE TALMA by nearly a half a second Natasha Smith Avery


and Beam P rounded out the top three, with Jim Ifko and


Hilary Donaldson of Leon’s making the presentation of awards to Rachel Schnurr and Prince Garbo for their victory of the $25,000 Grand Prix Presented by Leon’s. Photo Credit: Ben Radvanyi Photography.


VERA DE LA ROQUE placing fourth followed by Jacqueline Steffens and Euro’s Chin Up in fifth. “(Daedalos Z) is one of


my own actually. I’ve had him since he was about four and he’s nine now. It’s taken a little while to get him to this point, but it’s exciting to actually see him do well now,” said Schnurr. “He’s actually quite


slow, so yesterday I was re- ally trying to be efficient through my turns because he’s got a big stride but can turn really tight. He went in and turned like a profes- sional yesterday, so that was exciting,” she added. Schnurr and PRINCE


GARBO also placed second in Friday’s $10,000 Open Welcome — Presented Maaax Equine Feed, losing by less than half a second to Farlinger and Stanley Stone. As on Sunday, Far-


linger, Schnurr, Erynn Bal- lard and Brandmaier battled it for top prize. All four made it through to the jump off and like Sunday all four went double clear. Farlinger and Stanley


Stone, last to go in Friday’s jump-off. The pair capped off an exciting second round with a flawless run after both Schnurr and Brand- maier posted times shaving nearly a full second off the rest eight-competitor field ahead of them. Stanley Stone is owned


by Sher-Al Farm in Or- angeville. Erynn Ballard and


Extra B would place fourth


Stanley Stone and Kim Farlinger accepting awards from Olivia Woolridge and Cynthia Jones of Maaax Equine Feed. Photo Credit: Ben Radvanyi Photography


TRM Good as Gold Hunter Classic on Sunday. The pair beat out 17


other competitors for the red ribbon with a two round total high score of 173 points. Harlan and Nicole Cullen placed second, while Grace Goldberg and Cohiba rounded out the top three. Beiersdorfer


and


Charleston Z, who hail from Ottawa, also had a great show in the jumper ring win- ning the weekend’s CET Medal qualifier and the OHJA Medal qualifier, both


champions in the Pony Jumper Division. All three Championship awards were sponsored by Ride Every Stride.


and Viewpoint won the Adult Amateur


Kathleen Anderson 18-35


Hunter Division, sponsored by Greenhawk Equestrian Sport.


Visit caledonequetrian-


park.com for the full list of upcoming events and last week’s results.


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in the class, followed by Far- linger and her second entry, Concello, rounding out the top five. There were some no-


table performances in the hunter ring on the week also, headlined by the pairing of Shae-Lynn Beiersdorfer and Charleston Z in the $3,000


held Saturday in the Grand Prix Ring. Leanna Lazzari and


Cherrybrook Just Blue By were champions in Green Pony Hunter Division, while Becky Adams and Fynydd Ayr won the Junior/Amateur 1.10m Jumper. Kaitlin Davis and Bold Ambition were


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