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OCTOBER 2024 Vol. 6, Issue No. 3


CELEBRATING 54 YEARS


Charlotte Jacobs Scores A Trifecta Aboard Rincoola Milsean In $120,000 Agero Csi3* Grand Prix During Silver Oak Jumper Tournament


The first week of the 2024


Traverse City Tournament of Champions, featuring the Silver Oak Jumper Tournament, is one Charlotte Jacobs (USA) will not soon forget. Jacobs, aboard Rin- coola Milsean, scored a hat trick by winning all three international events throughout the week, capped with a climb to the top of the podium in the $120,000 Agero CSI3* Grand Prix on Sun- day at Flintfields Horse Park. Winning was all Jacobs,


29, knew how to do during open- ing week of the Tournament of Champions. After topping the $32,000 Stud Tree CSI3* Two- Phase on Thursday afternoon, Ja- cobs and North Star Sport Horses’ 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding (Aldatus Z x Cruising)


claimed Friday’s


$32,000 GGT Footing CSI3* Welcome Stake. After a day of rest, Jacobs’ mount—fondly known as “Roy” around the barn—came back out in winning from over one final Guilherme Jorge (BRA) designed track in the Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel International Ring. “This week was absolutely


incredible,” gushed Jacobs. “This grand prix has been a big goal of mine and after having already had such a great week I went in thinking ‘if I win that’s great but if I just get a good placing and a good round I’m still happy’. Then to have won, I was just like ‘wow, is this week even real’. “Every day I come out on


him, I know that if I don’t screw it up I can win,” Jacobs contin- ued. “He’s a spectacular horse and he’s the type that gets better the more you jump him, so I ac- tually think his jump-off today was his best round all week.” Jorge built a long and tech-


nical track for his final track of the week, which saw a field of 33 international athletes. The first- round time allowed proved to be


Charlotte Jacobs and Rincoola Milsean. Photo © Andrew Ryback Photography


an issue for only one challenger, but another handful of riders suf- fered from one downed rail and were unable to advance. Ulti- mately, nine horse-and-rider pair- ings produced a fault-free effort and moved forward, including speed specialists such as Kent Farrington (USA), Hunter Hol- loway (USA), and Francisco Goyoaga Mollet (ESP). Jacobs and Roy once again proved that their foot speed is invaluable as they raced to the top of the leaderboard in a blazing 35.31 seconds to effectively shut the door on the remaining competi- tors.


“In the jump-off, I walked


eight strides from fence one to two and it was very forward for me because I have a smaller strided horse,” she explained of her plan. “The part that I really wanted to be aware of was the turn from jump three back to the


double because a lot of people were making mistakes there. I’m really lucky that I have a clever horse, so I was able to gallop him up there and sit him up and he tried his heart out to get out. I knew Kent and a lot of other fast riders were coming behind me, so I wanted to set the standard and I’m happy it worked out for me today.” Brooke Kemper (USA)


aboard Seaview Demonstration (FSS Correlli Bravo), a nine- year-old Irish Sport Horse geld- ing owned by CM Sporthorses, LLC, produced the best time be- fore Jacobs, landing across the timers in 37.89 seconds for sec- ond place. Always fast over the short course, Goyoaga Mollet took home the third-place ribbon with a slightly less efficient time of 39.01 seconds riding Stakato Cornet (Cornet Obolensky x Stakkato), an Ashland Farms- owned nine-year-old Oldenburg gelding. In light of her incredible


week, Jacobs was also the recip- ient of the Yorkfield Stables Leading Lady Rider Award, while Goyoaga Mollet accepted the Yorkfield Stables Leading Male Rider honors. Jacobs’ groom and Roy’s designated best friend, Paulo Moreira, also re- ceived the Winning Groom Award for his efforts that con- tributed to the pair’s success. In the spirit of the Silver


Jacob Pope took home the Kindness Movement Sportsmanship Award. Photo © Andrew Ryback Photography


Oak Jumper Tournament, several other significant awards were presented throughout the week- end, including the Kindness Movement Sportsmanship Award to local favorite Jacob Pope, and


the M. Michael Meller Style of Riding Award to Belgium’s Filip de Wandel. Filip de Wandel stands for


the M. Michael Meller Style of Riding award. Photo © Andrew Ryback Photography To cap the afternoon, the


Tournament of Champions Week I charity ticket partner, The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park in Traverse City, was pre- sented with $3,195 from ticket- sale proceeds as part of Traverse City Horse Shows Charity Ticket Program. Ahead of the day’s high-


light event, 14 top junior and am- ateur athletes competed for the leading honors in the $7,500 Gajoch Family SJHOF Junior- Amateur Jumper Classic. As the only two riders to achieve a dou- ble-clear effort, Isabelle Ehman of Milton, Georgia and Emma Catherine Reichow of Brent- wood, TN, achieved the near-im- possible feat of tying for the top position. Both athletes, with Magnolia and Cicenta Z, respec- tively, delivered a fault-free jump-off round and stopped the clock in 35.100 seconds. With the split-classic win added to her belt, Reichow and Riffle Hitch LLC’s nine-year-old Zanger- sheide mare (Cicero Z van Paemel x Dobel’s Cento) took home the tricolor finish in the di- vision.


Flintfields Horse Park is


excited to host the Tournament of Champions from September 4 to September 22, featuring world- class show jumping as the pinna- cle of the 2024 season in Northern Michigan. The center-


Brooke Kemper and Seaview Demonstration. Photo © Andrew Ryback Photography


Francisco Goyoaga Mollet and Stakato Cornet. Photo © Andrew Ryback Photography


Riders stand for the Yorkfield Stables Leading Lady and Male Rider Awards. Photo © Andrew Ryback Photography


piece of the three-week series is the $340,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ of Tra- verse City on September 15. This premier event will attract the at- tention of the global equestrian community, including top riders


and Olympians fresh from their performances in Paris.


A Blue Sunday for Blue Monday and Hillary Johnson in the


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