WELLINGTON, Fla.--Victoria Colvin of Loxahatchee, Fla., on Dicoblue PS won the $150,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular on Feb. 14 during World Championship Hunter Rider Week at the Winter Equestrian Festival.  

Victoria Colvin on Dicoblue PS (Photo by Sportfot)Meghan Rawlins of Canada designed the two-round class of a classic first round and then a handy track.

The panel one judges were Alex Jayne and Shane George; panel two was Mary Lisa Leffler and Mary Eufemia; and panel three was Rob Bielefield and Tom Brennan.

Entries for the ‘Saturday Night Lights’ class qualified by winning the champion title in their respective divisions at the 3’6” height or above.

Colvin and the 11-year-old Diarado’s Boy son posted a 95.66 from the opening round and a 97 in the handy, including a perfect 100 from panel three.

She finished with a final average score of 95.83.

“He is the best,” said Colvin of Dicobluet, who also carried her to win the International Hunter Derby Championship this summer. “He has not been fazed by anything. He was great at Derby Finals under the lights and incredible again there. I was confident that he was going to be good, but you also never know, but he walked in and was fantastic. I couldn’t have asked him to do anything better.”

 

 

FROM A 30-horse field at 3’6”, 3’9” and 4’ heights, 12 returned for the handy round.

“The Handy was the most fun for me. The course designer gave us many options, especially at the split-rail complex. You could jump the hay bales or the stick jumps either way. I jumped it straight, which most people did,” said Colvin, who has won the WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular six previous times, most recently in 2020.

Laena Romond of Brookefield, Conn., riding Oslo,was second on scores of 90.16 and 92.33 for a 91.24 average, and Scott Stewart of Flemington, N.J. on Cadet was third, finishing on an 89.41 after scores of 87.83 and 91.