MYAKKA CITY, Fla.--Samuel Parot of Chile won both the $65,000 FEI CSI2* 1.45m Grand Prix and the $20,000, 1.35m Prix at TerraNova on Saturday, Feb. 21, while Amanda Derbyshire of Great Britain won the $32,000 Everglades Equipment Group 1.45m FEI Welcome Speed on Friday and placed second and third in the Grand Prix on Saturday..
Samuel Parot on Crystal Blue (Photo by Jessica Buehler)Richie Vogel of Germany drove back and forth between Myakka City and Wellinton, placing well at both TerraNova and WEF.
In the 1.45m Grand Prix, Parot on Chrystal Blue was clean in the jump-off in 39.66 seconds to win over the second place finisher Derbyshire on Cornwall BH, clean in 41.47 seconds.
Deerbyshire on Conblue also placed third in 49.08, and Vogel on Quizas Van ’t Hulsbos was fourth with four faults in 36.69
“Yesterday I didn’t go too fast in the Welcome Speed because I wanted to save him for today’s class, and he was fantastic today,” Parot said.
“He’s special because he turns so well,” Parot said. “This horse is fast, but he also has fantastic scope, I think that’s how we won. We were able to turn tight to the combination, then to the skinny, and then back to the oxer with another inside turn. He’s quick across the ground, but he’s careful and powerful at the same time.”
IN THE 1.35m TerraNova Prix, Parot on Gradje O won in a clean jump-off time of 36.881 seconds.
Amanda Debyshire on Cornwalll BH (Photo by Jessica Buehler)Parot was also second on Contigo Z in 37.474, and Joey Wolffer of Great Britain on Larey VD Hees was third in 41.286
On Friday, Derbyshire on Cornwall BH won the $32,000, 1.45m FEI Welcome Speed, clean in 57.39 seconds.
Mia Bagnato on Cordiamo came in a close second, with a time of 57.99, just fractions of a second off Derbyshire, and Vogel on Quizas Van ’t Hulsbos was third, also just fractions of a second back in 58.03
“Compared to last week’s Welcome Speed class, I’d say the course was a little smaller, but it still took a very fast round to win,” Derbyshire said “Cornwall is so experienced and very comfortable at this height, so I was able to leave a stride out in a couple of places and stay very tight on both rollbacks. With riders like Samuel, Mia, and Vogel in the class, I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to win, so I just went for it.”
