NORTH SALEM, N.Y.--Jonathan Corrigan of Ireland rode Darius De Kerglenn, Tricolor MB, and Navarro O to win three classes in a row on Wednesday, May 14 at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows.
Jonathan Corrigan on Darina De Kerglenn (Photo by SEL Photography)On another rainy day, over courses set by Alan Wade, Wednesday’s competition began with the $10,000 Open Jumper 1.40m, where Corrigan beat a field of 36 entries by going clean in 27.161 seconds on Darius De Kerglenn.
Beat Mandli of Switzerland on Qoachella was second in 28.239 seconds, and Walker Pozzi on Dolce finished third in 29.055 seconds.
The $4,000 Open Jumper 1.35m immediately followed with 49 entries.
Corrigan rode Tricolor MB to go clean in 31.121 seconds to win.
Two seconds behind in 33.132 seconds was second-placed Joey Roman of Colts Neck, N.J., on BP Swifty,, and Mark Bluman of Colombia was third in 33.135 seconds on Phelina De Septon.
IN THE LAST of the day’s jumper competitions, there were 65 entries in the $2,000 Open Jumper 1.25m, where Corrigan once again was the winner.
Riding Navarro, he was clean in 30.224 seconds.
Michel Feitosa of Brazil was second in 31.256 seconds on Corylor KDW Z, and Mia Bagnato on Alghero. was third in 31.354 seconds.
“It’s not too often we get days like this!” Corrigan said. “It’s pretty cool to win three of the classes when we have three in the ring. Luckily, the horses are better than I am, so that helped a lot. My first horse, Darius De Kerglen,] has had some time off, so we’re just coming back. He jumped the 1.35m here last week, and today, I thought it would be good for him to have a bit of fun and that we could see what happened at the 1.40m. I tried not to go too fast, but it ended up being smooth enough to take the win."
“My second horse, Tricolor MB, is phenomenal,” he said. “He’s one of the best horses I’ve ever ridden, so it was pretty easy for him. He likes to go. My intention actually wasn’t to try to win it, but he was so strong in the first half that I just thought to myself, ‘He wants to go, and I’m not going to fight him. I’m going to let him have a bit of fun.’ Then my third horse, Navarro O, belongs to a client of mine, Kay Lawson. With him, we said, ‘We’ve just won two. We might as well go again.’ And it all worked out. I’m very lucky to have all three of these horses.”
