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Firestone and Arnica de la Barre Win $50,000 HITS Grand Prix at Winston National in Culpeper, Virginia Devendorf's Round One in the Commonwealth Park's Grand Prix field asked riders to jump 17 obstacles on the 14-jump course, including a double at Fence No. 8 and a triple at Fence No. 10. Time Allowed was 98 seconds. Nine horses had clear rounds and moved on to the Jump-Off. On the seven-element short course with Time Allowed at 50 seconds, the first five riders all had faults with rails down or time or both. The first fault-free round went to the sixth horse on course, Brave Ally, ridden by Christopher Cawley of Glenmore, Pennsylvania. With a time of 48.736, Cawley held the lead for one more round but ended up in third place, earning $6,500 for owner November Hill Farm. Firestone and Arnica de la Barre, her second of two rides in the jump-off, were eighth to go and snatched the lead from Cawley with a clear trip in 46.850, more than two seconds faster for the win. The ninth rider and last to go in the jump-off was Mary Lisa Nicholson from Brookeville, Maryland, on Kick the Clouds, her second ride on the short course. Nicholson challenged the leader with a fault-free, fast round, but could not catch Firestone. Nicholson's time of 47.755 put her in second place for $11,000 by just .905 seconds. Kick the Clouds is owned by Nicholson and Rolling Acres Farm. The Constitution
Classic, August 23-27, is the next horse show in the HITS Culpeper Horse
Shows presented by Panacur Powerpac summer series. The featured event
is the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix on Sunday, August 27. For more information
on HITS Culpeper horse shows contact: Mary Hilton, HORSE SHOWS IN THE
SUN - Corporate Headquarters, 24 Closs Drive, Rhinebeck, New York 12572,
Tel: 845.876.3666. Fax: 845.876.5538. E-mail:hiltonhits@cs.com |
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CULPEPER, VA (August 20, 2000)-Allison Firestone of Upperville,
Virginia, rode Arnica de la Barre double-clear on Course Designer Laura
Devendorf's $50,000 HITS Grand Prix course at the Winston National in
Culpeper, Virginia today, besting a field of 23 horses to take home
$15,000. Arnica de la Barre is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Firestone.
