Elle Boyd, Alberto Ramirez and Sugarbrook Pink-N-Blue
From Equitation Weekend to the Open Hunters., Juniors and Ponies, the Finally Farm team amassed great performances and ribbons at the Capital Challenge Horse Show, from September 27-October 6 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
Maggie Hill started the show off strongly by capturing the 16-year-old Equitation reserve championship in section B. She posted a victory over fences and was third on the flat with her For Side VDL. She went on to earn the Large Junior Hunter, 16-17, championship with Cassanto and the Small Junior, 16-17, reserve championship aboard O’Ryan, for an excellent week.
Maggie Hill and Cassanto
Trainer Liza Boyd also captured a variety of top ribbons, including a seventh-placed finish in the $30,000 WCHR Professional Challenge aboard O’Ryan. Liza also guided Finally Farm’s Ravello to the Green Hunter Colts & Geldings championship with two wins over fences and a second. The duo also jumped to the reserve championship in the $25,000 Green Hunter North American Championship and scored a nice paycheck!
By virtue of her excellent performances throughout the year in the WCHR events and at the Capital Challenge, Liza qualified to defend her title in the WCHR Pro Finals. Liza guided Gigi Manigault’s Major Key to sixth in the WCHR Professional Play-Offs on Friday night but just missed qualifying for the Final Four. Nevertheless, her points accumulated resulted in fifth in the WCHR Professional National standings, and she was second in the WCHR Southeast Region.
Liza Boyd and O’Ryan
Liza also rode Bridget Hallman’s Who’s It to ribbons in all of the 3’6” Green Hunter classes and her Halston to excellent ribbons in the Green Conformation section.
In her first appearance in WCHR 3’6” Junior Challenge, Gigi Manigault was 10th with Bastille and also picked up ribbons in the competitive Large Junior, 16-17, section with Bastille and Major Key. In addition, Maggie and Gigi finished first and second, respectively in the WCHR Southeast Region Juniors and received their awards during a ceremony on Friday evening. Maggie also topped the Region in the Handy, beating all of the professionals!
Elle Boyd and Sugarbrook Pink-N-Blue
Certainly one of the major highlights of the show was Elle Boyd’s third place in the WCHR Pony Challenge with Rachel Rosenblum’s Sugarbrook Pink-N-Blue! The pair scored 86, 86 and 83 for an 85 average! They also earned two fourth-placed ribbons over fences in the Medium Pony section for a fantastic show.
In addition, Finally Farm received the Voltaire Tack Room Award for their outstanding decorations and design! Congratulations to all of the Finally Farm riders and team for a wonderful show!
