Jaclyn Duff Wins $50,000 Go Rentals Grand Prix

The curtain closed for Week II of the HITS Desert Circuit on Sunday with big money classes for jumper exhibitors featuring the $50,000 Go Rentals Grand Prix and the $10,000 Jr/A-O Jumper Classic.

$50,000 Go Rentals Grand Prix
Week II of the HITS Desert Circuit closed out with Sunday’s $50,000 Grand Prix sponsored by Go Rentals. It all came down to speed as riders and horses went head-to-head, navigating the course of 16-jumping efforts designed by Florencio Hernandez of Mexico. Four of the eight horses that advanced to the jump-off went clear over the shortened course, leaving the quickest round to claim the blue-ribbon title and a hardy piece of the prize purse.

Lindsay Archer of Alamo, California, and Camerone, owned by RHYS Farms, LLC, took home first-place. Second-place went to Alberta, Canada native Jaclyn Duff and EH All or None, owned by Windermere Stables, LTD. Eric Hasbrouck of Arlington, Washington, and Boukati B, owned by G&W Equine Partners earned third-place.

First to return for the jump-off was Lisa Carlsen from Okotoks, Alberta, riding her own Parette. They set the tone for the jump-off crossing the timers in a fault-free 40.470 seconds. Following Carlsen’s pristine round was Hasbrouck and Boukati B, knowing they had to go fault-free to contend. They put in a speedy, clear round, and clocking in at 40.223 seconds put them in the lead.

Hasbrouck’s lead was short-lived as class winner Archer and Camerone returned to the jump-off. The atmosphere was electric as they zipped through the course—shaving time off the clock as the powerful bay dominated each fence—to finish in a fault-free, 38.073 seconds.

Nathalie Manning and her own Con Spirit followed, but a rail at A in the mid-course combination broke the clear-round streak, ultimately earning Manning seventh-place. The first fence of the combination continued to be the downfall as Oxford Mills, Ontario equestrian, Jill Henselwood and Farfelu Du Printemps, owned by John Madigan, took to the ring. They clocked in with the speediest time of the class, 36.006 seconds, but with four unfortunate jumping faults for fifth-place.

A clear round was back on the horizon as Jaclyn Duff and EH All or None galloped through the course without any rails. They crossed the timers just a fraction of a second behind Archer to take second-place.

Kristin Hardin and Firestone, owned by Nicole Teague, as well as Ashlee Bond and Agro Star, owned by Little Valley Farms, would close out the jump-off. Both would finish with four jumping faults and times that kept them just shy of the top-five.

$50,000 Go Rentals Grand Prix

Place/Horse/Owner/Rider/Prize/R.1 Faults/JO Faults /JO Time
1 Camerone/RHYS Farm, LLC/Lindsay Archer/$15,000/ – / – /38.073
2 EH All or None/Windermere Stables LTD/Jaclyn Duff/$11,000/ – / – /38.892
3 Boukati /G&W Equine Partners LLC/Eric Hasbrouck/$6,500/ – /- /40.223
4 Parette/Lisa Carlsen/Lisa Carlsen/$4,000/ – / – /40.470
5 Farfelu Du Printemps/John Madigan/Jill Henselwood/$3,000/ – / 4 /36.006
6 Agro Star/Little Valley Farms/Ashlee Bond/$2,500/ – /4 /36.511
7 Con Spirit/Nathalie Manning/Nathalie Manning/$2,000/ – /4 /38.457
8 Firestone/Nicole Teague/ Kristin Hardin/$1,500/ – /4 /38.963
9 Ace of Hearts/Little Valley farms/Ashlee Bond/$1,500/4
10 Cupilor/Cross Creek Farms, Inc/Michelle Parker/$1,000/4
11 Okapi De Terlong/Jenn Serek/Jenn Serek/$1,000/4
12 Cornancer/Little Valley Farms/Ashlee Bond/$1,000/4