During their first outing since their bronze-medal finish at April’s Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Finals, the USA’s Hunter Holloway and Pepita Con Spita proved uncatchable in Sunday’s $200,000 Empire State Grand Prix presented by Old Salem Farm at the 2023 Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows. Using their longtime partnership to her full advantage, Holloway sliced and diced her way to victory with the 12-year-old Westphalian mare owned by Hays Investment Corp.
The annual Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows are one of the premier stops on the nation’s hunter-jumper horse show circuit. This year, Old Salem Farm offered a full schedule of world-class competition May 9-14 and May 16-21 that featured the nation’s best in equestrian sport.
Alan Wade (IRL) designed a snaking 1.55m course over 16 jumping efforts to challenge the field of 31 competitors representing 11 countries in the $200,000 Empire State Grand Prix presented by Old Salem Farm. Nine moved on to jump off for the top prize, with second-round pathfinder Holloway setting an early time to beat in 39.40 seconds. That double-clear score held through the riders to follow, and only Mark Bluman (COL) came close to catching it with his time of 39.97 seconds.