Hugh_Graham_and_Executive_Privilege_3E.jpgOcala, Florida – Canada’s Hugh Graham closed out the two-week Ocala Jumping Classic by winning the $50,000 Ocala Jumping Classic Grand Prix, Presented by Brook Ledge Inc., held Sunday, April 12, at the Florida Horse Park in Ocala, Florida.

Course designer Catalina Cruz of Mexico set a track that saw nine members of the 30-horse starting field advance to the jump-off. Sergio Campos of Brazil was the first rider to post a double clear effort riding Mill Creek Early Morning, an eight-year-old Hannoverian mare owned by Canada’s Mill Creek Stables, stopping the clock in a time of 39.60 seconds.

Campos was immediately followed into the ring by Canadian Olympian Beth Underhill, who had been the winner of the $50,000 Ocala International Grand Prix one week earlier with Cantero Z. This time, her mount was Iron Horse Farm’s Top Gun, but a rail fell at the second element of the troublesome double combination before the final fence came down, leaving Underhill in sixth place overall. While another grand prix victory was not meant to be, Underhill had scored a hat trick in Friday’s $10,000 Open Welcome taking first, second and third with Cantero Z, Top Gun and Tjengo respectively.

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