The ‘North American’ Tournament CSI 5* at Spruce Meadows featured the $210,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Saturday with an exciting win for USA’s Kent Farrington and Voyeur. With an incredible resume of wins, this was Farrington’s first time winning the prestigious competition. He finished ahead of Paulo Santana (BRA) and Taloubet, and Quentin Judge (USA) and HH Copin van de Broy, who finished second and third respectively. The $85,000 TD Cup 1.50m winning round competition was also held on Saturday with a win for McLain Ward (USA) and HH Carlos Z.
Course designer Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) set a big challenge for the horses and riders in Saturday’s $210,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup. The competition was held in a two-round format with a final jump-off if needed. Thirty-one entries jumped in round one with 14 clears to advance over the second round course, but a jump-off was not necessary as none of the competitors were able to finish round two without fault. Kent Farrington took the win with one time fault in 77.40 seconds aboard Amalaya Investments’ Voyeur, a 12-year-old KWPN gelding by Tolano van’t Riethof x Goodwill.
“It felt great to win this class today. I have never won the Queen’s Cup before,” Farrington said after his victory. “I have had a lot of good seasons before, and I have come close, but I have just never won this class. I have come third and fourth and probably every other ribbon. That was really exciting for me today. I think I have a very special horse in Voyeur, and I look forward to big things from him in the future.”
“I was excited to show,” Farrington said of his mindset coming into the competition. “I really think a lot of this horse. I was really angry with myself the first week. I thought I gave away the grand prix, making a mistake in the jump-off. I wanted to be very focused today and give him the best shot to win it.”
Finishing behind Farrington, three competitors had four faults each in round two and were placed based on their round one time. Paulo Santana (BRA) and Taloubet took the reserve honors with four faults in round two and a first round time of 87.86 seconds. Quentin Judge (USA) and Double H Farm’s HH Copin van de Broy also had four faults in round two and placed third with their first round time of 88.18 seconds. Sameh el Dahan (EGY) took the fourth place prize with four faults and a round one time of 90.27 seconds with Joanne Sloan Allen’s WKD Pepperpot. Canada’s Tiffany Foster was fifth riding Tripple X III, while Ian Millar and Dixson came in sixth,andYann Candele and Showgirl were seventh.
Course designer Leopoldo Palacios set tough tracks for both rounds of competition and explained his strategy and reaction to the results, stating, “I wanted the first round as the qualifier for the second round. I don’t like to have a jump-off with two rounds. It’s not fair to horses jumping big, big fences to go two rounds and jump-off. I want to congratulate Kent and Paulo and Quentin for what they did. This second round was a very, very serious course.”
The riders agreed on the difficulty of the course, and Farrington noted that his horse was definitely up to the challenge. “He’s a very versatile horse,” the rider stated. “The second round today was as big as almost any course in the world, and I think that he showed that he is on par with those horses.”
$210,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup 1.60m
1 VOYEUR: Dutch Warmblood / G / 12 Tolaro Vant Riethof x Goodwill
KENT FARRINGTON (USA), Amalya Investments: 0/89.11 1/77.40
2 TALOUBET: Dutch Warmblood / G / 14 Baloubet de Rouet x Quidam de Revel
PAULO SANTANA (BRA), Paulo Santana: 0/87.86 4/72.70
3 HH COPIN VAN DE BROY: Belgian Warmblood / S / 12 Darco x Brown Boy
QUENTIN JUDGE (USA), Double H Farm: 0/88.18 4/69.30
4 WKD PEPPERPOT: Irish Sport Horse / M / 12 Heritage Fortunus x Diamonds Aretrumps
SAMEH EL DAHAN (EGY), Joanne Sloan Allen: 0/90.27 4/73.71
5 TRIPPLE X III: AES / S / 12 Namelus R x Cantango
TIFFANY FOSTER (CAN), Artisan Farms, LLC: 0/87.99 5/76.45
6 DIXSON: Belgian Warmblood / G / 11 Vigo D Arsouilles x Olisco
IAN MILLAR (CAN), Susan & Ariel Grange: 0/88.18 5/77.54
7 SHOWGIRL: Selle Francais / M / 14 Gold de Becourt x Elf III
YANN CANDELE (CAN), Watermark Group: 0/89.28 5/76.01
8 HH CANNAVARO: Holstein / S / 10 Caplan x Caretino
MCLAIN WARD (USA), Double H Farm: 0/88.35 9/75.41
9 ANTARES: KWPN / G / 9 Manhattan x Cavalier
PABLO BARRIOS (VEN), Stal Thijssen: 0/88.50 9/75.73
10 DYNAMO: Belgian Warmblood / G / 11 Skippy II x Veritas
MEAGAN NUSZ (USA), Amalya Investments: 0/89.20 9/77.55
11 CONCONCRETO SANCHA LS: Studbook La Silla / M / 11 Chin Chin x Polydor
DANIEL BLUMAN (COL), Daniel Bluman: 0/89.51 9/75.05
12 SPECIAL LUX: Irish Sport Horse / G / 10 Lux x Coille Mor Hill
JONATHAN MCCREA (USA), Candy Tribble: 0/89.61 12/74.84
Other Results
$85,000 TD Cup 1.50m
1 HH CARLOS Z: Zangersheide/G/Bay/12 Chellano Z x Voltaire
MCLAIN WARD (USA), Double H Farm: 0/0/44.58
2 MATADOR: Dutch Warmblood/S/Chestnut/12 Indoctro x Corland
JAIME AZCARRAGA (MEX), Jaime Azcarraga: 2/0/46.26
3 ZILVERSPRINGS: Dutch Warmblood/G/Grey/10 Silverstone x Emilion
ELIZABETH GINGRAS (CAN), B Gingras Equestrian Ltd: 1/0/46.56
4 FORTIN: Zangersheide/G/Bay/9 Forsyth x Quinar Z
ANTONIO CHEDRAUI (MEX), Antonio Chedraui: 2/0/46.64
5 STAR POWER: Dutch Warmblood/G/Bay/13 Quick Star x Calvados
IAN MILLAR (CAN), Team Works: 1/0/49.61
6 FINE LADY 5: Hanoverian/M/Bay/11 Forsyth x Hauptstutbuch
ERIC LAMAZE (CAN), Artisan Farms, LLC: 0/4/43.21
7 HH DONNATELLA: Belgian Warmblood/M/Bay/11 Toulon x Mr. Blue
QUENTIN JUDGE (USA), Double H Farm: 0/4/43.36
8 VICTOR: Dutch Warmblood/G/Bay/12 Elmshorn x Grandeur
TIFFANY FOSTER (CAN), Torrey Pines & Artisan Farms: 4/4/44.98
9 SAMSON II: Swedish Warmblood/G/Bay/10 Cardento x Bellini
KIRSTEN COE (USA), Lovsta Stuteri: 1/4/49.07
10 FINEMAN: Swedish Warmblood/G/Bay/11 Feliciano x Beach Boy
SHANE SWEETNAM (IRL), Sweet Oak Farm: 4/12/47.52
11 QUIGLEY: Oldenburg/G/Chestnut/11 Quidams Rubin x Argentinus
KYLE KING (USA), Paul Politeski: 5/81.50
12 UTAH: Dutch Warmblood/G/Bay/13 Andiamo/Jus de Pomme
LESLIE HOWARD (USA), Utah Group: 5/81.58
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