Results: Tryon Welcome 1
$20,000 Mini Prix Winners: Maryann Charles and Call Me Maybe
Catherine King and Rubicon HTF Claim Victory in $1,000 Open Hunter Derby
Florian Ferry Captures Two $5,000 ProElite Welcome Stake Podium Placings
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Mill Spring, NC – March 24, 2024 – Finishing out Tryon Welcome 1 with a win in the $20,000 Mini Prix, Maryann Charles (Southern Pines, NC) and her own Call Me Maybe (Canto x Clonee Temple 2) were one of only two double clears, with a 38.70 second jump off. Marking 40.14 seconds in the jump off, Florian Ferry (Wiliston, SC) collected reserve honors with Chaccolady (Chacco Blue x Landlady), Agathe Heurteux’s 2010 Hanoverian mare. Claire Connaghan (Southern Pines, NC) and her own 2015 warmblood gelding Figment (Quincy Car x Filigree), stopped jump off timers at 38.88 seconds, incurring four jumping faults, to put them in third place.
Maryann Charles and Call Me Maybe
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Call Me Maybe has been in and out of Maryann Charles’ life since 2015, but the team has recently forged a successful partnership in the show arena.
“She’s just a joy,” Charles said of the 2008 Oldenburg mare. Charles put in the work to build a strong partnership with Call Me Maybe and shared that “she was worth the effort, because she’s got talent and she doesn’t really want to knock the jumps down!”
Florian Ferry and Chaccolady
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The course designed by Archer “Skip” Bailey was well suited for Charles and Call Me Maybe in the start of their show season. “It was big enough for us at this particular stage in the beginning of the year,” Charles shared. “It was nice because it was gallop-y, and there were some turns, and there were some options.”
Claire Connaghan and Figment
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Charles and Call Me Maybe will return to competition at Tryon International for Welcome 3 and 4. “She really is my horse of a lifetime,” Charles concluded. “We’ll keep doing it as long as the two of us can keep moving!”
For full results from the $20,000 Mini Prix, click here.
Catherine King and Rubicon HTF Claim Victory in $1,000 Open Hunter Derby
March 23, 2024 – Catherine King (Savannah, GA) found success in the $1,000 Open Hunter Derby on Saturday aboard Rubicon HTF, riding for owner Jessica MacDonald. King and the 2017 Hanoverian stallion (Rubinero 2 x Chiquita HTF) scored a total of 161 over the JP Godard-designed course to take the win. Erin Dombrowski (Kings Mountain, NC) partnered with her own Celtics Creek Friar Tuck (Crossgates larasan x Carousel Kate), the 2004 Welsh/Quarter Horse gelding, to capture a close second with 160 points collected across both rounds. Taking third in the derby was owner and rider Kristen Small (Fort Mill, SC) and Sebastian (Q.Breitling x Una Donna J'adore), the 2012 Dutch Warmblood gelding, with a score of 147.
Catherine King and Rubicon HTF
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For full results from the $1,000 Open Hunter Derby, click here.
Florian Ferry Captures Two $5,000 ProElite Welcome Stake Podium Placings
March 22, 2024 – Doubling down in Tryon Stadium, Florian Ferry (Wiliston, SC) took first and third in Friday’s $5,000 ProElite Welcome Stake. Aboard Agathe Heurteux’s Chaccolady (Chacco Blue x Landlady), Ferry and the 2010 Hanoverian mare bested the field with a time of 38.10 seconds in the jump off. Just behind Ferry was John Brown (Mill Spring, NC), marking a time of 38.45 seconds on Ballon Bleu D’Arco (Amaretto D Arco x Papilon), Ponce Tidwell Jr.’s 2013 Belgian Warmblood stallion. Ferry and Elboy D (Ensor Van De Heffinck x Remember D Enfer), the 2012 Selle Luxembourgeois gelding owned by Agathe Heurteux’s, rounded out the Welcome Stake podium with a 38.73 jump off time to take third.
Florian Ferry and Chaccolady
©Sarah Sturgis for Natalie Suto Photography
For full results from the $5,000 ProElite Welcome Stake, click here.
The Tryon Welcome Series presented by St. Luke’s Hospital continues through April 14, 2024, with three remaining weeks of Hunter/Jumper competition. Tryon Welcome 2 competition will be hosted Wednesday through Saturday. To learn more about the 2024 competition season at Tryon International, click here. To view the full calendar of equestrian and entertainment events, including dining, live music and holiday celebrations, click here.
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