Ocala, FL – The $15,000 Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix was the highlight event of the afternoon as a field of talented horse-and-rider combinations competed over FEI Level III course designer Anderson Lima’s (MEX) intricate tracks. Ultimately, it was Daniel Geitner (USA) who secured a hat trick after winning the class aboard November Hill’s Jalanne (Dynamo x Alanne).
Only four athletes managed to answer all the questions asked in the first round to advance to the immediate jump-off. “The first round was very nice. All the lines were comfortable. I am still working on rideability with my horse. A lot of the lines were straight lines and interestingly enough are a little hard for a horse like her because she sights in on the next jump. But to be able to do that in a ring like that is fantastic because that’s where they will get away from you,” shared Geitner about Lima’s first round track.
Going into the jump-off, Geitner only had to focus on one thing with the 10-year-old KWPN mare, “She’s so quick, all I needed to worry about was making tight turns. I never have to touch the gas pedal, I just have to steer. For her, the last three jumps on a long gallop are the places where we might have gotten into trouble in the past, but today she was on it.”
The pair dashed around the jump-off track stopping the clock in 38.238 seconds, three seconds faster than second place.
After two hunter derby victories yesterday, and the win this afternoon, Geitner is on a roll, “I am pinching myself. It’s been a great week, and I couldn’t be happier with the horses. But today, I have to thank Jelmer Hoekstra who has been flatting [Jalanne], she felt amazing today, so I got to give him the credit.”
Cady Klimas and her own Celtic Lady M2S (Condios x Winona O M2S) secured themselves another podium finish in the Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix with a quick and clean jump-off time of 41.832 seconds.
Pathfinder Vaclav Stanek and Jasper (Falaise De Muze x Fleur), a 10-year-old KWPN gelding owned by Ariel Grange, secured third place with a time of 42.035 seconds.
$15,000 Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix:
1 Jalanne, Daniel Geitner, November Hill: 0 | 0 | 38.238
2 Celtic Lady M2S, Cady Kilmas, Cady Kilmas: 0 | 0 | 41.832
3 Jasper, Vaclav Stanek, Ariel Grange: 0 | 0 | 42.035
4 Rubens D’Ysieux, Sara Kozumplik, Edith Rameika: 0 | 8 | 41.916
5 Cretchon Z, Victoria Ketchum, Copperline Farm LLC: 1 | 82.833
6 Stamm, Mattias Ekeroth, Mattias Ekeroth: 4 | 70.873
7 Karlotta CL, Manuel Torres, Alejandra Ortiz Orozco: 4 | 72.021
8 Otta B Quality, Sara Kozumplik, Edith Rameika: 4 | 74.388
9 Chacco Lait, Avery Erickson, Avery Erickson: 4 | 74.404
10 Esganoso Manciais, Rachel Schnurr, Kentra Martenfeld: 4 | 75.398
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