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Wilmington, OH – The third and final week of the 2022 OH Summer circuit commenced with the highly anticipated $10,000 Welcome Stake 1.35m held in the bright and airy WEC Sanctuary arena.
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Veteran course designer Keith Bollotte, built tonight’s track, where just six of the seventeen pairs managed clear first rounds. Four pairs went on to place double-clear but none could catch Darby Pease and Louisa R Robb’s Carel Van Donderen (Acolino 4 x Terania DIe Hoeghte) who notched their first Welcome Stake win.
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Pease and the seasoned fifteen-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding gained an early lead, negotiating each jumping effort with speed and precision to take top honors. Pease and Carel Van Donderen clocked a speedy 73.862 second finish in round one and advanced directly to the jump-off. The duo stopped the clock at 38.479 securing the $10,000 WEC Welcome Stake victory.
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Pease went on to claim the second-place spot award aboard Tyson Ziebarth’s Fenn. Fenn is a newer mount for her and they are quickly on their way to the top. The pair recently won the $10,000 Futures Prix at WEC Spring II and tonight clocked speedy times of 75.472 seconds in the first round and 40.660 seconds in the jump-off.
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Charles Casey and Double C Sporthorses’s HJ Bernie Sanders rounded out the top three placings. The eight-year-old bay gelding made a 79.251-second qualifying time in round one and stopped the clock in 41.816 seconds in the jump-off to take home third place honors.
Wilhelm Genn and Quincidence, were the first pair to earn double-clear bragging rights, clocking 77.670 seconds in round one and 42.200 seconds in the jump-off to take home fourth place overall.
$10,000 WEC Welcome Stake Results:
- Carel Van Donderen, Darby Pease: 0 | 0 | 38.479
- Fenn, Darby Pease: 0 | 0 | 40.660
- HJ Bernie Sanders, Charles Casey: 0 | 0 | 41.816
- Quincidence, Wilhelm Genn: 0 | 0 | 42.200
- Jarocco Blue, Sam Berry: 0 | 4 | 38.097
- Diaz Barbotiere, Izzy Beisel: 4 | 73.551
- Snow White, Natalie Thornell: 4 | 74.336
- Metro Lass, Abby Lockwood: 4 | 77.471
- Florendence WV, Reilly Gogul: 5 | 80.466
- Jackson VDL, Megan Bash: 8 | 71.716
Experience fall at WEC
Show with us! The 2022 WEC Fall Classic Series features five weeks of USEF rated hunter / jumper competition beginning September 28th and continuing through October 30th. All five weeks feature USEF Premier Hunter competition with Jumper Level 4 during weeks 1 and 2 and Jumper Level 5 for weeks 3 through 5. The 2022 WEC Fall Series features three new $75,000 WEC Grands Prix and more than $1 million in prizes and money awarded.
Jumper Highlights:
- $50,000 Grand Prix – Weeks 1 and 2
- $75,000 Grand Prix – Weeks 3, 4 and 5
- $15,000 Welcome Stake – All weeks
- $10,000 Futures Prix – All weeks
All Grand Prix’s are American Standard
Hunter Highlights:
- $20,000 WEC Hunter Derby 3’6″-3’9″ Week 1 and 5
- $10,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby 3′ – Open – All Shows
- $10,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby 3′ – Non Pro – All Shows
- $2.500 WEC Pony Hunter Derby – All Shows
- $3,500 Non Pro Derby 2’6″ – All Shows