Ocala, FL – Feature class action during week V of the 2024 Winter Spectacular Show Series kicked off with twenty-five horse-and-rider combinations vying for top in the $24,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix. Piloting Sigma Stables LLC’s Scoop De Septon Z (Hunters Scendro x Kageena Van T Hoogeinde), Luis Sabino Goncalves (POR) emerged victorious after an 11-horse jump-off.
FEI Level IV course designer Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) crafted the welcoming track that allowed 11 horse-and-rider pairs to qualify for the jump-off, where only five managed to achieve double-clear efforts.
Luis Sabino Goncalves praised Palacios for today’s tracks, “Leopoldo Palacios is a very experienced course designer. He has his own style, it’s different but I like it,” remarked Goncalves. “I appreciate the questions. He often asks you to come out of your comfort zone, and I think a course like that is a great training tool.”
Returning for the jump-off, Goncalves was confident with Scoop De Septon Z’s abilities, “My horse is extremely careful, and very fast in-front. I took the risk to go, go, go and then I was able to slow down at the end to be careful,” explained Goncalves. “Sometimes when you ride them quick, they react better.”
Goncalves and the 10-year-old Zangersheide gelding soared through the course, clocking an unbeatable time of 39.183 seconds.
Vaclav Stanek (CZE) and Ariel Grange’s Quintin, a 14-year-old KWPN gelding by Quaprice Bois Margot x Thamara, followed closely behind with a blistering fast time of 39.842 seconds in the jump-off, just seven tenths of a second off the pace.
Completing the podium, Charlie Jones (GBR) piloted Katie Harris’ 11-year-old Oldenburg gelding Macho-Blue PS (Messenger x Chactona) to a swift and clean round in 40.763 seconds, securing third place.
$24,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix Results:
1 Scoop De Septon Z, Luis Sabino Goncavles, Sigma Stables LLC: 0 | 0 | 39.183
2 Quintin, Vaclav Stanek, Ariel Grange: 0 | 0 | 39.842
3 Macho-Blue PS, Charlie Jones, Katie Harris: 0 | 0 | 40.763
4 Farrel, Vaclav Stanek, Ariel Grange: 0 | 0 | 44.576
5 Coquelicot VH Heuvelland Z, Sean Jobin, Foxridge Farms Stables: 0 | 0 | 47.007
6 Constantin De Hus, Aaron Vale, Sigma Stables LLC: 0 | 4 | 43.531
7 J’Adore Van Het Klinkhof, Rodrigo Lambre, Rodrigo Lambre: 0 | 4 | 44.185
8 Prescott, Aaron Vale, Thinkslikeahorse: 0 | 4 | 44.885
9 Gray’s Inn, Mallory Vale, Thinkslikeahorse: 0 | 4 | 46.617
10 Elusive, Aaron Vale, Thinkslikeahorse: 0 | 8 | 41.987
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