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CN Success for Fellers

Jun 17, 2012

It was a celebration of the Red, White and Blue, Saturday at the 2012 ‘Continental’ Tournament at Spruce Meadows. 53 horse/rider combinations took to the field for the $32,000 Talisman Energy Cup. 17 combinations moved into the jump off. Megan Nusz (USA) took the victory, with double clear rounds and a jump off time of 41.53. Nusz was thrilled with the win aboard Dynamo, her 9 year old Belgian Warmblood gelding, which was her first FEI win. 

Things were heating up with both the competition and the weather for the 1.60, $200,000 CN Performance World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix. 7 combinations moved into the jump off, which was guaranteed to be fast paced and exciting. With 6 out of the 7 jump off riders coming from the United States, the race was on for selection of the 2012 US Olympic team. In the end, FEI World champion Rich Fellers (USA) and his 16 year old Irish Bred gelding Flexible took the second spike of the CN Precision Series with double clear rounds and a time of 41.29. With the US Olympic team being announced within the next several days, Fellers said that winning the last Olympic trial took a huge amount of pressure off. Taking second place, Kent Farrington (USA) couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed, after winning the first leg of the CN Precision Series, the CN Reliability Grand Prix.

CN Performance Grand Prix – Top 10

1-Rich Fellers USA Flexible

2-Kent Farrington USA Uceko

3-Reed Kessler USA Mika

4-Katherine Dinan USA Nougat Du Vallet

5-Beezie Madden USA Simon

6-Reed Kessler USA Cylana

7-Tiffany Foster CAN Victor

8-Eric Lamaze CAN Derly Chin de Muze

9-Robert Whitaker GBR Catwalk IV

10-Charlie Jayne USA Chill R Z 

Source worldofshowjumping.com