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Reed Kessler and Ligist win Wellington GP

Jan 20, 2013

The youngest rider in Saturday night's $50,000 Wellington Equestrian Realty Grand Prix was the winner as eighteen-year-old Reed Kessler and Ligist jumped to victoryduring the highlight event of week two at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). With riders representing fourteen different countries competing in the class, the USA took the top seven placings and the young women were one, two and three. Kessler and Ligist topped Katie Dinan (19) and Nougat du Vallet and Brianne Goutal (24) aboard Nice de Prissey. The second week of FTI WEF competition, sponsored by Wellington Equestrian Realty, will conclude with the $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Classic on Sunday afternoon. The 2013 FTI WEF circuit runs through March 31 featuring 12 weeks of world-class competition.

Katie Dinan and Grant Road Partners' Nougat du Vallet were the first pair to clear the short course and set the time to beat at 38.19 seconds in the jump-off, eventually finishing second. Ken Berkley and Ax-Cent, owned by Rivers Edge, also cleared the jump-off course and stopped the clock in 39.12 seconds to place fourth. Reed Kessler and Ligist were next to go and blazed through the course in 37.81 seconds to take the lead. Last on course, Brianne Goutal and Cloverleaf Farm's Nice de Prissey cleared the short course in 38.53 seconds to secure fourth place honors.



Final Results: $50,000 Wellington Equestrian Realty Grand Prix CSI 2*

1. LIGIST: REED KESSLER (USA): 0/0/37.81
2. NOUGAT DU VALLET: KATHERINE DINAN (USA): 0/0/38.19

3. NICE DE PRISSEY: BRIANNE GOUTAL (USA): 0/0/38.53
4. AX CENT: KENNETH BERKLEY (USA: 0/0/39.12

5. ZAFIRA: KENT FARRINGTON (USA): 0/4/37.62

6. ROTHCHILD: MCLAIN WARD (USA): 0/4/37.71
7. INDIGO: MARGIE ENGLE (USA): 0/4/38.42
8. HH LET'S FLY: RODRIGO PESSOA (BRA): 0/4/39.52

9. SS BOBBY: CHRIS SORENSEN (CAN): 0/8/44.16

10. SHOW SHOW: ALVARO DE MIRANDA (BRA): 4/67.99

11. QUALITY GIRL: TODD MINIKUS (USA):4/69.83

12. ROCKY W: KAITLIN CAMPBELL (USA): 4/70.20

Source World of Showjumping

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