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Kirsten Coe and Baronez beat the field

Feb 22, 2013

Week seven of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival, sponsored by Hermès, continued on Thursday in Wellington, FL, with the $30,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 7. American duo Kirsten Coe and Ilan Ferder’s Baronez were the winners of the class with the only double clear round in a jump-off of five starters. Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Hays Investment Corporation’s Any Given Sunday finished second; Meagan Nusz (USA) and Amalaya Investments’ Dynamo were third.

Richard Jeffery set the track for 44 entries in the seventh edition of the Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series. Five jumped the first round course without fault to advance to the jump-off, and Kirsten Coe and Baronez were the only pair to also clear the short course. Their faultless jump-off round in 43.303 seconds was the winning round.

Darragh Kenny and Any Given Sunday finished second with their four-fault round in 40.469 seconds. Meagan Nusz and Dynamo had four faults in 41.658 seconds to place third. Shane Sweetnam (IRL) and Spy Coast Farm, LLC’s Diktator van de Boslandhoeve had one rail down in 43.648 seconds to finish fourth. Mario Gamboa (COL) placed fifth aboard Stansky’s Mission Farms, Inc.’s Unico with four faults in 44.963 seconds.

Final Results $30,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 7

1. BARONEZ KIRSTEN COE ILAN FERDER: 0/0/43.303

2. ANY GIVEN SUNDAY DARRAGH KENNY HAYS INVESTMENT CORP: 0/4/40.469

3. DYNAMO MEAGAN NUSZ AMALAYA INVESTMENTS: 0/4/41.658

4. DIKTATOR VAN DE BOSLANDHOEVE SHANE SWEETNAM SPY COAST FARM, LLC: 0/4/43.648

5. UNICO MARIO GAMBOA STRANSKY’S MISSION FARMS, INC: 0/4/44.963

6. FLAMING STAR CHARLES JACOBS CMJ SPORTHORSE, LLC: 4/81.087

7. OLYMPIC DE CHAMANT JOHNATHON CORRIGAN SAGAMORE FARMS: 4/82.158

8. G & C SONNY RODRIGO PESSOA GUSTAVO MIRABAL: 4/82.250

9. TACKERAY LAUREN HOUGH NORDIC LIGHTS FARM, LLC: 4/84.519

10. SPLENDOR CIAN O’CONNOR ADMED TOLBA: 4/85.062

11. VANCOUVER D.M.L. CONOR SWAIL CLOVERLEAF FARM: 4/85.678

12. DERLY CHIN DE MUZE SHARN WORDLEY ASHLAND STABLES: 4/85.764

Source: Equestrian Sport