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Tiffany Sullivan wins her first 1.60 GP

Feb 26, 2013

A grand prix victory is always impressive, but when it’s your first, and it’s in a 1.60m class, that bumps it into the realm of stunning,and stun the crowd is exactly what Tiffany Sullivan did Saturday night, riding Tristan to the front of the pack in the $54,500 Purina Animal Health CSI-W 2* Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis. Competing before an overflow audience for the last of three FEI World Cup qualifying classes at HITS Desert Horse Park, the Los Angeles-based Sullivan rocked the house as the first to go clear in the order of 22 horse-and-rider pairs. “This is my first year competing in the meter-fifties, let alone meter-sixties,” said Sullivan after the class.

Sullivan was one of two to go clear and was joined by Nayel Nassar, a 22-year-old student at Stanford, was clear on his own Lordan, a nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding. After securing a jump-off, Nayel chose to save his horse for future rounds and withdrew, placing him second. He was also third with his 15-year-old stallion Raging Bull Vangelis S. Sullivan entered the ring and received the start signal to earn top placement.

Mexico’s Enrique Gonzalez, riding his own Criptonite, also had a time fault and came in fourth. German rider Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Windward Farms’ Unbelievable 5 were the fastest of the four-faulters for fifth. Both riders are Olympic veterans.

Source: Press release from HITS Media Team