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Win for Daniel Deusser and Domingo

Feb 28, 2013

Week eight of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by G&C Farm, kicked off on Wednesday at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) with a win for German rider Daniel Deusser and Stephex Stables' Domingo in the $8,000 G&C Farm 1.45m speed class.

On Wednesday, D'Ambrosio set the speed track for 39 competitors in the G&C Farm sponsored 1.45m class. Fourteen entries cleared the course without fault and the times were blazing as a roster of top international competitors fought for top honors.

German rider Daniel Deusser got a win right off the bat in his first class of the week upon arriving in Wellington. Deusser and Stephex Stables' Domingo had the fastest clear round in 66.038 seconds early on in the class to hold on for the win. Irish competitor Andrew Bourns finished second aboard Double H Farm's Ace High Mike in 67.617 seconds. Colombia's Manuel Espinosa finished third in 68.507 second riding Luis Garcia's Zippo CG. Andrew Bourns also took fourth place honors riding Tequestrian Farms' Carmina through the finish in 69.491 seconds.

Class winner, Domingo, is a ten-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding by Thunder van de Zuuthoeve x Brownboy, owned by Stephex Stables. Deusser began riding for Stephex last year in May and got the ride on Domingo there from the beginning. Over the last ten months, Deusser and Domingo have formed a great partnership.

Deusser plans to represent Germany in Friday night's Nations Cup class with his top horse, Cornet d'Amour. The pair was a part of the winning team at Spruce Meadows this summer and he hopes to further their success.

Final Results: $8,000 G&C Farm 1.45m

Horse/rider/owner

1. DOMINGO DANIEL DEUSSER STEPHEX STABLES: 0/66.038

2. ACE HIGH MIKE ANDREW BOURNS DOUBLE H FARM: 0/67.617

3. ZIPPO CG MANUEL ESPINOSA LUIS GARCIA: 0/68.507

4. CARMINA ANDREW BOURNS TEQUESTRIAN FARMS, LLC: 0/69.491

5. WAOMI MEAGAN NUSZ AMALAYA INVESTMENTS: 0/70.561

6. NOUVELLE LAURA KRAUT EVITA GROUP: 0/71.460

7. CWESTORETO SUSAN GRIFFIS PALMER DIVIDE RANCH: 0/73.049

8. CHAPEL Z LISA JACQUIN FLINTWOODE FARMS, LLC: 0/73.817

9. MARANON LS LAURA KRAUT EQUINVEST: 0/75.569

10. CARLAND EDUARDO CASTILLO MARIA ISABEL DE CASTILLA: 0/75.927

11. WOTSAMILLION LAURA KRAUT STONE HILL FARM: 0/77.016

12. VALINSKI S MICHAEL DORMAN WYNDMONT: 0/77.499

Source: Press release from Lauren Fisher for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc.