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Ward and Super Trooper de Ness win in Wellington

Mar 1, 2013

Week eight of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by G&C Farm, continued on Thursday at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, with the $43,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 8. The win went to U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist McLain Ward aboard Grant Road Partners' Super Trooper de Ness.

On Thursday, 64 entries showed over D'Ambrosio's speed track for the eighth installment of the Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series with 17 clear rounds over the course. McLain Ward and Super Trooper de Ness, an eleven-year-old Belgian Sport Horse stallion by Vigo d'Arsouilles x Polydor, had the fastest time of 59.12 seconds. Second place went to Kent Farrington (USA) and Robin Parsky's Blue Angel with a time of 61.46 seconds. Lauren Hough (USA) and Laura Mateo's Quick Study were third in 61.83 seconds, and Beezie Madden (USA) placed fourth with a time of 62.53 seconds aboard Abigail Wexner's Cortes 'C'.

Final Results: $43,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 8

1. SUPER TROOPER DE NESS: MCLAIN WARD (USA), Grant Road Partners: 0/59.12

2. BLUE ANGEL: KENT FARRINGTON (USA), Robin Parsky:0/61.46

3. QUICK STUDY: LAUREN HOUGH (USA), Laura Mateo: 0/61.83

4. CORTES 'C': BEEZIE MADDEN (USA), Abigail Wexner: 0/62.53

5. BIG STAR: NICK SKELTON (GBR), Beverly Widdowson: 0/62.63

6. LEWIN 5: PETER WYLDE (USA), Societe Civile de l'Ecurie Meautry: 0/63.61

7. UNEX OMELLI: TIM GREDLEY(GBR), Unex Competition Yard: 0/63.97

8. BELMONT: LAURA KRAUT (USA), Beverly Widdowson: 0/64.05

9. LIGIST: REED KESSLER (USA), Reed Kessler: 0/64.17

10. CATHARINA 9: ANDRE THIEME (GER), Seth Vallhonrat:0/64.33

11. NOUGAT DU VALLET: KATHERINE DINAN (USA), Grant Road Partners: 0/65.92

12. LANSDOWNE: CONOR SWAIL (IRL), Ariel & Susan Grange: 0/65.94

Source Lauren Fisher and Laura Cardon for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc.