News

Team USA Wins $75,000 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup

Mar 3, 2013

The powerhouse U.S. show jumping team of Kent Farrington, Reed Kessler, Laura Kraut and Beezie Maddenearned victory in Friday night's $75,000 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ presented by G&C Farm, at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Teams representing seven different countries participated in the evening's competition with a win for Team USA over Canada in second and Germany in third.

Teams of four represented the countries of Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Germany, USA, Colombia and Venezuela.

The winning team from the United States was represented by Kent Farrington and RCG Farm's Uceko, Reed Kessler and her Cylana, Laura Kraut and Cherry Knoll Farm, Inc.'s Cedric, and Beezie Madden riding Abigail Wexner's Simon under the guidance of new Chef d'Equipe Robert Ridland.

Friday night's Canadian team consisted of Eric Lamaze and Morningside Stud & Torrey Pines Stables' Wang Chung M2S, Tiffany Foster and Artisan Farm LLC's Victor, Mac Cone and Chadburn Holdings, Inc.'s Amor van de Rostal as well as Ian Millar and Ariel and Susan Grange's Dixson with Chef d'Equipe Mark Laskin.

Third place finisher, Team Germany, included Janne Friederike Meyer aboard Cellagon Lambrasco, Johannes Ehning and  Salvador V, Andre Thieme and his Contanga 3, and Daniel Deusser aboard Cornet d'Amour headed by Chef d'Equipe Dietmar Gugler.

The fourth place team from Ireland finished with eleven faults. Other teams included Colombia, who finished on a score of 41 to place fifth, Venezuela, who had a two round total of 48 to finish sixth, and Mexico, who finished on a score of 59 to place seventh.

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