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Farrington is victorious at the Wellington Grand Prix

Mar 4, 2013

Week eight of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by G&C Farm, concluded on Sunday afternoon with an exciting victory for Kent Farrington (USA) and Robin Parsky's Blue Angel in the $150,000 CSIO 4* Grand Prix, presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). In an 11-horse jump-off, Farrington and Blue Angel were 1/100th of a second faster than Beezie Madden (USA) and Abigail Wexner's Cortes 'C' who finished second. Conor Swail (IRL) and Lansdowne, owned by Ariel and Susan Grange, placed third.

In Sunday's feature class, 53 entries showed and eleven went clear to advance to the jump-off. In the second round, six cleared the short course without fault, and it was a race to the finish as the times got faster and faster. Charlie Jayne (USA) and Chill RZ showed the way to a clear round in the jump-off and eventually placed sixth with their time of 41.02 seconds. McLain Ward (USA) and Antares F went next and improved on that time in 38.83 seconds to place fourth. Germany's Janne Friederike Meyer and Cellagon Lambrasco were just 2/100ths of a second slower in 38.85 seconds to take the fifth place prize.

Conor Swail and Lansdowne went next and put on quite a show as they stopped the clock in 38.57 seconds to eventually place third. Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' upped the ante once more as they completed their round in 38.25 seconds. Just when it seemed like Madden might not be beat, Kent Farrington and Blue Angel raced through the timers in 38.24 seconds, just 1/100th of a second faster, to grab the top spot. Farrington's winning mount, Blue Angel, is an eleven-year-old Anglo European mare by Luidam x Ascendant. Farrington just started riding her in Wellington this winter and as he put it, the pair "sort of jumped into the deep end of the pool," going for the big classes right away.

Final Results: $150,000 CSIO 4* Grand Prix Presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty

1. BLUE ANGEL: KENT FARRINGTON (USA) 0/0/38.24

2. CORTES 'C': BEEZIE MADDEN (USA) 0/0/38.25

3. LANSDOWNE: CONOR SWAIL (IRL) 0/0/38.57
4. ANTARES F: MCLAIN WARD (USA) 0/0/38.83

5. CELLAGON LAMBRASCO: JANNE FRIEDERIKE MEYER (GER) 0/0/38.85
6. CHILL R Z: CHARLIE JAYNE (USA) 0/0/41.02

7. CABALLITO: ANDRES RODRIGUEZ (VEN) 0/4/39.86
8. WHITNEY: RAMIRO QUINTANA (ARG) 0/4/43.37

9. WATCH ME VD MANGELAAR: DARRAGH KENNY (IRL) 0/4/46.77

10. ROYCE: MARGIE ENGLE (USA) 0/4/49.98

11. CEDRIC: LAURA KRAUT (USA) 0/8/39.61

12. CONTANGA 3: ANDRE THIEME (GER) 1/77.81

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