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Alvaro de Miranda and Show Show top Challenge Cup Round 11

Mar 22, 2013

Week eleven of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Artisan Farms, continued on Thursday with a one-two finish for Brazil in the $50,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 11. Alvaro de Miranda was the winner riding Show Show with Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Let's Fly in second. Germany's Daniel Deusser and Cornet d'Amour finished third.

In Thursday's WEF Challenge Cup class, Jeffery saw 70 entries and 12 clear trips over the first round course. Eleven of those entries returned for the jump-off, and six of those jumped double clear. Alvaro de Miranda and RD Jumper Higher Ltda's Show Show had the fastest round of 35.34 seconds for the victory. Rodrigo Pessoa and Double H Farm's HH Let's Fly finished in 37.58 seconds to place second. Third place honors went to Germany's Daniel Deusser with his time of 37.80 seconds aboard Cornet d'Amour, owned by Stephex Stables and Pedro Veniss.

Final Results: $50,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 11

1. SHOW SHOW: ALVARO DE MIRANDA (BRA) 0/0/35.34

2. HH LET'S FLY: RODRIGO PESSOA (BRA) 0/0/37.58

3. CORNET D'AMOUR: DANIEL DEUSSER (GER) 0/0/37.80

4. MYSELF DE BREVE: MARIE HECART (FRA) 0/0/40.94

5. BARONEZ: KIRSTEN COE (USA) 0/0/42.17

6. CAMILLE Z: ATHINA ONASSIS DE MIRANDA (GRE) 0/0/45.68

7. ZANDER: MCLAIN WARD (USA) 0/4/38.83

8. BOO VAN HET KASTANJEHOF: ANDREW WELLES (USA) 0/4/44.56

9. URAGUAY: TODD MINIKUS (USA) 0/12/42.38

10. CORTES 'C': BEEZIE MADDEN (USA) 0/16/55.53

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