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Roberto Teran and Woklahoma win Welcome Speed
Oct 29, 2015
For the first jumper event of the 2015 CP National Horse Show, athletes had to call on their horses' speed and accuracy. Forty-seven of the world's best gathered for the $35,000 International Open Jumpers Welcome Speed presented by Elm Rock LLC and Richard De Martini, but it would be Colombia's Roberto Teran and Woklahoma taking home the lion's share of the prize money with the fastest clear effort.
A qualifying event for Sunday's $250,000 Longines FEI World Cup Lexington, presented by CP, the $35,000 International Open Jumpers Welcome Speed required the athletes to be quick to make sure they were at the top of the leaderboard, but also careful in an effort to leave all the fences intact. The first pair to break the 67-second mark over Guilherme Jorge's track was Audrey Coulter of San Francisco, California, with Copernicus Stable's Domino. They set the pace to beat with a clear round in 66.47 seconds, which would be good enough for fourth place.
Lisa Goldman of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, took over the lead six rounds later on Mary Goldman's Centurion B. They blazed across the finish line in a faultless 65.02 seconds, posting a time that looked like it might be good enough for the win.
Olivier Philippaerts of Belgium looked like he might be able to steal the lead on H&M Legend of Love, owned by Ludo Philippaerts and Gerald Nothdurft. They left all the rails in their cups, but broke the beam at 66.12 seconds, which would eventually earn third place behind Goldman.
1. 478 Woklahoma Teran Tafur, Roberto COL 8750.00 USD 0 penalties 63.61 sec
2. 285 Centurion B Goldman, Lisa USA 7000.00 USD 0 penalties 65.02 sec
3. 576 H&M Legend of Love Philippaerts, Olivier BEL 5250.00 USD 0 penalties 66.12 sec
4. 255 Domino Coulter, Audrey USA 3500.00 USD 0 penalties 66.47 sec
5. 304 Casall Wolff, Ali USA 2450.00 USD 0 penalties 67.36 sec
7. 258 Constable II Kraut, Laura USA 1400.00 USD 0 penalties 68.74 sec
8. 280 Vanilla Madden, Elizabeth USA 1050.00 USD 0 penalties 69.39 sec
10. 305 Brianda Wolff, Ali USA 875.00 USD 0 penalties 70.42 sec
11. 271 Checkpoint U Dinan, Katherine A. USA 875.00 USD 0 penalties 73.40 sec