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Kent Farrington and Voyeur victorious in WC Lexington
Nov 2, 2015
Top athletes need that special horse to help them stay at the pinnacle of the sport, and Kent Farrington found that mount in the very quirky Voyeur. Farrington has worked hard to develop all of Voyeur's qualities that make him special and turn him into a winner. Sunday afternoon at the CP National Horse Show, they once again proved why they are ranked as one of the best pairs in the world when they bested a 13-horse jump-off to win the $250,000 Longines FEI World Cup Lexington, presented by CP.
Six of the top seven finishers completed the course within just one-tenth of a second of one another, with Farrington being the only rider to finish under 34 seconds. Ireland's Conor Swail and Ilan Ferder's Viva Colombia were the slowest to finish under 35 seconds, breaking the beam at 34.76 seconds with all the rails intact for seventh place. The sixth place award went to Belgium's Jos Verlooy and Sunshine, owned by Axel Verlooy and Eurohorse BVBA, for their clear round in 34.36 seconds. Hardin Towell and Jennifer Gates' Emilie de Diamant AS just narrowly slipped ahead of them for fifth place in 34.32 seconds.
Beezie Madden and Abigail Wexner's Breitling LS set the pace to beat early in the tiebreaker when they crossed the finish line in 34.26 seconds. Despite his mount being blind in one eye, Belgium's Olivier Philippaerts had one of the fastest rounds of the day on H&M Challenge VD Begijnakker Z, owned by Bart Keisse. He finished in 34.07 seconds for third place, just two-hundredths of a second behind Laura Kraut. Kraut was aboard Deauville S, another quirky mount, who is owned by Old Willow Farms, for her speedy jump-off. They were just ahead of Philippaerts, clearing the track in 34.05 seconds to place second and also earn the show's Leading Lady Rider title. Farrington's speedy mount Voyeur, owned by Amalaya Investments, made light work of the winding jump-off track. Rolling back through the sharp turns and galloping to the last vertical, they dashed across the finish line in 33.19 seconds to take the win by a full second.
1 VOYEUR TOLANO VAN 'T RIETHOF 102TH86 KWPN Kent FARRINGTON USA 0/0/33.19 62.500 $
2 DEAUVILLE S DIAMANT DE SEMILLY 103TL24 Holst Laura KRAUT USA 0/0/34.05 50.000 $
3 H&M CHALLENGE VD BEGIJNAKKER CHELLANO Z BEL41797 Z Olivier PHILIPPAERTS BEL 0/0/34.07 37.500 $
4 BREITLING LS QUINTERO 103JH05 La Silla Elizabeth MADDEN USA 0/0/34.26 25.000 $
5 EMILIE DE DIAMANT A S DIAMANT DE SEMILLY 102SR34 BWP Jack TOWELL USA 0/0/34.32 17.500 $
6 SUNSHINE DIAMANT DE SEMILLY 103LL67 BWP Jos VERLOOY BEL 0/0/34.36 13.750 $
7 VIVA COLOMBIA COULEUR RUBIN 103ZP28 Old Conor SWAIL IRL 0/0/34.76 10.000 $
8 HH AZUR THUNDER VAN DE ZUUTHOEVE 103QN45 SBS Mclain WARD USA 0/0/35.40 7.500 $
9 CHAQUI Z CHACCO-BLUE 103JI82 Z Shane SWEETNAM IRL 0/0/35.90 7.500 $
10 VDL WIZARD GENTLEMAN 102PX05 KWPN Callan SOLEM USA 0/0/36.76 6.250 $