Articles: Horse News
Cavalor Rider Hillary Dobbs Wins FEI World Cup Qualifier
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Montreal, Canada - December 14, 2009 -Cavalor show jumping rider Hillary
Dobbs found the perfect way to usher in the holiday season - by winning the
Holiday & Horses $50,000 Grand Prix and FEI World Cup Qualifier at the Palm
Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL.
Cavalor, the world's leading equine nutrition company for high-performance
horses, announced Dobbs as the company's first "Cavalor Young Champion"
earlier this year.
"We are extremely proud of Hillary's recent victory in the Holiday & Horses
Grand Prix and FEI World Cup Qualifier," said Philippe Collard, President of
Cavalor, Inc. "She is a talented rider, a wonderful person and a perfect
representative of our brand."
Dobbs and her mount Quincy B, a horse she has been riding since her days of
competing in the junior jumpers, bested a starting field of 38
horse-and-rider combinations for the win after advancing to the final
jump-off round. Joined by seven competitors in the jump-off, Dobbs knew that
she and Quincy B would have to perfectly execute the Anthony D'Ambrosio
designed course to secure the victory.
Going second to last in the order for the jump-off allowed Dobbs the
opportunity to carefully study the courses of the riders who went before
her, with the only fault-free ride thus far going to Ken Berkley and Carlos
Boy with a time of 46.14 seconds.
Living up to her "Cavalor Young Champion" title, Dobbs rose to the occasion
and put in a fault-free ride in a time of 45.39 seconds - just of a
second faster than Berkley. With only Russian Olympian Ljubov Kochetova
and Aslan left to compete, all Dobbs could do was wait and hope she and
Quincy B were fast enough for the win. Indeed, they were!
"You can always count on Ljubov to go clear, so I was just holding my
breath," said Dobbs.
Kochetova finished with no jumping faults in a time of 47.91 seconds,
securing the third place finish while Ken Berkley and Carlos Boy finished in
second.
"We're showing in these big night classes that are FEI World Cup qualifiers
with the hope that we acquire points early, so it's an option later down the
road," Dobbs said. "This horse just keeps getting better and better!"
Over the past 20 years, Cavalor has built an international reputation as the
world leader in equine nutrition for high performance horses. Today, Cavalor
products are sold and used in 45 countries by champion riders like Jos
Lansink, Eric Lamaze, Ian Millar, Anky Van Grunsven and Steffen
Peters. Cavalor products include a complete line of feed, supplement and
care products. All are the result of years of intense research and
development, thorough testing, selection of the highest quality ingredients,
strict manufacturing and quality control processes.For more information
about Cavalor and its complete line of products, please visit the Cavalor
website at www.cavalor.com.
Cavalor, when the result counts!
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