Articles: Horse News
Victoria Colvin Takes the Top Two Spots in the $10,000 Hermes Hunter
Classic
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Marty Bauman, (508) 698-6810,
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Bridgehampton, NY -- September 5, 2011 -- Victoria Colvin, of
Loxahatchee, FL, finished first and second in the $10,000 Hermes
Hunter Classic at the 36th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show in
Bridgehampton, NY, on Sunday.
Only one point separated the top two, with defending champion Way
Cool, owned by Dr. Betsee Parker, receiving the highest overall score
of 180 points. Sanzibar, owned by Karen Long Dwight and Barbara
Ridder Irwin, were second with 179 points. Pavarotti, owned by Teri
Kessler, and ridden by Chloe Reid of Washington, D.C., came in third
with a total score of 171 points.
Colvin piloted Sanzibar to the top score in the first round receiving
90 points. Way Cool was second with 89 points. In the second round
the results were reversed with Way Cool finishing first receiving 91
points and Sanzibar scoring 89 points.
This year the $10,000 Hermes Hunter Classic was opened to
Amateur-Owner competitors that jumped 3'3" as well as Junior and
Amateur-Owner competitors that jumped 3'6", allowing all of the
horse show's amateur competitors in rated hunter divisions to be
part of the prestigious classic competition.
Colvin received two additional awards for her winning performances at
the Hampton Classic Horse Show. The thirteen-year-old rider received
the Kathy Scholl Memorial Trophy awarded to the junior rider who
exhibited the most consistent ability in the Junior Divisions, and
the Gordon Wright Cup for the awarded to the Leading Junior
Equitation Rider.
Her trainer Scott Stewart of Wellington, FL, was impressed with
Colvin's achievements.
"It's a great accomplishment for Victoria to win both awards,
especially at such a young age," said Stewart. "She is such an
amazing talent and has matured so much in the last year that it
enables her to be in the top of the equitation as well as the hunter
ranks."
For more information and a complete set of results of the Hampton
Classic Horse Show, please visit the Hampton Classic website at -
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ClassicCommunication/933d2af1a9/dd6a0eca60/e29ef59f2c www.hamptonclassic.com or call (631) 537-3177. Hampton Classic Horse
Show, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) charitable corporation
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