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Articles: Press Release
Veronica Tracy and Muscadet de la Saveniere of Karen Healey Stables Win $5,000 1.45M Open Jumper Classic at Oaks Blenheim June Classic
Photo Credit: Veronica Tracy and Muscadet de la Saveniere,
winners of the $5,000 1.45M Open Jumper Classic at Oaks Blenheim June Classic
III. Photo (C) 2007 Flying Horse
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San Juan Capistrano,
CA - June 27, 2007 - Karen Healey Stables competed in the third week of
competition at the Oaks Blenheim June Classic Horse Show on June 20-24, 2007.
Riders won in the jumper, equitation and hunter divisions.
One of the highlights of the week was Veronica Tracy's win
in the $5,000 1.45m Open Jumper Classic on her 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood
gelding, Muscadet de la Saveniere. The pair were one of only two that advanced
to the jump-off, and they defeated professional rider Helen McNaught and Tin
Tin Stella. Karen Healey student Tina Dilandri and her jumper, Chanel 292,
finished third in the 1.45m Open Jumper Classic, while Lauren Kay and Chip Chap
were fifth.
Tracy, a 17-year-old from San Juan Capistrano, has owned
"Paddy" for one year and has steadily moved up to the High Junior Jumpers and
now the open division. This Saturday at the Oaks, they will compete in the main
grand prix event. "I never thought I would be showing in the grand prix this
year," Tracy
revealed. "Everything has just really come together. I'm not nervous yet, just
really excited."
"He is so much fun," Tracy
said of her horse. "He likes to do things his own way, and he has the most
personality of any horse I've ever ridden. He likes to just go in the ring and
do his job. We have a good partnership now."
In addition to her jumper win, Tracy won both phases and overall in the WIHS
Equitation Classic on her ten-year-old Holsteiner gelding Guns N Roses. "Axel
is definitely coming into his own," Tracy
commented. "He's been a project for me and Karen, and now he's completely
schooled and straightforward."
Second place in the WIHS class went to Tina Dilandri of La Jolla, CA, and third
was Shelby Wakeman of Westlake
Village, CA. In the USEF
Show Jumping Talent Search, Dilandri took home the blue ribbon, while Navona
Gallegos was second and Wakeman was third. Dilandri also won the USEF Junior
Medal on her equitation horse RSVP, while Holly Dickinson of Los Angeles was fourth.
Dickinson
was victorious in the CPHA Junior Medal and finished second in the Equitation
14 & Under. Jocelyn Neff of Newport
Beach, CA, won the
Equitation 14 & Under. Wakeman was second in the WCE Medal, and Michelle
Morris of La Canada, CA, was fourth. San
Juan Capistrano resident Tiffani Weeda rode Here's
Johnny to victory in the CPHA Foundation medal class.
Morris picked up second place in the Equitation 15-17 over
fences. In the Small Junior 16-17 Hunters, she piloted Soft Touch for trainer
John Bragg. They won $1,000 Junior Hunter Classic, along with three classes in
their division for the championship. This was their second championship in a
row.
Kristi Siam of Chatsworth,
CA, rode Karma to the win in the
PCHA Adult Medal and the Ariat Adult Medal.
In the $5,000 High Junior/Amateur Jumper Classic, Dilandri
and Chanel 292 finished in the third place, while Tracy and her mount were fifth. Kay and Chip
Chap took eighth place.
Riding in one of her favorite competitions, ten-year-old
Skylar Nelson of Burbank, CA, rode her medium pony, Macy Grey, to
fifth place overall in the Zone 10 "West Coast" Pony Finals. The pair won the
first two phases of the competition. Nelson also rode her small pony, Magic
Formula, to first place in the Small Pony Hunters. Magic Formula finished third
in the model and fourth under saddle in the Zone 10 Finals.
Karen Healey Stables will compete next at the Oaks Blenheim
Red, White & Blue Horse Show on June 27-July 1, 2007.
This photo may be used free of charge only in relation to this press
release.

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