Source:  News Release/Lauren Fisher/JWM Inc.

ESP Spring 3 Horse Show Wrap-Up, April 18-22, 2012

Wellington, FL -Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) hosted its third week of Spring Series horse shows at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) this week with the ESP Spring 3 Horse Show. With a full line-up of 'AA' hunter and four-star jumper competition, the show ran on April 18-22, 2012, and featured a $25,000 Grand Prix and $10,000 Welcome Stake.

The Spring Series will continue with its"A" rated hunter and 3-star jumper ESP Spring 4 Horse Show on May 4-6, 2012. Highlights include a $10,000 Open Jumper Stake on Sunday, May 6. Also on Sunday, a $2,500 South Florida SportChassis NAL Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic will be held, as well as a $1,500 Merrill Lynch Marshall & Sterling Child Jumper Classic and $1,500 Merrill Lynch Marshall & Sterling Adult Jumper Classic.

The third week of competition in the ESP Spring Series featured a $25,000 Grand Prix on Sunday, April 22, in the International Arena at the PBIEC.The class featured 41 top horse and rider combinations with a win for Catherine Pasmore aboard Z Canta, an eight-year-old KWPN mare by Casantos x Abantos, owned by Pasmore Stables LLC. In a 14-horse jump-off, Pasmore and Z Canta had the fastest of eight double clear rounds over the Steve Stephens designed course. Their pace of 35.603 seconds proved to be the winning time.

Catherine Pasmore and Z Canta. Photo copyright Anne Gittins Photography.

Jonathan McCrea and Candy Tribble's Twisther finished in second place with double clear rounds and a jump-off time of 37.184 seconds. Andres Rodriguez and Caballito, owned by Arao Enterprises LLC, stopped the clock in 37.824 seconds to finish third.

Class winner Catherine Pasmore has owned Z Canta for three years now after purchasing the mare as a five-year-old from Emil Hendrix. Pasmore explained her progress with Z Canta, stating, "I showed her a little bit in England and I left her over there for that winter and then brought her over here last year for the first time. I showed her in some of the seven-year-old classes and some low and medium amateurs. This year she has moved up and been great. I did one of the young rider classes with her on the grass field and she was fifth in that, she was really good. I also did some of the FEI 1.45m classes on her. This was her first grand prix though and she was really, really good. I am very happy with her."

On her rounds in Sunday's grand prix, Pasmore detailed, "The first round was exactly how I planned. The first half, I was very in control and I was really happy with it. In the end, we definitely lost a little bit of our control and got a bit speedy, but she still jumped great. Then there were a lot in the jump-off and this is her last class until later this summer, so I figured I would just go for it and she was great. That is the first time I have ever actually pushed her and asked her to turn and go fast and she was amazing; she loved it."

Z Canta leaves in two weeks to travel to Germany where Pasmore will show throughout the summer with her trainer, Lauren Hough. Pasmore and Z Canta will show in the eight-year-old young jumper classes as well as the 1.35m, 1.40m and 1.45m classes to start moving up.

Sunday's win was a nice send off for the pair with Z Canta's first grand prix victory. "It is really nice after circuit," Pasmore noted. "This is a ring that she has been in for a long time and it was just nice to come down here from school and have one more class before the summer."

Catherine Pasmore and Z Canta with ringmaster Cliff Haines. Photo copyright Anne Gittins Photography

Pasmore is finishing up her final weeks of classes at the University of South Carolina, where she was on the equestrian team. She now plans to transfer to the University of Miami, where she will begin as a sophomore in the fall. "It is really about the location. I love South Carolina and I love being on the team, but this is really what I want to do and show my own horses, so it is a lot closer and a lot more convenient," the rider explained.

Final Results: $25,000 ESP Spring 3 Grand Prix

1. Z CANTA, CATHERINE PASMORE, PASMORE STABLES LLC: 0/0/35.603

2. TWISTHER, JONATHAN MCCREA, CANDY TRIBBLE: 0/0/37.184

3. CABALLITO, ANDRES RODRIGUEZ, ARAO ENTERPRISES LLC: 0/0/37.824

4. DIKTATOR VAN DE BOSLANDHOEVE, SHANE SWEETNAM, SPY COAST FARM LLC: 0/0/38.496

5. ROMANTOVICH TAKE ONE, CHRISTINE MCCREA, CANDY TRIBBLE: 0/0/39.561

6. THOMAS EDISON, MAGGIE JAYNE, ALEX JAYNE: 0/0/39.973

7. WIZZ, PAUL O'SHEA, PAUL O'SHEA: 0/0/42.257

8. POMME LADY, BOBBY GINSBERG, BOBBY GINSBERG: 0/0/42.368

9. OHLALA, LAUREN HOUGH, LAUREN HOUGH: 0/4/37.228

10. INSTANT KARMA, PAUL O`SHEA, MICHAEL HAYDEN: 0/4/39.370

11. WILCO B, WHITNEY LINDERS, WEE ENTERPRISES: 0/4/39.737
12. AX-CENT, KENNETH BERKLEY, RIVERS EDGE: 0/4/39.887 

The Tackeria NAL Child/Adult Jumper Classic was also held on Saturday with a win for Nina Montross and Voigtsdorf's Ohio, owned by Palm Meadow Farm, LLC. Cloe Hymowitz and Cowboy, owned by Raylyn Farms Inc., placed second.

On Sunday, Angela Misch and S.F. Carco, owned by Debbi White, were the victors in the Low Child/Adult Jumper Classic. Dennis Sisco and Leitrim Euro Touch finished second.

The Merrill Lynch M&S Child/Adult Jumper Classic was won by Gillian Kelley and Campesino IV, owned by Emerald Isle Jumpers. Cloe Hymowitz and Anique, owned by Rose Hill Farm, placed second.

Hunter and Equitation Highlights - Thursday to Sunday

 The ESP Spring 3 Horse Show featured a special USHJA National Hunter Classic on Sunday morning with a one-two finish for young rider Shawn Casady. Casady guided Without Question, owned by Ponies and Palms Show Stables LLC, to the win and finished second aboard Marigot Bay Farm LLC's Bolero. Stars Go Blue, also owned by Marigot Bay Farm LLC and ridden by Kelly Arani, finished in third. Hannah Patten and Wolfgang placed fourth, and Lindsey Tomeu and Take Note, owned by Siboney Ranch, finished in fifth.

The champion in the Adult Amateur Hunter 18-35 division for the week was Toowoomba, owned and ridden by Carrie Buxton. The reserve champion was Picture This, owned and ridden by Allison Moynihan. In the Adult Amateur Hunter 36 & Over, E.L. Raymond and Leslie Campbell earned the championship. Fashion Farm's Another Place and Glen Senk finished in reserve. The Amateur-Owner Working Hunter 3'3" division saw a championship win for Antilles and Elizabeth Faraci. Take Note, owned by Siboney Ranch and ridden by Lindsey Tomeu, took home reserve honors. In the Amateur-Owner 3'6" Working Hunters, Larkspur and Ashley Whitner were the champions with Heather Hooker and Richard Prant's Castlekeep in reserve.

Christopher Payne swept the Green Working Hunter division this week with Susan Moriconi's horses Dashing and Holden. Dashing was the champion by just two points over Holden in reserve. In the Performance Working Hunter 3'6", Freedom Counts, owned by Timothy Hooker, earned the championship with Dana Colabella and Taryn Hartnett in the irons. Cavalier Forever, owned by Joanna Delman and ridden by Amanda Lyerly, finished in reserve.

The Large Junior Hunter 15 & Under division saw a championship win for Caldwell, owned by Scott Stewart and ridden by Victoria Colvin. Cloe Hymowitz and Rose Hill Farm's Perfectionist earned the reserve championship. Savant, owned by First Partners LP and ridden by Catherine Tyree, was the champion in the Large Junior Hunter 16-17. Boca's Cool Water, owned by Ponies and Palms Show Stables LLC and ridden by Lisa Butzer, was the reserve champion. In the Small Junior Hunter division, Caligo, owned by Bill Schaub and ridden by Parker Wright, was the champion. Shawn Casady rode Bolero, owned by Marigot Bay Farm LLC, to the reserve honors.

In the pony divisions, Lili Hymowitz rode Bit of Love, owned by Scott Stewart, to the Small Pony Hunter championship with Goldfish and Addison Piper in reserve. The Large Pony Hunter champion was All the Best, owned by Katherine Strauss LLC, and ridden by Lili Hymowitz. Losander's Camelot, owned by Donald Stewart and ridden by Cloe Hymowitz, was the reserve champion.

In the equitation, Victoria Colvin and Amore Mio, owned by Alexandra Crown, topped both the Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Medal sponsored by Roland College and the WIHS Equitation Classic for the second week in a row. Mary Abbruzzese and Cartoon, owned by Heritage Farm, Inc. were the winners of the ASPCA Maclay class for their second week.

Gillian Kelley was the champion in the Equitation 14 & Under division for the week. Cloe Hymowitz topped the Equitation 15-17, and Tricia Barr was the champion in the Adult Amateur Equitation.

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