Terry Brown adds another chapter to her Sequel
Conyers, GA – Showcase, Ltd. based in Canton, GA ended their 2005 show season on a high note as owner-rider Terry Brown partnered with her 11 year-old Hanoverian gelding Sequel were awarded USEF National Horse of the Year titles in Second Year Green Working Hunter, Regular Working Hunter, and the Farnam Platform USEF Horse of the Year Grand Champion. They seem to be headed right back to the top in 2006 as their winning continued with the Championship in the Regular Working Hunter division for both weeks of the Atlanta Spring Classics.
“Great weather, beautiful rings and courses that rode well,” Brown began when asked for her thoughts on winning in Conyers again, “the course designer out did himself and really tested everyone. He asked certain questions, made the cream rise to the top and that’s a good course designer.” She concluded. Terry and Sequel took the blue ribbon in all their over fence and flat classes for both weeks of competition. “Sequel came through for me like he usually does,” a smiling Terry spoke of her partner, “I like to ask him to give me a big score and he does!”
Next up for Showcase, Ltd and Terry is the Queen City Classic, “We’ve got our eye on the $100,000 Hunter Classic, with probably 4 horses going but of course our bullet horse is Sequel.” Team Brown will then take a break before heading out in late April to Aiken, SC and on to Lexington, KY hoping to add to Sequel’s many chapters, although Brown joked the big debate at present was “We normally take a 10 day vacation at the beach in May but we’ve been thinking about Devon this year.” Then adds with a serious giggle “We’ll just ask Sequel what he wants to do.”
Also repeating Championships from the hunter divisions were Remedy with Daniel Geitner in the irons for owner Margaret Edge in the 2nd Year Green Working and Sinners Prayer with Russell Frey riding for owner Bridget Moseley in the Conformation Hunters. Hunt Tosh and Wellington, owned by Lee Cesery, took the tri colors in the 1st Year Green Working.
In the Grand Prix arena the sequels continued as Joe Fargis and Diams III, owned by Mary B. Schwab, wrote another chapter on victory by winning this week’s Lucky Sevens Welcome Stake presented by Café Milano. A field of 41 nationally and internationally ranked horse/rider combinations took on course designer Michel Vaillancourt’s 14-obstacle layout of sweeping turns and big spreads with a generous time allowance of 83 seconds. “It was simple, too simple.” Vaillancourt began, “Normally we don’t have such a strong field of exhibitors for this class and I stayed with the specs, the dimensions, required by the prize list as I don’t like to play with that. What I should have done was be a little bit more technical, for example I needed another jump down in front of the triple combination to create more of a problem. I could stay with the height but I just needed something a little more challenging.” And with a laugh he added, “you know every three years you miss one and sorta say to yourself Whoa, that’s a little wake up call! It happens, but I’d rather go easy than be too hard. But watch out for me on Sunday’s Grand Prix.”
Diams and Joe Fargis went double clear with a first round time of 78.93 seconds and a fast 35.328 seconds in the jump off. Second place honors went to Oliver III piloted by Judy Garofalo-Torres for owner High Ground Farms with a second round time of 37.239 seconds. Jonathon Millar riding Vasco Van Westuur for owner Frank Highley took third place with a time of 37.312. Belynda Bond on board Sea Cove for owner Kim Semyan placed fourth in a time of 38.594 seconds and finishing up the top five was Costa Rica Z with owner-rider Amy Millar in a time of 38.599 seconds.
Show manager Allen Rheinheimer said of this afternoon’s event, “Can you imagine how exciting the Grand Prix on Sunday will be? What a collection of talent out there, it’s going to be the event to watch.”
The Atlanta Spring Classics continue through April 2nd with showing taking place Wednesday through Sunday each week. Classes begin daily at 8AM until approximately 4:30PM and the public is invited. Admission is free and each Sunday afternoon will host an exciting $25,000 Grand Prix jumper event. For more information or results on the Spring Classics visit http://www.classiccompany.com/ or call the show office at 770-602-2510.
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