All riders with a score of 60 or better from Phase One were invited back, bringing the entry total for the second day to 61. Phase Three commenced at 8am on Wednesday morning. The unusual opportunity to receive such extensive feedback from the panel highlighted the educational components of the class and gave riders numerous options for improvement in the third phase the following morning as well as a new perspective on equitation. Traurig commented on how they handled each portion of the course, i.e., using combination of direct and indirect rein aids to keep a horse straight to the trot fence, or influencing the landing to land on certain lead, or choosing to land then swap to counter canter, to show off skills.Īfterward, Tonya Johnston gave a “Mental Skills” presentation and then Traurig, Madden, Healey, Johnston, and Maskrey-Segesman answered inquiries from the riders. Riders and trainers attended a video presentation of “Equitation – An American Tradition of Excellence,” which included slow motion videos of five winning rounds from recent years of the Maclay Finals. Phase Two was conducted at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, that evening. Katherine Dash, a student of Brookway Stables, led the pack after the first round with a score of 85. “Jump number one was a big hay wall covered in ivy, and I knew I had to get my gallop and set my pace from there.” Her plan paid off as she navigated the trickier elements of the course and earned a score of 84. “My goal for the entire course was staying on pace,” she said. Katie Browne, who rides with Elvenstar, sat second after Phase One. Opening remarks from the judges – video from Show Jumping LifeĪfter a mandatory riders’ meeting and subsequent warm-up round in the morning, Phase One officially began on Tuesday afternoon when 71 competitors set out to tackle the expansive course, which asked questions of adjustability, pace, and fluidity around bending lines and tight rollbacks. Honorable judges Bernie Traurig and Stacia Madden presided over each jumping phase and provided written comments for each competitor alongside the open numerical scoring format. She also served as technical delegate and was on hand as a mentor to all participants, along with mental skills coach Tonya Johnston. The courses in the challenge were designed by Karen Healey. “I’m looking for it to be something that’s enjoyable and educational and something that people can walk away from and say, ‘Wow, that was a great experience. Georgy Maskrey-Segesman, owner and operator of Whitethorne, a premier hunter-jumper sales barn, created the class with the goal of providing more education for equitation riders on the West Coast. Day Two all competitors with a score of 60 or better returned for the second round, followed by a work-off of the top six scoring riders. The inaugural class took place over three phases, with Day One featuring the jumping phase over a 3’3″ Hunter Derby type track plus an educational presentation and Q&A phase with all riders, trainers, and judges that evening. Moving up from eighth to first, twelve-year-old Stella Buckingham earned an impressive win aboard Nom de Guerre. It is rumoured to be worth about £30 million, but Andrew lives there under a lease, which is equivalent to £250 a week.J– San Juan Capistrano, CA – Over seventy junior and amateur entries took to The Oaks International Grand Prix Field for the inaugural American Tradition of Excellence Equitation Challenge, presented by Whitethorne. The King is believed to be keen to cut outgoings, and is said to have ordered a review of how the Duchy funds will be used.Īndrew's current residence, Royal Lodge, boasts 30 rooms, and is located three miles from Windsor Castle. "They’ve been told their subsidy, vital for maintaining Royal Lodge, will be cut as soon as April.” Royal Lodge has a swimming pool, 98 acres of land and is already in need of some repair. However, members of the royal family have reportedly been warned to expect less money from the Duchy.Ī source told The Mail Online: "He’s not being explicitly kicked out but it’s expected that he won’t be able to afford the maintenance. It was previously reported that Andrew was to receive an annual sum of £249,000 from his late mother before she died. Since then, Andrew has reportedly been financially supported by private funds from the sovereign's private estate, the Duchy of Lancaster, as well as an annual income from his Royal Navy pension. If Charles goes ahead and cuts finances it could put Andrew - who shares two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson - in financial difficulty, which would make affording the maintenance costs for the property a challenge.Īndrew stepped down as a working royal in 2019, following the sexual assault allegations made against him by Virginia Giuffre, which has since been drawn to a close with a financial settlement.
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