Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Malou captured their second $50,000 grand prix win at HITS Thermal March 10.
“Malou has emerged as my most successful horse of the Desert Circuit,” Michaels-Beerbaum said.
Entering the final weekend March 16-17, Malou had been in the money in every Thermal grand prix in which she’s shown – a total of nine beginning with Desert Circuit II. She also landed in the ribbons in the $5,000 PCHA Jimmy Williams Classic that was her starter class during week one.
“The mare is jumping beautifully. I’m delighted,” Michaels-Beerbaum said.
Tess Disturnal and Lafayete take the $3,000 Marshall & Sterling Insurance Junior Jumper Low Classic at HITS Thermal.
In what was a climactic finish to an electrifying competition, Michaels-Beerbaum and Malou were the first in on the jump-off and laid down a Great American Time to Beat that could not be topped – 41.07 seconds. New Zealand rider Duncan McFarlane, who lives in San Ramon, was second to go on Simone Coxe’s Mr. Whoopy, and their time of 41.51 seconds put them into a snug red-ribbon position.
“Hopefully we’re peaking at just the right time,” said McFarlane, who came in second in the 2011 HITS Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix in Saugerties with Whoopy and was set to ride the stallion in the AIG Thermal Million March 17.
Jackie Hood and Shima ride to victory in the $3,000 Marshall & Sterling Insurance Amateur Jumper Low Classic at HITS Thermal.
“It was a great grand prix – the best course Olaf Petersen, Sr. designed all week,” said Simpson, a crowd favorite.
Paige Dotson of Laguna Hills and her family’s Rockford I was fastest of the four-faulters in the jump-off, earning fifth place with a time of 48.47 seconds. Woodside-based Karl Cook had a rail and a refusal at the third fence, but still finished within the time allowed four sixth with an eight fault score in a time of 51.91 seconds.
Earlier in the day, Canada’s Jackie Herod rode Shima to the $3,000 Marshall & Sterling Insurance Amateur Jumper Low Classic title. The $3,000 Marshall & Sterling Insurance Junior Jumper Low Classic went to fellow Canadian Tess Disturnal on her own Lafayete, followed by Bethany Bolen riding Blair Cudmore’s Odaus, and in third, Sarah Jane Haskins with her Weopatra.
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