Show Jumping Classic Wraps Up in Cowtown

Show Jumping Classic Wraps in Cowtown

The Show Jumping Classic was held at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Ft Worth May 20-24, and the big crowd was very happy to have the Texas-sized roofs over the rings with all the rain.

Colleen Brombach & Call Me Cool

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In the Will Rogers Coliseum (main Hunter ring), competition got off to a good start with Colleen Brombach riding Allison Dodds’ Call Me Cool to victory in The USHJA Green Incentive. Second was Carlee McCutcheon on Explanation and third was Bob Brawley riding Oyster Bay owned by Equestrian Closet LLC.

Carlee McCutcheon & MTM Personal Assistant

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The Texas Performance Stake saw Carlee McCutcheon pilot her MTM Personal Assistant to the top spot. Second was Sterling Kincannon and Biloxi and third was Carlee McCutcheon riding KT Hedwich for Michael Kirby.

The $5000 Texas Green Hunter Stake where Natalee Haggan piloted Kaitlyn Arnold’s MTM Crumble to the top spot. Sterling Kincannon rode Hands Up for Jana Carlee McCutcheon & Rodes to take second and Nada Wise riding Layla for MTM Personal Assistant Kirby McCool was third.

Klas-Kristoff Kudlinski & NKH Cento Blue

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Friday was busy with 31 entries competing over Lynn Mullins hunter course in the $5,000 USHJA National Derby. Sterling Kincannon rode Biloxi to the blue Klas-Kristoff Kudlinski & NKH Cento ribbon for Jana Rodes. The red ribbon went home with Blue Belynda Bond riding Santana for Gesture LLC and third was Carlee McCutcheon on MTM Personal Assistant.

Over in the John Justin Arena (main jumper ring), the $7,500 Welcome Stake was held with hometown gal Erin Davis-Heineking piloting Cilus R to take the first place award for Heineking Show Stable. Natalee Haggan rode MTM Cravitz to second with Carlee McCutcheon on MTM Fortunate jumped into third.

Happy Comly & Derby CSH

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The EMO $5,000 Jumper Classic on Friday saw Happy Comly riding Derby CSH for Comly Sport Horses take the top spot. Second went to Colleen Acosta on Himini for Caacosta LLC and third was Ava Myers and Chico P for Myers Family Investments.

Friday evening concluded with the $5,000 Horse/Dog Relay class that is great fun to watch. Kirsten Collins rode Emony M owned by Dapple LLC to take home the blue in the horse portion of the class. Happy Comly rode Easy Jumper Z to second and Hallie Rush and Keeping Tabs nabbed third. A big thank you to all the agility dogs and their handlers that came to help with the fun class.

The future class was the $35,000 Grand Prix of Ft Worth. Marina Azevedo designed a challenging course that saw four horse/rider combinations return for the jump off. Klas-Kristoff Kudlinski bested the field aboard NKH Cento Blue with a clean and fast round to take home the blue ribbon. Natalee Haggan, just coming off training of her first lead line victory took second on MTM’s Cravitz for MTM Farm. Third was Cilius R and Erin Davis-Heineking and Happy Comly rounded off the jump off with Clock-Wise CSH for Comly Sport Horses.

Visit: https://www.southboundshows.com/southwest-classic for full results.