February 17, 2024, Myakka City, Florida. Amanda Derbyshire (GBR) and Otto BH galloped to their second weekend win to take home the blue ribbon in the $65,000 Galati Yacht Sales FEI 1.45m Grand Prix. Derbyshire sealed their victory while spectators eagerly watched from TerraNova’s VIP Pavilion. This win follows their triumph in Friday’s $32,000 The Estates at TerraNova FEI 1.45m Welcome Speed.
The jump off began with the Ringling Circus oxer, took an inside rollback turn to the Helm Limited vertical, then eight strides to a light blue liverpool oxer, turned left to a two-stride lake-side combination, sliced across two verticals and finished with the oxer in front of the spectator grandstand.
Derbyshire and Otto BH jumped the two single verticals at an angle, shaving off valuable seconds to cross the timers at 37.74.
With Otto BH sitting at the top of the class, Derbyshire knew the track to follow with Destine To Be (Diamant de Semilly x Sonora), David Blake and her 8-year-old warmblood gelding. They stopped the timers at 38.18 for third place.
Amanda Derbyshire and Charlie Be Good Z Win the $20,000 Michael Saunders & Company 1.35m National Prix
A new addition for the 2024 TerraNova Winter Series, the $20,000 Michael Saunders & Company 1.35m National Prix was held shortly after the $65,000 Galati Yacht Sales FEI 1.45m Grand Prix. The course in the Lakeside Arena was rebuilt with distances changed and heights adjusted for the national prix. Run in Table II, 2(b) format, the combinations remained in the ring after a clear round for an immediate jump-off course.
First in the ring with Renkum Oriana (Baloubet Jr x Renkum Oreade), an 8-year-old BE/SIES Sporthorse mare owned by Pine Hollow Farm, Derbyshire rode a double clear in 39.744.
As the last to go, Derbyshire, this time aboard Charlie Be Good Z (Cornet Obolensky x Chana Z), an 8-year-old Zangersheide stallion owned by Pine Hollow Farm, had the advantage of knowing how the course rode. Stopping the timers at 39.65, Derbyshire and “Charlie,” as he’s known in the barn, slid into first place, besting her earlier ride on Renkum Oriana.