Brand New Partnership of Francisco Jose Mesquita Musa and Biscayo Claims $35,000 Hollow Creek 1.50m Classic in Week Six

Francisco Jose Mesquita Musa and Biscayo. Photo: © Sportfot
Francisco Jose Mesquita Musa and Biscayo. Photo: © Sportfot

Wellington, Fla. — Feb. 17, 2018 — A brand new partnership triumphed in a field of 27 starters in the $35,000 Hollow Creek Farm 1.50m Classic during week six. On the Derby field at Equestrian Village (home to the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival), Brazil’s Francisco Jose Mesquita Musa and Biscayo produced the fastest of only two clears in the three-strong jump-off.

“I’ve only had him a very short time; two weeks,” said Musa, who is spending the WEF season in Wellington for the first time, based at Paulo Santana’s barn. “He is a very small horse, but he is scopey and has a huge heart. I knew he jumps well, but today he exceeded expectations. It was his day.”

The 12-year-old horse is only lightly competed, though under his previous rider, Bolivia’s Reynaldo Roberto Daza Cardozo, he contested the Bolivarian Games in 2017. Biscayo’s Wellington victory was his first ever international win.

“I’m very happy; he was second yesterday and then went even better today,” said Musa. “I think the horse is progressing and we’re getting to know each other. I just hoped he’d go well. He’s a really good horse and I have high expectations for the rest of the season. Even though he’s really small, he thinks he’s huge.”

The horse’s next stop will be the five-star WEF 7.

Madison Goetzmann and Prestigious. Photo: © Sportfot
Madison Goetzmann and Prestigious. Photo: © Sportfot

In the day’s opening class, the $10,000 Hermès U25 Welcome, 17-year-old Madison Goetzmann was uncatchable on Prestigious, skimming more than half a second off the second-placed Noel Fauntleroy and Mae.

Goetzmann was another to ride her horse — an 11-year-old Westfalian gelding by Con Cento — to its first ever international win in his six-month-long career.

Of the 52 starters, there were 20 clears, and the top nine riders in the class were all Americans.

RESULTS

$35,000 Hollow Creek 1.50m Classic
Place / Horse / Rider / Country / R1 Faults | Time / R2 Faults | Time
1. Biscayo / Francisco Jose Mesquita Musa / BRA / 0 | 78.94 / 0 | 43.176
2. Jeckle / Rodrigo Carrasco / CHI / 0 | 80.09 / 0 | 44.911
3. Sunshine / Carlos Hank Guerreiro / MEX / 0 | 80.13 / –
4. Eax Run Run LS / Ilan Bluman / COL / 1 | 82.28
5. Hfo Corvette / Alejandro Karolyi / VEN / 1 | 84
6. Balous Day Date / Molly Ashe / USA / 4 | 76.44
7. Shiver / Liza Finsness / USA / 4 | 78.06
8. Charly Brown / Teddy Vlock / USA / 4 | 78.07
9. Uelem Croze / Alexandra Paillot / FRA / 4 | 80.22
10. Zephire / Hayley Barnhill / USA / 4 | 81.96
11. Darling / Ainsley Vince / CAN / 5 | 82.86
12. Cybel II / Laura Chapot / USA / 7 | 90.86

For full results, click here.

$10,000 Hermes Under 25 Welcome
Place / Horse / Rider / Country / Faults | Time
1. Prestigious / Madison Goetzmann / USA / 0 | 60.03
2. Mae / Noel Fauntleroy / USA / 0 | 60.68
3. Tizimin LS / Megan Mcdermott / USA / 0 | 61.17
4. I Love Lucy / Victoria Colvin / USA / 0 | 61.92
5. Baloucento 2 / Ailish Cunniffe / USA / 0 | 62.12
6. Cade / Abigail McArdle / USA / 0 | 62.29
7. Julio VH Elzenhout / Giavanna Rinaldi / USA / 0 | 62.47
8. Gasper Van Den Doorn / Teddy Vlock / USA / 0 | 64.03
9. Carmen / Samantha Cohen / USA / 0 | 64.41
10. Kanisso / Manuel Fernandez Hache / DOM / 0 | 64.42
11. Chacco Prime / Alexanne Thibault / CAN / 0 | 64.44
12. Billy Cool / Jessica Mendoza / GBR / 0 | 65.59

For full results, click here.

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