Kristen Vanderveen and Bull Run’s Faustino De Tili Ride to Strong Win in $35,000 Suncast® Commercial Welcome Stake CSI 3*

Kristen Vanderveen and Bull Run's Faustino De Tili
Kristen Vanderveen and Bull Run’s Faustino De Tili

Mill Spring, NC – Oct. 12, 2017 – Kristen Vanderveen (USA) and Bull Run’s Faustino De Tili topped 82 horse and rider pairs in the Tryon Fall IV $35,000 Suncast® Commercial Welcome Stake CSI 3*, stopping the short course timers at a blazing 35.26 seconds. Kent Farrington (USA) and Dublin were just seven-hundredths of a second behind, claiming second place honors with a jump-off time of 35.33 seconds, while Beezie Madden (USA) and Coach finished third, posting a 37.59 second jump-off round.

The Michel Vaillancourt (CAN) designed track saw 82 entries, of which 20 pairs qualified for the jump-off and 13 went double clear. Vanderveen and “Frosty” were fresh and ready to make up for past losses today, she explained. “Kent and I were just at Central Park together and he got me in both classes, so knowing that Kent was behind me and is incredibly fast, I wanted to lay it out and take all the risks I could and see what we could end up with.”

Bull Run’s Faustino De Tili, a 2005 BWP stallion (Berlin x Bijou Van De Vijfheide), has not jumped in two weeks, said Vanderveen, so she was primarily focused on managing his energy today. “He can be a little bit strong, so I didn’t know how strong he would be today,” she commented. “He’s had a bit of a vacation for the past two weeks and hasn’t jumped at all, so my biggest thought today was about how and where he could get strong towards the end of the course, or at a few verticals, but he loves this ring, loves Tryon, and was listening well today.”

Kristen Vanderveen and Bull Run's Faustino De Tili in their presentation ceremony with Lauren Tisbo of Suncast®.
Kristen Vanderveen and Bull Run’s Faustino De Tili in their presentation ceremony with Lauren Tisbo of Suncast®.

The pair have been together for three years, but have really succeeded at high levels starting this year, explained Vanderveen. “The first year [I had him] it really took us a while to get to know one another. We still had a couple Grand Prix wins in there, but it was very up and down, and last year I did a lot of 1.45m Speed classes, and we were clicking there, and this year we’ve really clicked at a higher level and are starting to make classes,” she said.

Vanderveen, who won her first CSI 5* competition at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) and is known as the “Tryon Queen,” admitted that she’s excited for next week’s CSI 5* competition. “If everything keeps going well I’ll probably use him in the CSI 5* next week, and possibly at the CSI 4* in Kentucky, and we’ll keep going as long as he still feels fresh,” she concluded.

RESULTS

$35,000 Suncast® Commercial Welcome Stake CSI 3*
Place / Horse / Rider / R1 Faults | Time / R2 Faults | Time
1. Bull Run’s Faustino De Tili / Kristen Vanderveen / 0 | 72.32 / 0 | 35.26
2. Dublin / Kent Farrington / 0 | 73.31 / 0 | 35.33
3. Coach / Beezie Madden / 0 | 73 / 0 | 37.59
4. Fineman / Brianne Goutal / 0 | 73.99 / 0 | 37.63
5. Tosca De L’esques / Fabio Leivas Da Costa / 0 | 73.92 / 0 | 37.64
6. Charlie / Winn Alden / 0 | 75.49 / 0 | 37.76
7. Redmond / Alberto Michan / 0 | 76.54 / 0 | 37.79
8. Austria 2 / Amber Harte / 0 | 73.55 / 0 | 37.8
9. Brilliant Du Rouet / Roberto Teran Tafur / 0 | 76.52 / 0 | 37.93
10. Freestyle De Muze / Richie Moloney / 0 | 76.81 / 0 | 38.95
11. Charlie / Hilary Mc Nerney / 0 | 76.54 / 0 | 39.11
12. Wicked / Jenn Serek / 0 | 76.19 / 0 | 39.56

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Todd Minikus Pilots Quality Girl to Quality Win in Tryon Fall IV $6,000 Nutrena® 1.40m Power & Speed CSI 3*

Todd Minikus and Quality Girl
Todd Minikus and Quality Girl

Todd Minikus (USA) and Quality Girl started their week off on a positive note, besting 60 horse and rider combinations in the $6,000 Nutrena® 1.40m Power & Speed, on Wednesday October 11, at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC). Roberto Teran (COL) captured the second-place position aboard Brilliant Du Rouet, a 2005 Oldenburg gelding (Balou Du Rouet x Faretana) owned by Liubov Kochetova, after completing the jump-off track in 30.21 seconds. Third place was rounded out by Alberto Michan (MEX) and Ilan Ferder’s Glasgow De Muze, a 2006 Belgian Warmblood gelding (Andiamo x Paris Vh Waterschoot Z), after stopping the timers in 30.67 seconds.

Minikus and the 2003 Oldenburg mare (Quidam’s Rubin x Dodirka) climbed to the top of the leaderboard after a speedy jump-off round, ending in 29.72 seconds. “This was just a schooling round for most horses,” commented Minikus, “with that being said, the way I school Quality Girl is to let her just go for it. She’s been out of the ring for a long time, and when she did come back in, she did several big classes. Because this is a smaller class, sometimes the horses have to practice being the winner, to be the winner.”

Minikus continued, “It looks like everybody is off to a good start this week. There are some nice horses here showing at Tryon, we have some of the big names out here for the CSI3* and it should be a good week.”

Quality Girl was one of three mounts for Minikus, and he plans to compete her in the $130,000 Suncast® Commercial Grand Prix FEI CSI 3* on Saturday night.

RESULTS

$6,000 Nutrena® 1.40M Power & Speed CSI 3*
Place / Horse
1. Quality Girl / Todd Minikus / 0 | 53.98 / 0 | 29.72
2. Brilliant Du Rouet / Roberto Teran Tafur / 0 | 55.98 / 0 | 30.21
3. Glasgow De Muze / Alberto Michan / 0 | 54.13 / 0 | 30.67
4. Austria 2 / Amber Harte / 0 | 53.84 / 0 | 30.92
5. Quarto Mail / Andrew Kocher / 0 | 54.1 / 0 | 31
5. Ciana / Andrew Kocher / 0 | 54.85 / 0 | 31
7. Amex Z / Todd Minikus / 0 | 53.65 / 0 | 31.43
8. Veneno / Liubov Kochetova / 0 | 54.15 / 0 | 31.78
9. Stealing Home / Winn Alden / 0 | 54.74 / 0 | 31.86
10. Cicero’s Electric / Peter Wylde / 0 | 55.54 / 0 | 32.11
11. Tosca De L’esques / Fabio Leivas Da Costa / 0 | 53.4 / 0 | 32.47
12. Canamera 2 / Peter Wylde / 0 | 55.19 / 0 | 32.57

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Competition continues with Tryon Fall IV tomorrow, Friday, October 13, featuring the $35,000 1.45m Horseware® Ireland Speed Stake CSI 3*. The week’s highlight competition, the $130,000 Suncast® Commercial Grand Prix CSI 3*, will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 14.

Press release: Kim Beaudoin and Sarah Madden for TIEC
Photos: ©Sportfot

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