Chicago-native Kent Farrington beat the field of 18 riders in the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open tonight at the Royal Horse Show, producing one of just five clean rounds of the night riding his very own Voyeur.
Michel Vaillancourt set a difficult course which included three double combinations.
The top five were clean and fast. “The rounds here are always competitive,” said Kent. “Even though there are not a lot of horses, the ones that are in the classes are always top horses with very, very good riders. It’s going to take a good round to win any class at this show. When I walked the course I walked a pretty aggressive path. I wasn’t sure it would win, but I thought if it went well, for sure I’d be top three.”
Lauren Hough landed in second. Miss Hough has been on fire lately and will no doubt be one to watch tonight in tonight’s Ricoh Big Ben Challenge Grand Prix with her amazing Quick Study.
Our very own “Captain Canada” was first on course, and the result was not ideal; Star Power pulled a handful of rails and had a time fault, finishing on a score of 66.99 seconds and 21 faults.
Nonetheless, Ian who is fresh off his honor in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, was awarded the Whitaker Award this evening, as the highest placed Canadian rider on the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Rolex Rankings list competing at the Royal this week.
$50,000 Weston Canadian Open
- Kent Farrington / Wellington, FL / Voyeur / 0 : 58.62
- Lauren Hough / Wellington, FL / OhLaLa / 0 : 59.49
- Yann Candele / Caledon, ON / Game Ready / 0 : 62.14
- Reed Kessler / Lexington, KY / Mika / 0 : 65.50
- Ainsley Vince / Burlington, ON / Frieda / 0 : 65.54
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