Leslie Howard and Youp were faster than a competitive field of quick
horses and talented jumper riders. The pair won the TK99 Speed Derby in a blistering 49.90 seconds.
Riders were going full-tilt in an effort to take the blue. Leslie was the 28th out of 30 to tackle the course and managed to shave every corner to finish 3/10th of a second faster than second-place Beezie Madden. Beezie and her mount, Conquest II, stopped the clock
in 50.250.
As the highest ranking rider in the Animal Planet Sporthorse Cup race, Richard Spooner and and his mount, Ace, were the last pair to tackle the course. Richard couldn’t keep up with the ladies, however, and posted a time of 56.75 seconds. The TK99 class was Leslie’s second speed class win at the show. On Friday she and Youp took the blue in the Atlas Fence Challeng, while Beezie and Conquest II were right on her heels with a second-place finish.
Both speed classes were qualifiers for the Animal Planet Sporthorse Cup. Leslie and Beezie’s talent can be witnessed in today’s Animal Planet Sporthorse Cup, as they are two of the Final Seven to compete in the unique jumper challenge.
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