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Janne Rumbough Wins Inaugural Adult Am Grand Prix Championships

by Yellow Horse Marketing | Nov 9, 2014, 8:31 AM

Lexington, Ky.
- One of the highlights of the day Saturday was the presentation of the new Calaveras County Perpetual Trophy (by artist Olva Stewart Pharo) to the very first US Dressage Finals Grand Prix Freestyle Adult Amateur Champion, Janne Rumbough of Palm Beach, Fla. (Region 3).  The crowd went wild and clapped to the beat of Rumbough's Mary Poppins-themed music as her gray PRE gelding Junior (by Gaucho III x La Nina by Brioso VI) seemed to relish the electric atmosphere of Alltech Arena, earning a winning score of 70.708% over fellow Region 3 competitor Aileen Daly (Aiken, S.C.) who rode her Hanoverian gelding Windsong (Weltmeyer x Lara by Laurie's Crusader) to second place with 65.250%.  During the awards ceremony and subsequent press conference, Rumbough was emotional about her win.  "I'm just speechless.  I am so honored to be the first one to have my name on this beautiful trophy, and to finally win a championship title like this," she explained.  Rumbough also finished as Reserve Champion in the Grand Prix Adult Amateur division yesterday, as well as at the inaugural Finals in 2013.  "It gives me chills to talk about it, I'm so grateful and honored.  This has been a goal of mine for years, and now I can check it off the bucket list.  But I still want to come back next year and win the Grand Prix test too!"