Jennifer Jones on Clear Sailing take first place in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix Saturday, January 17 (ESI Photography)

Ocala, Fla. - HITS Ocala Winter Circuit celebrated the victories of Jennifer Jones riding Redfield Farm’s Clear Sailing in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix and Jacqueline Maggiore riding Contina, owned by Woodridge Farm, in the $1,500 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix, in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium.

Jones—who also took third place with Castello, owned by Colleen McKenzie—finished first on Clear Sailing with scores of 87 in the first round and 90 in the second. The runner up, Amanda Steege, on Zidane, owned by Susan Darragh, came close with scores of 89 and 87.

“This was Contina’s first horse show this year,” said Jones, of Marion, South Carolina, who nevertheless successfully navigated the course designed by Doug Russell of Ocala, Florida, in the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium. 

The $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix is a qualifier for the $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix Final at the HITS Championship in Saugerties, New York, this September

$5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix Results     
Place  Horse      Owner Rider Prize Rd. 1/2 Total
1 Clear Sailing  Redfield Farm      Jennifer Jones $1,500 90/87  177  
2 Zidane  Susan Darragh  Amanda Steege   $1,000 89/87  176
3 Castello  Colleen McKenzie  Jennifer Jones      $700 84/84  168
4 Chapman ET    Redfield Farm   Adrienne Iverson    $500 80.5/85  165.5
5 To The Nines Mr. and Mrs. Ken MacKenzie Tracy Fenney $400 79/86  165
6 Versache  Lynn Seithel Lynn Seithel $350 79.5/83  162.5
7 MTM Retro  MTM Farm  Dorothy Douglas  $300 80/82 162
8 Rio Viva Barbara Britt Jennifer Alfano $250 81/80 161