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Liza Boyd & Sterling Win International Hunter Derby in Atlanta

by Classic Company | Mar 31, 2015, 12:16 PM

Liza Boyd and Sterling won Friday's $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby in the Olympic Arena at the Georgia International Horse Park.
Liza Boyd and Sterling won Friday's $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby in the Olympic Arena at the Georgia International Horse Park.
Atlanta, Ga.
- The $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby saw a field of twelve horse and rider teams compete over a course designed by Vaillencourt in the Olympic Arena. Pony Lane Farm's Sterling, ridden by Liza Boyd of Camden, South Carolina won the class after earning a combined score of 354. Second place finisher was Ava, owned and ridden by Kathryn Jarriel of Collins, Georgia after they posted an overall score of 340. Their second round score of 175 gave them the lead over third and fourth place finishers who also earned a combined score of 340. Kathleen Feely of Canton, Georgia and her own Albrecht earned a second round score of 173 and a total score of 340 which placed them third. Fourth place finisher Daniel Geitner and Thomas Visconi's Signal Hill had a second round score of 172 combined with their first round score of 168, placed them in fourth place.

Fifth was awarded to Brandon Gibson and Rube & Select Show Horses' Jus D'O for their overall score of 331. Geitner returned for his sixth place ribbon in the irons of Barbar Risius' Long Street after turning in an overall score of 318. For full results click here.