Welcome!
• Home • FAQs
• Site Map
Weather
• Contacts
Free Service Appreciation
Find out about advertising with us!

US riders dominate as Oregon’s Jeff Campf takes the $20,000 Tommy Bahama Grand Prix

August 21, 2010

Langley, BC --- An international field of forty competitors, led by Oregon’s Jeff Campf, took to the field in Langley for the $20,000 Tommy Bahama Grand Prix on Friday night. Campf and his 11 year-old gelding, London, were flawless and fast through two rounds for the win with strong competition from California competitors Ashlee Bond and Many Porter, and Canadian, Tani Zeidler.

International course designer, Olaf Petersen Jr, set a first round of fifteen jumping efforts that culminated in a very challenging final pass away from the in-gate that had riders fighting to find a straight track into a careful triple combination. Half a dozen competitors were forced to retire from the class after run-outs and refusals, with only ten moving forward into the second round.

“Coming into the triple was tough,” noted Campf as watched Megan Jordan and Top Shelf complete their first round. “You come through a bending line and then as you’re trying to get your horse to this big imposing vertical, they’re drifting toward the gate.”

Among those eliminated in the first round were Langley’s Brian Morton, Alberta’s Darrin Dlin and Bryna Closson from Whitefish, Montana. Both top World Cup ranked rider, Ashlee Bond and Irish team member, Jennifer Crooks, moved on with one of their mounts, as Bond went clear on GZS Cassira Z and Crooks delivered the last clean ride of the round on SF Uryadi.

Time wasn’t a factor in the jump-off, but just three riders were able to put in a double clear. Jessica Sullivan on Rabina, followed by Cara Anthony on Woodpecker De Villars CH was first into the ring, each finishing with four faults. Mandy Porter aboard her dark bay stallion, Con Capilot, looked like she had the round to beat, but with a tight turn into her final fence, they just didn’t get off the ground fast enough and took out the rails. Tani Zeidler and Ranville and delivered the first clear ride, but Campf and London were quick to bump her from the lead by completing the course almost ten seconds quicker. Rails for all but Megan Jordan and Top Shelf finalized the order.

While he makes his home in Oregon, Jeff Campf was raised in Calgary, Canada and competed in the first event ever held at Spruce Meadows. Having worked as a rider and coach at Millarbrooke Farm, home of Captain Canada Ian Millar, Campf returned to Portland in 1990, where he now rides and trains for Oz Investments. Currently tied for 6th with Mexico’s Federico Fernandez in the North American West League World Cup standings, Campf will be looking for points in next Saturday’s $75,000 Keg Steakhouse & Bar World Cup.

$20,000 Tommy Bahama Grand Prix

Place Horse Name Rider Name Owner Time Faults

1. London Jeff Campf (USA) Oz Investments, OR 33.79 clear

2. Top Shelf Megan Jordan (USA) Margie Glass, OR 34.63 clear

3. Ranville Tani Zeidler (CAN) Zeidler Farm Canada Ltd., AB 42.37 clear

4. GZS Cassira Z Ashlee Bond (USA) Little Valley Farms, CA 32.85 4

5. Con Capilot Mandy Porter (USA) Plum Creek Hollow Farm, CA 33.58 4

6. Woodpecker De Villars CH Cara Anthony (USA) Potcreek Partners LLC, WA 37.13 4

7. SF Uryadi Jennifer Crooks (IRL) Olivia Cox-Fill, WA 38.65 4

8. Rabina Jessica Sullivan (USA) Rolling Oaks West, CA 38.96 4

The Summer Fort Festival at Thunderbird Show Park continues with the $10,000 USHJA Chronicle of the Horse International Hunter Derby on Saturday, August 21st and the $50,000 Thunderbird Legacy Grand Prix on Sunday, August 22nd. Next week features the $10,000 TAG Auto Group Grand Prix on the 25th, the $30,000 CSI2” Summer Classic on August 26th before closing the season with the $75,000 Keg Steakhouse & Bar CSI2* - W World Cup at 1pm on Saturday, August 28th.

To August 2010 News Articles Index | To Ontario Equine ...On-Line Home