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Locals Faring Well at the Hampton Classic

Riders from Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor, Hampton Bays, Sagaponack, Southampton and East Hampton compete alongside national top-notch talent.

This week at the locals have been faring quite well, including several riders from Bridgehampton, Sagaponack, East Hampton and Southampton.

Among the big winners for the week has been Cloe Hymowitz of Bridgehampton, who rides with trainer Jenna Weinfurt at Rose Hill Farm, also in Bridgehampton. The owner of several very nice ponies, Cloe has experience showing all over the country. On Saturday at the Classic, Cloe got reserve champion in the Large Pony Hunter division with her pony Midnight Hour, as well as a fourth and fifth on two of her other ponies, Illusion and Hallelujah. Cloe was competing in a top-notch field of 15 other ponies and riders from across the country for the honor. Afterward, Cloe said she had just bought Midnight Hour early last month and described him as “really good, and easy to ride.”

She placed fifth, seventh, and 10th with her three ponies in the $2,500 Pony Hunter Classic, held on Saturday, out of a field of 47. Cloe also received champion in the Local Hunter (non-professional) class with Genuine, a horse owned by Rose Hill Farm.

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Weinfurt helped coach Madison Church of Shelter Island to champion in the Short Stirrup Equitation, ages 10-12 division, riding Weinfurt’s pony Zig Zag. Weinfurt’s student Annabelle Dominguez of Hampton Bays took reserve champion in the Short Stirrup Equitation, ages 9 and under, division on Thursday.

East Hampton resident Danielle Coope received reserve champion in the Short Stirrup Equitation, ages 10-12, Section B division on Thursday.

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On Wednesday, Jagger Topping of in Bridgehampton helped guide owner and Manhattan resident Samantha Rudin’s horse, Practical Magic, to champion in the Local Hunter (professional) division on Wednesday, besting a field of 26 from Long Island and New York City.

Topping also helped Southampton resident Yvetta Rechler-Newman receive champion in the Local Amatuer Owner Hunter Division on Saturday. Rechler-Newman was riding her 7-year-old Swiss Warmblood mare Spring Fling, a horse she said had never been to the Classic before. “It was fun,” she said after pinning first in the two over fences classes, and second in the under saddle. “The round was very easy.”          

Over in the Jumper ring, East Hampton rider Caroline Lloyd saw success with two of her horses — Volare and Lisco du Talus. Lloyd got a fourth and a fifth with Volare in Section A of the Adult Amateur Jumper class in a highly competitive class of 28, including Sagaponack resident Joanna Wolffer, who placed 6th with Indy Star II, a horse owned by Joseph di Menna and Equuleus Farms. Lloyd also won third in the B Section of that class with Lisco du Talus out of a class of 26 other horse and rider combinations. Afterward, she said that Lisco du Talus is a 12-year-old Selle Francais gelding. She described the first portion of the class on Saturday as “easy, very relaxed.” In the jump off, she said she made one small mistake — she got distracted by a tree in the corner of the ring — which cost her the first or second place winnings.

In the Equitation ring, Sag Harbor resident Karen Arrigoni placed fourth in the Adult Medal with her horse, Lyrical, a Berlin Brandenburg gelding who was imported from Germany. Arrigoni and Lyrical also won third place in the Adult Amateur Hunter class on Wednesday, consisting of 15 other horse and rider combinations from across the country. Calverton resident Jessica Perry pinned 6th and 7th in the highly competitive Adult Equitation on the flat and Adult Maclay classes on Friday morning, with her 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding Sir Archie. The class contained some 35 riders from all over New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

Both women train with Harriet de Leyer, who operates out of the in Sagaponack.

De Leyer said she was particularly proud that her students embodied what she likes to see in her riders — understanding the horse.

“They both partnered with their horses very well,” she said. “They stayed with the rhythm of their horses, and learned to understand the horse.”

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