January 25, 2017 – Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX – Competition in the Triple Copa Scappino CSI4*-W at the gorgeous Guadalajara Country Club kicked off with ideal weather and 100 entries in the Grand Opening Cup, 1.30m. FEI Course Designer Olaf Petersen, Jr. built a power-and-speed track with a tight time allowed, causing quite a few riders to incur time faults. Of the thirty-four who went clean in both phases, Francisco Lomelin aboard the grey stallion Campoduna emerged as the fastest to secure the win.

Francisco Lomelin and Campoduna won the 1.30 Grand Opening Cup. | Photo: Anwar Esquivel

Twenty-seven entries competed in the Welcome Cup, 1.45m, in which Mexico’s Juan Carlos Alvarez and Paul Schockemöhle’s bay mare Premiere edged out Brazil’s Rodrigo Lambre on Gestuet Lewitz’s gelding Chapilot by just over half a second for the win.

The final event of the day, first qualifying round of the FEI Children???s International Classics Final, had the crowd rooting and cheering. Show jumpers between the ages of 12 and 14 have traveled from near and far to go for the gold here in Guadalajara. All aboard horses provided by the Mexican competitors, thirty-two children representing thirteen countries competed in the speed round. Team Mexico secured both the first and third placings with ribbons going to Jose Maria Quintana and Patricio Pasquel, respectively. New Zealand’s Sophie Townsend finished in second. Riders will compete in a second qualifying round tomorrow, and the scores will be combined with those from today to determine the order of go for Saturday’s Final.

Juan Carlos Alvarez won the 1.45m Welcome Cup with Premiere. | Photo: Anwar Esquivel

The action continues bright and early tomorrow morning at 8:00 am with The Judges Cup, set at 1.35m and followed by the 1.40m Guadalajara Cup.

Jose Maria Quintana topped the field in the FEI Children’s Speed class with Scully. | Photo: Anwar Esquivel

Not able to make it to glorious Guadalajara? Tune in online at 1:00 pm CST on the FEI YouTube channel for the Longines FEI World Cup™ Qualifier, which will determine the class list for Saturday’s Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League event.

ONLINE STREAMING:

Thursday, January 26: 1:00PM CST – $35,000 LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP™ QUALIFIER
Watch it live here: https://practicalhorse.wpengine.com/fei-world-cup-nal/live-stream

Friday, January 27: 1:30PM CST – $35,000 – PASQUEL BROTHERS’ CUP
Watch it live here: https://practicalhorse.wpengine.com/fei-world-cup-nal/live-stream

Saturday, January 28: 1:30PM CST – $100,000 – LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP™ JUMPING
Watch it LIVE at http://www.feitv.org/live

4:30PM CST – FEI CHILDREN’S INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS FINAL – FINAL COMPETITION

Watch it on YouTube LIVE at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea3TNOEqIwg

USEFUL LINKS:

FacebookNOTE NEW URL: https://www.facebook.com/triplecopascappino

Longines Timing: http://bit.ly/2itmZFO – includes FEI schedule, courses, order of go and results

Official Web site: http://www.feiworldcupmx.com/

FEI Children’s International Classics:

http://inside.fei.org/fei/events/fei-ch-inter-classics – the Final rules as well as the Event schedule can be found under ‘Final 2016’. Also the list of qualified foreign athletes (16) for the Final is published there.

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About Eq Marketing

As the organizers of the National Championship, the FEI Children’s Classics Final and co-organizers of the Longines Global Champions Tour in Mexico City, Eq Marketing (EQM) the OC, is a Mexican company with more than 15 years of experience in equestrian events.

Francisco Pasquel, the director of EQM , also actively competes. He seeks to bring top sport to Mexico, as well as create a place for Mexican riders to gain experience in FEI-ranked competitions, bring along young horses and develop young riders in their own country.

Mexico, and for this year Guadalajara, are ready to host a top event for all competitors and spectators in attendance.

ABOUT THE LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP™ JUMPING NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE

The North American League is one among sixteen taking part in the highly successful and global FEI World Cup™ Jumping series, which has been in existence since 1978. This season includes 115 qualifiers in 43 countries, leading to the star-studded Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final in Omaha, Nebraska from March 29 – April 2, 2017.

A minimum of $2.4 million prize money is up for grabs across the North American League series and the chance to qualify for the jackpot of more than $1.4 million on offer annually at the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final.

A total of 14 athletes from the North American League will qualify for the Final, alongside the winners of the 15 others leagues around the world. The Triple Cpa Scappino was one of only seven shows on the West Coast chosen to be part of this prestigious league. More at feiworldcup.org. #FEIWorldCupNAL #RideToOmaha #TwoHearts