Sacramento International World Cup™ Week is officially underway at Murieta Equestrian Center. The two jumper ring schedules are full, and the FEI horses are ready for the qualifying classes and of course, Saturday’s $100,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Sacramento presented by Lasher’s Elk Grove Dodge Ram.
Star-Studded Line-up
Fifty-three horses are slated to compete in this afternoon’s $36,500 1.5m Grand Prix Qualifier. Check out the line-up here. The class kicks off at 5:30PM PT/8:30PM ET.
Last year’s winner Mandy Porter will be hoping to qualify for the NAL class with one of two rising stars WT Ca-Pow and Soren Z. Mandy is especially excited about WT Ca-Pow, Wild Turkey Farm’s 9-year-old Holsteiner gelding who she describes as her “heart horse” and “the kind of horse I’ve been striving to produce all my life.”
Check out one of Mandy’s favorite jumping exercises and learn more about this talented rider.
Team USA rider Georgina Bloomberg also competes two up-and-coming horses Chameur and Cessna. Egypt’s Nayel Nassar, who’s won numerous grands prix and NAL qualifiers with his Lordan, will be showing Lucifer V and Lutz. “The Master of Faster” Richard Spooner also has two in the line-up: Quirado RC and Arthos R.
Several fan favorites and NAL veterans will be hoping for a top finish as well, including Karl Cook and Tembla, Jamie Barge and Luebbo, Eric Navet and Catypso and Nicole Shahinian-Simpson and Akuna Mattata.
How to Watch
On Thursday, Friday and Sunday, all classes in the indoor arena will be broadcast live through Shownet and FEI TV. To get access to the live stream, go to www.jumpsacto.com and click on “Watch Live” at the top of the page.
On Saturday, all indoor arena classes will similarly be broadcast live except for the $100,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Sacramento. To watch that event, go to tv.fei.org.
Purchase Tickets
You can find the whole week’s schedule here. Most events during the Sacramento International World Cup™ Week are open to the public free of charge, but tickets must be purchased for the two grand prix events.
You can purchase tickets here for Friday evening’s $36,500 Murieta Inn & Spa 1.45m Grand Prix, as well as Saturday evening’s $100,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Sacramento presented by Lasher’s Elk Grove Dodge Ram.
Highlights
About the NAL
Saturday’s feature event is one of 14 qualifiers for the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League. Competitions in the United States, Canada and Mexico are hosting qualifiers to determine the North American riders who will compete in the 2019 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Gothenburg (SWE), April 3-7, 2019.
