Michael Britt-Leon Pilots Hearts Forever to the Blue in the $3,000 Marshall & Sterling Classic Hunter Derby

The Classic Company’s Bob Bell with Michael Britt-Leon and Hearts Forever

Aiken, South Carolina - The popular Marshall & Sterling Hunter Classic Week I, at Bruce’s Field, saw 20 horse-and-rider teams compete over a course designed by Nancy Wallis, of Lambertville, New Jersey.

Heart’s Forever, owned by Jami O’Shea-Johnson and ridden by Michael Britt-Leon, of Marietta, Georgia, earned the blue ribbon. Select, owned by Katherine Orrell and ridden by Daniel Geitner, of Aiken, South Carolina, placed second, and Doug Payne rode his own Quiberon to a third place ribbon.

Flickerdale Farm, LLC’s Whiskey At Midnight, ridden by Rachel Kennedy, of Brookeville, Maryland, placed fourth, and Geitner returned to the winner’s circle with Claire De Lune Farm’s Hudson for a fifth place ribbon. True Enough, owned by Kelly Sims and ridden by Britt-Leon, earned a six.th place finish. Holly Sims’ Sunkist, ridden by Hanna Toering, of Waterford, Virginia, placed seventh, and Rodney Bross’ Big Girls Don’t Cry, ridden by Patricia Barr, of Wellington, Florida, finished in eighth place and also won the $500 Marshall & Sterling 3’ Non-Pro Rider Bonus.

Rebel de Vizy, owned by Olivia Kuo and ridden by Ashley Conkle placed ninth overall. Toering piloted Terry Brown’s Brulee to a 10th place finish and Ava, owned and ridden by Kathryn Jarriel, of Collins, Georgia, earned an 11th place finish and also won the Marshall & Sterling 3’3” Non-Pro Rider Bonus. Twelfth place finisher was Andrea Guzinki’s Rio Oro, ridden by Gigi Phillips, of Charlotte, North Carolina. The pair also won the Marshall & Sterling 3’3” $300 Non-Pro Rider Bonus. Mindset, owned by Emily Elek-Burtard and ridden by Laura Clement, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, won the Marshall & Sterling 3’ Non-Pro Rider Bonus and Emily Yoder of Acworth, Georgia, aboard her own Papparazzi, won the Marshall & Sterling 3’ $200 Non-Pro Rider Bonus. Eleese Shillingford, of Alpharetta, Georgia, and her own Odyssey, won the Marshall & Sterling 3’3” $200 Non-Pro Rider Bonus.

Marshall & Sterling Insurance, title sponsor of the Week I $25,000 Marshall & Sterling Insurance Equisport Division Grand Prix, presented by EMO, is also the title sponsor of all Marshall & Sterling Hunter Classics at the Gulf Coast Winter Classic and Classic Company shows in 2020.

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