Hidden Creek’s Alibi and Margie Engle Need No Excuses in the $20,000 International-Open Hit and Hurry

Washington, DC - October 29, 2005 - The Saturday afternoon crowd at the Washington International Horse Show was treated to an exciting speed competition following the Junior Jumpers as twenty starters took the field for the $20,000 International-Open Hit and Hurry.

In the class, scored under FEI Art. 267, riders received two points for every fence they jumped clean and one point for those they knocked down. They had 45 seconds to accumulate as many points as possible.

Twenty was the highest total the riders could amass within the forty-five seconds this afternoon and four riders managed to accomplish that feat. So, it came down to who could jump the next fence the fastest to stop the time.

Margie Engle and Hidden Creek’s Alibi emerged as the winner, totaling 20 points and clocking in with the fastest time of 49.17 seconds.

Engle finished just fractions ahead of second place finisher Kent Farrington. Aboard Neo, Farrington tripped the timers in 49.40 seconds, just .23 seconds off the pace. A half a second behind Farrington in third place was yesterday’s President’s Cup Qualifier winner Chris Kappler. Kappler and Crazy Madam broke the beams in 49.99 seconds.

The main event on Saturday night, the $100,000 President’s Cup, sponsored by Salamander Hospitality, LLC, will conclude this year’s stellar International-Open Jumper competition at Washington.

Official Results of $20,000 International-Open Hit & Hurry –FEI Art. 267-2005 Washington International Horse Show-October 25-30 2005

• 1-418-Margie Engle USA-HC'S ALIBI 20 /49.17
• 2-481-Kent Farrington USA-NEO 20 /49.40
• 3-621-Chris Kappler USA-CRAZY MADAM 20 /49.99
• 4-393-Kim Farlinger CAN-LAFORZA 20 /50.78
• 5-710-Harry Smolders NED-VERELST QUEBEC 20 /51.98
• 6-99-Georgina Bloomberg USA-NADIA 19 /49.49
• 7-698-Candice S. King USA-PERFEKT 19 /50.84
• 8-396-Kelley Small CAN-BLACK ICE 19 /51.38
• 9-705-Laura Kraut USA-JOYOUS 18 /47.33
• 10-86-Judy Garofalo USA-HARLEM DE MESCAM 18 /49.10
• 11-483-Leslie Howard USA-ROLLING THUNDER 18 /49.19
• 12-317-Mary Lisa Leffler USA-KARTOUSCH 17 /46.78