Three cheers for USPC. We placed 3rd. Our riders were brilliant, a credit to USPC for their horsemanship and sportsmanship. Our coach Janna Ritacco was exceptional in terms of sorting out the best possible horse rider combinations and advising our riders on how to give their horse the best ride possible. I am awed by our members and and their coach. They validate all of our USPC goals and beliefs. I am grateful and proud to be part of this team.
Team members:
Gus Torsilieri - NJ
Elizabeth Fite - GA
Sara De Pape - SC
Derek Alvey - MD
Coach:
Janna Ritacco
The final results were:
Australia
Canada
USA
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Camelot Riding Resort has been an amazing and generous host manager Phillip Sun anticipated all needs and was unfailingly cheerful and supportive. Massive kudos to Phillip and his staff.
The Hong Kong Pony Club can't be lauded enough as hosts and organizer of this Inter-Pacific Exchange. I just don't have the words to clearly describe the experience they created for us.
The memories and new friendships from this trip are priceless.
Alicia
We learned an amusing bit of trivia after the Nation's Cup rounds were done. It turns out that Gus' horse (who he named "Twinkie") had only jumped 4 times before! Can you imagine jumping a barely 5 year old OTTB around a 3 ft course?!?! He actually ended up being a superstar and was pretty game for it!
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