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O'Connor
Reigns Supreme At Over The Walls
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David
O'Connor, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, riding the Jacqueline Mars
owned Giltedge (Glen Bar - Kitty), beat out Kim Vinoski and Winsome
Adante (Saunter - Jus With Genoa, by Bohemond xx) in a closely
contested race, to win the Jack Le Goff Trophy for the USA Advanced-Level
Horse Trial Championship, held at the Over the Walls Horse Trials
in Hardwick, Massachusetts, August 2-4, 2002.
Championship
results (through 10th place) follow:
* Champion - David O'Connor with Giltedge (Glen Bar - Kitty) 16-year-old,
Irish Sport Horse gelding
* Second place - Kim Vinoski with Winsome Adante (Saunter - Jus
With Genoa, by Bohemond xx) English Thoroughbred gelding
* Third place - Darren Chiacchia with Windfall
* Fourth place - Karen O'Connor with Regal Scot (King Delamere
- Highland Belle, by Vice Regal) 13-year-old, Thoroughbred gelding
* Fifth place - Heidi White with Northern Spy (All Fair x Lavender
Fair VII) 9-year-old Thoroughbred cross gelding
* Sixth place - Will Faudree with Antigua (Match Winner - Great
Mistake, by Dorset) 13-year-old, Australian Thoroughbred gelding
* Seventh place - Robert Costello with Dalliance
* Eighth place - Adrienne Iorio-Borden with Show of Heart (It's
Freezing - Lovely Duckling, by Quack) 12-year-old, Thoroughbred
gelding
* Ninth place - Beale Morris with Eastern Shore (Fair Skies -
Lowlights, by Believe the Queen) 10-year-old, Thoroughbred gelding
* Tenth place - John Williams with Carrick (Cozy's Commander x
War Issue, by Northern Mystic) 10-year-old, Canadian Sport Horse
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