Lexington, KY -November 09, 2016 – Eve Jobs of Los Altos Hills, CA, ended her junior career on a high note by winning the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Year-End Championship presented by T&R Development. The Championship, which culminates the year-long Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series, was held at the 2016 CP National Horse Show in Lexington, KY.
Jobs bested a highly competitive field of thirty-two entries to clinch the win in the Championship aboard her own Calizz.
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| Eve Jobs and Calizz. Photo by Lauren Baker/Phelps Media Group |
Nine riders out of the field of thirty-two made it to the jump-off, producing only two clean jump-off rounds. Jobs won with a clean round in 37.152 seconds with second place going to Addison Gierkink of Harpswell, ME who finished clean in 37.487 seconds on S & L Slingback.
“Calizz is really straightforward and she’s got a great mind,” said Jobs. “Our jump-off round worked out really great. She was awesome and it feels amazing to win. I competed at the National Horse Show last year in the Junior Jumpers, and I had a rail down in the Classic, and I was pretty bummed about it. Coming back this year and being able to win it is amazing.”
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Eve Jobs and Calizz. Photo by Lauren Baker/Phelps Media Group
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The National Horse Show and Show Jumping Hall of Fame also honored Giavanna Rinaldi and Emanuel Andrade as the winners of its season-long Junior and Amateur-Owner series respectively. Rinaldi topped the Junior Division aboard Dulf Van Den Bisschop and Andrade won the Amateur-Owner Division on his horse Walter 61.
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Giavanna Rinaldi receives her award for winning the Show Jumping Hall of Fame East Conference Junior Division. Photo by Phelps Media Group
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The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series hosts separate divisions for junior and amateur-owner riders in two Conferences – the East Conference and the West Conference. Series standings are used to help determine junior and amateur-owner entries for the National Horse Show and Las Vegas National Horse Show.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame conducts the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series, held under Grand Prix rules and specifications. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series is designed to give amateur-owner and junior riders an opportunity to compete at higher levels and serves as a proving ground for many riders who aspire to someday represent the United States in international competition.
Any horse show offering a class that meets all the criteria set forth in the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series specifications and has prize money of at least $1,000 is eligible to be part of the Series.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame was organized to promote the sport of show jumping and to immortalize the legends of the men, women and horses who have made great contributions to the sport. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame is located at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Plaques honoring those who have been honored with induction into the Hall of Fame can be seen at the Horse Park’s Rolex Stadium. Mementos and artifacts from the sport’s history are on display as part of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame collection at the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Wheeler Museum at the Horse Park.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series is sponsored by SmartPak, Hampton Classic Horse Show, National Horse Show Association of America, Stadium Jumping, Inc., Kentucky Horse Park, and United States Hunter Jumper Association.