Press release from Lake Placid Horse Shows, edited by World of Showjumping

Giavanna Rinaldi (USA) rode Big Beauty Z (Big Star JR KZ x Padinus) to victory in the $45,000 Brianne Goutal LLC CSI3* Jump-off class on Thursday at the I Love New York Horse Show, the second week of the 2026 Lake Placid Horse Shows (LPHS), sponsored by The Bainbridge Companies and presented by Sea Shore Stables. Rinaldi topped a field of 52 entries at the North Elba Showgrounds. 

Rinaldi rode two of the eight horses that reached the jump-off by riding clear over the 16-effort, first-round course designed by Alan Wade, course designer for the 2028 Olympic Games. She was second to try the eight-effort tiebreaker course, and she guided Caldaro Van De Oude Heihoef (Chacoon Blue x Tinka's Boy) to what turned out to be the fastest jump-off time, 37.19 seconds, but a rail down at the last fence cost her four faults, giving her an ultimate fourth-place finish.

Two rides later, Molly Ashe Cawley (USA) turned in the first clean jump-off ride, taking the lead on Lorona (Grand Slam VDL x Amadeus) with a time of 38.90 seconds. Rinaldi followed her on course and turned in what proved to be the winning ride, finishing clean in 38.55 seconds on Big Beauty Z.

“My first horse is an 8-year-old, and he’s very green,” Rinaldi said. “I thought I would try to get him to learn something. He was doing everything that I asked and he has a really big stride, so I went for the leave-out at the last and ended up pushing him just a bit through it. A little bit of a green mistake, but he’ll learn from it and come back next time."

“For my second horse, I learned from my mistake. I tried to be a bit quicker everywhere else so I wouldn’t have to make it up at the last line. I ended up doing the same number as the first horse, and she’s naturally fast, as well, so it worked out.”

Ashe Cawley finished second, and Christian Coyle (IRL) took third on Chicago CM (Cassini I x Carpaccio) with the only other clean jump-off ride and a time of 39.95 seconds.