Press release from Traverse City Horse Shows, edited by World of Showjumping

Daisy Farish (USA) collected four international top-10 placings in Traverse City during the Spring Series, but a win had eluded her until Sunday. In the irons of Etonemoi Del Cabalero, she left the Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel International Ring as winner of the $117,000 Meijer CSI3* Grand Prix to close out opening week of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival, presented by B&D Builders. 

The stage was set for a nine-horse jump-off over tracks built by Mauricio Garcia (PUR). “If I'm anywhere near the jump-off, she always has the fastest time. It's just whether I can make her get the right distance in front of the jumps on my end,” beamed Farish, 24, after the winning round. 

She guided her 11-year-old Selle Français mare (Air Jordan x Le Tot de Semilly) to an uncatchable time of 38.02 seconds for owner Lanes End Showjumping. USA’s Jacob Pope put in a solid effort but came up fractions shy in 38.77 seconds riding Highway FBH (Plot Blue x Cornet Obolensky), owned in partnership with Sherri Crawford. Canada’s Ali Ramsay rounded out the podium placings riding Conrado 12 (Cardento 933 x Diarado), owned by David Sport Horses, Inc. and Ramsay Equestrian, Inc. 

Farish has had the ride on Toni—as the mare is known around the barn—for three years. “She's a fighter of a horse; extremely fast and always trying to win. It came together for her today. She is incredible at this level; she easily jumps 1.50m very competitively.”

Northern Michigan is home for the summer for Farish and her string of horses at Manciais Stables. “It’s the first time we will be here until September, but we love horse showing here; the town is incredible and there’s always a nice build-up to the grand prix each week. But you still have to be competitive; there’s a lot of talented riders there. No matter what ring they’re in at the horse show, it feels just as special as the next,” concluded Farish of her experience at Flintfields Horse Park. “The clients and the horses enjoy being here as much as I do, and that’s the main thing.”

Sunday’s win also secured Farish the Turnham Green Leading Lady Rider title for GLEF’s opening week, and named her groom Miguel Valadez as the Equifit Winning Groom.