Peter Lutz Wins $3,000 Open Jumper 1.30m on Home Turf

North Salem, NY –  The second week of competition at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows got underway today with the presentation of Grand Hunter Champion to Holly Orlando of Wellington, FL, and her own Eclypse. On The Grand Prix Field, Peter Lutz of Katonah, NY, kicked off Open Jumper competition with a win in the $3,000 1.30m aboard Adorose for Libertas, LLC.

Peter Lutz is happy to call Westchester home and has been showing at Old Salem Farm for over 25 years. That home-court advantage served him well as he jumped Adorose to the fastest speed round in today’s $3,000 Open Jumper 1.30m. They crossed the timers in 53.483 seconds for the win over a course set by Ireland’s Alan Wade.
Mclain Ward continued his success at Old Salem Farm by jumping his own Emma to second in 55.13 seconds. Carolyn Curcio and Sagamore Farms’ Bella Donna capped the top three just fractions slower in 55.311 seconds.

Adorose, a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, came under the direction of Lutz when long-time client Kelly Tropin bought her as a five-year-old. “She’s a winner,” said Lutz. “She is very fast, very careful and always looking for the next jump. In a speed like today you can just keep galloping across field and covering ground – she always sights in, respects the jump when you get there, takes the time to jump and then looks for the next one.”

While Adorose clearly took to The Grand Prix field, Lutz admits that he loves the surface as well. “I grew up eventing in Pony Club and was always riding cross country – for me, this is home,” he said.

$3,000 Open Jumper 1.30m results

1 ADOROSE PETER LUTZ LIBERTAS, LLC 0/53.483

2 EMMA MCLAIN WARD MCLAIN WARD 0/55.134

3 BELLA DONNA CAROLYN CURCIO SAGAMORE FARMS 0/55.311

4 ANTONOV PETER LUTZ JOANNA WOLFFER 0/55.566

5 ZELDA SARAH SEGAL T.K. FARM 0/56.270

6 RAFINO LINDA LANGMEIER BEL FARMS, LLC 56.428

7 ROBAIN DE MARS VICTOR AMAYA LEIGH OFER 0/57.115

8 CORD 11 JEFFERY WELLES MECO EQUESTRIAN, LLC 0/57.140

9 JEWEL’S CARAT PETER LEONE JEWEL COURT STUD USA, LLC 0/57.789

10 D ELIA VAN HET MOLENHOF DARRAGH KERINS ASHLEY BAKER 0/58.468

11 CARTIER SAVANNAH TALCOTT AMERICAN EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATES II, LLC 0/59.811

12 CANTERO Z DANA ESCALES ILAN FERDER 0/60.234