Olympic Silver Medalist, Peter Leone and Lionshare Farm’s Wayfarer rode a faultless first round, along with nine others, in the $1500 Adequan Six Year Old Young Jumper Qualifier. The fastest clean jump off at 37.05 edged out second place Jeffery Welles and Bilion with 37.26 to put Wayfarer and Leone on top to earn the win.
Wayfarer has a pet name dubbed by Peter Leone. “I don’t have the nameplate yet, but I plan to get it,” shared Leone. “The Future” is the name Leone dubbed the gifted young jumper. He was inspired by basketball great Allen Iverson’s nickname, “The Answer.”
Olympic Silver Medalist, Peter Leone
“He is so strong and talented, he just canters over the jumps. We all can’t wait to see what “The Future” brings,” beamed Leone about the homebred gelding.
Wayfarer is by Languster, a Danish Warmblood stallion out of a Holsteiner mare, Angel.
Speaking of the future, It was also a winning week in the ponies at Lionshare Farm. Isabella Russekoff showed Time to Talk (Timmy) to the championship in the Laura Hanson Large Children’s Hunter Pony. The pair has been together only three weeks.
According to eleven-year-old Russekoff, “We were second the first day, so we were good the first day. In the flat we kind of got fast. The second day we were really good in our first class and okay in our second.”
Lionshare Farm trainer, Elizabeth Pandich, who has worked with Russekoff since she was eight shared, “Isabella is competitive but she’s wise beyond her years. It’s a very good match. He’s lovely and they get along really well.”
Isabella Russekoff and Time to Talk earned the Championship of the Large Children’s Hunter Pony Division
Peter Leone is an Olympic equestrian, trainer, producer of hunter/jumper instructional DVDs and author. He owns and operates Lionshare Farm in Greenwich, CT. His clients successfully compete in the pony, equitation, hunter and jumper divisions. He is one of three brothers, internationally known as Team Leone, for their success in the show ring. Leone was a member of the 1996 Silver Medal United States Olympic Show Jumping Team and winner of numerous national and international Grand-Prix show jumping competitions.
Peter Leone schools Wayfarer,”The Future”
For more information about Peter Leone and Lionshare Farm go to:
http://www.lionsharefarm.com/index
For more information on the DVD, Ride the Body: Select Insights of Peter Leonego to:
http://www.lionsharefarm.com/store/page2.html
To be notified when the book, Peter Leone’s Show Jumping Clinic: Success Strategies for Equestrian Athletes will be available contact:
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