Leah Winston and Amintas Interagro, a six-year-old Lusitano stallion, once again rode away as the winner of the High Score Lusitano Award, this time at the Gold Coast Dressage Association Fall Fling Show. Winston and Amintas Interagro also captured the High Score Lusitano Award, sponsored by the Lusitano Collection^TM, hosts of The 2011 Lusitano Collection^TM International Horse Auction, during the Wellington Classic Dressage Autumn Challenge. 

“Amintas is an amazing horse with lots of talent and he is eager to do whatever I ask of him,” Winston said, adding that she co-owns him with Al and Sherie Zobec of Z Stallions in Palm City, Florida. “He scored a 73 percent in the FEI Six-Year-Old division at the Fall Fling and I am thrilled that his score improved at this show. He scored a 71.60% at the last show, but it is great that both times he was the High Scoring Lusitano.”

Wintson considers Amintas Interagro the “ultimate competition horse” and said he is a pleasure to train. “I like to call him ‘steady eddy’ when it comes to the shows,” Winston said. “He gets stronger every month.”

Winston said she sees the Grand Prix division in Amintas’s future, as well as becoming a breeding stallion one day. “You can’t beat his temperament,” she said, adding that the Zobecs purchased Amintas at the 2009 Lusitano Collection^TM International Horse Auction in West Palm Beach.

The upcoming 2011 Lusitano Collection^TM, considered the social event of the season, will again draw top owners, riders and trainers from around the world. The auction will be held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on February 23-26, 2011. Highlights of the event will include a free saddle from Custom Saddlery given to the highest selling horse, a booth from the United States Dressage Federation, the event’s charitable partners the Equestrian Aid Foundation, a delectable dinner, the ever-exciting samba dancers and a chance for interested buyers to test ride the featured Lusitanos.

The High Score Lusitano Award is presented to the highest scoring Lusitano at select dressage shows during the Florida dressage circuit. The High Score Lusitano Award will be presented at the WCD Holiday Challenge, December 11-12, 2010; the GCDA Opener CDI, January 21-23, 2011; the WCD Spring Challenge CDI, February 10-13, 2011. 

For more information about the horses or The Lusitano Collection^TM International Horse Auction scheduled for February 23-26, 2011 in Wellington, Florida, visit www.lusitanocollection.com.