Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 7
Lindsay Maxwell and Kingston, who were originally declared the winners in the WCHR Low Amateur-Owner Challenge have been disqualified from the class and had the first-place result removed. The disqualification comes after the discovery that the pair competed in the 3’6″ amateur-owner division earlier in the day at the Capital Challenge Horse Show.
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Oliver Kennedy, show manager of Capital Challenge, said that if she had competed Kingston in the low amateur-owner division or taken a different horse in the WCHR class, she would have kept her first place ribbon. But using the same horse at the two different heights led to her disqualification.
Missy Luczak-Smith and Executive (Popeye K—Cloud Nine) now stand as the WCHR Low Amateur-Owner Challenge winners. The pair earned an average score of 86 from the judges, only 0.66 points behind Maxwell and Kingston. All other competitors moved up a place in the standings.
