In the $10,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby, the premier hunter class of the ESP Holiday Finale, John French and Susan Moriconi's Wyatt earned the top score and the top check.
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At the ESP Holiday Series, John French dominated the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby 2*, taking the win with Milagro and finishing third with Paradigm. Held in a “Hunt and Go” format, the first portion of the course was judged as the Classic round, while the latter half of the trip was scored as the Handy phase.
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John French rode Marnell Sport Horses’s Babylon to victory for the second year in a row in the $25,000 World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Professional Challenge, sponsored by The Gochman Family, at the 2022 Capital Challenge Horse Show. The class was the highlight of the schedule on Wednesday, October 5, at Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
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The Walnut Ring welcomed back the most established, professional hunter riders on Thursday morning to vie for the win in the Platinum Performance USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championship 3’0” to 3’3” and 3’6” to 3’9” sections. The Green Hunter 3’0” and 3’3” came back for round three to ride for the tri-color, while the 3’6” and 3’9” horse-and-athlete combinations entered for their first round of competition.
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John French of Wellington, Florida, piloted Babylon to the victory in the $25,000 World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Professional Challenge, sponsored by The Gochman Family, at the 2021 Capital Challenge Horse Show on Wednesday, October 6, held at Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
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John French and Babylon earned outstanding results at the 2021 Loudoun Horse Show, taking the 3’6 Green Hunter Championship, the Grand Green Hunter Champion trophy as well as the Overall Grand Hunter Champion trophy.
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Hunters took center stage on Friday in the International Arena for the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Hunt & Go. The class had 62 riders, and in the end it was John French and Pony Lane Farm’s Queen Celeste who took home the blue ribbon with a classic round score of 190 and a handy score of 182.5, for a total combined score of 372.5.
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Babylon arrived to the United States from Europe in December, and French began riding and working with the horse in January. The four-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Crumbie x Die Cera) is owned by Kent Farrington LLC.
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Kicking off the Southwest Championship, John French, of Mill Creek, Washington, piloted Noelle Wolf Stables, LLC’s Quicksus to the 3’0”/3’3” tricolor and a $1,500 check. The duo’s scores of 87 and 88 earned them an overall total of 175 to secure the win.
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John French has once again earned the CPHA West Coast Green Hunter Incentive Top Rider award. This award was presented at the Blenheim Fall Tournament during the CPHA West Coast Green Hunter Incentive Championships.
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Congratulations to Natalie Hewson’s “Bastille” ridden by John French and trained by Justine Annandale.
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Center Court, aka ‘Billy’, is back in the show ring with John French. The pair are wasting no time at getting back onto the leaderboard and brining home the tricolors
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John French brought us up to date on the last year and what has been happening with Billy (Center Court).
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French got the ride on the black gelding over the winter, and the pair has earned multiple championships in the 3’3” Green Hunters, from the HITS Coachella Desert Circuit in California to Thunderbird in Canada.
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Nordeney, owned by Cobblestone Farm, wins the $10,000 Jr/Am/Green Hunter Derby at Thunderbird’s West Coast Classic with John French aboard.
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Nordeney owned by Kit Thomas and ridden by John French were winners of Ashby Group CND Derby at the 2019 Odlum Brown BC Open at Thunderbird.
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John French brings home the Thunderbird tricolors in the First Year 3′ Pre Green Hunters aboard Royal Rumor owned by Peg Devan , 3′ Green Hunters with Quotation owned by John French, in the Green Conformation Hunter with KittyHawk owned by Greg Schmandt.
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Quotation, ridden and owned by John French, has experienced tremendous success in the 3′ Green Hunter division.
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John French and Frosted Blue win Inaugural Hunter Derby on New Grass Field at HITS Coachella Desert Circuit IV.
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For award-winning hunter rider, John French, 2018 was triumphant. Despite two freak accidents that left him out of the show ring for months at a time, French made the most of his talents.
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