USHJA 100K Hunter Derby 3rd Place

Laura Pfeiffer & Foreign Encounter rise to the top to take 3rd place at the Kentucky USHJA 100k International Hunter Derby. ©Equis Productions 2009

[@jumpersaw]

She is such a beautiful rider, I love her style! Could watch her ride all day!

[@katiemaharis9167]

Stunning horse with an outstanding rider! Amazing to see such talent!

[@topbearman]

Seems like there were a million fences on that course! WOW! Great job..........that horse is SO cute and the rider is super soft!

[@soundsofsilencex3]

the last round when everyone started cheering...wow! that must've been a great feeling for her. such a great ride!

[@xxIRISHBLESSINGxx]

i think that Foreign Encounter was smoother with his lead changes but Rumba and Jersey Boy had tighted knees over the fences though but this horse is just AMAZING

[@RRhapsodylover]

sheesh. Hunters are SO subjective! very good round... that course looks FUN!

[@deadmedia922]

Beautiful horse, excellent rider.

[@njloveshorses]

awesome! congrats on a job well done by both horse and rider!

[@TheCab53]

thats one CRAZY course! 14 jumps!?!?!

[@knowitallabouthorses]

lol. thanks for standing up for american hunter. i dont do it anymore but it took forever for me to get 4 reserve champions in american hunters. and you should tell every olympic rider that not just thse 3! lol. way to go.

[@becccccccak]

during the line at 1:04he swaped in the line ll, and after one of the oxers at 1:98, its hard to see, but he swapped three times, and he missed his swap at the end of the secon round . but lovely horse and rider pair !

[@knowitallabouthorses]

i feel bad for the judges. they see so many wonderful riders and horses it must be overwhelming.

[@horses4lifeandon]

didn't he swap in a line at 1:04?

[@horses4lifeandon]

you still don't swap in the middle of a line

[@horseluver758]

Is this horse for sale?

[@dreamershavemorefun]

this horse has the perfect hunter line over the fences all laura has to do is place herself

[@dknowles24]

i have never seen a horse who has gotten in the top 10 in both eq and hunter finals

[@HUSLife]

this horse had a much nicer round than the winning horse. Politics.

[@annikablock6177]

HUSLife he swapped in the middle of a line and missed the last change

[@knowitallabouthorses]

wasn't the winner john french and Rumba? and NO OFFENSE but i think rumba was better and they dont judge the rider fyi.

[@KarlyyMiracle]

@HUSLife no it didn't. it doesn't jump as nice, had worse chips and even cross cantered.

[@unedentified]

its to about bad about the cheering spooking the horse that little bit so he missed his last lead... =( beacuse other then that it was a great round!

[@dknowles24]

oh my gawd

[@knowitallabouthorses]

that is what i said well similar to that to this other user too.

[@kickbuttequestrian]

@chrissy123m Hmmm. You guys don't even have hunters. This is not are level. and honestly a lot more riders are injured in Europe, because their riders take risks that shouldn't be taken. You guys have a certain hunter class way different from ours though. Yor horses form are usually not even compared to ours. You do have good jumpers.

[@ashleyfield71]

i deffianlty think this horse should of placed first not that grey. way smoother round then the other horse

[@SSlunico]

@chrissy123m Olympics: top 2: USA and Canada in teams Canada in individual when you learn jumpers like we do, lets us know by actually beating us till then, eat your words

[@aknight094]

Yes he looked like he did! That might have been why she didn't place as high as she could have.

[@SouthernComfort234]

@TheLovebug523 :D

[@kickbuttequestrian]

@chrissy123m Hmm. You shuldn't be saying that since you don't even have hunters in europe, I bet she has a better eye than you. Hunters is not easy. Just because they are fancy does not mean they are fancy. Trust me I ride at my barn where we have fancy hunter horses that win lots of things. But I ride in the lessons with them and I see all their mistakes. Trust me they are not horses you just sit on.