Caroline Roffman Wins Prix St. Georges at Wellington Classic Holiday Challenge

Caroline Roffman (left) won the FEI Prix St. Georges class at the Wellington Classic Holiday Challenge.

Gift Horse Wins at Holiday Challenge

West Palm Beach, FL (December 15, 2009) – Caroline Roffman found herself in the holiday spirit at the Wellington Classic Holiday Challenge, winning the FEI Prix St. Georges class with a score of 69.737. Roffman won the class sponsored by Draper Equine Therapy, makers of therapeutic horse and rider products featuring the innovative “smart fiber” Celliant/Holofiber, on Accent Aigu FRH, a horse given to her earlier in the year by Carrie Schopf.

Schopf gave the 14-year-old Hanoverian Grand Prix horse to Roffman because she felt she had taken the horse as far as she could. Roffman, who trains with Danish Olympian Lars Petersen, was told Accent was an angel at home but a devil in the show ring. Fortunately for Roffman, the two have connected and she has been competing the “hot” horse successfully.

“Caroline rode really well,” Petersen said about her ride at the Wellington Classic Holiday Challenge. “Accent is a hot horse and Caroline had to be conservative in some places, but she figured that out.” Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=9282

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