Madden Moves to the Front of the class to capture the Animal Planet Sporthorse Cup

November 2, 2008 (Syracuse, NY): Sunday's final event in the War Memorial in downtown Syracuse had the crowd cheering in this fun event.  Beezie Madden was able to pilot her horses Prima and Judgement to secure the $50,000 Animal Planet Sporthorse Cup.  This special three phase event was designed specifically for spectators, with a format that is unique to Syracuse. 

The "Syracuse Seven" coming into today's class were Cara Raether, Callan Solem, Brianne Goutal, and Beezie Madden, of the United States, Harry Smolders and Henk Van De Pol of the Netherlands and Ben Maher of Great Britain.  Beezie Madden on her rising star, Prima, won the first phase, garnering 11 points in the unbeatable time of 48.55 seconds.  In the second phase, the popular Four-Bar competition, Beezie Madden rode Judgement to a tie for first place.  Going into the third phase Beezie had 26 points with Ben Maher and Harry Smolders just behind her with 24 each.  Madden kept her cool and piloted Judgement fault free to take the win to the roar of the Syracuse fans.  Ben Maher ended in second and Harry Smolders was third.