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Zazou Hoffman Won Her First Five-Star and She Didn’t Even Cry
“That was pretty much the most stressful thing I’ve ever had to watch,” confessed Zazou Hoffman.
Second to go in a 17-horse jump off for the 1.50m AON Cup at Calgary’s Spruce Meadows, the 25-year-old rider lay down a blistering track to stop the clocks at 35.31 seconds.
Zazou hoffman biography of william
But with the likes of Kent Farrington (USA), McLain Ward (USA), Eric Lamaze (CAN), and 12 more international riders to come, would it be enough?
Just.
Farrington and Dublin finished just nine hundredths of a second slower, stopping the clock at 35.40s to claim the number two spot.
Lamaze and Chacco Kid, third in 36.30s.
“It’s unbelievable. I wasn’t expecting this at all today,” enthused Hoffman. “I could not be happier!”
It’s the first five-star victory for the upcoming rider from Santa Monica, California.
Hoffman, who rides for France Steinwedell and Dick Carvin’s Meadow Grove Farm, first made a name for herself as a junior rider when