Danielle Goldstein, your style is on Fire 🔥!
In the second five-star grand prix of the season, Danielle Goldstein (ISR) was victorious riding Lizziemary in the $384,000 Rolex Grand Prix at the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL on February 24, 2018. But first, can we say how much we are loving that blazing teal blue jacket she’s wearing? Talk about a POP of Palm Beach color – a true crowd pleaser!
Goldstein and Lizziemary, a 12-year-old AES mare by Cabri d’Elle x Acord II owned by The Golden Group and Danielle Goldstein, put down a dashing time of 35.92 seconds, but even more importantly, then of two clear rounds in the jump-off.
“I got a good shot at the skinny, and I saw it, and I thought, ‘Alright, it’s there. I’m just going to kick and hope it works out,’” said Goldstein. “The horse jumped great, so tonight it worked!”
Three more would chase Goldstein’s time and end up with four faults. Yuri Mansur (BRA) and Louise Weber’s Babylotte had a time of 39.28 seconds for fifth place, and Eric Lamaze (CAN) and the Chacco Kid Group’s Chacco Kid finished in 37.23 seconds for fourth place.
Goldstein has been building up Lizziemary’s program this winter to aim for the five-star competitions. This was the second five-star grand prix victory at the 2018 WEF for an Israeli rider, following Daniel Bluman’s win during week five.
“It’s huge,” said Goldstein of the success for Israel. “Winning any grand prix in Wellington is a big deal, but winning one of the five stars is really unbelievable. Daniel has won two grand prix this season, so it’s been a big season first of all, which I think is wonderful. We’ve been building for a few years, trying to get a number of riders up to this level. We’re a bit of a close-knit group. It means the world to us. All we want to do is go to the Olympics and represent our country well. Okay, everybody wants to win a medal, but for us, for Israel, it’s a huge deal. I think the country has never fielded an equestrian team at the Olympics.’”
Goldstein was also presented with the Martha Jolicoeur Leading Lady Rider Award by Martha Jolicoeur of Douglas Elliman Real Estate for week seven. For winning the grand prix, Goldstein received a stay in a Luxury Studio at the Brazilian Court Hotel in Palm Beach.
Final Results of February 24, 2018 $384,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI 5*
1 LIZZIEMARY: 2006 AES mare by Cabri d’Elle x Acord II
DANIELLE GOLDSTEIN (ISR), The Golden Group & Danielle Goldstein: 0/0/35.92
2 VENENO: 2008 Oldenburg gelding by Chacco Blue x Balou du Rouet
LIUBOV KOCHETOVA (RUS), Liubov Kochetova: 0/0/45.77
3 HH AZUR: 2006 Belgian Sport Horse mare by Thunder van de Zuuthoeve x Sir Lui
MCLAIN WARD (USA), Double H Farm & Francois Mathy: 0/4/36.60
4 CHACCO KID: 2006 Oldenburg gelding by Chacco-Blue x Come On
ERIC LAMAZE (CAN), Chacco Kid Group: 0/4/37.23
5 BABYLOTTE: 2006 KWPN mare by Dollar du Murier x Concorde
YURI MANSUR (BRA), Yuri Mansur/Euro Stables: 0/4/39.28
6 RMF SWINNY DU PARC: 2006 Selle Francais mare by Berlin x Laudanum
JESSICA SPRINGSTEEN (USA), Rushy Marsh Farm LLC: 0/8/37.24
7 SANCHA LS: 2003 SLS mare by Chin Chin x Polydor
DANIEL BLUMAN (COL), Daniel Bluman LLC: 4/74.21
8 BLUE MOVIE: 2006 AES mare by Chacco Blue x Pilot
ROWAN WILLIS (AUS), Rowan Willis: 4/75.32
9 CITA: 2006 Holsteiner mare by Casall x Pik Ramiro
DANIEL COYLE (IRL), Ariel Grange & Lothlorien: 4/78.11
10 CORIANDOLO DI RIBANO: 2007 Sella Italiano stallion by Cassini II x Baldini
LAUREN TISBO (USA), Tequestrian Farms, LLC: 4/78.24
11 CRISTALLINE: 2008 Bavarian Warmblood mare by Cristallo 1 x Caretello B
ADRIENNE STERNLICHT (USA), Starlight Farms LLC: 4/78.38
12 WITH WINGS: 2003 KWPN gelding by Larino x L. Ronald
KAREN POLLE (JPN), Karen Polle: 4/78.47