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22/04/2025

Lindsay Sceats and Amore From Second Life Z Master $10,000 Maui Jim Grand Prix

Lindsay Sceats (USA) maintains quite a balancing act between her career as a colorectal surgeon and piloting horses to the higher levels, along with being a mom. Proving her mastery Sunday afternoon, she took the win in the $10,000 Maui Jim Grand Prix aboard Amore From Second Life Z, a horse she’s been piloting for about three years.

Among professional riders, Sceats was one of four to jump clear over the first-round course. Coming back last in the order, she had the benefit of knowing what it was going to take to win. With the 11-year-old Zangersheide stallion (Asca Z x Cassini I) she blazed around the short course in 37.60 seconds and came up over two seconds quicker.

“I think he was really fast from [fences] one to seven,” Sceats explained of where she thinks she was particularly quick. “He’s one you can just keep kicking and you don’t have to take a big pull. You can run up on a slice and he has a great front end so he’ll get out of the way.”

Just behind them in second place were Saturday’s winners, WH Corona and Carla Diewert (CAN) as the only other double-clear effort in 39.88. Kassidy Keith (CAN) and Havana were third on the fastest jump-off time of 35.15, but with one rail down.

While the riding part comes fairly easily to Sceats, the balancing act of all of life’s other responsibilities can be a challenge. “That is the hardest part,” she commented. “I have a little kid who’s 18 months, so it’s difficult.”

Amore From Second Life Z is making things easier.

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“Fortunately he’s such a good horse,” she continued. “He doesn’t take a lot of prep. I know he’s going to show up and be the same every time so that is the nicest thing. I came up here Friday after working all week and he jumped great on Friday and today.”

With a few years under their belts together, Sceats is thrilled with the way the horse has come along, and now it’s about refining and continuing to let the results come in.

“I got him at the end of his 8-year-old year,” she said of their partnership. “The people I bought him from got him as a 2-year-old and did all the young horse classes. They were thinking he’d be more of an amateur horse instead of doing the higher levels, so they thought he should have a different path than this. But the more he goes the better he goes.”

Sunday’s result ranks high in what they’ve achieved together so far, but it’s just knocking on the door of what Sceats thinks they can accomplish.

“He’s been so good,” she shared. “He won a big class down in Thermal; he moved up to the 1.45m down there, so he’s had some really good classes. My goal this year is to jump an FEI here this year. We’re going to jump National in May and I’m hoping if he’s good we’ll come back in August for FEI.”

With all she has going on in life, she isn’t reaching for the stars with Amore From Second Life Z, but she’ll see where their path can take them.

“If we can be consistent in the 1.40m and 1.45m, I’m happy,” she said of their long-term goals. “It’s hard for me to do much more consistently because I don’t ride enough. If we can do this well, we’re happy.”

Her whole family was happy as well, not just to see her win but to experience all that Thunderbird Show Park has to offer.

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“It’s such a nice family show,” she remarked of the facility. “On Saturday I didn’t show, but my kid came up and we played on the playground. My dog played in the field. My family likes eating at the food place. It’s a place you can bring the whole group and have them feel like it’s a vacation too and they’re not just here for you.”

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