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Mario Deslauriers wins American Invitational equestrian title in Tampa (St. Petersburg Times)

**By Christina K. Cosdon, Times Correspondent**

Saturday, April 7, 2012

TAMPA -- Mario Deslauriers won the $200,000 American Invitational on Saturday
night after defeating 31 other riders under the lights of Raymond James
Stadium.

Deslauriers, 47, captured the title over four other riders who made it to
Olympic course designer Steve Stephen's shorter, faster jump-off. Deslauriers
won with a time of 44.50 seconds, defeating Molly Ashe-Cawley by 1.31 seconds
before a crowd of more than 8,000. The 41-year-old Wellington resident also
won the Invitational in 2001 and 2002.

Beezie Madden, 48, of Cazenovia, N.Y., was in contention early with her time
of 46.31 but finished third. She was the Invitational winner in 2005 and 2007.

Deslauriers said his horse Cella, who just recovered from a toothache,
performed very well in the first round and "jumped even better in the jump-
off." It was her first major (Grand Prix) class in three weeks.

"To walk in here and do this," he said. "She's incredible."

Madden said this was the "first real appearance" of her horse Simon. She said
she could have pushed harder to go faster.

Ashe-Cawley said her horse Carissimo "has been working his way toward this
(event). He's ...

St. Petersburg Times