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Vinceremos Hosts Successful 30th Annual Dinner & Auction At IPC
(Left) Mike Menor, Vinceremos founder Ruth Menor and Sarah Menor with Juan Carlos Rocha. (Right) The victorious Real Bucking Deal team: sponsors Sanjiv Sharma and Nadine Allen, Andrey Ferreir, Trent Ferreir, Matt Goodman, Donnie Mills with Avery Mills, and Brandon Ratchford.
The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center held its 30th annual Benefit Dinner & Auction on Friday, Feb. 3 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. The event broke fundraising records for the local nonprofit. A highlight of the evening was the Floridian Community Bank Buck Off Championships. The winners were the Real Bucking Deal team, sponsored by Nadine Allen and Sanjiv Sharma, which finished with a near-perfect score of 296 out of 300 points given by judges Mike Smith, P.J. Rizvi, Taylor Doebler and Juliet Reid. For more info., visit www.vinceremos.org.
(Left to right) Judges Mike Smith, P.J. Rizvi, Taylor Doebler and Juliet Reid; Rider of the Year Reed Gutner with Carly Loor, Deb Levinsky, Ruth Menor, Sarah Menor and Michelle Bohl; the Floridian Community Bank Night Racers: Will Piper, Josh List, Thomas Schweizer, Shah Quereshi and sponsor Lee Frankhouser; and the Tackeria team of Kristos Magrini, Oliver Firestone, Harrison Azzaro and Christian Weisz with sponsor Jesse Coppola.
(Left to right) Ruth Menor with Volunteer of the Year Lori Rudman; Riders of the Year Reed Gutner and Kasen Van Rensburg; Real Bucking Deal’s Trent Ferreir hangs on during his ride; and five-year-old Avery Mills enjoys the evening.
(Left to right) Tuny Page and Susan Guinan; Maria Newman and Fanny Campeau; Kayla Brusie on the bull; and Brandon Ratchford of Real Bucking Deal.
(Left to right) Christian Weisz of the Tackeria team; Thomas Schweizer rides for Floridian Community Bank; Shah Quereshi takes his time on the bull; and Devon Kane and Porter Allen with the horse adopted by Kane’s mother.
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