Up-and-coming rider Bailey Smith and her equally promising young horse stole the show in the final class of the 2013 Oregon High Desert Classics.

Smith, a 15-year-old from Portland, rode her 9-year-old Holsteiner gelding, Loverboy, in Sunday’s $2,500 Stirrup Cup Mini Grand Prix at J Bar J Boys Ranch in Bend. Smith was among the six riders who managed a clean jump-off round, but it was Smith who had the fastest round with a time of 37.847 seconds.

“I knew there were a lot of pros in this class,” Smith said, “so I knew that I would need to be really on it to get the time in the jump-off.”

According to Smith, she purchased Loverboy about a year ago and has been impressed with his improvement.

“He is so good,” Smith said. “I haven’t had him for that long and I just love to ride him.”

Earlier Sunday at the 24th High Desert Classics was the United States Hunter Jumper Association International Hunter Derby.

Another young rider, Kendall Bourgeois, 20 and of Wilsonville, and her 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, Princeton, were the overall winners in a field of 22 with a score of 360.5.

“It’s sometimes hard when you do really well in the first round and you make a little bit of a mistake and it could kind of cost you in the second round,” Bourgeois explained. “So I played it conservative in the second round (to) get a good score and hopefully make it for the overall win — which we did!”

Bourgeois was also the winner of the Classic Hunter Round (the first round) with a score of 174. However, Jessie Lang, 56 and of Wilson, Wyo., and her Belgian Warmblood stallion, C. Quito, won the Handy Hunter Round (second round) by posting an impressive score of 190.

“If I had gone into the second round in last place, I would have taken more risk,” Bourgeois said. “But I decided to be more conservative.”

Sunday was the final day of the two-week Oregon High Desert Classics. The annual horse show is the primary fundraiser for J Bar J Youth Services.