Ocala, FL – The primary Saturday night time Grand Prix of the 2025 Summer time Sequence at World Equestrian Middle – Ocala (WEC) introduced 50 horse-and-rider mixtures to the WEC Grand Enviornment for the $16,999 Golden Ocala Regional Grand Prix. In the long run, it was Sharn Wordley (NZL) who returned to WEC in profitable type, capturing the highest spot aboard Della Wordley’s Hagelin (Stolzenberg x Graefin Prime) after an exciting four-horse jump-off.
FEI Stage II course designer Eric Hasbrouck (USA) set a demanding monitor that noticed solely 5 clear rounds contained in the tight time allowed. The jump-off featured a few of the quickest riders: Camille Maynard (USA), Maya Denis (MEX), Lauren Balcomb (AUS), and Wordley himself—who certified two mounts however selected to avoid wasting Brin D’or De Haute Melen Z for Week II’s CSI3*.
Camille Maynard and her longtime accomplice Jack Straw (Quatro De Riverland x Jonquille D’elle), a 15-year-old Selle Français gelding owned by M&M Sporthorses, set the tempo with a tidy clear in 47.416 seconds. Maya Denis adopted aboard her personal Callypso de la Hamente Z (Chellsini Z x Vesta De Greenbay), a nine-year-old Zangersheide gelding, taking a good inside flip early within the course to cease the clock in a swift 43.838 seconds.
Wordley and Hagelin entered the ring with intent. “It was a bit greater than we had been considering it was going to be,” he stated of the first-round monitor. “My horses haven’t proven in two months, so I introduced them out tonight to get them prepared for the remainder of the circuit, however I’m glad I did, as a result of they really feel nice now,” he laughed.
With Balcomb and Verdini d’Houtveld Z nonetheless to return, Wordley wasn’t taking any possibilities. “She did practically the identical quantity of strides as me, however couldn’t stand up to it as a result of he misplaced his traction for a second, so she did a circle and schooled round. She in all probability would have overwhelmed me, if he hadn’t had achieved that. Hagelin is quick, however ‘Dini’ is turbo charged.”
Wordley and Hagelin delivered a fast and tidy jump-off spherical to shave off simply sufficient time, stopping the clock in 42.987 seconds to take the win. “I needed to get him again within the groove of issues. We all know one another fairly effectively, however he can typically be a bit humorous beneath the lights, however tonight he was nice. He was so quick and so cautious.”
Wordley now appears forward to the remainder of the 2025 Summer time Sequence, able to rotate his horses by way of the upcoming worldwide competitors.
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