Ocala, FL – The 2024 Summer season Collection culminated in an electrifying showdown as 32 elite horse-and-rider combos from 9 nations competed for the ultimate characteristic class win of the season within the $75,000 UF Well being Grand Prix. The competitors reached its pinnacle with an exciting 12-horse jump-off, the place the rostrum mirrored final week’s outcomes, however this time, Sharn Wordley of New Zealand emerged victorious aboard Fernando Cardenas’ Valentine Automobile (Son Of Juan Automobile x Sofia Automobile).
FEI Degree II course designer Eric Hasbrouck crafted the difficult tracks for Saturday evening’s occasion. Of the 12 pairs within the jump-off, solely six managed to attain a double clear effort.
The jump-off was a nail-biter from the beginning, with every rider setting quicker instances than the final. Nevertheless, when Sharn Wordley entered the ring on his famously fast 15-year-old American Warmblood gelding Valentine Automobile, the environment was electrical.
“When you will have Tracy [Fenney] on the finish of a jump-off, you simply need to go flat out if you wish to attempt to win it,” Wordley shared. “One to 2 I wished to be as quick as I may and it was blind round that nook, however the six labored out properly for us. Then an extended gallop over to the oxer. Then it was seven, slowing down for the double, and 9 strides over to the nook and a gradual six going house for many. Tracy I knew was going to do the eight to the 5, however I couldn’t do the eight to the 5 on ‘Val,’ so I attempted to go quick in all places else.”
Sharn Wordley and Valentine Automobile accepting their first-place award, introduced by Dr. Parker Gibbs, Chair of the Division of Orthopaedics at UF School of Medication; Dr. Steve Motew, President and System CEO of UF Well being; and Jim Wolf of World Equestrian Heart. Photograph by Andrew Ryback Images
An unbeatable time of 33.265 seconds had Wordley galloping away with the lion’s share of the prize cash as soon as once more.
“All the horses have been improbable. Valentine Automobile has jumped clear in practically each grand prix this season, besides one the place he had the fastest-four. It’s been an incredible circuit,” Wordley added. “Now, the horses will get a well-deserved break earlier than gearing up for the autumn exhibits and the winter circuit right here.”
Tracy Fenney (USA) was scorching on Wordley’s heels as soon as once more aboard the 13-year-old Danish Warmblood mare MTM Apple (Favorit Ask x Kong’s Whopsie), stopping the clock lower than a tenth of a second quick in 33.320 seconds for second place.
Dorothy Douglas (USA) secured one other podium end aboard Davenport Farms’ 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding MTM Pablo (Perigueux x Celina) with a fast and clear time of 34.032 seconds.
Sharn Wordley additionally took house the quickest four-faulter award aboard Champion League with a fast first spherical time of 78.350 seconds with one rail down.
Alexandra Inexperienced Kerby obtained the ‘Luck of the Draw’ award.
Outcomes: $75,000 UF Well being Grand Prix
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