Ocala, FL – Sunday afternoon, the WEC Grand Area at World Equestrian Middle – Ocala hosted the $50,000 YETI Nationwide Grand Prix, the place 23 horse-and-rider combos competed for the win. Ultimately, it was Tracy Fenney (USA) aboard the well-known MTM Apple (Favorit Ask x Kong’s Whopsie) who claimed victory.
Catsy Cruz (MEX) designed a difficult course to wrap up Week I of the 2024 December Present Sequence, with solely six pairs managing clear rounds.
Richard Spooner (USA) and Lyjanair (Lyjanero x Villa), recent off a third-place end within the $75,000 Barnwalkers Grand Prix in November, have been the primary to check the jump-off. The ten-year-old Holsteiner gelding delivered a robust efficiency, setting the tempo at 35.823 seconds.
Maya Denis (MEX) put in a stable effort aboard her personal Postin Ls La Silla however couldn’t fairly match the time. Luis Pedro Biraben (ARG) and Chacco Bumpy (Chacco-blue x Too Bumpy II), a 14-year-old Oldenburg mare, adopted, narrowly overtaking Spooner with a time of 35.658 seconds. Ilan Bulman and Cool Woman have been subsequent however had an unfortunate rail.
Second-to-last within the order, Tracy Fenney and MTM Farm’s 13-year-old Danish Warmblood mare MTM Apple entered the world. “I do know Richard is absolutely quick as a result of lately he’s overwhelmed me,” Fenney admitted. “I’ve simply been having dangerous luck within the jump-off—I all the time appear to have the time, however I knock the final rail. So, realizing somebody beat Richard’s time in the present day, I believed, ‘Gosh, this may be laborious to do.’”
“The horse that was profitable did eight strides down the primary line, so I feel it helped after I did seven. I feel I used to be sooner from one to a few. In every single place else, all of us just about did the identical,” she defined.
Flying over the ultimate bounce, Fenney and MTM Apple stopped the clock at 35.091 seconds to say the win.
“This was an awesome class for her. I used it to get warmed up for exhibiting subsequent week and to get her muscle tissue in gear,” Fenney stated. “I didn’t need to pull something too loopy and begin our season poorly by doing one thing improper. At this time, she felt recent and slightly wild,” she laughed. “She’s simply nice, and I’ve enjoyable along with her each time we step within the ring.”
Tracy Fenney and MTM Apple proudly settle for their first-place award, introduced by Jennifer Glass and Jim Wolf of the World Equestrian Middle, together with Mike McCormick of MTM Farm. Photograph by Andrew Ryback Images.
Hayley Waters Put on (USA) and Over Lux acquired the quickest four-faulter award with a fast first spherical time of 65.386 seconds with one rail down.
David Tromp (USA) acquired the ‘Luck of the Draw’ award.
$50,000 YETI Nationwide Grand Prix Outcomes
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