Pieter de Brabandere Finishes First in the WEC Ocala $32,000 Speed Class
Jad Dana Is Closely Behind for Second
18 January 2026 at 2:10 pmBy a.dunne
Belgium's Pieter de Brabandere steered the 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Dothraki Warlord to victory in the $32,000 CSI4* Speed class at WEC Ocala on Saturday.
Jad Dana Takes Second and Third
Lebanon's Jad Dana came up short by just 0.40 seconds in trying to capture the leading time, finishing second with the 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare Mondavi. Dana also captured third place in the 1.45 meter class with Diamant, a 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding.
Top 6 Results
1 Pieter de Brabandere (Belgium) - DOTHRAKI WARLORD - 0/63.36
2 Jad Dana (Lebanon) - MONDAVI - 0/63.76
3 Jad Dana (Lebannon) - DIAMANT - 0/65.08
4 David Blake (Ireland) - GUCCI DES EMBRUNS - 0/65.40
5 Stella Wasserman (U.S.) - MYLA - 0/68.60
6 Jonathan Corrigan (Ireland) - HASTING DE KERGLENN - 0/70.24
American Bliss Heers was the fastest four-faulter with Petit Gervais Van De Weidekouter in a time of 65.51 seconds.
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