Sharn Wordley Wins the $24,000 Welcome Prix at WEC Ocala
Three-Tenths of a Second Separate First and Second
January 2, 2026 at 11:48 AMBy a.dunne
In a field of 23, Sharn Wordley, aboard the 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding Hagelin, emerged the winner of the first Welcome Prix of the winter circuit season at WEC Ocala on Thursday.
William Simpson rode his own Chacco Blue Star to a second-place finish in the 1.45m class.
The format was Table II.2b in class of international riders during week one of the Winter Spectacular.
Tracy Fenney with the 15-year-old Danish Warmblood mare MTM Apple were the first to go in the order and first to qualify for the jump-off. They finished third.
Top 6 Welcome Prix Results:
1 Sharn Wordley - HAGELIN - 0/37.449
2 William Simpson - CHACCO BLUE STAR - 0/37.777
3 Tracy Fenney - MTM APPLE - 0/38.950
4 Jelmer Hoekstra - J'ESPERE - 0/39.456
5 Sean Jobin - QOURTOIS - 0/41.101
6 Julie Welles - MY BOY BILL - 0/41.593
The top 12 received prize money.
Taylor Land and Caballero advanced to the jump-off and exited the arena with one time fault, finishing 8th.
Wordley had two other rides in the class, and finished 11th with Brin D'or de Haute Melen Z.
SImpson had one other entry. Fenney and Jobin each had two other mounts in the class.
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