Nina Mallevaey is completing the year with My Clementine the way the pair began 2025, victory at Wellington International

Nina Mallevaey is completing the year with My Clementine the way the pair began 2025, victory at Wellington International.

Nina and the 10-year-old Irish mare won the Holiday & Horses $117,000 CSI4* 1.5-meter Friday to qualify for the $200,000 Grand Prix Sunday.

The French rider, ranked 17th to make her the second highest female in the world, and My Clementine owned by Canada's Rein family topped the lineup of 50 combinations with a double clear and a jump off time of 36.42 secs.

The duo began the year with a win at Wellington in January. Friday's victory boosts the tally to 12 victories so far, eight in the U.S. and Canada and four in Europe, including at the prestigious World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany.

Canada's Chris Pratt on Ideaal ES placed second on 36.42.

Philip McDuane of Ireland on Orphea HQ was third on 37.01.

Results:

Place Horse/Rider Nation Jumpoff Faults Time

1 MY CLEMENTINE/NINA MALLEVAEY FRA 0 36.42 secs.

2 IDEAAL ES/CHRIS PRATT CAN 0 36.96

3 ORPHEA HQ/PHILIP MCGUANE IRL 0 37.01

4 MALINA/DANIEL BLUMAN ISR 0 37.03

5 NOVAK DE KALVARIE/STEPHANIE MACIEIRA BRA 0 37.48

6 HEAVENLY W/CARLY ANTHONY USA 0 37.88

7 DIOR/ERYNN BALLARD CAN 0 37.91

8 DAX 68/TANIMARA MARIA MACARI CARRILLO MEX 0 38.72

9 CRISTIANO OBOLENSKY/GONZALO BUSCA ROCA ESP 0 39.29

10 GENIAL DE B'NEVILLE/MARIO DESLAURIERS CAN 0 39.75

Photo: Nina Mallevaey of France on My Clementine at Wellington. © Ken Braddick/Jumper-News.US