Samantha Schaefer Speeds to a CSI2* Victory at WEC Ocala
Samuel Parot Clocks into Second Place
February 5, 2026 at 1:05 PMBy a.dunne
American Samantha Schaefer and James Bond HX, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, topped the leaderboard by nearly one-and-a-quarter seconds in the $32,000 CSI2* Speed class at the World Equestrian Center (WEC) in Ocala on Thursday.
Chile's Samuel Parot and a new mount for him, the15-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding Gradje O, finished in second place while Mexico's Maya Denis and the12-year-old gelding Jantien de Muze came in third in the 1.45-meter class.
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Top Six Results
1 Samantha Schaefer (USA) - JAMES BOND HX - 0/69.06
2 Samuel Parot (Chile) - GRADJE O - 0/70.24
3 Maya Denis (Mexico) - JANTIEN DE MUZE - 0/70.35
4 Chloe Reid (USA) - SOUPER LADYKILLER - 0/71.88
5 Caroline Mawhinney (USA) - CARSEY Z - 0/72.79
6 Christian Kukuk (Germany) - NAVARETTE N - 0/75.15
Panama's Victoria Heurtematte was the fastest four-faulter, finishing ninth with Condara (4/72.17) in the field of 25.
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