Geñay Vaughn and Gino win Wellington CDI4* Grand Prix in the first Big Tour victory for the World Cup partnership away from their West Coast home circuit
First Big Tour victory for partnership away from West Coast home circuit
February 5, 2026 at 4:34 PMBy
Geñay Vaughn and Gino won Wellington's Global Dressage Festival CDI4* Grand Prix in the first Big Tour victory for the World Cup partnership away from their West Coast home circuit.
Geñay of Elk Grove, California and the 15-year-old KWPN gelding were awarded 70.283% in the pair's fifth start since basing themselves in Wellington for this winter season seeking to earn one of three places for North America in the World Cup Final in Fort Worth, Texas in April. The duo competed in the Basel, Switzerland Final in 2025.
Geñay's record includes 12 victories in CDIs on the U.S. West Coast in the past 15 months but none away before Thursday. It was the only combination of the 10 CDI4* combinations to score 70%, that occurred in unseasonably wet, windy and cold weather.
Devon Kane of Wellington and the 14-year-old gelding Vamos owned by her family's Diamante Farms was runner-up on a personal best 68.717%. It was also the highest CDI Grand Prix placing for the partnership that has competed on both sides of the Atlantic in two years at Big Tour.
Katherine Bateson Chandler, also of Wellington, placed third on Haute Couture on 68.391%.
Results:
CDI4* Grand Prix Rank Competitor Score
1.Geñay Vaughn (USA) Gino 70.283%
2.Devon Kane (USA) Vamos 68.717%
3.Katherine Bateson Chandler (USA) Haute Couture 68.391%
4.Meagan Davis (USA) Toronto Lightfoot 68.261%
5.Charlotte Jorst (USA) Zhaplin Langholt 67.370%
6.Alexandra Duncan (CAN) Hitmaker 65.435%
7.Pablo Gómez Molina (ESP) Servus Ymas 65.239%
8.Michael Klimke (GER) Harmony's Fado 64.804%
9.Susan Dutta (USA) Don Design DC 64.652%
10 Adriane Alvord (USA) Selfmade 61.804%
Photo: Geñay Vaughn and Gino in Wellington CDI4* Grand Prix. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com
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