Wilton Porter Wins the CSI2* $32,000 Qualifier at WEF
Less than Half a Second Divided First and Third
January 23, 2026 at 6:17 PMBy a.dunne
Riding for the U.S., Wilton Porter steered the 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding Sternmarke 3 to victory in the CSI2* $32,000 Florida Coast Equipment Qualifier on Friday. The top 12 of 51 trips returned for the jump-off in the 1.45 meter class during week three of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, Florida. Of the 12 in the jump-off, six jumped double clear.
A close contest among the top three
Wilton Porter clocked in with a jump-off time just 0.31 seconds faster than Lucy Deslauriers who finished second aboard the 10-year-old Selle Francais mare Starlet. And Deslauriers was a mere 0.16 faster than Spain's Diego Perez Bilbao and CMD Scarlet, who took third place. Times continued to be close through sixth place.
Top Six Results
1 Wilton Porter (USA) - STENMARKE 3 - 0/41.41
2 Lucy Deslauriers (USA) - STARLET - 0/41.72
3 Diego Perez Bilbao (Spain) - CMD SCARLET - 0/41.88
4 Samuel Hutton (Great Britain) - KALL ME BABY BOY SUNBEAM - 0/42.91
5 Jacqueline Steffens Daly (Canada) - FREAKY - 0/43.15
6 Zayna Rizvi (USA) - ORYZON VAN HET SCHAECK - 0/43.56
Sydney Shulman Desiderio of Israel and Eyepop Semilly were the fastest four faulters in the jump-off, coming in seventh.
Lucas Porter, Wilton Porter's brother, and Kimba 171 finished 12th. Lucas Porter won the CSI2* $6,000 Florida Coast Equipment class on Thursday, with Vigakata.
Photo courtesy of Sleepy P Ranch website
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