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Hannah Matts and Markant took first place in the $24,500 Grand Prix Saturday during the Post Time Premier II show at HITS Ocala. They stopped the timers nearly one second faster than runner-up Jordan Petersen and Londen in the jump-off.Four advanced to the jump-off - all womenBree Rosales and Safira were the third of three double-clear jump-off rounds.

Spain's Gonzalo Busca Roca won the CSI3* opening $140,000 Saturday Night Lights Grand Prix at Wellington.Gonzalo and Cristiano Obolensky, the Hanoverian gelding that he has brought along from a seven-year-old and is now 12, was one of five combinations to go double clear which the pair did in 41.7 secs.

Tracy Fenney and MTM Can Talk to Me won the $15,000 Welcome Prix at WEC Ocala on Friday by about one second. Todd Minikus and Chacoons Bellis Z came in second, while Carlee McCutcheon and Opaline Ter Goes finished third in the field of 21.Eleven horse-and-rider pairs advanced to the jump-off and, of these, seven went double clear.

Jared Petersen and Zechariah, a Dutch Warmblood gelding, took first place in the $7,500 Open Speed class on Friday at the HITS Ocala Post Time Premier II show. Lisa Goldman-Smolen and the 8-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding Solomon B finished second in a field of nine in the 1.35-meter class. ClipMyHorse.TV is broadcasting from HITS Ocala HERETop 3 Results:1 Jared Petersen - ZECHARIAH - 0/73.

Great Britain's Samuel Hutton and the 12-year-old Selle Francais mare Etincelle D'ellipse took the $32,000 CSI3* Winning Round at WEC Ocala Friday morning. Aaron Vale, one of two U.S. entries, missed the top spot in the 1.45-meter class by six hundredths of a second in the jump-off with I.adermie R 4, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare.ClipMyHorse.TV is broadcasting from WEC Ocala HERE.

International show jumping talent filled the arena for the $32,000 FEI 3* Adequan WEF Challenge Round 1, where speed and precision were paramount as top combinations vied for early-season supremacy at the Winter Equestrian Festival.

Sara Kozumplik and Otta B Quality won the $2,500 Open Welcome (1.35m-1.40m) at HITS Ocala on Thursday. Kozumplik and the Dutch Warmblood gelding rose to the challenge of the pair who directly preceded them, and were the only double-clear jump-off rounds. It was Paul Halpern and M who preceded Kozumplik, and Halpern and the Dutch Warmblood mare came in second.

Carlee McCutcheon and Coco Mercedes, a13-year-old Westphalian mare, won the $32,000 1.45 meter CSIU25 Grand Prix after being the final pair to go in the jump-off.Tony Stormanns of Germany was the runner-up with the12-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding RMF Cinnamo.Emma Brody finished third with Charlie Ps, a 15-year-old Hanoverian mare.