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Jared Petersen and Zechariah won the 1.40m class by 0.345 seconds. Petersen and the Dutch Warmblood gelding edged out the only other clear jump-off round, leaving David Jennings, aboard the Italian Sport Horse gelding Presley Degli Assi, to finish as the runner-up in the first Grand Prix of 2026 at the HITS Ocala winter circuit - week one of the Post Time Premier.

Pablo Mejia Villa on the nine-year-old mare Caramia won the first of 13 weeks of Hermes 1.50-meter Championship Jumper Classic at Wellington's Winter Equestrian Festival Saturday.The Colombian rider and the horse he took over in the summer was double clear in a jump off time of 30.591 secs. for the pair's first victory.

Israel's Sydney Shulman Desiderio on Villamoura captures Wellington's Premiere WEF 1.40-meter open jumper Friday.Sydney and the 17-year-old mare completed the course in 62.461 secs., among the 17 combinations with no faults.USA team rider Lillie Keenan on Opium JW van de Moerhoeve TN was runner up on 63.964.

In a field of 23, Sharn Wordley, aboard the 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding Hagelin, emerged the winner of the first Welcome Prix of the winter circuit season at WEC Ocala on Thursday.William Simpson rode his own Chacco Blue Star to a second-place finish in the 1.45m class.The format was Table II.2b in class of international riders during week one of the Winter Spectacular.

Three hunter/jumper shows started competition Wednesday, signalling the start of the winter circuit.WEF (Winter Equestrian Festival)Jumper classes include the $35,000 Adequan WEF Challenge Cup Premiere Round on Thursday, and the $25,000 Hermès 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic on Saturday. Also, Saturday Night Lights features the $75,000 Battles of the Sexes presented by LeMieux.

Charlie Jayne made his debut on Tender Guy Z to launch Wellington's 2026 Winter Equestrian Festival with a victory in the 1.45-meter open jumper competition.In unseasonably chilly weather for sub-tropical south Florida, Charlie and the 10-year-old gelding were double clear with a jump off time of 32.37 secs.

Three names are synonymous with incredible solid experience in elite show jumping - Kent Farrington, Laura Kraut, and McLain Ward.For Kent Farrington, 2025 has been a historic year defined by a return to the world No. 1 spot and a record-breaking string of victories. He spent much of the year at the top of the Longines FEI World Rankings, holding No.

Luxembourg's Victor Bettendorf was at the top of the leaderboard a good, few times during the five-day London International Horse Show. He received the leading rider award and Olympia Centenary Trophy on Monday, following the Turkish Airlines Grand Prix on closing night of the show, not to mention another magnum of Taittinger champagne.