The second day of competition at the 2021 Spruce Meadows 'National' also featured a win for Kent Farrington and Austria 2.
Kent Farrington
Her Majesty's home-bred racehorse headed the Retraining of Racehorses class; Kent Farrington takes The Kingdom of Bahrain Stakes.
The American riders are in great form a few weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, winning the feature grand prix classes two weeks in a row.
Kent Farrington and Orafina win the $25,000 Tryon Resort Sunday Classic; Victoria Colvin claims her second consecutive Hunter Derby win.
Ballard and Bettina des Celtes dominated Wednesday’s $37,000 Power & Speed Stake CSI 3* to kick off Tryon Spring 5.
Kent Farrington and Creedance prove uncatchable in the $73,000 CaptiveOne Advisors Classic CSI5*; Tiffany Foster top Canadian in 6th.
The pair's second victory at WEF Week 3 nets the American another nice payday; 2nd-place Spencer Smith rides a mare from Eric Lamaze's barn.
A total of 84 combinations contested the opening round, looking to punch their ticket into Sunday’s $137,000 NetJets Grand Prix CSI3*.
The South Florida Hunter Jumper Assoc. Charity Horse Show saw top placings by Canadians Jonathon Millar, Erynn Ballard and Mario Deslauriers.
Farrington (USA) rode away with the lion’s share of the prize money with the quickest clear in a 16-horse jump-off.