Week III of the Coachella Desert Circuit kicked off with the $5,000 Johnson Horse Transportation Open Welcome. Riders returned for a chance to start the week off with a win, but only one could walk away a winner.

Joie Gatlin of San Juan Capistrano, California, would prove to be the rider to beat in Wednesday’s class riding Rammstein, owned by Jasmine Weber Talley.

Only three would advance to the immediate jump-off over a course designed by Olaf Petersen, Jr. of Muenchen, Germany, but the rounds were quick and competitive.

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