Great Britain’s Emily Ward made a splash in the Under 25 division at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) by winning the $25,000 Hermès Under 25 Grand Prix CSI2* riding Millioninmind on Sunday, January 19, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. Closing out week 2 of WEF, Andrew Welles (USA) topped the $37,000 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.45m Classic CSI2* aboard Brindis Bogibo.

WEF continues through March 29, 2020 with 12 consecutive weeks of world-class competition and $13 million dollars on offer. The third week of competition at WEF will run January 22 through 26 and is sponsored by Adequan®. Recognized as a CSI3* by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the week’s featured event will be the $137,000 Adequan® Grand Prix CSI3* during “Saturday Night Lights” on January 25.

Fifty-five horses challenged Oscar Soberon’s (USA) opening track with 19 returning for a deciding jump-off. After winning the Hermès Under 25 Welcome just a day earlier, Ward wasted no time in establishing herself as the one to beat this season. She and Millioninmind, owned by Steven Barnes, stopped the clock in a quick 35.99 seconds over second-place finisher Sydney Shulman’s (ISR), who finished in a time of 36.18 seconds riding Jill Shulman’s Azilis du Mesnil.

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