Greg Tomb was beaming with pride on the sidelines as he watched his daughter, Reagan, and his horse, Jus De Seminka, capture their first U25 win in the Fort Grand Prix Arena on Thursday.

As pathfinders in the ring, Reagan (USA) and the 10-year-old KWPN mare rose to course designer Peter Holmes’ challenge in the Marbill Hill U25 1.40m Speed, powered by Solaris Equestrian, laying down a time of 51.85 seconds that simply couldn’t be touched. They beat their closest competitor, Georgia Knight (CAN) aboard Ecolano VS Romano, by nearly a second (52.78). Olivia Stephenson (CAN) and Chaccalanda took third in 53.03.

“I was really just looking for a nice clean round—that horse is really new to me,” said Tomb. But after the first fence, she felt they were on the same page about the pace they wanted to set, so Tomb upped her gear.

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