As the curtain closed on Week V at the HITS Coachella Desert Circuit, Grand Prix riders and horses took center stage to compete in the grand finale of the week, the $75,000 Osphos Grand Prix.

Thirty riders turned out to test the course designed by Mark McGowan, where four would go clear to challenge the jump-off. The team to beat would prove to be Ashlee Bond of Hidden Hills, California, riding Cornancer, owned by Little Valley Farm.

Bond took home the win in the $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Thermal qualifier two weeks ago aboard Chela LS. The new mom of a four-month-old daughter, Bond showed no signs of slowing down on her winning streak. All of the jump-off challengers would have jumping faults over the abbreviated course, leaving it all up to speed to conquer the class.

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