Flintfields Horse Park was the scene of much national pride on Thursday afternoon as Team USA jumped to victory in the $75,000 CSIO3* FEI Nations Cup during Traverse City Horse Shows’ 2025 edition of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF), presented by B&D Builders.

The 11th season of GLEF proudly hosted its first-ever FEI Nations Cup, highlighting six weeks of FEI competition running through August 10. GLEF also features the FEI North American Youth Championships and the return of Major League Show Jumping CSI5* competition to Traverse City.

The United States led wire-to-wire in the Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel International Ring as the only team to advance to the second round on a score of zero. Mimi Gochman of West Palm Beach, FL, Charlotte Jacobs of East Aurora, NY, and Jacob Pope of Columbia, MD, were fault-free in round one. Mia Bagnato of Fishkill, NY, posted the drop score of a single rail in her senior FEI Nations Cup debut riding Elan Farm’s Ballyoskill Big Bucks. Gochman piloted longtime partner Celina BH, Jacobs sat atop Korbach van de Renger, and Pope rode High FBH for owner Sherri S. Crawford.

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