Ocala, Florida, USA – June 18, 2023 – Top level athletes returned to the WEC Grand Arena early Sunday morning to contest the $50,000 IDA Development National Grand Prix. Twenty-four horse-and-rider combinations put forth their best efforts over a first-round course that mirrored the international grand prix track from Saturday night. Roles were reversed with Kaitlin Campbell (USA) standing atop the podium after yielding a superb effort aboard Kaiser Van Het Lambroeck (Nabab De Reve x Florette Van Het Lambroeck) owned by Camille Leblond. 

Only three athletes, Megan Wexler (USA), Kaitlin Campbell (USA) and Sean Jobin (CAN) found the path to a clear first round effort to qualify for the jump-off. 

Megan Wexler and the 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding Chronicle 4 (Centurion x Ambiance) owned by Golden Oaks Farm, LLC led the charge, but suffered one unfortunate rail in 40.270 seconds to keep her out of the top two placings. 

Kaitlin Campbell entered the arena next with vengeance, “Sean went after me in the jump-off and he beat me last night, so I definitely wasn’t going to leave anything on the table this morning. I just went as fast as possible and hoped the jumps stayed up!” 

Campbell and the scopey 13-year-old Warmblood stallion posted an uncatchable track in 40.401 seconds to ultimately seal the first-place finish. 

Campbell used Sunday morning’s national grand prix track to prepare for next week’s international competition, “Kaiser is a 13-year-old stallion. He is a sale horse that we have in the barn that is owned by Camille Leblanc. He knows what he is doing! I have had him on and off for the past six months and he has jumped a few bigger classes, so we have had some experience with him. He is going to jump FEI next week, so this was our warmup for that,” shared Campbell.

Saturday night’s winner of the $150,000 IDA Development Grand Prix CSI3*, Sean Jobin (CAN) was just shy of the winning time aboard Antrim Equestrian’s 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding Sterrehof’s Edinus (Padinus x Idylle) in 40.409 seconds, just eight thousandths of a second behind Campbell. 

An additional $5,000 was awarded to the fastest four-faulter of the $50,000 IDA Development National Grand Prix. Juan Gallego Martinez secured the award with Fee Des Sequoias Z with a time of 75.694 seconds with one rail down. 

Jennifer Walters and Loretto 199 won the $5,000 ‘Luck of the Draw’ award. 

Final Results – $50,000 IDA Development National Grand Prix

1) Kaitlin Campbell ( USA) & Kaiser Van Het Lambroeck, , Camille Leblond –0 | 0 – 40.401

2) Sean Jobin (CAN) & Sterrehof’s Edinus , Antrim Equestrian – 0 | 0 – 40.409

3) Megan Wexler (USA) & Chronicle 4, Golden Oaks Farm LLC – 0 | 4 – 40.27

4) Juan Gallego Martinez (COL) & Fee Des Sequoias Z – 4 – 75.694

5) Richard Spooner (USA) & Halcon, Molly Ohrstrom – 4 – 75.774

6) Chloe Reid (USA) & Chelsea 179, Live Oak Plantation – 4 – 75.867

7) Aaron Vale (USA) & Constantin De Hus, Sigma Stables LLC – 4 – 76.372

8) Aaron Vale (USA) & Florida Man, Thinkslikeahorse – 4 – 77.646

9) Ilan Bluman (COL) & Ijsbeer 111 Z, Katie Eppinger – 4 – 78.014

10) Kirk Webby (NZL) & Kaira VD Middelstede, Jamie Stryker – 4 – 78.133

Source: Press Release from WEC – World Equestrian Center

Photos: © Andrew Ryback Photography

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