Wilmington, Ohio – August 13, 2023 – In a final nod to a summer of top competition, an elite group of show jumpers gathered to contest the $30,000 IDA Development Grand Prix of WEC – Ohio Summer III. A fixture in the winners circle at WEC, Kady Abrahamson (USA) and Any (Aljano x Nina XI) successfully negotiated Joey Rycroft’s (USA) tracks to claim the win once again. Abrahamson also captured another podium finished with a third place finish aboard FSS Outlaw (VDL Cardento x Cimenta C) to close out the 2023 Spring/Summer Series.

Abrahamson, of Abrahamson Equestrian LLC in Lexington, Kentucky, has accumulated a long list of successes with her string of talented horses this summer, including a total of seven podium finishes in the featured jumper classes at WEC – Ohio.

“Any has won four grands prix here since March and she was just third in the $50,000 Grand Prix in Kentucky. She was also third in 2* in Tryon. She has been on a roll. She is amazing, at 15 and still winning and jumping so many clear rounds. This is my fourth show with my new horse Jack [FSS Outlaw]. He was third in the futures the first time I showed him and then had one time fault his first time in the grand prix here. I took him to Kentucky, and he jumped his first 1.50m and his first night class with just the last jump down. It is amazing that he is even jumping at this level for only being here a month. I owe a lot of my recent successes to Wim Janssen, who I just started training with about a month ago. I am lucky to have a fantastic team behind me,” Abrahamson spoke on her incredible summer season.

As the first to jump a clear round, Abrahamson returned to the jump-off looking to set an uncatchable pace with her nimble 15-year-old Holsteiner mare. Making a tight inside turn from jumps one to two, the duo was unbeatable with a time of 36.454 seconds.

“When I walked, I thought the inside turn from one to two was a little bit crazy. It was just two verticals, so I figured I would be okay since there was no back rail, and she is really careful. Devin [Milan] who won the welcome on Thursday was helping me set jumps and she said she would do the turn and she knows how to win classes. So, since I went first so I thought that I really had to go for it. Any jumped so well at two, and then was really good to me to the double because I came in flying and she backed off of B. Going first of seven in the jump-off with a list of good, fast horses and riders behind you have to go for it.”

Abrahamson entered last to go with her nine-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding, FSS Outlaw, already having earned the blue with Any. The duo confidently landed through the timers in 40.399 seconds to earn a respectable third place.

Megan Bash (USA) and the Cleveland Equestrian entry Jackson VDL (Zirocco Blue VDL x Design O) were not to be outshined in the class. Bash piloted her nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding to a track mimicking Abrahamson, and proudly galloped away with the red ribbon with a time of 39.953 seconds.

WEC – Wilmington sponsor Vitalize presented the Blazin’ Fastest Four Faulter $500 bonus in the $30,000 Grand Prix to Michael Burnett and Chagrand who earned 71.4 seconds in the first round, finishing eighth in the class overall.

Final Results – $30,000 IDA Development Grand Prix

1) Kady Abrahamson (USA) & Any, Abrahamson Equestrian LLC | 0 | 36.454

2) Megan Bash (USA) & Jackson VDL, Cleveland Equestrian | 0 | 39.953

3) Kady Abrahamson (USA) & FSS Outlaw, Abrahamson Equestrian LLC | 0 | 40.399

4) Wilhelm Genn (GER) & Quincidence, Wilhelm Genn | 0 | 42.146

5) Drew Arnold (USA) & Chaccomo 11, Theresa Kraft | 4 | 37.208

6) Charlotte Clark (USA) & Kinsella, Charlotte Clark | 0 | RT

7) Keely McIntosh (USA) & Inne Van De Plataan, Booth Show Jumpers | 0 | WD

8) Michael Burnett (USA) & Chagrand, Michael Burnett | 4 | 71.4

9) Patricio Rodriguez (URU) & Corvet Enigma, Patricio Rodriguez LLC | 4 | 76.711

10) Devin Milan (USA) & Conquest, Garo Kazan | 4 | 77.206

Source:  Press Release from World Equestrian Center

Photos: © Winslow Photography.

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