Skylar Wireman & Corsini Complete Sweep in the IDA Developmente Welcome Speed

By Jumper News USA on March 19, 2025

Thermal, California – March 12, 2025 – The $10,000 IDA Development Welcome Speed – 1.35m at Desert Circuit 10 was held as two sections, but at the end of the day on Wednesday, March 12, only one rider was named a winner across the two classes. Aboard Karen and Corsini, Skylar Wireman (USA) rode away with victories in both the $10,000 IDA Development Welcome Speed – Section A and the $10,000 IDA Development Welcome Speed – Section B, respectively.

In Section B, Wireman now had a sense of the time needed to win – and the fact that she was not likely to need to be as quick as she was on Karen. However, that did not make Wireman slow down by much. Aboard Corsini, Wireman sped to her second consecutive win with a time of 64.996 seconds.

Finishing in second place on a time of 72.020 seconds were Carmen Edwards and Casirado 3, owned by Risen EQ Holdings. Emily Esau Williams (USA) and Air Jordan Delacense took home third with a time of 72.114 seconds.

“[Corsini] certainly is very fast across the ground and loves to go also,” said Wireman of the 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, owned by Claire Marie Diamond. “He is just naturally quick in the air, and he is quick across the ground, so that’s really fun. My plan was just to go a little bit more conservative than on Karen, but I could still kind of put the pedal to the metal a little bit, and he was fantastic.”

Wireman continued, “It’s only my fourth week showing this circuit because I did a little bit and went to Abu Dhabi [for the Longines FEI League of Nations Abu Dhabi], so I was gone for a bit of the middle of the circuit. So, I haven’t gotten that many chances to qualify for the Speed League. Last night, we were debating, we entered both this class and the 1.40m for Taryn and I was like, ‘I think I’m going to steal [Karen] and do the 1.35 Welcome and see if I can get into the Speed League, and well, mission accomplished!”