Amenia, New York – October 3, 2026 – Lillie Keenan (USA) of New York, N.Y., celebrated early on Saturday—a day before her birthday—with a victory in the $24,999 INEOS Classic – 1.40m riding Alicia Santa Rosa at the 2026 Discovery Land Company Masters during opening week of the Autumn Invitational at Highlands.

Coming off a summer representing the USA—highlighted by an appearance at the FEI World Show Jumping Championship in Aachen, Germany—Lillie Keenan of New York, N.Y., is back and winning stateside. 

Alicia Santa Rosa, a 12-year-old Mexican-bred mare (Presley Boy x Cornet Obolensky), is owned by Patricio Pasquel and leased by Keenan’s student Isabel Coxe. After a summer campaigning with Coxe at the international level, Alicia Santa Rosa was last to return in an eight-horse jump-off over Nick Granat’s (USA) track. The winning time was a blazing 28.566 seconds. 

“We believe in our system, and in order for us to help it run the best, I will occasionally jump the horses to stay in touch with how they are feeling,” said Keenan about her taking over the reins on Alicia Santa Rosa this week. “If [Isabel] is working on something, I always try to think about how I can help her better, and we have been focused on being faster in the jump-off.

“I had two in the jump-off, which is definitely an advantage,” continued Keenan of her bookends to the jump-off which led off with longtime partner Agana van het Gerendal Z. “I got to have fun with Alicia and let her rip. I wanted to see how far I could push an envelope, and I never took my foot off the gas.”

A second off the pace, Taylor Landstrom (USA) of Excelsior, Minn., settled for second riding her own Balounita to a jump-off time of 29.709 seconds. Clara Propp (USA) of New York, N.Y., rounded out the podium placings in 31.803 seconds aboard Stakantura for owner Aquitaine Equine.

Final Results – $24,999 INEOS Classic – 1.40m

1) Lillie Keenan (USA) & Alicia Santa Rosa – 0 / 0 – 28.566

2) Taylor Landstrom (USA) & Balounita – 0 / 0 – 29.709

3) Clara Propp (USA) & Stakantura – 0 / 0 – 31.803

Source: Press Release by Lindsay Brock for Highlands Horse Show

Photos: © Shannon Brinkman Photo

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