And five. Kent Farrington and her exceptional daughter of Coletus, Greya, born Contina 47 at the late Wilfried Sandmann, won, in Lexington, their fifth 5* Grand Prix and the third since the start of the year. In parallel with the CCI 5*-L organized in Kentucky, the pair has put everyone in agreement by completing a breathtaking dam. Ouper of this shortened journey, the two accomplices inflicted more than two seconds behind their first dolphins, the Olympics Shane Sweetnam and CSF James Kann Cruz, the remarkable son of Kannan who has been constantly aligning the perfect performances for three years. Third place has returned to a pair in full ascent, formed by the prodigy Mimi Gochman and its all good Inglene BH, which aligns its third top 5 in four Grand Prix 5* since January.
Kent Farrington will be the next one world number. And as if to celebrate the news, formalized this weekend by Henrik von Eckermann, current holder of the distinctive armband, the American offered himself the 5* Grand Prix of Lexington. Saturday, April 26 at night, in Kentucky, the Véloce Pilote won its sixth International Grand Prix of the year, the third of this level to the reins of its fabulous Contina 47, alias Graya. Amazing successful, speed and regularity, Kent Farrington, probably revenge after having had to forfeit at the last minute at the Olympic Games last summer with his same gray nugget, proves his talent again.
“No victory is easy to obtain. There were some excellent riders with their best horses at the dam, as well as pilots in full ascent, like Mimi (GOCHMAN, editor’s note). Whatever happens, the competition was going to be arduous. All I could do was to unroll the best dam possible, and hope that this is sufficient. I knew that I had a chance to win, but when a reference stopwatch was fixed, the following can almost always beat it. It all depends on the risks that we are ready to take ”, reacted the happy winner. “In terms of talent, Graya is apart, or even a level higher than many of the great horses that I have climbed. But she has a very assertive character! This is what makes her great, but it took time to train and guide her to this level. It is a dominant mare: she is the chief of the stables. She is in control and has great confidence in her.”
The daughter of Coletus did not doubt, any more than her rider, to freeze the winning time at 42”93. While she started in number one of the dam, the pair resisted to the end, and even to the attempts of Shane Sweetnam and her CSF James Kann Cruz. The Irishman and his powerful son of Kannan joined the finish line in 45”00. Too far to hope to win. Mimi Gochman, in the saddle on Staphael III, alias IngueN BH, a son of Stakkato Gold, took third place. The young American, portrayed as one of the great hopes of the Stars and Stripes For several seasons, has confirmed from week to week its place among the elite. In early February, she was already in the same position in a 5* Grand Prix in Wellington and won by … Kent Farrington and Greya, while she occupied the fourth row in the individual highlight of the CSIO 5* of Ocala. In Kentucky, she and her ten -year gelding concluded their second course in 46”06. Last flawless double of the nine barragists, Luis Fernando Larrazabal Place Tailormade Condara in the fourth position.
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Photo on the front page: In 2025, nothing was resistant to Greya and Kent Farrington! © Split Rock Jumping Tour
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