Australian show jumper Thaisa Erwin has placed third in the $215,000 (USD) NetJets CSI4* Grand Prix (155cm) during Week 3 at Wellington International’s Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Florida, USA.
The duo was one of eleven combinations to jump clear in Round 1 and make the jump-off, where they were again clear alongside seven others. Their blistering time of 41.28 seconds was enough to see them finish on the podium and earn a $32,250 slice of the prize pool.
Erwin and the 14-year-old Dutch-bred mare Hialita B (Emerald x Vaillant), who she owns in conjunction with Michael Smith, represented Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and have been very successful at the highest level in recent years.
Read more: ZOOMING IN ON THAISA ERWIN – Equestrian Life, June 2024
In front of a home crowd, the USA’s Lillie Keenan and longtime partner Fasther, a 16-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Vigo d’Arsouilles STX x Farmer), took the win with a time of 40.56 seconds around Canadian course designer Peter Grant’s jump-off track.
Irish Olympian Shane Sweetnam came the closest to Keenan’s time, narrowly missing the top spot with Spy Coast Farm’s Rural Juror SCF – a nine-year-old Danish Warmblood by Presley Boy – in a time of 40.87 seconds.
For complete results from the $215,000 NetJets CSI4* Grand Prix, click here.
Source: Wellington International press release, edited by EQ Life
