Kent Farrington (USA) riding Landon in the CSI5* The Defender Challenge Stakes during the Royal Windsor Horse Show In Partnership with Defender, held in the private grounds of Windsor Castle in Windsor in Berkshire in the UK between 1st – 5th May 2024
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Windsor, England – May 04, 2024 – The second day of international Show Jumping at the 2024 Royal Windsor Horse Show CSI 5* featured the €50,000 Kingdom of Bahrain Stakes CSI 5* for the King’s Cup — a 1.55m class with those jumping clear from the first round going through to a jump-off. The course posed problems throughout, with the likes of the World No. 2, Ben Maher (GBR) and reigning European Champion Steve Guerdat (SUI) accruing faults in the first round.
In total, six riders made it through to jump against the clock. Kent Farrington (USA) was first into the arena to set the standard aboard the 11-year old chestnut Zangersheide gelding, Landon. A twice-former winner of the Rolex Grand Prix at the Show, Farrington knows what it takes to achieve victory in the famous Castle Arena and didn’t leave much room for improvement, jumping clear in an impressive time of 35.38 seconds. Farrington’s USA teammate, Laura Kraut (USA), followed into the arena with a promising start, but accrued four penalty-points at the final fence.
Great Britain’s Joseph Stockdale (GBR) and Ebanking had the crowd gasping as they made the tightest of turns throughout, however the combination were another to fall victim to the final fence, finishing on four penalty-points. However, Stockdale’s time proved Farrington could be beaten and Italy’s Giulia Martinengo Marquet (ITA) gave it her best shot, jumping clear, but was unable to match the American’s pace. Harrie Smolders (NED) was another to jump clear, but his time was only good enough for eventual third.
Farrington, who first won this class back in 2016 and repeated the victory in 2021, said: “This Show has been very kind to me, there’s a great crowd, lots of support for my sport – I really appreciate it. Royal Windsor is one of my favourite shows, I love to keep coming back.”
As riders turn their gaze onto tomorrow’s Rolex Grand Prix — the feature class of the week — Farrington continued: “Tomorrow’s a new day. I will be riding my other horse to give her a chance to shine. It will be a tough competition with so many top riders, but I hope for the best.”
Final Results – €50,000 Kingdom of Bahrain Stakes for The King’s Cup
1) Kent Farrington (USA) & Landon – 0 / 0 – 35.38
2) Giulia Martinengo Marquet (ITA) & Scuderia 1918 Calle Deluxe – 0 / 0 – 37.09
3) Harrie Smolders (NED) & Springfield 21 – 0 / 0 –38.73
Source: Press Release (edited) by Nikki McEwen / Revolution World for Royal Windsor Horse Show
Photo: © RWHS / Peter Nixon
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