Last Updated on April 5, 2026 by adminahb
Lillie Keenan & Electrique. Photo ©Sportfot
Wellington, Fla. – April 4, 2026 — The Wellington International Spring Series, presented by Florida Coast Equipment, launched this week with a benefit show for the A-T Children’s Project. The USA’s Lillie Keenan closed the curtain on spring’s opening week by winning the $35,000 Postage Stamp Farm National Grand Prix riding Electrique for owner 5 Roosters.
Ana Catalina “Catsy” Cruz Harris (MEX) set the tracks for the week’s highlight event, which saw ten horses advance to a tie-breaking jump-off from a starting field of 45. After winning the $10,000 Bainbridge Companies Open Stake earlier in the week, Laura Chapot (USA) sat handily in the lead for most of the round on a time of 39.459 seconds. She rode C&C Willow, an 11-year-old Irish-bred mare by Emerald out of a thoroughbred mare (Cortynan Loughahoe Girl).
Keenan returned as the penultimate challenger to take the win in 35.855 seconds with Electrique, a 12-year-old Zangersheide mare also by the stallion Emerald out of a Voltaire mare. Keenan was also third aboard 5 Roosters’ Anton (39.485 seconds), an 11-year-old Zangersheide stallion (Arko III x Quintero Z).
Keenan is piloting Electrique for her student and the horse’s owner, Isabel Coxe. “I show her in order to give Izzy the best instruction I can — I competed Electrique during Premiere Week of WEF, and it set us up well for them to be able to grow a lot in the season. That recipe seems to work for our system,” said Keenan of the mare that has already competed up to the five-star level. “The priority is that they develop a relationship and a bond, and see how far they can go together, but the horse is exceptional.”
Morrissey, Stavola, and Rossano Find Derby Victories
Always popular hunt & go derbies returned to the Spring Series schedule with offerings for professional, junior/amateur and pony riders. Tiffany Morrissey of Wellington, Fla. continued a string of derby wins during the winter season with another victory, this time aboard Pacific City, owned by Jessie Minton, in the $10,000 USHJA Hunt & Go Derby, presented by Nutrena. They combined scores of 88.5 and 87.5 for a 176 from judges Jenny Fischer and Robin Sinderman to win by two points over runner-up and fellow Wellington native Jennifer Bliss on Robert Anthony’s Callway.
In pony action, Lucca Rossano of Wellington, Fla. pocketed a 176 riding Reidell Day Dream for owner Adeline Rossetter. In the junior/amateur ranks, Mia Stavola of Atlantic Highlands, N.J. and her own Leading Lady to a derby win on a score of 172 from judge Jaffrey Ayers. Under the direction of trainer Kate Murphy, they lead by six points over the closest challenger.
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