Last Updated on April 18, 2026 by adminahb
Chloe Reid & Crossover 4. Photo ©Sportfot
Wellington, Fla. – April 17, 2026 — Chloe Reid (USA) and longtime partner Crossover 4 were the only combination to jump double-clear for a win in Friday’s $62,500 JTWG, Inc. CSI3* Grand Prix Qualifier on the grass derby field during Week 3 of the Wellington International Spring Series, presented by Florida Coast Equipment.
Reid and the 13-year-old Hanoverian Cascadello x Chacco-Blue gelding cracked the code on Oscar Soberon’s (USA) jump-off track from a jump-off field of 11. After three elected to save their horses for Sunday’s $120,000 Palm Beach County Sports Commission CSI3* Grand Prix, Reid bested eight challengers. The first to return, she stuck to her plan, didn’t take any unnecessary risks, and broke the timer beam at 43.94 seconds.
“I think it was a bigger course than we had last week, but very fair — it rode more careful than I think a lot of people would have thought,” said Reid, 30, of the tie-breaking round. “It’s easy on this field to get a big gallop and get going, and a lot of people did eight strides from [jump] two to three, but I decided to stay with my original first round nine and made sure to jump clear. [Crossover] comes back very easily, which helped in the six strides heading to the oxer [at fence four], where a lot of people were still slowing down and lost momentum there.”
Jessica Heap and DF Crush Leap to Derby Victory
Pony hunter derby action took to the E. R. Mische Grand Hunter Stadium with a win for Jessica Heap of Loxahatchee, FL riding DF Crush in the $1,500 USHJA Pony Hunter Hunt & Go Derby.
In the “hunt & go” format, where riders jumped a classic phase and a handy phase over one course, small, medium, and large ponies took the ring track at their respective heights over a course designed by Thomas Carlson (USA). The tiny but mighty duos put their best forward over 10 obstacles with only single points separating the top three.
Heap and the 15-year-old Welsh Pony gelding posted the high score of 88 in the first phase and stayed consistent in the handy for an 86 to secure the win with a total of 174 points.
Only one point off the win was Mattelyn Morrissey of Wellington, FL earning with Smoke Tree Starlet, owned by Twin Island. They combined an 86 in the classic and a top score of 87 for a total of 173 and second. Brooke S. Consuegra of Lake Clarke Shores, FL was third on a score of 172 riding her own Angelica.
When asked about DF Crush, owned by Cumberland Acres, 11-year-old Heap said, “My favorite thing about him is his big forelock and his personality; he’s so sweet in the stall. I love him so much, and I want him to be mine forever.”
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