Jamie Winning-Kermond and 11-year-old Australian-bred mare Tulara Wat Colblensky (by Colman out of Tulara Cornetto, by Cornet Obolensky, and owned by Rachel Peel) had just one rail down in the Dickies Arena during the Second Final Competition, with their time of 68.73 adding a single time penalty.
With only ten combinations jumping clear — and just seven of those inside the time — it was a strong result that saw them finish 21st in the class. Crucially, after two days of jumping, the Australian combination sits equal 21st in the overall standings, securing a top-30 finish and progressing to Round A of the Third Final Competition on Sunday, where they will be the tenth combination to jump.
New Zealand’s Julie Davey and LT Holst Freda (by Colman out of LT Holst Andrea, by Casall Ask) were also among the ten clear rounds in the Second Final Competition. Accruing two time faults, the pair narrowly missed the jump-off, but their 10th placing and equal 21st overall ranking will see them join Winning-Kermond and Tulara Wat Colblensky on the final day of competition.
Following the points-to-penalties conversion, both the Australian and New Zealand combinations will start Round A of the Third Final Competition on 20 penalties.
Second Final Competition results.
Overall standings following the First and Second Final Competitions.
Third Final Competition startlist.
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FINAL III – Round A: 12pm Sunday CDT (3am Monday AEST) – Round B: 3pm Sunday CDT (6am Monday AEST)
Format: Table A, two rounds not against the clock. The two rounds are approximately equal in the number of obstacles and length of the course, the second round having an increased level of difficulty. There will be no jump-off for the first place in the 3rd Final competition. (Article 658.1.3.5)
Jump-off: No
Speed: 370 m/min
Height of obstacles: max. 160 cm
The 20 best-placed athletes (plus ties) from the provisional classification following Round A are allowed to start in Round B of the third competition.
Athletes with a clear score in the first round are allowed to start in the second round, even if their total score does not bring them into the top 20 Athletes (plus ties) allowed for the second round. However, they will compete only for the classification and prize money of the third competition itself, and their score in the second round will not be taken into consideration when calculating their position in the final overall ranking of the FEI World Cup Final.
The overall winner will be the athlete with the lowest number of penalties after the three competitions.
If athletes are tied for first place after the three competitions, there will be a jump-off against the clock over a reduced course of at least six obstacles. In case of equality of penalties and time in this jump-off, a second jump-off against the clock will be held over the same course.
Farrington one step closer to World Cup glory
Kent Farrington of the USA found himself in a familiar position Friday night at Dickies Arena: for the second day in a row, he led the victory lap at the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final.
After capturing Thursday’s opening speed competition with Toulayna, he won the Second Final Competition with Greya, besting a seven-horse jump-off. The pair posted a winning time over Anderson Lima’s short course of 34.36 seconds. Japan’s Eiken Sato and Chadellano JRA were a half-second behind (34.90 seconds), followed by France’s Kevin Staut and Visconti du Telman (35.79s).
Farrington has his eyes set firmly on Sunday’s final two rounds of jumping, and his emotions were noticeably tempered after a second straight night of success, knowing the amount of jumping still between him and a first career victory in this championship. Farrington sits atop the overall standings after two rounds with 0 penalties; he has one rail in hand over three-time Champion Steve Guerdat of Switzerland.
“I’m really thinking about the Final here on Sunday, so I’m trying to measure [Greya’s] efforts and measure my speed to put myself in the best position possible,” he said. “Hopefully we have some luck on Sunday.”
The essence of time
Time played a strong factor in Saturday’s first round, with 20 percent of the 35-strong field incurring time penalties. That time crunch pushed riders toward more ambitious plans on course, and while rails fell throughout Lima’s 1.60m track, the combinations plagued riders most, with the final element of the triple combination and a delicate plank jumping into the final double repeatedly dashing riders’ hopes of a clear round.
It wasn’t until the 11th rider that the first clear effort came in, as Norway’s Oda Charlotte Lyngvaer cracked the code with Carabella vd Neyen Z in her World Cup Finals debut. It was another 11 riders until Sato, another first-timer, guaranteed a jump-off. He’d set a trend, with the USA’s Katie Dinan and Germany’s Rene Dittmer immediately replicating the feat. The final 10 riders saw three additional athletes add their names to the jump-off list, with Staut, Steve Guerdat and Farrington executing successful plans on course.
When Lyngvaer and Sato both jumped clear again in the jump-off, it appeared as if the pace would get furiously quick, but these early riders put enough pressure on the rest of the field — as did the pressure of Farrington at the end of the start list. Rails fell for Dinan, Dittmer, and Guerdat, leading Staut — twice third overall in this Final, including last year in Base l — to opt for a more conservative plan.
“I have a 17-year-old mare. She’s jumping wonderfully, but she’s not that fast, honestly,” he shared. “There were some riders that had some faults in the jump-off, so I just went in trying to do a normal round.”
That left Farrington with a simple advantage: footspeed.
“I think I came with a faster horse, so that made it much easier,” he said. “I just rode her normal round, and her normal round tonight I thought would be fast enough to win the class.”
Staut’s finish moved him into third in the overall standings with 6 total penalties. Sato is just behind him and in contention with 7 penalties — equal with Daniel Deusser.
“I’m very happy with second place [today]. Next to me is one of the fastest riders in the world (Farrington), and my horse is jumping really, really well,” said Sato, whose merits on the Western European League earned him a ticket to Fort Worth after he moved to Europe from his home nation of Japan. “I’m very happy to be here and to get in through the Western European League, so I’m proud of myself.”
An extraordinary campaign
Farrington brought two talented mares to these Finals, but Greya stands out among the rest. The 12-year-old mare has won a remarkable 10 Grand Prix events at the highest level of sport, including a record-breaking seven in 2025 alone; Farrington has produced her since her 7-year-old season.
“I always have high hopes [for my horses]. I think you need to have a lot of imagination, and you have to keep high hopes for all your young horses that they’re going to make it [at the top level of the sport],” Farrington said. “I just try to let the horses decide what they’re going to do and do the best job that I can to produce them to the best of my ability and see where it lands us.
“That’s really the beauty of our sport, is building a rapport with a horse and, through time and training, a real bond with a horse,” he added. “Sometimes they surprise me with what they can do.”
The Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final concludes Sunday, 12 April 2026 with the Third Final Competition. The top 30 overall athletes following Friday’s second round advance to this final two-round competition, which begins at 12pm local time.
FEI press release by Catie Staszak, edited by Equestrian Life
