Tracy Fenney Caps Incredible Summer With Ninth Grand Prix Victory in $150,000 LeMieux Grand Prix CSI3*

09 AUG 26 Ocala, FL

A rider wearing a helmet and jacket guides a horse over a LeMieux-branded jump decorated with red flowers during an indoor equestrian competition.

Ocala, FL – Tracy Fenney (USA) put the finishing touch on an incredible 2026 Summer Series with one final Saturday night Grand Prix victory. Thirty-five star-studded combinations representing 15 nations gathered under the lights in the WEC Grand Arena for the $150,000 LeMieux Grand Prix CSI3*. In the end, Fenney and Davenport Farms’ MTM Pablo (Perigueux x Contendro I) proved unbeatable, securing Fenney’s ninth Grand Prix victory of the circuit at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC).

FEI Level IV course designer Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) set a complex and beautifully adorned track that tested combinations from start to finish. An even 10 combinations managed to advance to the jump-off, but only four ultimately produced double-clear efforts.

Equestrian rider in black gear and helmet jumps a brown horse over a high obstacle during a competition in a brightly lit arena.
Bliss Heers and Christian’s Cash delivered a clear jump-off round in 45.26 seconds to ultimately secure third place. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography.

Anna Christina Gansauer (ECU) was the first athlete to jump double-clear, guiding Loyalton to a fault-free effort in 46.69 seconds. Several combinations followed with quicker times but fell victim to a rail before Bliss Heers (USA) entered the arena aboard Bridgeside Farms L.L.C.’s Christian’s Cash (Christian 25 x Cash And Carry). Heers and the 11-year-old Holsteiner stallion delivered a clear round in 45.26 seconds to take over the lead.

Fenney entered the jump-off aboard MTM Pablo debating her approach, but ultimately decided to stick with the strategy that had served her so well throughout the summer.

“I was going through my head debating, ‘Should I just be normal and get a nice ribbon?’ Then I thought, ‘That’s not my style.’ My style is just to go for it and hopefully be fast enough if I did have a jump down, I would still get a good ribbon,” Fenney shared. “He was spot on.”

Equestrian rider jumps a horse over an obstacle in a competition arena, with spectators and flower decorations in the background.
“He just rises to the occasion every time.” – Tracy Fenney Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography.

Fenney and the 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding flew around the short course, doing exactly what they had done all circuit long. The pair stopped the clock in 39.38 seconds, nearly six seconds faster than the leading time, and proved impossible to catch.

With MTM Pablo’s natural footspeed, Fenney has learned that less is often more. “He just rises to the occasion every time,” she expressed. “His feet are so fast, he just needs time to take into consideration that the jump is there, and he can do it. The nicer, slower and calmer I am, the better, because he does the speed part so quickly.”

A group poses with a rider on a horse behind a large check and a LeMieux sign; the scene is outdoors with flowers and a white building in the background.
Tracy Fenney and MTM Pablo during the awards presentation, joined by Jennifer Glass of World Equestrian Center – Ocala; Mason Jordan on behalf of the Roberts Family; Emma Wray and Lauren Murray representing LeMieux; and Jim Wolf of World Equestrian Center and Mike McCormick. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography.

The victory marked Fenney’s ninth Grand Prix win of the 2026 Summer Series, capping an unforgettable circuit that also included victories in the USHJA International Hunter Derby and the 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby in the WEC Stadium.

“I just can’t even believe what a circuit it has been. It’s absolutely incredible,” Fenney said. “You really take it week by week and class by class. A lot of times you say, ‘No one knows who won the last class,’ so you have to keep going and try to keep up with it. It’s been absolutely so fun.”

A rider on a horse jumps over a decorative obstacle designed as small houses during an equestrian event, with spectators watching from the stands.
Samuel Parot came closest to catching Fenney to land in second with Chrystal Blue. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography.

Samuel Parot (CHI) came the closest to catching Fenney, piloting Ilan Ferder’s 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding Chrystal Blue (Chacco-Blue x Calvaro F.C.) to a speedy, fault-free effort in 41.13 seconds to secure second place. Heers and Christian’s Cash ultimately rounded out the podium in third.

$150,000 LeMieux Grand Prix CSI3* Results

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