March 12, 2025, Myakka City, Florida. The most highly anticipated week of the TerraNova Winter Series saw a successful first day of competition, with top combinations tackling challenging tracks in the Lakeside Arena on Wednesday. The Split Rock Jumping Tour, led by President, Derek Braun, is hosting world-class international competition at the Myakka City, Florida venue on this fifth week of the hunter/jumper circuit.
The debut competition featured 22 expert horse-and-rider pairs in the $10,000 Rood & Riddle CSI2* Two-Phase Special, where the USA’s Adam Cramer and I Am Luidam JR took the top call.
Peter Holmes (CAN) put forward a challenging track for the title competition with international athletes such as Bliss Heers (USA), David Blake (IRL), and Richie Maloney (IRL) as just several of the names in the field. Posting no faults over the fences and a tidy time of 40.730 seconds, Cramer’s performance with 12-year-old KWPN gelding (Luidam x Otangelo) he co-owns with Lacy Cramer and Equi-Sport, LLC, resulted in the winning result.
Blake’s fault-free effort in 42.040 seconds with the Chatwood Farms LLC’s 11-year-old Oldenburg gelding by Conthargos x Chacco-Blue, Conblue, proved good enough for the runner-up position, while Isabel Coxe (USA) ticked another spot on the podium for the home nation with a time of 44.560 seconds and third place with 5 Roosters’ 12-year-old KWPN gelding by VDL Zirocco Blue x Diarado, Incredible Bleu.