Shane Sweetnam Sweeps the Competition in Adequan® WEF Challenge Round 10
Sweeping the competition under the rug, Irish Olympian Shane Sweetnam and Coriaan van Klapscheut Z secured their second international victory of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) season after winning the $116,100 Adequan® CSI4* WEF Challenge Cup Round 10 at Wellington International on Thursday. Hosting 12 consecutive weeks of international competition, WEF runs through March 29 in Wellington, FL.
With only nine to return from a forty-nine horse line-up, Sweetnam and his 10-year-old Zangersheide gelding by Comme Il Faut 5 x Lord Z Z sailed to victory through course designer Ken Krome’s (USA) jump-off track. With unbeatable footspeed and bold dash to the final fence, their time of 34.53 seconds kept them on top with less than a click of the stopwatch to spare.
“He’s a quick horse, Christian [Kukuk] probably did fewer numbers in that line, but Coriaan was faster over the ground,” said Sweetnam, who has had the ride on the gelding he owns together with Voquest, LLC, since the middle of 2024. “We started with a nice rhythm and had a good turn to the double. Then I did the leave-out, though; the last jump was a bit of a flyer. Once he zoned in on it, I knew we’d be okay.”
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Shane Sweetnam Sweeps the Competition in Adequan® WEF Challenge Round 10 – Wellington International
