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The future of show jumping was shining bright on Friday at Wellington International with Young Jumper Finals for horses aged 5- to 7-years-old taking to the International Arena to highlight Week 10 at the 2026 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). In the featured $25,000 Lövsta Future Challenge 1.35m Young Jumper Final for 7-year-olds, Madison Myro (USA) and Titaness P vd Donkhoeve, a Belgian Warmblood mare owned by LMW Sporthorses, LLC, took top call after an uncatchable jump-off.
The Lövsta Future Challenge is a well-established Swedish concept for talent development aimed at young grand prix horses in both dressage and jumping. The development tour’s vision is to provide the best possible conditions to strive for the highest level of international show jumping and hosted weekly qualifiers during WEF at Wellington International.
Myro and her mare (Pegase Van’t Ruytershof x Malito De Reve) bred by Prinsenveld de Donk stopped the clock at 31.464 seconds to bump 2025 final winner Michael Hughes (USA) to second in 32.427 seconds, this time aboard White Cloud, a Swedish-bred mare by Hip Hop x Drosselklang II) owned by Sweet Oak Farm. Diego Perez Bilbao (ESP) partnered with Diaron’s Pitscher RP by Diaron only two days earlier and pulled off a podium finish in a time of 32.943 seconds for owner Thaisa Erwin.
“My goal was to be double clear—I wanted to be top ten, and when I made the top ten, I thought I would go for it, and it just happened to work out,” said Myro, who rides in the stable of Mary Mandfredi and Peter Lutz, and partnered with Titaness P vd Donkhoeve at the start of the mare’s 6-year-old year.
“We’ve really gotten to know each other very well, and she’s been amazing—we stepped up to the 1.30m at the end of last year, and she’s special in every way. In the barn, she’s sweet and to ride, she’s brave. She’s everything,” continued Myro, 26. “This was the goal for the season, and this program gives young horses a chance to really develop nicely, and a chance to work towards something.”
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