Kent Farrington and Kanny-Fee Claim Second Win of the Week in $116,050 Core Specialty Insurance CSI3* Grand Prix During HITS Hudson Valley V
As the temperature heated up at HITS Hudson Valley on the morning of Saturday, July 26, 2025, so did the competition. Four days of international show jumping competition culminated in the week’s premier event, the $116,050 Core Specialty Insurance CSI3* Grand Prix. Concluding FEI competition in the second week of the popular Hudson Valley Jumping Tour®, the class was the second three-star-rated grand prix of the series, which offers national hunter, jumper, and equitation competition, a weekly CSI3* division, and also featured the prestigious World Champion Hunter Rider (WCHR) rating throughout HITS Hudson Valley V. Fresh off a victory in Thursday’s $62,480 CSI3* Welcome Stake, FEI world number one Kent Farrington (USA) and Kanny-Fee doubled down for a repeat win.
Faced with not only the best-ranked rider in the world, but also leading riders from six different nations, Ivan Tagle (ARG) crafted a challenging first-round track for the starting field of 34 horse-and-rider combinations. Knowing he was building for a talented group, Tagle’s tests included a triple bar to a vertical with a liverpool, an airy wall, and a variety of bending lines and combination fences, alongside a tidy time allowed. At the completion of the first round, only a total of seven pairings had managed to beat both the time on the clock as well as leave all fences upright, setting the stage for an exciting jump-off. Farrington found himself as the penultimate competitor to return, having piloted Kent Farrington LLC’s 10-year-old KWPN mare (Dexter R x Caricello), Kanny-Fee, successfully across the first-round course with only one more clear entry to follow.
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