Conor O’Regan and Manchester Get the Win in $32k Florida Coast Equipment CSI2* Qualifier

Conor O’Regan’s goal (IRL) for the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) season was to slowly build Manchester up to a competitive level, but the Delshore Horses-owned gelding had other plans. The duo earned an early season win in the $32,000 Florida Coast Equipment CSI2* Qualifier on Friday of WEF 3 from an impressive field of 57 entries at Wellington International in Wellington, FL.

O’Regan piloted the 13-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding (Quidam de Revel x Codex) to one of 11 clear rounds over Peter Grant’s (CAN) course, and the top 12 returned to jump off in the winning round format on a clean slate.

“I think it helps that he’s a naturally fast horse; from my first round I had a pretty good advantage of going third to last, even though Jessica Springsteen and Jordan Coyle, who are both tremendously fast, were behind me,” said O’Regan. “I stuck to my plan and based my round off Wilton Porter’s — he went first and he did a great job. I knew my horse’s footspeed, and it’s a little better than [Wilton’s] so I tried to follow that plan and it paid off.”

Springsteen (USA) came very close to catching O’Regan’s winning time of 39.53 seconds aboard Naomi Van Het Keizershof, owned by Stone Hill Farm. Ultimately, she stopped the timers five hundredths of a second off the pace to end up second. With less than a second separating the top three, Daisy Farish (USA) took third aboard Etonemoi del Cabalero, owned by Lanes End Showjumping, in a time of 40.18.

“I’ve had this horse for about two years,” O’Regan expanded on his relationship with Manchester. “It’s owned by Leslie Kopp’s Delshore Horses and I’m very grateful for the support she’s given me with this horse and other horses I have belonging to her.”

Reilly Canard and Carry On Capture IDA Development Adult Amateur 18-35 Championship

Reilly Canard has been developing a partnership with Carry On, owned by Pamela Wright and Charlotte Rossetter, for roughly a year and their consistency proved a winning formula to take champion in the IDA Development Adult Amateur 18-35 division.

“I started showing ‘Carry’ at the end of WEF last year,” Canard, of Philomont, VA, said of her partnership with the 15-year-old Holsteiner gelding. “I did a little bit of WEF and then I showed him through indoors last year. I just started showing him again in the Adults.”

Canard and Carry On won both classes on Thursday with consistent scores of 86 and 85, further proving their consistency as a pair and earning them the tricolor on Friday.

“He’s really good at his job,” Canard said of Carry On and what sets him apart. “He takes care of you. The best thing is just to stay out of his way and let him do his thing. He is a horse that gives you a lot of confidence when you walk in the ring. He’s a fun partner to have for sure.”

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