Forty-nine Grand Prix. Thirty-nine different winning horses.
Major League Show Jumping rides into its 50th Grand Prix this weekend at Silo Ridge. The names at the top are familiar. The story of the series is how often somebody new wins.
Highlands Cup, Silo Ridge, Amenia NY
Sunday 11 Oct 2026, 36 starters
Defending: Rene Dittmer & Corsica X
Every Grand Prix, one square
Lime means a horse winning a MLSJ Grand Prix for the first time. Grey means a repeat winner. Watch how much lime there is.
Squares 27 to 48, outlined in white: twenty-two Grand Prix in a row, 22 different horses, nobody won twice, from Cepano Baloubet at Monterrey in November 2023 to My Clementine at Traverse City last month. Corbie V.V. ended the run at Greenwich.
Thirty of the 36 starters have never won. If any of them takes No. 50, it will be the 40th different winning horse. The six who have: Ariso, James Kann Cruz, Kick On, Corbie V.V., Descartes SR and My Clementine.
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different winning riders. Nineteen of them have won exactly once.
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horses have won once and never again. Only eight have won more than once.
1 in 5
The favourite wins about one in five. The top-rated horse on EquiRatings Elo has won 11 of 49.
18%
of Grand Prix won by Farrington and Bluman combined. Eighty-two per cent went to somebody else.
0.03s
The closest finish, and it has happened twice. Farrington over Bluman at Greenwich 2025; Kraut over Ward in the Coachella Cup.
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nations have won. USA 19, Ireland 9, Israel 7, Canada 4, Brazil 3, Egypt 2, Germany 2, Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia 1.
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wins by women, including the last two Coachella Cups: Ashlee Bond 2024, Laura Kraut 2025.
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winning horses had never won a five-star Grand Prix before. MLSJ is where good horses become Grand Prix horses.
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McLain Ward wins. Nineteen starts, five podiums, four seconds. This is start twenty.
No. 50: who wins it?
James Kann Cruz stands clear on EquiRatings Elo. But the man who has won the most, Kent Farrington, rides one of the most exciting young horses in the world. Descartes SR is nine, and has finished on the podium in all four MLSJ Grand Prix he has jumped this year: first at Kentucky, third at Monterrey, second at Toronto, second at Greenwich.
James Kann CruzShane Sweetnam. 2 wins, 7 podiums in 10 starts. 3rd here last year. Goes 31st.
790
Corbie V.V.Daniel Bluman. Won Greenwich two weeks ago as the only double clear. Goes 26th.
746
Landon De NyzeMark Bluman. 7 starts, best 3rd. Goes 9th.
746
High Star HeroMcLain Ward. 6th here last year, 2nd in two of his last three. Goes 32nd.
744
Kick OnLillie Keenan. Won Toronto 2024. Clear in 2 of 3 jump-offs at this level. Goes 11th.
741
EquiRatings Elo, top five of the 36 starters. Descartes SR (716, goes 16th) has climbed from 669 since April and has the best clear-round form in the field at 71%. Keeneland (Spencer Smith, goes 30th) won Friday's qualifier.
What is on the line
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Record-equalling
A win for James Kann Cruz, Corbie V.V. or Ariso is a third, level with Donatello 141 and Kalinka van't Zorgvliet.
2
Back to back
Corbie V.V. won Greenwich. Only Jordan Coyle and Ariso have won consecutive legs. It would also give Bluman five, level with Farrington.
20
Ward's 20th try
McLain Ward has never won a MLSJ Grand Prix. High Star Hero is the fourth-rated horse here and goes late, 32nd of 36.
1st
A title defended
No rider has ever defended a MLSJ Grand Prix the following year. Rene Dittmer goes 12th on Cody 139, 4th at the World Cup Final.
11th
A new nation
Ten nations have won. Switzerland (Mändli), Great Britain (Mendoza), Australia (Scott) and Colombia (Teran Tafur) are all here and have never won.
9%
Ariso, the streak horse
Jordan Coyle and Ariso are the only pair to win back-to-back legs, in 2021 and 2022, and are also chasing a third. Two clears from 23 rounds at this level. They go 20th.
Most wins
Riders
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Kent FarringtonUSA. Four different horses, five different venues
5
2
Daniel BlumanISR. Three of the seven Toronto Grand Prix
4
2
Karl CookUSA. Three on Kalinka, one on Caracole
4
4
Ashlee BondISR. All three on Donatello 141
3
4
Shane SweetnamIRL. 12 podiums from 32 starts
3
4
Lillie KeenanUSA. Three wins, three horses
3
Then Jordan Coyle, Callie Schott, Tiffany Foster and Nayel Nassar on two.
Horses
1
Donatello 141Ashlee Bond. 2021, 2022, 2024
3
1
Kalinka van't ZorgvlietKarl Cook. Three wins inside 12 months
3
3
Six horses on twoAriso, Garant, James Kann Cruz, Toulayna, Coronado, Corbie V.V.
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Six stories for the commentary box.
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The oldest winner
VDL Cartello, 17Won Monterrey 2024 with Darragh Kenny by eight hundredths. Six nine-year-olds have won, James Kann Cruz and Toulayna among them.
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32nd
The biggest upset
Descartes SR, Kentucky 2026Rated 32nd of 42 on Elo and beat McLain Ward and Shane Sweetnam in a five-clear jump-off. Farrington's fifth win.
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2 of 32
The toughest course
Monterrey, November 2022Two clears from 32. Ashlee Bond and Donatello 141 went clear again in the jump-off. Darragh Kenny had a rail.
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10
Team specialist
Conor SwailTen MLSJ team wins, more than anyone. One Grand Prix: Tryon 2024 with Casturano.
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15
The biggest jump-off
Traverse City 2025Fifteen clear, six double clear, Farrington and Greya fastest. Four months later Greya won the Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva.
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4
Canada at home
Every Canadian win on Canadian soilMac Cone, Tiffany Foster twice, Erynn Ballard. No Mexican rider has won in eight tries at home.
How it started
Sunday 18 July 2021, Traverse City. Thirty-three started, four made the jump-off, one left the rails up. Alex Granato and Carlchen W, 36.87 seconds, the top-rated pair in the field.
Of the ten riders who won in that first season, only Daniel Bluman, Ashlee Bond and Jordan Coyle have won again since.
