BERTRAM Allen made a winning start to his stint in Wellington, Florida, when landing last Friday’s WEF Challenge Cup, Grand Prix qualifier, with the Irish Sport Horse gelding Pacino Amiro.

From a startlist of 78 entries, Allen and the nine-year-old gelding were among 12 to return for the jump-off, with five clears choosing to withdraw, and proved better than the rest when breaking the beam in 39.72 seconds to earn $12,210. By Pacino, the gelding was was bred by Simon Scott out of the NC Amiro mare Carnone Dancing Queen.