IRELAND’s Conor O’Regan got his 2023 season at the Winter Equestrian Festival off to a flying start with victory in the $25,000 CaptiveOne Advisors Classic, the opening event of the 2023 1.50m Championship Jumper Series at the Winter Equestrian Festival, Florida, USA.

O’Regan has produced Mendini DR since the mare’s six-year-old year. Now 11, the Belgian Warmblood (Hunter’s Scendix x Cassini I) carried O’Regan to victory in the opener.