FLORIDA was certainly a happy hunting ground for the Green Jackets over the past week and Shane Sweetnam headed an Irish one-two in the feature of week four of Wellington International’s Winter Equestrian Festival when steering Coriaan van Klapscheut Z to victory in the $215,000 MARS Equestrian Grand Prix.

Six qualified for the jump-off and all bar one were clear again next time around, so the margins had to be found in terms of tight turns, stride decisions and galloping where possible.