KENT Farrington (USA) got his World Cup campaign off to a great start at Traverse City over the weekend, when he and his talented 11-year-old mare Greya claimed victory in Sunday’s five-star $340,000 1.60m Longines FEI Jumping World Cup class, the first of the new season.

The highlight of the Traverse City Fall International show saw a start list of 34, with only seven combinations able to negotiate the first-round track without penalty and proceed to the jump-off. Round two proved challenging, with all but three incurring faults.