Wellington, Fla. – February 26, 2026 – U.S. rider Meagan Davis continued her ground-breaking season on Toronto Lightfoot, seizing her fourth win of the year to date in the Donato Farms CDI4* Grand Prix as last to go in the class of eight. They scored 72.108%, logging yet another new personal best in 2026, an ideal way to herald the eighth week of the 2026 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), which is Palm Beach Derby week, a show dedicated to the late Mary Anne McPhail.
Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén, Sweden’s seven-time Olympian and a familiar face at AGDF over the years, finished second with Hyatt, a 14-year-old Apache-sired mare she rides for Lövsta Stuteri. Three of the judges placed the duo first, but their eventual 71.544% meant they had to settle for the runner-up spot. Ashley Holzer (USA) rounded out the top three with 68.478% on her and Diane Fellows’s 14-year-old Hawtins San Floriana (San Amour x Florestan).
Davis and Toronto Lightfoot received scores of more than 74% from two experienced judges, Christoph Umbach (LUX) at C, and Germany’s Katrina Wüst at M. Davis has been riding Scott Durkin’s 13-year-old by Totilas since finding him at Helgstrand Dressage in Wellington in 2022, and they stepped up to CDI grand prix in September 2024. He is the 36-year-old rider’s first and only senior international horse.
“Today, we had true power in the test,” said Davis, who spends summers in Saugerties, NY, and winters in Loxahatchee, FL. “It was exciting to feel those hind legs up and ready underneath my seat bones; whenever I asked, there was more power. Every time we enter that ring, it’s about figuring out how to add the next component. Today we had the energy and the softness over the topline, which is what we’ve been going for the whole season.
“Toronto can be a little loopy, but we’ve found that when he’s up in a nice frame, he’s ready for action and follows the lead that I give him, which is super,” continued Davis. “This is definitely one of my biggest wins, and it means a lot because I love the Derby—it used to be across the street from our house – and because of losing Mary last year.”
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