Kent Farrington finally has the trophy he grew up watching. The American rider won the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final for the first time in his career, sealing the title on home soil at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth aboard Greya with a clear final round.

Farrington led the Final at every stage and finished on just 4 total penalties across three days of competition and four rounds of jumping in the 46th running of the event. His two-horse strategy carried the week: he won the opening speed competition with Toulayna, then topped the second competition’s jump-off with Greya. “I rode two horses here that brought me to this victory. I couldn’t have done it without Toulayna on day one, who also won,” he said. Both mares were 12 years old and have been with Farrington since they were seven.

Sunday tested the lead. Farrington dropped a rail at the sixth fence in the first of the day’s two rounds, cutting his advantage over Germany’s Daniel Deusser to three penalties — but he and Greya kept every rail up in the decisive final round to close out the win. Deusser finished second on 7 penalties with Otello de Guldenboom, and fellow American Katie Dinan completed the podium in third on 9 penalties with Out of the Blue SCF, jumping double-clear on Sunday.

The home contingent delivered across the board: the United States sent nine riders to the Fort Worth Finals, all nine reached Sunday, and six made the final round.

For the world No. 2, the win reached back to childhood. “The World Cup Final is special to me, because that’s what I grew up watching. I would watch it so much that I would burn through the tape on cassette, so to be here winning it today is really special for me, and I’m very proud to have my name on the trophy,” Farrington said. Five years into his partnership with Greya, the name on the trophy is his at last.

Photo: Kent Farrington and Greya at the Fort Worth Final. © FEI / Shannon Brinkman.