Americans Kelly Layne on Living Diamond, Jennifer Williams on Babylon Berlin Qualify for Lövsta Future Challenge Wellington Final

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Kelly Layne on Living Diamond (right) and Jennifer Williams on Babylon Berlin earning the final two places in the Lövsta Future Challenge final. © SusanJStickle.com

WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 14, 2025–Kelly Layne on Living Diamond and Jennifer Williams on Babylon Berlin on Friday qualified to be in the Lövsta Future Challenge of 10 developing Grand Prix combinations at the Global Dressage Festival the end of March.

Kelly and the 10-year-old gelding (Livaldon x Fürst Rousseau) scored 68.500% for the win in the event for horses aged 8 to 11 years.

Jennifer on her 10-year-old gelding (Bordeaux x Sandro Hit) was runner-up on 67.735%.

The series saw a total of 42 entries in five qualifiers, with the top two placings in each invited to the $15,000 final the last week of the winter circuit. An award of $3,000 goes to the grooms of the top three places combinations.

The lineup is:

Rebecca Cohen of Wellington on Jameson
Austin Webster of Wellington on Guildenstern Sol
Hannah Bressler Jaques of Wellington on Jim
James Irwin of Canada on Flirtfaktor S
Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu of Canada on Jaccardo
Erin Nichols of Yorba Linda, California on Kind Pleasure
Marcus Orlob of Wellington on JJ Glory Day
Amanda Perkowski of Wellington on Sonata MF
Kelly Layne of Wellington on Living Diamond
Jennifer Williams of Olympia, Washington on Babylon Berlin