Oct. 24, 2026
Julio Mendoza Loor, the U.S.-based Ecuador rider, and Jewel’s Goldstrike won the Mexico City World Cup Grand Prix Saturday while 2024 champion partnership of Patrik Kittel of Sweden and Touchdown was runner-up.
Kevin Kohmann on the American-bred Sonata MF was the highest placed North American in third and on a campaign for the rider’s fourth straight World Cup Final.
Julio, based in Columbus, North Caroline and the 15-year-old Dutch-bred gelding that competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics and this year’s World Championship’s in Aachen, Germany scored 73.891% as the unanimous choice of the five judges for the top spot on 73.891%.
Julio and Goldstrike scored more than two percentage points above Sweden’s Patrik Kittel and the 14-year-old gelding Touchdown that were awarded 71.804%. Patrik and his Swedish-bred mount were competing in the U.S. for the second time this year, havng shown at the World Cup Final in Fort Worth, Texas in April. The duo, with the 2024 Olympics, 2022 and 2026 World Championships, two European Championships won the World Cup in 2024.
Kevin Kohmann, based in Wellington, Florida rode Sonata MF, 11-year-old mare, placed third on 69.065%.
Kevin, who competed Dünensee in the three most recent World Cup Finals, began competing Sonata six months ago.
On the mare bred by Maryanna Haymon and owned by Diamante Farms, he won at the Devon, Pennsylvania World Cup qualifier last month. The duo currently stands second in North America, behind his wife, Devon Kane, on Vamos, but if he is the highest placed North American in Sunday’s Freestyle would jump to the top of the regional standings and give the pair with an opportunity to become one of three North Americans to qualify for the annual championship in Gothenburg, Sweden next March.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Julio Mendoza Loor (ECU)
Jewel’s Goldstrike
|
73.891% | 71.848 | 75.761 | 74.565 | 72.826 | 74.457 |
| 2. |
Patrik Kittel (SWE)
Touchdown
|
71.804% | 71.739 | 71.304 | 71.957 | 70.978 | 73.043 |
| 3. |
Kevin Kohmann (USA)
Sonata MF
|
69.065% | 69.348 | 68.478 | 68.804 | 70.000 | 68.696 |
| 4. |
Justina Vanagaite-Samuile (LTU)
Nabab
|
68.609% | 69.783 | 68.043 | 69.348 | 67.283 | 68.587 |
| 5. |
Laine Ashker (USA)
Zeppelin
|
66.891% | 66.848 | 69.348 | 66.196 | 67.391 | 64.674 |
| 6. |
Antonio Maldonado Marron (ESP)
Beryll 28
|
64.869% | 64.130 | 64.348 | 62.717 | 65.761 | 67.391 |
| 7. |
Jennifer Williams (USA)
Joppe K
|
63.891% | 64.891 | 63.261 | 64.783 | 63.696 | 62.826 |
| 8. |
Jose Luis Enrique Padilla Liekens (MEX)
Twan van Plexat
|
59.674% | 60.761 | 60.761 | 61.196 | 58.370 | 57.283 |
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