International Omaha is produced by the Omaha Equestrian Foundation (OEF) and runs May 5-7 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, site of the 2017 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final and the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final.
Riding 20th in the order, Fenney guided her 11-year-old, Selle Francais to a clean round in 57.10 seconds over the 14-effort course designed by Alan Wade. That was good enough to take over the lead from Andrew Kocher who had taken an early lead on Uppie de Lis with a clean round in 64.84 seconds.
Tracy Fenney and MTM Reve du Paradis
No one came close to Fenney until the penultimate ride of the night when Lisa Goldman
Tracy Fenney receives her awards
thrilled the crowd of 4,379 with an electrifying ride on Centurion B. Goldman finished clean on her 14-year-old, American-bred, but her time of 57.83 just missed Fenney's time and gave her a second-place finish.
"It was a thrilling night," Fenney said. "The crowd really pumps you up. We don't do a lot of speed classes these days and it turned out to be a very exciting night."
Goldman said that she could feel the crowd rootling for her and her long-time partner that she's had since he was two years old. "He really felt the crowd pulling for him and I think it really helped him. He's very much my partner and he took good care of me tonight."
Christian Heineking of Germany finished third with a clean ride in 59.14 seconds on Aje Cluny with Kocher holding on to fourth.
Tracy Fenney receives her awards
Full results are available at the International Omaha website at www.internationalomaha.com.
The International Omaha culminates Saturday with the Burlington Capital Group Grand Prix Jumping at 7:00 P.M.