Davis and Toronto Lightfoot Win GP Special at 2025 CDI-W Ocala

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2025 CDI-W Ocala

-- WEC press release

The Grand Prix Special 3* was the highlight class on Saturday 13 December 2025 at the CDI-W Ocala. With only one more CDI class held on Sunday, dressage competition in Ocala came to a close and will return for a full schedule of events in 2026.

Judges Peter Storr, Magnus Ringmark, Gabriela Valerianova, Sarah Geikie, and Sandra Hotz awarded Meagan Davis and Toronto Lightfoot a score of 69.958%, nearly breaking the 70% that they achieved in Thursday’s Grand Prix 3*

Second place with 68.276% went to Anna Marek (USA) and Fayvel, a 15-year old KWPN gelding by Zizi Top x Houston owned by Cynthia Davila. Chase Shipka (USA) and Gladstone Zee T, her 14-year-old KWPN gelding by Apache x Jazz, scored 68.085% for third place.

Davis was beaming following her ride, having achieved their goal of improving on Toronto Lightfoot’s relaxation and “softness over the topline.” That relaxation was evident the most in their passage and piaffe.

“I felt like I was able to show that a little more today, which was super,” said Davis. “It was a pity about the one-tempis having that boo boo, but the two-tempis were super. After a mistake happens, you have to let it go and focus on the next movement, and that's what we did. I thought the one-tempi on the center line were also very good as a little redemption.

Toronto Lightfoot, who is called “TT” in the barn, loves his people and having his people around him. “I'll sit in my chair in his stall, and he just kind of hovers over top of me. We call him a little bit of a creeper, because he's always watching,” she said with a laugh. “I think that partnership has built trust in the competition ring.

While Davis has a training business, she was able to come to WEC with just TT and focus on her own riding for the week. With assistant trainer Regan Walmer at home with the rest of the horses, Davis did all of the chores and horse care for TT herself. “It's really nice, and I get to spend quality time with the horse too, which is always super,” she noted.

“Regan gives me total peace of mind while I'm here,” she added. “I know the horses are all taken care of. That gives me a lot of freedom to do my best here.”

Toronto Lightfoot is a 12-year-old Danish bred gelding sired by the famous Totilas x Onassis x Michellino. His sire became a phenomenon that swept the gold medals at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games. While the two horses share the same black coloring, Davis feels that she is also starting to see more of Totilas’s traits come through in the extended trot and passage as TT gains more experience and strength.

“It takes a while to build all of the muscling to be able to hold those extravagant gaits, and we're starting to find that in the show ring,” she remarked.

As Davis prepares for a winter show season, her two victories this week has given her confidence. She concluded, “Now I feel like I can put more ‘oomph’ in the tests and see if we can even go higher because I know there's more in there.”