$25,000 Winning Form

McLain Ward aboard HH Fleur of Double H Farm of Ridgefield and Wellington, Fla. today won the $25,000 Fairfield Grand Prix at the June Benefit Horse Show at the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport. Ward, 38, of Brewster, N.Y., is one of the top riders on on the show jumping circuit, winning a host of first place ribbons to add to his two Olympic gold medals—one won in Athens in 2004 and the other in Beijing in 2008. He has been a standout since the age of 14 when he won the United States Equestrian Federation Show Jumping Derby. Sponsor of the event was Wells Fargo and George N. Venizelos. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com