LAKE PLACID, N.Y.--Molly Ashe Cawley on Lorona  won the $100,000 FEI 3* Grand Prix on Saturday, July 4 at the I Love New York Horse Show, the second week of the 2026 Lake Placid Horse Shows.

Molly Ashe Cawley on Lorona (Photo by KindMedia)Cawley won over a field of 33, six of which went clean to make the jump-off over the course designed by Alan Wade, course designer for the 2028 Olympic Games.

Defending champion Philip McGuane of Ireland, who won last year on Orphea HQ, was first to go in the jump-off, and he rode Paso Doble SCF to go clean in a fast time of 37.73 seconds.

After the next three horses had faults, Cawley took the lead with a clean round in 37.21 seconds to win.

McGuane placed second and Nicky Galligan oI reland finished third with the fastest four-fault round of 40.69 seconds on Jolly-Jessy.

“I watched Philip go, and he’s blazing fast and that horse is blazing fast,” said Cawley, Lake Placid Grand Prix champion in 1999. “When he turned back to the third jump, it was a little dicey, and when he cleared it, I thought ‘game over.’ But I went in and gave it the best shot I could and somehow, I’m not sure how, we caught him.

“Lorona is just learning how to go fast," said Cawley. "She’s 10, but she’s green, and I guess she figured it out. She’s been amazing all spring and summer. She’s jumped a lot of clean rounds. I just started going fast with her in May. She’s picked it up quickly and I couldn’t be more happy or proud of her.”