It may have been six months since Jane last got braided up to canter down centerline in competition, but the time off appears to have been nothing but beneficial for the sensitive, sometimes spooky, mare ridden by Marcus Orlob.

The pair returned to the show ring for the opening week of the 2026 Adequan Global Dressage Festival (Florida) and found themselves back in a familiar position—first place—but with a new, more confident attitude. They were unbeatable in the CDI3* held alongside the CDI-W during Lloyd Landkamer Memorial Week, winning Thursday’s Grand Prix on a score of 71.39%—the only score above 70% in the class, despite a significant bobble in the tempi-changes—and Saturday’s La Donaira Lusitanos CDI3* FEI Grand Prix Special with 74.61%.

“It was Jane’s first time out since Aachen in July 2025, and she left all the craziness behind,” Orlob said. “Unfortunately, we had a little bobble in the ones, but then the other ones on the center line were good. I’m happy for the horse to have a drama-free test, and hopefully it continues that way. I try to keep things really busy for her, and it’s slowly paying off. We don’t have a magic weapon, it’s just time, consistency and giving the horse trust.”

Orlob’s program at home in Loxahatchee, Florida, consists of cross-training between ring work, treadmill and hacking through the woods—combined with lots of turnout—to encourage Jane to stay calm, confident and engaged in different settings. When the pair arrive at AGDF, hacking is still the name of the game: To combat Jane’s nerves, Orlob hacks her before training, sometimes riding over to the adjacent Winter Equestrian Festival jumper show ground.

On Saturday, Orlob and the 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Desperado—Zandra, Metall) owned by Alice Tarjan, missed a change on the diagonal of one-time changes, but otherwise presented a poised, powerful and uphill picture throughout.

“Today I was actually shocked because she came in so good and then on the first [extended trot] diagonal she had her ears up and I said ‘Go!’ and then I thought, ‘Whoa, this is way too much engine.’ But she settled nicely,” said Orlob, who rides the mare with Tarjan and gets training help from U.S. Dressage Team Chef d’Equipe Christine Traurig. 

Watch their winning test, courtesy of Wellington International:

Katherine Bateson Chandler finished second in the Special aboard Haute Couture, a mare she owns with Jennifer Huber, on a score of 67.80%. Spain’s Pablo Gómez Molina finished third on a score of 67.29% with Servus Ymas, owned by Cristina Danguillecourt, Javier Bacariza and Yeguada de Ymas. 

See complete scores here.

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