Wellington, FL – March 3, 2026 - The $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational is the grand finale to the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and will be contested at 7pm on Saturday, April 1, 2006, under the lights at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. While some riders are guaranteed a spot in the nation’s richest and most exciting show jumping event, based on previous accomplishments, most have to earn their way into a starting spot using their prize money won during the nine week run of the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival.
The thirty-fourth annual Budweiser American Invitational, a free event for those who qualify, is the nation’s most prestigious show jumping event. The event is limited to only thirty top riders. A rider may only ride one horse in the competition.
1 $33,793 Beezie Madden USA
2 $37,705 Nick Skelton GBR
3 $34,613 Eric Lamaze CAN
4 $33,590 Mario Deslauriers CAN
5 $30,133 Margie Engle USA
6 $30,000 Robert Smith GBR
7 $25,950 Laura Chapot USA
8 $25,025 Leslie Howard USA
9 $21,750 Kimberly Prince USA
10 $21,160 Lauren Hough USA
11 $18,000 Kent Farrington USA
12 $17,423 Laura Kraut USA
13 $15,950 McLain Ward USA
14 $14,950 Chris Pratt CAN
15 $13,245 Ian Millar CAN
16 $10,350 Megan Lamaze USA
17 $9,200 Markus Beerbaum GER
18 $8,593 Georgina Bloomberg USA
19 $8,000 Leopold Van Asten NED
20 $7,300 Paige Johnson USA
21 $7,000 Francois Mathy BEL
22 $6,800 Todd Minikus USA
23 $6,500 Eric Flemeng BEL
24 $6,093 Frankie Chesler Ortiz CAN
25 $5,950 Rodrigo Pessoa BRA
26 $5,540 Laurie Bucci CAN
27 $5,500 Addison Phillips USA
28 $4,850 Luciana Diniz BRA
29 $4,500 Cara Raether USA
30 $4,250 Ken Berkley USA
32 $3,793 Santiago Lambre MEX
32 $3,450 Candice King USA
33 $3,250 Jeffery Welles USA
34 $3,195 Katie Prudent FRA
35 $3,000 Yann Candele FRA
36 $2,700 Conor Swail IRL
37 $2,693 Chris Kappler USA
38 $2,540 Schuyler Riley USA
39 $2,400 Jaime Guerra MEX
$2,400 Norman Dello Joio USA
41 $2,330 Jimmy Torano USA
42 $2,300 Angela Moore USA
$2,300 Anne Kursinski USA
44 $2,000 Cayce Harrison USA
$2,000 Federico Sztyrle ARG
$2,000 Keri Potter Pessoa BRA
47 $1,800 Robin Sweely USA
48 $1,750 Christine McCrea USA
49 $1,650 Ashley Fleischhacker USA
50 $1,500 Aimee Aron USA
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