Wellington, FL – March 6, 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.
Place Total Rider NAT
QUALIFIED 2005 WINNER $39,723 Beezie Madden USA
2 $61,700 Norman Dello Joio USA
3 $45,470 Kimberly Prince USA
4 $37,705 Nick Skelton GBR
5 $36,393 Eric Lamaze CAN
6 $36,030 Samantha McIntosh BUL
7 $33,590 Mario Deslauriers CAN
8 $30,133 Margie Engle USA
9 $30,000 Robert Smith GBR
10 $28,915 Laura Chapot USA
11 $25,025 Leslie Howard USA
12 $23,930 Kent Farrington USA
13 $21,160 Lauren Hough USA
14 $18,915 McLain Ward USA
15 $17,423 Laura Kraut USA
16 $14,950 Chris Pratt CAN
17 $13,640 Eliza Shuford USA
18 $13,245 Ian Millar CAN
19 $12,130 Megan Lamaze USA
20 $12,100 Tim Gredley UKR
21 $10,965 Leopold Van Asten NED
22 $9,200 Markus Beerbaum GER
23 $8,593 Georgina Bloomberg USA
24 $7,300 Paige Johnson USA
25 $7,135 Rodrigo Pessoa BRA
26 $7,000 Francois Mathy BEL
27 $6,800 Todd Minikus USA
28 $6,500 Eric Flemeng BEL
29 $6,093 Frankie Chesler Ortiz CAN
30 $5,540 Laurie Bucci CAN
31 $5,500 Addison Phillips USA
32 $4,850 Luciana Diniz BRA
33 $4,500 Cara Raether USA
34 $4,250 Ken Berkley USA
35 $3,793 Santiago Lambre MEX
36 $3,780 Cayce Harrison USA
37 $3,450 Candice King USA
38 $3,415 Keean White CAN
39 $3,250 Jeffery Welles USA
40 $3,195 Katie Prudent FRA
41 $3,000 Yann Candele FRA
42 $2,700 Conor Swail IRL
43 $2,693 Chris Kappler USA
44 $2,540 Schuyler Riley USA
45 $2,400 Jaime Guerra MEX
46 $2,330 Jimmy Torano USA
47 $2,300 Angela Moore USA
$2,300 Anne Kursinski USA
49 $2,000 Federico Sztyrle ARG
$2,000 Keri Potter Pessoa BRA
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