The 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) began its eleventh week of competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Wednesday with a win for Mexico’s Nicolas Pizarro and Temascaltepec in the $34,000 1.45m FEI speed class. The pair was first to go and set an unbeatable pace that led the way through 60 competitors. Shane Sweetnam (IRL) and Beluga finished second; Heather Caristo-Williams (USA) and Cosmopolitan 30 placed third. Class winner, Temascaltepec, is an eight-year-old Mexican Sport Horse mare by Balou du Rovet x Bachus. The mare was bred by her owner in Mexico and named for the town she was born in. Pizarro has ridden the horse since she was four years old. Going first, Pizarro did not know how the class would unfold with many top horses and riders to follow, but he did his round and hoped for the best. “I made my plan, and I really stuck to it,” Pizarro stated. “I knew that hopefully, if we had a little luck, we would be there. At the beginning you never know how it is going to go. Some went really fast, but at the end we had luck and we could win the class.” Final Results: $34,000 1.45m Speed 1. TEMASCALTEPEC: 2007 Mexican Sport Horse mare by Balou du Rovet x Bachus NICOLAS PIZARRO (MEX), Armando Torrado: 0/68.42 2. BELUGA: 2005 Swedish Warmblood mare by Cobra x Cortez SHANE SWEETNAM (IRL), Spy Coast Farm LLC: 0/70.33 3. COSMOPOLITAN 30: 2006 Holsteiner gelding by Calido I x Ricardo HEATHER CARISTO WILLIAMS (USA), Holly Caristo: 0/70.98 4. CARLSON 46: 2001 Rheinlander gelding by Casco x Sable Rose (Calvados) CAITLIN ZIEGLER (USA), Artisan Farms LLC: 0/71.70 5. ARENA DU PACHIS E T: 2006 Belgian Sport Horse mare by Dollar de la Pierre x Ogano Sitte ALEJANDRO KAROLYI (VEN), Nicolas Mignon: 0/72.60 6. GAZELLE: 2006 Belgian Warmblood mare by Kashmir Van Shuttershof x Indoctro KENT FARRINGTON (USA), Robin Parksy: 0/72.94 7. ARKOS DES ROSIERS Z: 2005 Zangersheide gelding by Air Jordan Z x Baloubet du Rouet ROBERTO TERAN, JR. (COL), ARK Partners LLC: 0/74.19 8. ESPRIT: 2004 BWP gelding by Querlybet Hero x Nabab de Reve SLOANE COLES (USA), The Springledge Group: 0/74.62 9. ENJOY LOUIS: 2004 Belgian Warmblood gelding by Coriano x Kannan HARRIE SMOLDERS (NED), Axel Verlooy: 0/76.18 10. NLF BILLY ON SHOW: 2002 AES gelding by Cevin Z x Andiamo EIRIN BRUHEIM (NOR), Nordic Lights Farm LLC: 0/78.92 11. CORAL REEF CARMEL Z: 2004 Zangersheide gelding by Cento x Burggraaf ANN KNIGHT KARRASCH (USA), Coral Reef Ranch: 0/80.99 12. URUS 2: 2005 Oldenburg gelding by Canturo x Cento LJUBOV KOCHETOVA (RUS), Ljubov Kochetova: 1/83.35