Following the completion of the final class, Suncast® once again presented the leading rider of the 1.50m Series a fantastic prize. As the most consitent competitor in the 2016 series overall, Ireland's Shane Sweetnam received a pre-paid one-year lease on a beautiful new 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport, as well as a SOVARO® Cooler. In 2016, the series offered a total purse of $699,000 with 10 FEI world ranking classes. Sweetnam won week four's $35,000 1.50m class aboard The Blue Buckle Group's Buckle Up and also had top ribbons with four other mounts throughout the series. On winning the award, Sweetnam stated, "It is fantastic. It shows consistency over the whole circuit. It is not just one horse. Between my oldest horse and my youngest horse, they all played a part in it. "I had an eight-year-old named Main Road that was placed twice, and they were his first 1.50m classes," Sweetnam detailed. "Cyklon 1083, who is 15 years old, was placed in two of the $84,000 classes. It is great to see the range of my old guys coming through and then the younger guys coming up. Buckle Up is only ten years old, and he jumped an important clear today to finalize it, and he won one also." In total, Sweetnam had five different horses competing in the series throughout the 12-week circuit. Along with Main Road, Buckle Up, and Cyklon 1083, he also had consistent finishes aboard his experienced mount Eregast van't Kiezelhof, as well as Cobolt, a ten-year-old gelding sired by Cyklon. Speaking of the special prize, a pre-paid one-year lease on a 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport, Sweetnam acknowledged, "It is brilliant. It is a reward for all of your hard work as a rider, and it is a great thing to be getting. I am very happy."
