Harrisburg, Pa. — October 11, 2025 — For the second year in a row, the win in the $15,000 Turnham Green/USEF Prix des States Team Championship is going home with Zone 4. The Southeast-based team of Gabriella Curry, Lily Epstein, Amy Krebs and JJ Torano finished on a fault-free score to top the podium on Friday, October 10, at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, Pa.

Krebs and Torano were also a part of the 2024 winning team, and in a bit of déjà vu, they returned to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex to again help their team win by a sizeable margin.  Finishing in the silver-medal position on 12 faults was the Zone 2 team of Rylynn Conway, Adriana Forte, Tarin Kiely and Clara Propp. Taking home the bronze on 20 faults was the Zone 7 team of Campbell Brown, Avery Griffin and Michaela Munson.

“The group of kids that we’ve had coming up around the last two years are just very, very strong,” said longtime Zone 4 chef d’equipe Kim Land. “They’re well trained; they’re well mounted. They work very hard at the sport. They spend a lot of time doing it.”

Land continued, “It’s been a build toward this success that we’ve had over the last two years, including the gold at [the North American Youth Championships] as well with this team. These kids also have competed together. That synergy that happens when you have a team spirit like that, it really serves the group, and they feed on each other. There’s an energy that’s created that just doesn’t happen any other way.”

By the end of the first half of the two-round, modified Nations Cup format competition, Zone 4 had already shot to the top of the leaderboard on a score of zero. The Zone 2 team, led by Krista Freundlich, and the Zone 7 team, led by Martien van der Hoeven, both headed into phase two on 12 faults.

That three-fence score margin helped give Zone 4 further confidence heading into the second round over the course designed by Oscar Soberon. There, Curry and Esto de Viscourt were the pathfinders for Zone 4, and they turned in their second clear round of the night.

“The first round, [Esto] jumped fantastic,” said Curry of the 11-year-old Selle Français gelding that she has been partnered with since earlier this year. “There were a couple of little dicey spots, because, as our first one in, I only got to watch one. So, other than that, he jumped fantastic, and he felt great. Going into the second round, I knew just how to keep him straight, and he already knew where he was going, so I just slowed myself down and felt great. We’ve jumped a lot of big classes, and he just gives me so much confidence and really tries his heart out.”

Next in the ring was Krebs aboard Jabantos, the 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding that she also rode to the gold medal in 2024. While Krebs saw two fences fall in round two, her and Jabantos’ first round clear was instrumental toward Zone 4’s ultimate fault-free finish.

“We have quite a history together. I got him when he was six,” said Krebs of the now 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding. “I did like the 1.15m on him, and he’s taken me so far. He’s exceeded all of our expectations. He’s the best partner that I could ever ask for. He’s really amazing.”

Epstein and Zjechov came next for Zone 4, and the pair bettered on their first-round, four-fault effort to produce a clean round.

“In round one, one of the jumps I had down because he anticipated left,” said Epstein. “So, then in round two, I knew that I needed to hold him straight there more, and then they all came together very nicely. Having the team event is really special.”  

By the time Torano entered the ring for the second time, the gold was already clinched for Zone 4, but Torano still wanted to produce a clear effort toward his individual standings.

“It was nice knowing I had a little bit of breathing space in both rounds with how much we were ahead, so I didn’t feel like it was a ‘I have to jump clear’ type of round, but obviously I wanted to,” said Torano who now sits in third place in the individual standings heading into Saturday night’s final phase.

Holding the lead on a score of 0.87 points is Avery Griffin on Oh My Star Van Strytem, and Curry and Esto de Viscourt sit in second place on an incredibly close 0.88 points. To view the full individual standings in advance of the $10,000 Turnham Green/USEF Junior Jumper National Championship, click here.

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