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you're listening to an article from horse sport.com. karl cook rides to win in $100,000 horsetaxi grand prix at dihp by: apex equisport/dihp / karl cook and caillou 24. (esi photography) |. canada’s john pearce & chantico $10,000 open classic 1.35m champions. karl cook and caillou 24 were unstoppable in the $100,000 horsetaxi grand prix at desert international horse park in thermal. ca, with a jump-off time of 42.661 seconds. christian heineking aboard heineking show stables’ cento blue (centadel x chacco-blue) finished in a close second with a time of 43.097, while karl cook also claimed third place aboard signe ostby’s ircos iv (nabab de reve x echo de thurin) with a time of 45.687 seconds. the course challenged 31 pairs with seven returning for the jump-off course. “the course [today] was nice and it wasn’t super challenging on the horse,” cook commented. “it was a good, competitive course for the riders that were competing.”. advertisement scroll to continue with content “we have the world cup finals coming up so i didn’t want to just destroy [the course], you know, either win or die, in the jump-off today,” cook shared of his plan going into the jump-off. “i just picked that big canter and i went as fast as i thought was natural and there was one less to the last fence, but again i didn’t want there to be any oof moments,” cook continued. “i needed to stay steady and i don’t want tomorrow or next week for him to still be feeling the effects of the jump-off, that’s not really smart.”. cook and caillou 24 (casall ask x san patrignano corrado) have had many years of experience working together and have found a rhythm as a team. “he’s been my number one horse for a little over a year and a half now and he’s been getting better and better,” cook shared of the 13-year-old holsteiner gelding, owned by signe ostby. “he’s been doing great in the world cup qualifiers and i was really happy with how he did out in florida,” cook continued. “we have the world cup finals in april, so we will see if we show next week [together].”. the win in the horsetaxi grand prix solidified cook’s qualification for the $250,000 invitational grand prix next week during desert circuit week viii. week vii hunter champion spotlight. $500 nal adult hunter classic, sponsored by el paseo jewelry – jessica smith & logical. 3′ equitation challenge, sponsored by dover saddlery – paige walkenbach & radcliffe. small junior hunter 3’3″ division, sponsored by hayutin – carlee mccutcheon & halo. stirrup equitation division – sienna smith & mr. mcgregor. young hunter 3’6″ division – jamie sailor & mcdreamy. children’s hunter 13 & under division – claire mullally & bon chance. week vii jumper champion spotlight. $2,000 junior jumper classic 1.20m, sponsored by county saddlery – leila diab & unang de kergane. $2,500 jr/a-o/am jumper classic 1.35m, sponsored by vitaflex – katie kehring & mr. miracle man. $10,000 open classic 1.35m, sponsored by stal hendrix – john pearce & chantico. $500 adult jumper classic low, sponsored by harcour – tonia lee & shickeria.80 non pro jumper division – laurie saindon & dionysus. 1.0m open jumper, sponsored by eq am magazine – gabriela pattinson & lumiere pr.
