At the Colorado Horse Park (CHP) this past Sunday, beautiful weather brought grand competition in the $40,000 Kingsland Equestrian Grand Prix. Twenty-six horse and rider combinations contested the course, but ultimately it was Bjorn Ikast and his mount, Chestina Z, that claimed victory with an impressive jump-off time of 35.581 seconds. This was the second of seven consecutive weeks of hunter/jumper competition at the Colorado Horse Park. Summer in the Rockies III begins this week and runs from June 17-21.
Second place was claimed by Canada’s Karen Cudmore and Southern Pride, the only other team to see double clear rounds, and with a jump-off time of 37.088 seconds. Susan Griffis rode to third place with a jump-off time of 36.659 seconds and four faults.
Riding Ceonto, Cudmore also took sixth in the $20,000 Open Welcome Stake, sponsored by Littleton Equine Medical Center, which saw 28 competitors contest the course with 14 clear rounds that went head-to-head in the ring for the jump-off. It ultimately came down to the fastest time, as the class saw seven double-clear rounds, with Andrew Kocher aboard Destiny Can De Noordheuval.
$40,000 Kingsland Grand Prix
1. 116 – CHESTINA Z – OWNED BY BJORN IKAST – BJORN IKAST 0/0/35.581
2. 889 – SOUTHERN PRIDE – OWNED BY BLAIR CUDMORE – KAREN CUDMORE 0/0/37.088
3. 91 – CWESTORETO – OWNED BY PALMER DIVIDE RANCH – SUSAN GRIFFIS 0/4/36.659
4. 356 – QUITE QUICK – OWNED BY IRISH ROSE STABLES – DELANEY FLYNN 8/36.538
5. 194 – CUPIDO DE LAUBRY – OWNED BY CZECH MATE LLC – HANNAH HOLIK 1/87.601
6. 486 – CHIANTO – OWNED BY FOREST VIEW FARM – JOHN PEARCE 1/87.881
7. 600 – CEONTO – OWNED BY BLAIR CUDMORE – KAREN CUDMORE 4/81.656
8. 319 – DESTINY CAN DE NOORDHEUVEL – OWNED BY ANDREW KOCHER – ANDREW KOCHER 4/83.54
9. 323 – CIANA – OWNED BY EAGLE VALLEY PARTNERS LLC – ANDREW KOCHER 4/84.36
10. 317 – CASINO ROYAL – OWNED BY ANDREW KOCHER – ANDREW KOCHER 4/84.614
11. 488 – CHANTICO – OWNED BY KAREN BALL – JOHN PEARCE 4/84.649
12. 115 – COLORADO – OWNED BY BOVEE LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP – BJORN IKAST 5/87.057
$20,000 Open Welcome Stake
1. 319 – DESTINY CAN DE NOORDHEUVAL – OWNED BY ANDREW KOCHER – ANDREW KOCHER 0/0/30.905
2. 317 – CASINO ROYAL – OWNED BY ANDREW KOCHER – ANDREW KOCHER – 0/0/31.115
3. 314 – CANTORI – OWNED BY ALEECE JARMAN – ANDREW KOCHER 0/0/31.511
4. 318 – ORA DEL TE DI CA SAN GIORGO – OWNED BY ORA DE TE LLC – ANDREW KOCHER
0/0/32.503
5. 92 – UDINE – OWNED BY SUSAN GRIFFIS – SUSAN GRIFFIS 0/0/33.444
6. 600 – CEONTO – OWNED BY CLAIR CUDMORE – KAREN CUDMORE 0/0/34.664
7. 412 – QUICKIE – OWNED BY NATASCHA GATES – NATASCHA GATES 0/0/39.061
8. 488 – CHANTICO – OWNED BY KAREN BALL – JOHN PEARCE 0/4/32.845
9. 889 – SOUTHERN PRIDE – OWNED BY BLAIR CUDMORE – KAREN CUDMORE 0/4/33.19
10. 351 – SAVEUR DE B’NEVILLE – OWNED BY MHJ SALES LLC – ARMANDO HASSEY 0/4/36.449
11. 260 – J.E.S. QUITO – OWNED BY NICKI WILCOX – NICKI WILCOX 0/4/36.606
12. 194 – CUPIDO DE LAUBRY – OWNED BY CZECH MATE LLC – HANNAH HOLIK 0/4/37.593
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