Karl Cook (USA) and Signe Ostby’s Fecybelle captured the first place title in Sunday’s $100,000 Voltaire Grand Prix with an unbeatable jump-off time of 39.604 seconds. Ashlee Bond (ISR) and Little Valley Farms’ Donatello 141 (Diarado x Luna) earned reserve for their time of 40.329 seconds. Kaitlin Campbell (USA) and Palina de L’escaut (Perigueux x Gallina), owned by Spy Coast Farm, LLC, stopped the timers at 43.938 seconds to finish off the podium in third.

Cook and the ten-year-old KWPN mare (Carambole x Becybelle) have been paired together since mid-2019: “We got her in the middle of the year last year and she is such a gamer. She knows her job and she loves doing it. It makes it easy for me because she gets excited and is like ‘oh it’s time to go,’” shared Cook. “She is such a competitive horse. Some horses, on their own, don’t run. I rode her great today. I feel so happy with my ride.”

Forty-five pairs challenged the course, designed by Anderson Lima (BRA), with only ten riding clear and returning for the jump-off.

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