Johan Kachelhoffer and Cooper B Win $35k Nutrena Grand Prix at Ocala Spring Classic
The $35,000 Nutrena Grand Prix wrapped up Week 1 of the Ocala Spring Classic and welcomed 39 horse and rider teams to the course designed by Allen Rheinheimer of Zionsville, Indiana. Of the sixteen qualified for the jump off round, only six would turn in clear rounds within the 50 seconds time allowed.
Hannah Matts of Ocala, Florida and Redfield Farm’s Berlin were the sixth horse to go in the jump off order and the first horse and rider team to turn in a fault free round in 46.732 seconds, setting the new time to beat.
The lead was short lived when Callan Solem of Williston, Florida and Jamie Stryker’s Horion De Libersart followed, posting their own clear round in a time of 44.228.
The horse race continued when Cady Klimas of Hernando, Florida piloted her own Celtic Lady M2S to a clear jump off round in a time of 43.662 seconds, setting the new time to beat.
Johan Kachelhoffer of Ocala, Florida and his own Cooper B followed Klimas in the order. Their clear jump off round in 42.653 seconds took the lead which would land them in the winner’s circle. This was Cooper B’s first grand prix win.
“Cooper B is actually a really interesting horse,” said Kachelhoffer. “I bought him in the middle of the summer last year from Germany and we did our first show in July at WEC in the 1.10 m and he has since done really well. But today was his first Grand Prix attempt and win.
“I think the course designer did a nice job. The course was well designed, and he couldn’t have done more. It was a nice 1.40 m, built to the specs of a regional standard with a triple combination. There were many people who had clear first rounds, but they ran out of time and got penalties. The jump off round was also a good design and I honestly expected more to go clear,” he added.
Josephine Decker of Wayzata, Minnesota rode her own Dexter to a clear jump off round in a time of 46.933 seconds which would earn them a sixth-place ribbon overall.
Kaitlyn Williams of Paoli, Pennsylvania and her own Cassio Melloni sat in the desirable last to go position. Despite their clear round in a time of 43.120 seconds, it wasn’t fast enough to beat Kachelhoffer and Cooper B, and consequently they took second place.
Klimas and Celtic Lady M2S placed third and Solem and Horion De Libersart placed fourth. Solem also earned an eleventh-place ribbon with Elan Farm’s Essenar Crixus for their four fault jump off round in a time of 45.089 seconds.
Matts and Berlin placed fifth overall and Decker and Dexter earned a sixth place.
Seventh was awarded to Tranquility Farm’s Evolene De Carles, ridden by Vicente Guillen of Ocala, Florida for posting the fastest four fault jump off round in a time of 41.365 seconds.
Lawson Whitaker of Ocala, Florida and his own Brownie and Cream earned an eighth-place finish for their four fault jump off round in a time of 41.365 seconds.
Bree Rosales of Marshall, Virginia and Gail Dady’s Voigtsdorfs Quonsci took home ninth place for their four fault jump off round in a time of 43.591 seconds. Kyle Dewar of Ocala, Florida earned a tenth place with his own Clever an De Helle and a twelfth with his own Kastar Hof Ten Zoetendaele.
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