Jonathan McCrea and Special Lux Win $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson V

Margie Engle Claims Second and Third on Bockmanns Landing and Indigo

SAUGERTIES, New York (July 25, 2015): Jonathan McCrea and Special Lux went first in the 16-horse jump-off and held onto the winning time throughout to claim victory in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix on Friday.

McCrea, of East Windsor, Connecticut, and Special Lux, owned by his in-laws, Candy and Larry Tribble of Windsor Show Stables, Inc., finished the shortened course in 41.997 seconds and were one of only three entries to do so without faults. Margie Engle, of Wellington, Florida, claimed the other two clean rounds on Bockmanns Lazio, placing second in 47.828, and Indigo, in 48.213, for third. Elm Rock LLC owns Bockmanns Lazio and Gladewinds Farm Inc. owns Indigo.

McCrea said this is Special Lux’s first Grand Prix since the gelding was injured a year ago. “It’s been a long road back. He jumped two Nations Cups for America last year,” McCrea said.

But the first time back seemed to be a charm. “I’m lucky with that horse,” said McCrea, who is originally from Ireland, but now competes for the United States. “He’s always been super-fast. I know him well, even though he’s been off him for a while. He makes my life easy.”

 
(c) ESI Photography Jonathan McCrea and Special Lux, owned by Candy and Larry Tribble of Windsor Show Stables, Inc., jump in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson V.

(c) ESI Photography Jonathan McCrea and Special Lux, owned by Candy and Larry Tribble of Windsor Show Stables, Inc., win the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix at HITS-on-the-Hudson V.

Place	Horse	Owner	Rider	Prize	Rd. 1 Faults	JO Faults	JO Time
1	Special Lux	Candy Tribble & Windsor Show Stables Inc	Jonathan McCrea	$7,500	0	0	41.997
2	Bockmanns Lazio	Elm Rock LLC	Margie Engle	$5,500	0	0	47.828
3	Indigo	Gladewinds Farm Inc	Margie Engle	$3,250	0	0	48.213
4	Cooper	Devin Ryan	Devin Ryan	$2,000	0	4	44.171
5	Utah	The Utah Group	Leslie Burr Howard	$1,500	0	4	44.360
6	HH Fyloe	Double H Farm	Quentin Judge	$1,250	0	4	45.117
7	ISHD Dual Star	Mary Chapot	Laura Chapot	$1,000	0	4	45.178
8	Quointreau Un Prince	Laura Chapot & McLain Ward	Laura Chapot	$750	0	4	45.325
9	Scout de la Cense	Lisa Deslauriers	Mario Deslauriers	$750	0	4	47.178
10	Motto	Market Street Inc.	Anne Kursinski	$500	0	4	47.608
11	Win For Life	Candy Tribble & Windsor Show Stables Inc.	Christine McCrea	$500	0	4	51.557
12	KM Whatever RV	Beyaert Farm Inc.	Mattias Tromp	$500	0	4	61.143

Laura Chapot Stacks the Leaderboard: Claims First, Second and Third in $5,000 Open Jumper Speed

Laura Chapot claimed first, second and third place in Thursday’s $5,000 Open Jumper Speed Class on Bradberry, Zealous, and Shooting Star, respectively. Chapot owns Bradberry and Mary Chapot, her mother, owns Zealous and Shooting Star.

“That was really exciting,” said Chapot. “I thought I was pretty fast with my first horse (Shooting Star). I was impressed when my second one (Zealous) topped it. To have my last (Bradberry) come in on top was pretty great. He’s a speed demon!”

The open speed class is one round in which jumping faults add on to riders’ final time. Chapot was clean in each of her rounds and finished in 61.825, 63.214, 67.855 seconds.

(c) ESI Photography. Laura Chapot and Bradberry, owned by Laura Chapot, come in first place in the $5,000 Open Jumper Speed - 1.40m Thursday at HITS-on-the-Hudson V. Chapot also claimed second and third place on different mounts.

Place	Horse	Owner	Rider	Prize	Rd. 1 Faults	Time
1	Bradberry	Laura Chapot	Laura Chapot	$1,500	0	61.825
2	Zealous	Mary Chapot	Mary Chapot	$1,000	0	63.214
3	Shooting Star	Mary Chapot	Mary Chapot	$700	0	67.855
4	Casual Pleasure	Blue Star Investments	Ilan Bluman	$500	0	67.922
5	Marquis	Kathleen Kamine	Peter Wylde	$400	0	69.210
6	Carneyhaugh Manx	Katherine Gallagher	Peter Lutz	$350	0	69.232
7	Columbeille de Reve	Wellington Ventures LLC	Germaine Edelmann	$275	0	71.176
8	Diva	Market Street Inc.	Anne Kursinski	$275	0	71.279

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