At Del Mar, Chris Pratt and Live Fire win Saturday Nights $50,000 Palm Classic Grand Prix
March 25, 2007
Sunday, March 25 – On Saturday evening 21 horse and rider combinations came to the starting gate at the Palms Classic Horse Show $50,000 World Cup Grand Prix presented by Antares Saddlery. Held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds just outside of San Diego, this CSI-W World Cup Qualifier was conducted in accordance with FEI Table A Mixed. One Jump-off. Article 238.2.2.
Course Designer Michele Vaillancourt’s had put together a challenging track for the entrants. When the dust settled, Canada’s Chriss Pratt emerged as the victor aboard C&S Partnerships bay gelding, Live Fire, a horse that has been trained by Richard Spooner.
Chris Pratt, who hails from Toronto, made the decision in January of this year to head West and join forces with Richard Spooner. Spooner’s stable of Grand Prix horses had grown to the point where he needed a qualified rider to assist him in the ring and Spooner chose Pratt to fill that bill.
It appears that this marriage has paid off. Earlier this month at Thermal, Chris finished 2nd in the $30,000 Ariat Grand Prix on Live Fire and now just a short few weeks later he has climbed to the top of the leaderboard.
Torchy Millar’s loss is definitely Richard Spooner’s gain.
Cl. 100 – $50,000 Antares Saddlery Grand Prix
Place Number Horse Owner Rider
1 359 Live Fire C & S Partnership, LLC Chris Pratt
2 382 Archie Bunker Forestview Farms John Pearce
3 129 Cassiato Oak Park Group Harley Brown
4 449 Sapphire Mark Watring Mark Watring
5 304 Carlson Guillermo Obligado Guillermo Obligado
6 364 Conquest of Paradiso C & S Partnership, LLC Richard Spooner
7 348 El Campeon’s Tosca El Campeon Farms Will Simpson
8 148 Camaron Hills Shanroe Cameron Hills Farm Molly Talla
9 296 Cellist 2 Ali Nilforushan Ali Nilforushan
10 353 Ezrah S & B Llc Richard Spooner
11 299 Voice Ali Nilforushan Ali Nilforushan
12 381 Urioso Forestview Farms John Pearce
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