Laura Kraut and Panic won the $150,000 Grand Prix of Charlotte on Sunday, rounding out Kraut’s second place win in the 2004 Charlotte Jumper Classic and her third place win here last year. Kraut, an Olympic Alternate in Barcelona and the winner of five Nation Cups and Seven World Cups delivered two clear rounds on her mount Panic to take the trophy.
“I think the crowd really helped today,” said Kraut. “This is a great venue for spectators, which makes it more fun for us.”
Kraut is a southerner at heart. “My mom’s family is from Charlotte and I lived in Camden, SC for a long time so this win is especially sweet.”
Kraut’s horse Panic is a relatively inexperienced horse, but Kraut thought the time was right.
“My horse was fantastic today,” she said. “Right before the round I told him he would get a long rest after this one last run.”
Kraut beat out Olympic Gold Medalist McLain Ward and the number three ranked rider in the World Rodrigo Pessoa to take the class. She was the only rider to deliver two clean rounds in the finale.
Top Results of Class 3 - Grand Prix of Charlotte, CSI
Qualifier for the 2007 FEI Eurpoean Senior Jumping Championship; Member Event of the AGA Grand Prix Series of Show Jumping
1. Laura Kraut - Panic - 0/34.02
2. McLain Ward - Goldicka - 4/31.06
3. Rodrigo Pessoa - Baloubet du Rouet - 4/32.58
4. Norman Dello Joio - Glasglow - 4/32.93
5. Margie Engle - Hidden Creek’s Perini - 4/35.23
6. Michael Morrissey - Crelido - 4/35.81
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