Nickname: Cara Owner: Signe Ostby Groom: Tessa Falanga Gender: Mare Breed: Selle Français Disciplines: Jumping Sire: Zandor Z Dam: Pocahontas d'Amaury Foal Date: 5/4/2012
Caracole de la Roque joined Karl Cook's barn in 2023 after much success for France, including a team silver medal at the 2022 FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final and a sixth-place team finish at the Agria FEI World Jumping Championships presented by Helgstrand, part of the ECCO FEI World Championships Herning 2022.
Since June of 2023, Caracole de la Roque and Cook have earned 12 top-10 finishes together, including five wins. The pair won the $38,700 C. Jarvis Insurance 1.45m CSI2* FEI Welcome and the $100,000 Lugano 1.45m CSI2* Grand Prix presented by Hagyard at Split Rock Hunter Jumper 1. Caracole de la Roque and Cook's next wins came in the $145,100 Grand Prix of Traverse City CSI3* Great Lakes Equestrian Festival IV followed by the $145,100 Agero Grand Prix CSI3* at the Silver Oak Jumper Tournament. They continued thier winning ways by taking top honors in the $650,000 American Gold Cup CSI5*. The duo made their championship debut for the U.S. Jumping Team in Santiago, Chile, at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they were part of bringing home a team gold-medal. They capped their year with a CSI5* Grand Prix win at the $1M Cabana Coast Team Final in Thermal, Calif.
The pair continued to improve and build confidence throughout 2024, notching several massive victories and strong placings at the CSI5* level together. They finished second in the Rolex Grand Prix CSI5* at Wellington International to conclude their winter season in Florida, before going on to produce solid rounds in Nations Cup competition for the U.S. Jumping Team abroad. The duo won the Rolex Grand Prix of Rome CSIO5* in May and also secured a second place finish in the Rolex Grand Prix of La Baule CSIO5* just a few weeks later. Cook and Caracole de la Roque were selected as the alternate athlete combination for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The pair ultimately competed on the team and helped secure the Team Silver Medal alongside teammates Laura Kraut and Mclain Ward.