Karl Cook and Banba (Captured Moment Photography)

Del Mar, Calif. - Wrapping up the very last day of the Del Mar International Horse Show, there was still plenty of excitement to be had as the GGT Footing Grand Prix Series Final got underway. Sixty-five horse and rider pairs entered this class to battle it out for top honors today, and sixteen made it to the jump off. Out of those sixteen, we saw 7 impressive double clear rounds. In the end, Karl Cook and Banba, owned by Signe Ostby, set forth a lightning-fast time, holding off Will Simpson and Acorina to take the blue. To conclude results of the GGT Footing Series Final:  Karl Cook received the "Marco" Perpetual Trophy, awarded to the leading open jumper rider. Lane Clarke is the winner of the GGT Series, earning $19,000 in prize money; Susan Artes is the second place GGT Series finisher with $12,000 in prize money and Susan Hutchinson earns 3rd place and $4,000 in prize money.

In the iJump Sports High Junior/Amateur Jumper Classic, Quintus Z, with Taylor Harris in the irons, pulled off an impressive win in this 1.40m class.

Highlights of World Cup Week included Vinton Karrasch's incredible victory aboard Coral Reef Baloufino Saturday night. This pair was the only one to go clear out of 38 entries in the Rancho Valencia World Cup Grand Prix of Del Mar. Duncan McFarlane and Mr. Whoopy were second, and Jenni McAllister on Casseur de Prix earned third place. In the Grand Prix Hunter Derby Final, Tara Metzner took home first AND second place aboard Davlyn Farms' Fabricio and Come Monday, respectively. Earlier in the week, Nayel Nassar won the iJump Sports Welcome Stake out of a field of 52 entries. Zoey Pacyna and Wonderfull earned the blue in the PCHA/Equine Insurance Childrens/Adult Jumper Championship.

Highlights of Del Mar International Welcome Week included Tara Metzner and Fabricio's win in the Haley Farms LLC Grand Prix Hunter Derby, and Julia Nagler and Vendetta holding off the competition through two tough equitation rounds to win the Open Equitation Challenge Final. Eduardo Menezes and La Fleur 4 took home the blue in the Del Mar Welcome Grand Prix, out of a field of 68 entries. In the PCHA/Equine Insurance Childrens/Adult Hunter Championship Final, it was Yvette Lang-Einczig aboard Rio Negro who secured the win.

GGT Footing Grand Prix Series Final Results:
 
Pl. No. Horse Rider R1 Faults R1 Time JO Faults JO Time
1 453 BANBA KARL COOK  68.600  36.470
2 214 ACORINA WILLIAM SIMPSON  72.694  37.880
3 345 KELLINE FONROY CLEMENTINE GOUTAL  71.965  38.013
4 751 TWISTER WILLIAM SIMPSON  74.251  38.472
5 411 SIG ZULEIKA SUSAN HUTCHISON  73.886  38.745
6 647 OSCAR DU ROZEL FRANCIE NILFORUSHAN  73.471  41.321
7 782 AIYETORO SAER COULTER  75.199  41.367
8 658 DELPHINE DH TATIANA DZAVIK  71.362 4 36.528
9 409 SIG EXCEL  SUSAN HUTCHISON  69.839 4 37.846
10 225 SEMIRA DE SAULIEU LANE CLARKE   71.437 4 38.355
11 348 M C B MAYA ANDRES RODRIGUEZ  70.597 4 41.082
12 511 CENTURIA 2 GABRIELLA SALICK  74.516 4 42.569
13 167 TRISTAN  TIFFANY SULLIVAN  75.025 6 44.492
14 218 E-UNANIMIE DE LA HAIE HANNAH VON HEIDEGGER   74.825 6 44.888
15 500 HTH CRAZY FOR CROWN RICHARD FELLERS   75.828 8 39.340
16 337 WILLIAMS  ANDRES RODRIGUEZ  74.572 8 41.024
17 308 CHELLO Z JOSEPHINA NOR LANTZMA 1 76.064 
18 188 ACER HAP HANSEN 1 76.156 
19 175 CORAL REEF AAJEE ANN KNIGHT KARRASCH 1 76.353 
20 497 COLGAN CRUISE MICHELLE FELLERS 1 76.458 
21 695 CAMERONE NICOLE BLOOM  3 78.404 
22 467 WELFARE ANDREW RAMSAY 4 70.003 
23 604 CARLA COLUCCI KEN DICKEY 4 71.568 
24 342 ELATRICE ANDRES RODRIGUEZ 4 71.867 
25 791 CARUSCHKA EDUARDO MENEZES 4 71.895 
26 564 ALREADY JEFFREY FIELDS 4 72.824 
27 821 LASSE JAMIE BARGE  4 74.088 
28 143 UNGARO DE LA HOT COUTURE JENNIFER GODDARD 4 74.107 
29 261 BILLY CEVELLE GARY BREWSTER 4 75.934 
30 474 ARMEGEDON SEAN CROOKS 5 76.168 
31 213 GELEDIMAR HANNAH VON HEIDEGGER 6 77.395 
32 715 ANTANIO TARA METZNER 7 78.373 
33 653 FRIESEL VAN DE BAKKER TATIANA DZAVIK 8 70.666 
34 335 DANTON  SARAH NIEMAN 8 71.641 
35 709 FOR ME DUBRA JENNIFER GODDARD 8 72.324 
36 344 OLLYWOOD DES HORTS CLEMENTINE GOUTAL 8 73.169 
37 295 JAVA KELTIC COURAGE MOLLY TALLA 8 73.924 
38 283 CHIN QUIDAM VDL MATT WILLIAMS 8 75.390 
39 122 SHANNONDALE JILL BLUNT 9 76.136 
40 320 CLINT CRISTO  JULIA KOETTING 9 76.251 
41 170 THE FLYING HAM JOIE GATLIN 11 78.470 
42 537 DUNSOGHLY JUNIOR NAYEL NASSAR  12 74.651 
43 159 RAINLAND WH LUXU PATRICK SNIJDERS 12 75.782 
44 478 SERAFINA LIZ ASHTON 13 84.745 
45 705 LANDLYST'S LEROY HANNA MAURITZON 14 81.232 
46 607 FORTUNA DE SANTA MARTINO LAUREN CROOKS 16 74.386 
47 605 IVAN KEN DICKEY 16 79.030 
48 146 CALVERO IV PORTER ALLEN 17 80.635 
49 468 WOITCEK ANDREW RAMSAY 18 81.028 
50 664 COPIAS JUSTIN RESNIK 18 81.740 
51 457 TEMBLA KARL COOK 23 86.016 
52 530 MISSING OYSTER CRAIG STARR 27 94.991 
53 787 BALIRO MERCEDES BENZ EDUARDO MENEZES 38 97.005 
54 768 UITTERAARD NAYEL NASSAR 40 99.959 
720 OSO KASEY AMENT    EL 
287 LORETA TINA DI LANDRI  EL 
678 ARCHIE BUNKER HAP HANSEN  WD 
786 LA FLEUR 4 EDUARDO MENEZES   WD