Karl Cook & Jonkheer Z (Osteen/From the Del Mar National Horse Show Facebook page)

Del Mar, Calif. – Thirty horses tried to clear the $100,000 Grand Prix of Del Mar course on Saturday night, only two were able to do it. Designer Leopoldo Palacios lined up a set of obstacles with enough variety that one little misstep turned otherwise fnatastic rides into efforts of 4 faults or more.

Nineteen from the field of thirty had tried to jump those obstacles before Lane Clarke &  Charlotte Gadbois’ Semira de Saulieu finished with no faults and under the time allowed. Six horses later bow-tie clad Karl Cook & Signe Ostby’s Jonkheer Z did the same, setting up a one-on-one jump-off between two top-five finishers from Friday night’s $25,000 Surfside Grand Prix.

Showing the form that got them there, Clarke & Semira de Salieu were through the jump-off course nearly perfectly in 39.440s. Cook was paying attention however, and matched the effort whiel managing to shave two tenths of a second off the time and earn the win.

Earlier Saturday night, Rich Fellers won the inaugural $10,00 Speed Derby class held prior to the Grand Prix of Del Mar with Colgan Cruise.

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$100,000 Grand Prix of Del Mar – Results
Place/Horse/Owner/Rider

1 - Jonkheer Z/Signe Ostby/Karl Cook
2 - Semira de Saulieu/Charlotte Gadbois/Lane Clarke
3 - Zamiro/Alix Fargo/Susan Artes
4 - Flexible/Harry & Mollie Chapman/Richard Fellers
5 - Kiss The Sky/Horsemanship Unlimited/Lane Clarke
6 - Absie/Shalanno Farms LLC/Andrew Ramsay
7 - Chianto/Forest View Farm Inc/John Pearce
8 - Dauphin De Muze/Alec Lawler/Alec Lawler
9 - Taunus/Prentiss Partners/Francie Steinwedell-Carvin
10 - Katie Riddle/Monarch International/William Simpson
11 - Cristallo/Show Jumping Syndications, Int'l/Richard Spooner
12 - Chivas Z/Richard Spooner/Richard Spooner

$10,000 Speed Derby – Results
Place/Horse/Owner/Rider

1 - Colgan Cruise/Harry & Mollie Chapman/Richard Fellers
2 - Dancer/Crooks Show Jumping Llc/Lauren Crooks
3 - Acomulado/Laurie Thomas/Mandy Porter
4 - Irish 77/Moonlite Beach Llc/Marc Grock
5 - Sol De Corea/Andrew Chang/Mark Watring
6 - Spitfire/Equimark Inc/Brian Morton
7 - Cupilor (7)/Cross Creek Farms Inc./Michelle Parker
8 - Billy Bianca/Molly Ohrstrom/Richard Spooner