TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.--Charlotte Jacobs on Korbach van de Ranger won the $181,200 Traverse City CSI4* Grand Prix on Saturday, June 27, just one week after she won the CSI3* Grand Prix.

Charlotte Jacobs on Korbach van de Renger (Photto by Natalie Suto)Jacobs defeated world number one Kent Farrington on Greya in an eight horse jump-off.

Jacobs,, last to go in the jump-off, finished clean in 35.50 to beat Farrington, who finished in 35.81, by three-tenths of a second.

Shane Sweetnam on Pegina VD Bisschop was third in 36.14, and Ashley Vogel on Otis Blue, the only other clean in the jump-off, was fourth in 37.03.

“I’m over the moon,” Jacobs said. “I have an incredible group of horses. This is his second grand prix win in three grand prixs. He’s really impressed us lately. He’s hitting new strengths and getting faster so I’m really happy with him today.”

Lorback van de Ranger had previously won the Sapphire Grand Prix of Devon earlier this year.

“You just do the best you can do,” Jacobs said about coming in for the jump-off after Farrington and Greya, Rolex Grand Prix winners and a pair that hardly anyone can beat on their best day.

 

“WHEN KENT'S winning and Shane is in second and I finish third, so be it," she said. "Today just happened to be my day. I tried to leave out as many strides as I could and ride as fast as I could. Everything just came up for me and my horse was right with me.”

“Kent is my trainer so he gave me some amazing tips and actually told me where I could beat him,” she said. “He did 10 strides from fences one to two and I did nine, and I did nine to the last and he did 10. Greya is preparing for some bigger grand prixs so I think this was a little big of a warmup for him, but we’ll take it.”

“Show jumping is a huge game of confidence,” she said. “Once you get on a roll, it tends to continue.”

Jacobs is hoping to carry her success across to Europe, where she will represent her nation in the Falsterbo CSI5* Nations Cup in two weeks.

But first, she has one more week to compete in Traverse City and hope for more top results.

“So far so good,” she said of her summer season in Michigan. “My horses have jumped amazing. I love coming to Traverse City.”