LAKE PLACID, N.Y.--Laura Chapot swept both of Wednesday’s featured classes at the first of two Lake Placid Horse Shows on June 29.
Laura Chapot on Calafornia (Photo by KindMedia)One of the premier stops on the nation’s hunter-jumper horse show circuit, the Lake Placid Horse Shows run June 28-July 10, offering a full schedule of world-class competition with more than $600,000 in prize money.
In Wednesday’s class on the Grand Prix Field, Chapot rode Gideon to win the $2,000, 1.35m Jumper Class and Calafornia to win in the $5,000, 1.40m Jumper Class.
Chapot was one of nine entries to ride clean over the 1.35m first-round course designed by Nick Granat, and she won with another clean round in the jump-off in 36.105 seconds.
Placing second was Alex Matz, clean in a time of 39.113 seconds on VDL Nikita Van De Leeuwerk.
IN THE 1.40m class, Chapot was one of seven entries to reach the jump-off.
Her jump-off time of 37.496 seconds narrowly edged Eva Fisherman, who finished in 37.653 seconds on Casallvano.
Chapot also placed third with a time of 38.652 seconds on Diarado’s Flying Dutchman.
