WILL SIMPSON GOES TWO-FOR-TWO WITH $50,000 CAPTIVEONE ADVISORS NATIONAL GRAND PRIX VICTORY ABOARD CHACCO P

WILL SIMPSON GOES TWO-FOR-TWO WITH $50,000 CAPTIVEONE ADVISORS NATIONAL GRAND PRIX VICTORY ABOARD CHACCO P

Feature competition of Week III of the 2023 Ocala Summer Series came to an exciting close early this morning as 30 top-level competitors vied for the lion’s share of the prize money in the $50,000 CaptiveOne Advisors National Grand Prix. Olympic Gold Medalist Will Simpson (USA) secured his third podium finish of the week, this time aboard Chacco P (Chacco Blue x Cera P), after the pair found an electric track in the jump-off.

Guilherme Jorge (BRA) crafted the closing tracks for this morning’s national grand prix where eight found their way to the jump-off.

Will Simpson & Chacco P. Photo courtesy of Andrew Ryback Photography.
Will Simpson spoke about the winding tracks, “It was a really nice track. I love courses where you can see the flow from the stands. Everything made sense and came right up out of stride. It’s a luxury to be able to ride these courses and compete in an arena like that.”

Fourth to return to the jump-off, Simpson was determined to snag the lead aboard his own 14-year-old Mecklenburg gelding, “Everyone was doing ten in the first line. It was a little blind, you had to go past the lake and it ended up sticking out a little further than I thought, so I didn’t want to do something silly, so I stuck with the ten. He made a great turn back to the vertical. I had to be a little careful into the double because that represents eight faults, so I had to throttle down a bit right there. I knew we could walk the six and leave a stride out, which no one else had done yet. He’s so quick, I knew he could still get a nice tight turn back to the vertical. To the last I saw two less, but I just couldn’t do it and throttled down. He jumped it great.”

Will Simpson & Chacco P. Photo courtesy of Andrew Ryback Photography.
The pair soared through the timers in 39.017 seconds which held rank for the remainder of the class. 

Simpson spoke about his longtime partner Chacco P, “I have been riding Chacco for five years now. It’s been a work in progress, he’s such a hot horse, but so calm and sweet horse on the ground. I am starting to take it personally! I go to sleep early before I ride this horse,” laughed Simpson.

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Will Simpson Goes Two-for-Two with $50,000 CaptiveOne Advisors National Grand Prix Victory Aboard Chacco P  – World Equestrian Center



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