“He’s been phenomenal for me the whole way along—bringing him up the ranks through the seven, eight-year-olds, and he’s stepped into these two-stars this year down here,” said Chapot, a New Jersey native. “He was sixth the last time he went in the grand prix, and he’s been really consistent and starting to grow up and do some real things.”

Chapot and Ginola’s relationship has been growing ever since she bought him in the middle of his six-year-old year. She figured that with his bloodline tracing back to Chacco-Blue and clean jumping record, he would do well for himself. 

“We bought him from Belgium, and his previous owner thought [Ginola] might be a nice amateur horse, and I thought he might be a nice horse for me. He’s got the bloodline I really love, and it’s the first reason I got him,” explained Chapot of the gelding related to her recently retired horse, Chandon Bleu. 

Placing an emphasis on keeping the pressure off her horses, Chapot has plans to let her mount tell her what he wants to do. “He’s been starting to get consistent at this level, so we’ll keep doing this and see where he goes from there.”  


Jordan Coyle unbeatable in CSI5* 1.50m!

Earlier in the day, five-star competition took the stage once again with Jordan Coyle (IRL) winning the  CSI5* 1.50m riding KING KANNAN GP, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Elan Farm. 

 

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