LEXINGTON, Ky.--Luis Larrazaball of Venezuela on Quick Chick 3 won the the $125,000 Grand Prix CSI3 on Sunday, May 11 at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show.

Luis Larrazabal on Quick Chick 3Luis Larrazabal narrowly edged out Germany’s Rene Dittmer on Cody 139, beating him by just one second in a five horse jump-off.

Savannah Jenkins on Sanella 6 was third.

“Every time you win a class, it’s an amazing feeling,” said Larrazabal. “I’m so grateful for my horses, my team. Without them, this wouldn’t be possible. Quick Chick 3 is very clever and smart, and she just wants to win!”

Four horses were clean in the jump-off, with Joao Eduardo Ferreira De Carvalho on Saido setting the early time to beat , clean in 41.83 seconds.

He was soon beaten by Jenkins on Sanella 6 as she left a stride out to the final vertical and stopped the clock in 41.08 seconds, which would hold up for third.

Dittmer on Cody 139 was even faster, clean in 39.55 seconds to eventually place second..

Larrazabal was the last to go on Quick Chick 3, and with a quick gallop to the third oxer and an even faster turn to the combination he was able to shave a second off the time, finishing in 38.62 to win.

 

“I WAS lucky to go at the end, the jump off, that gives you a little bit of advantage,” said Larrazabal. “I didn’t watch much because I normally try to go too fast, but I know this mare is fast. I took the first distance to the double and I was very fast, so I thought that is where I got the time.”

"Quick Chick 3 is kind of new for us, but it’s an incredible mare,” he said. “She wants you to just let her do the job. The less you get in the middle the better she jumps, and she knows her job.”

Larrazabal has been showing at the Kentucky Horse Shows for over 15 years.

“I love Kentucky,” he said. “When the horses get here they are so peaceful. This place is amazing, and having a chance to win a Grand Prix here on Saturday is just a little extra!”